Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-03-15

masses hGpe no other means " gut"
ing information.
Acting on this Idea be labOred until
be arranged an excursion of about nfty
editors, principally from the lesser
towns of New York, New Jersey and
most of whom had never
seen any portion of the South. From
Baltimore he brought them to Rich
mond thence over the e g. 0. TO White
Sulphur Springs, thence back TO Char
into North Carolina, ana
thence back to Richmond, where they
again embarked for their homes VIA
Baltimore.
In Stauntou they were feasted at the
Virginia Hotel, then kept by Frazier
& Sale. and managed by the late ID. U.
McGuffin. They were greeted with a
welcoming address by Col. John b.
Baldwin, and were addressed also by
Hon. A. H. q. Stuart. They visited
the female schools, heard Prof. Scharf
read and Miss Santeni Of NJ Orleans
recite at the V. F. 1. Saw the faculty
and the girls at the A. F. Seminary.
Thew also visited the Western Lunatic
Asylum, where they we're received by
the superintendent, DR.. Stribling, and
his assistants, Drs. Hamilton and
Berkeley, and the steward, Samuel A.
Hosh0ur, and invited to partake of
refreshments. At the D. d. y b. In
stitution they we're welcomed by Mr..
Covell, principal. and his assistants,
Messrs. Mccoy, Job Turner, ID. A.
Bear, and Prof. A. j. Turner. The
story of this visit is told in a printed
volume published by Maj. Hotchkiss
a little later, after the Southern editors
had gone North, entitled "The Pine
and the Pazan." copy of which has
just come into our hands.
How we'll we remember many OF the
people of those days. Many living in
Staunton remember we'll and with
never ending pleasure Major Nelson
H. Hotchklss. His tireless energy, bis
indomitable will, his happy smile. biz
keen black eyes which like those Of
the eagle swept to the horizon from
beneath shaggy eyebrows. His cordi-
al and kindly hand shake, b ia pleasure
at imparting Information, his loyalt!
to bis road, bis pride i'll it's develop
ment, bis hopes for its future, hi
anxiety for general industrial develop
ment, his delight in giving pleasure
and his splendid appreciation OF Wiz
ginia's needs, along with his dream OF
the great things he hoped to accomplish
calculated to lift her up, and place hel
where she belonged once more, in hs
rank as an influential and great State
How he sought to heal the wounds O
| the war, how he know that War, Pes
thence and Famine were bound to
gether. whilst Peace, Prosperity ant
Plenty were hand maids. Neither Cal
those who knew him forget that lOni
| flowing beard and that meerschaun
pipe, without which be would not hav
been himself.
But if Major Hotchkiss were livini
today and he should give voice to sucl
an idea as that embodied In the dedi
cation of his book THE Pine and tn
Palm' which is in these words: DIED
ICATED TO THE EDITORIAL FRAZIER
NIFTY, THE GREAT LEVER POWEl
THAT MOVES THE WORLD, and Mr.
Cassatt were also living. and had tn
power, he would hurl Maj HOtchkis
from his place as unfit for the servic
of railways, as heritic. il not an iR
noramus. He would he dismissed il
disgrace. But those were days whel
the Railroads admitted the existenc
of other powers beside themselves, al
when they did not placard the cOuntr
with these words: Thou shalt hav
none other gods but me-" If the raj
way world had a few Maj. N. b
Hotchkisses today their troubles wOul
be lighter.
In 1872 similar excursion of SOutt
ern editors was taken North by Ma
Hotchklss, and the scheme was mas
nificent success.