Evening star., 1919-08-31

L. y tween Vienna and Fairfax
Court House. The reason for
the name is that there the railroad
passes through a tract which was
given the name of Boutwell,. A curl
Gus thing Is that those and adjoin-
\ ing lands have been at different times
I'm possession of three families named
Hunter, and each of these families
affirms that it is not related to either
Of the others, and II there is any kim
ship between them 1t is to be sought
in remote generations In Scotland.
Each of these families came to Vlr-
ginia from old Scotia. The name Both
we'll was given to the lands by DR..
James Hunter, who was born in Dunn
frieshire, and who married Grace
Craig of Boutwell,, Scotland. where he
was also rector Of Boutwell, Academy.
When he settled in Fairfax county he
gave to his extensive farm the name
of his wife's Scottish home and of the
place where he labored and where he
distinguished himself in the cause of
education.
At Boutwell, station is one of those
familiar little open-faced shelters
which one sees along the suburban
lines. 1t is easy to speak lightly or
slightingly Of these little places as
stations. but In rough weather. when
tho wind blows cold or rain falls furi-
ously, they justify themselves. The
general course of the railroad is north
and south. and 1t is roughly paralleled
by two wagon roads. These ways OF
travel are never at any point In
their course any considerable dis
tance apart. On the east side OF the
railroad Is that road which the Ram
bier told of in previous narrative.
ana which is called today "the old
court house road"
On the west of the railroad is a
modern road over which automobile
traffic spins. The name of this road
the Rambler does not know, but 1t Is
very probably called the Vienna
Fairfax boulevard. Whenever the
roadmakers spread tar on an old dirt
road 1t instantly becomes a "boule-
vard." Boulevard is a French word
which originally meant bulwark or
rampant Of a fortif1cation, and later
was applied to public walk or street
which occupied the site of the de-
molished fertilization. But, according
to an up-to-date dictionary, the
name Is applied to any street or
walk encircling town, and also to a
street which is of especial width or
which is given a parklike appearance
by reserving spaces at the side or in
the center for shade trees, flowers,
seats and the like, and which is not
used for heavy teaming." However,
in the neighborhood Of Washington
any old road which has been SO i'm
proved that horses cannot travel on
it with any comfort, and on which
people can travel at insane speeds in
their own cars, hired cars and stolen
cars becomes boulevard. There is
another French word, "bouleverser,"
which means to upset or turn over.
and the Rambler sometimes fancies
that ne can see some relation between
boulevard and bouleverser.
From Boutwell, station a short lane
leads over to the automobile way. 1t
is a lane Of yellow. sandy clay. with
summer grass or crab grass growing
green between the wheel tracks. Along
each side Of the lane is row of soft
naples and their age indicates that
they may have been planted there ten
or fifteen years ago. On the south side
Of the lane is combined cornheld and
apple orchard. The boughs Of the
trees were weighted down with fruit
when the Rambler passed that way
and the warm, moist air was scented
with the pollen of the tasselling corn.
On the north 81 'e Of the lane was
meadow in which were few signs that
the hand Of man had been busy. The
Rambler thought Of that line in Ham,
let where the melancholy Dane says:
"'Tis An unweeded garden that grows
to seed; things rank and gross in ma
ture possess II merely" But every
time that phrase occurs to the RAM
bier he sees good old Friar Laurence
como upon the stage with his basket
Of herbs in Romeo and Juliet and
hears him say of them and other
things in nature: