The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
The Rappahar'nock Country
Port Royal.

Port Royal.
The poet has asked: whats In a |
name?p We answer. there is untold |
significance I'm name, and Port Royal |
by no other name would sound as
sweet.
The boat leaves Port Conway, turns
deliberately ana in few moments
makes Port Royals wharf, Tho name
suggests immense expectatlon--the
town stands for absolute designations. |
What typical and changeless aa
pcct does the Virginia steamboat |
landing ever wear. 1t repeats self |
along the James. upon tho YORK,
around the North. and up and down |
the broad Potomac shore. Here con-
Gregate the wharf rats. wiling at
once 10 he active steYedores or merry |
testers, breaking forth at will into |
dronlng cadences which blend well
with the 'Iue OF the water and the |
lush green of marsh and wood with ,
tho tang of the salt ana sweets of the
gardens with the rhythmic roll OF the
| trucks over the gangplank to the hold
| OF the boat.
on the Virginia wharf colorcd
| friends ashore always see colored
| friends aboard, and their primitive
! greetings and loud OUTLAWS make an
! Indispensable accompaniment to the
| harmon!eS of the scene There are
! always country maids in their fresh
| carelessress with word OF welcome
/ or Il note OF farewell for tho city beau
4 either coming or going. The city beau
Is usually d commercial traveller with
4 his smart bag and his alert and iaunty
/ air. Generally, too. the commercial
I traveller has been country boy and Is
conscious of his creased trousers, his
: tan shoes and his compelling attitude
to his erstwhile fellow citizens. one
usually sees an acquaintance at a Viz
glnia wharf If one Is q native. One
I, of us was born at Port Royal, and in
. consequence poisterous and ecstatic
, welcome filled the air ere the boat
: touched. Through the piles of truck
= the coops OF extradited fowls, bleatine
! lambs and disconsolate calves, We
!, wendell our way shoreward, to the
tune OF "Ef dat amt Miss? Fore
God, tbs, sure 'nough"' and leisurely We
climbed the grassy hill to the town
q guided by our cordial friends. Arches
a of elms NAPLES and lindens, claspeG
: hands across the level streets. and we
walked through gorgeous aisles OF
: towering green.
Port Royal was asleep; tho roses
clambering over the garden pales Were
like rlppIes OF laughter in vast ana
y still cathedral one felt like whisper
g ing in this green silence. IN Pof'
Q Royal there are a few restored houses
t the rest, grown gray from want o.
!. naint, stand against their trees equally
a indirrereut TO pleasure or pain-Quits
IS ready for fire or flood. or, worse thar
@ these, the unfeeling hand of q pur-
ei chaser who might use little paint OF
% insert bath tub. Port Royal in IT:
i plan and place is unusually beautitu
Il The stateliest houses stand on the
bluff, with gardens to the water
eI edge. and their faces to the "ioe
3 shady street. with flowers pehlhd ah'
= before.
L az a proud gentleman, now kept o.
e. tbe lzlndltest, quickest matron, VINO J
: the twinlsling of an eye supplies ne
'g ,Jsitors with hot biscuits ana trle
o. cbickeu. no matter what the season. y
IS whose sweet garden blossoms Wit
n old fashioned howers, and whose bee
10 rooms have the odor, perhaps,
III sanctity, but certainly OF avenue
Across the street is the Taylor nom
70 renovated and smart, almost oisco'
~ IN port Royal, but very pretty al
u nhoarru, with It's gay flower beds G
y, the principal street is Tic pcaut'l
no little Episcopal Church. Before u
~, ~ war the wealthy planters OF kir
-. George as we'll as those of Caroll1
20 came to this church, and IT'S propo
lion &c beautiful It rcjoices in PHI
= organ. and has an. air of dignity al
,le age quite Irresistible. me prsse,
20 rector MI, Ware Is always reauy
al relate the traditions of the piace " y
re inquisitive visitor Do"h Wy I,,,htso,
Q !, from the church are tho LiShtio
~ homes. No matter who SUBSEQUENT
No i,ycs in them, the glory OF their ~,
~ onners will chang round them SIN
10 ,hilip Ijghtfoots long. old-fasnioh,
Ira and suggestive wooden house ploc!
IN the wide. shady street. and mas an ~
hol posins, controlling air, J - Kept
on perfect ordor by rs present oMliul, y
oh Marshall In tho Immense uraWlh
Va rnnm Of this house once hung 9
.hal sn,ondid limo OF Lightfoot portrai
Nv nov unhappiy removed from
- ,tnte. INST across the gardens IL anoth
~, ! ir,htfoot homo, where were born :
~ Richmond Lightfoots. It was the nap
q. cradle OF large family
on ono occasion Judge E r, We
zee fore, was on visit 10 Phlllp lAEN
his foot, and the old gentleman INFORM
,rei him that he had three td the han
thei somest daughters inlaw of any m
XIV IN Virginia. The Judge attests tn
lilo no could we'll helieve 1T when he 81
ms. tho three Young matrons One g
the Wife of John B Iishtfoop was
ted beautiful Harriet Field, of Gloucest
ro- one (the wife OF Dr Lewis llshtfot
his was Miss Mary Virginia smith,
18th fredericksburg, aud the other, NJ
INST william b. Lightfoot, was transplant
her 10 Virginia, and Was called tho "R'
ace. OF Alabama" Whom Hugh Mors
Her was married. at the older Lightf
cen, house tosNIisa ARosalin Lightfoot, Jan
the NJ. Morson, his wife who was
test beautiful and wealthy Miss FL
,ver Bunce, and Judge beverley r. W.
an ford drove In MIR. Morsons "carri'
GRO. and four" from fredericksburg
iced Port Royal, AS the carriage gail
ls- the hill upon the road overlook
, or "Moss Neck" Mr., Nlorson ordered
spo- driver 10 stop, and, standing UP,
tho surveyed for some time the lowla
title OF Moss Neck and "t'arley NaleSs
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