The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-21
SOME. "REMINISCENCES.
Bay Another In u
!. stance When It Was Frozen
Over-Astora and Irving.


Editor Of the Tlmes-D Dispatch:
Sir. IA writer in Tho Times Dispatch OF
January 24th gives a clipping taken eN from ON
tho Old Dispatch. This quoted article o. '.''l
was in reference to the question wh eth
tho hesapeake Bay had ever been frozen
ovsr 40 as to impede navigation. ne
Awriter said that 1t was frozen ever s,1lt
iing the great snoy OF 1851, known, pe-
ilieye. as 4''Cox's snow storm. Ae a ,ls'
stated that Hon. A. n. stephens ~ '. 30
school History says that the winter o.
51ssi-.a5 was the coolest ever known; ina ma .
the bn v Z was frozen over from It's aeao
to Cape Henry: that in Georgia tho ga
tyannah River was frozen over, Dig trees .sta
ono hundred years old were killed; that
IN FEBRUARY sth the cold was Intense, ana
tthnt tho Saturday before was still remom-
beret as "the cold Saturday" Allusion
was also made to the Dan River penn en- 8
frozen over to such an extext thas 'o st
horse wagons heavily laden With hop :,
heads Of tobacco wero driven y over yer ~. ~
ice. 4tt53. + $3.50
Tba foregoing reminded me that had
read something in washington Irving 9
Astoria" about the Chesapeake Bay nav
inc been frozen over at an earlier oa GATE
than 1867 or 1884.
irving says that John Jacob Asst VINO
wa. born In the "honest little Germa!l
village OF waldorf It IS from TINS ~
little German village that the new = OH
hotel takes It's name, suppose-,W.us'
al fine close of the American Reyoltltlon'
s,,1 IN london. whittier ho had gone from
Germany. In November, 1913. Astor en-
harl,ed in a vessel bound for Baltimore
nnd arrived in Hampton Roads IN January
1854 Tho winter was one OF eAtren1e
sever,ty. and Astor's ship. with many
| others was detained by the Ice IN anu
| about chesapeake Bay for nearly lil LII
| mon this. !, !, q . 8, ss
Speaking Of Astor, II may not 81, % I auh,ss
| "a relate that In this same WORK 4rsits
saws that Astor was a man OF puoyan'
confidence. While yet almost a stranger
IN 'tha CITY of New York, and 1n8fyefs
straitencd circumstances. he passed
| row OF newly erected houses consiueree
1 models OF beauty Looking UP o. !, t t' !
| ne said, "I'll build. one day or olneI, !,
greater house In this very street s171 Ca
way.) We all know that ne dld. IN ~
reminds one Of teh con fidence q -. .Ae.'
j 1yho when jecred at by the members 9
i tho English Parliament. said, as ne to s' :
/ Ma seat "l'll make You hear me yet,i
i shouting how often wise man IS laushet
i at by fools .5s st y n !. ~, - "a, i,
mon, the frozen wa ters OF Chesapeak
Bay to horses tails Is quite q long Juap
but seeing every day evidences Of !, a e s y
tain barbarous practice cannos aoa
i nmntine O massage from Astoria !.
n y me falludlng to the whites purchasin
i horses from the Indians: ),
,tAs soon as a horse was purcnassaIi .4 - !,
+o,j 7yvns cropped, q sure mode OF ois ,.
gushing him from the horses Of tfe TIP, t,,1
I. forFthe Indians disdain to praotlce Ell, III
hsurd barbarous. and indecent mui,,
s nar mind, insensble to the merit an
n5 a Of the animal On the eoi !
p trarv the indian horses are suffered / !
remain rem in every respect the SUPERB SUI ror, an
beautiful animals which nature ' los'''e
them" ,,.,ne a eentl,
Z genial l. Gentleman, with q heart as tenae
. as a womans 8, and having fn ms 60 SoHc 81,
I tic ton Of what is beautiful, AND nd ne ,sn &c,
t tJi manifests his tender ana fenne