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Domestic News
October 9, 1866
Staunton Spectator
Staunton, Virginia
What is this article about?
A Richmond Dispatch correspondent on October 2nd praises Staunton's energetic business atmosphere, contrasting it with the idleness in Charlottesville and Lexington, and questions if those towns can be aroused from apathy.
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In speaking of this place, a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, under date of October 2nd, says:
"Staunton presents an air of business and go-aheadativeness, which, in contrasting the size, ought to put big Richmond to the blush. Nearly everybody appears to be up to something, and up to snuff also. What the Stauntonians don't know isn't worth knowing. During my stay I did not see a man whittling sticks! as in some other towns I visited—Charlottesville for instance."
We commiserate such sleepy villages as Charlottesville and Lexington. Can they not be aroused from their apathy and supineness? Cannot their wide-awake journals drive sleep from the eyes and slumber from the eye-lids of those somnolent little towns?
"Staunton presents an air of business and go-aheadativeness, which, in contrasting the size, ought to put big Richmond to the blush. Nearly everybody appears to be up to something, and up to snuff also. What the Stauntonians don't know isn't worth knowing. During my stay I did not see a man whittling sticks! as in some other towns I visited—Charlottesville for instance."
We commiserate such sleepy villages as Charlottesville and Lexington. Can they not be aroused from their apathy and supineness? Cannot their wide-awake journals drive sleep from the eyes and slumber from the eye-lids of those somnolent little towns?
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Staunton Business
Charlottesville Idleness
Lexington Apathy
Local Prosperity
Where did it happen?
Staunton
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Staunton
Event Date
October 2nd
Event Details
Correspondent describes Staunton's bustling activity and knowledgeability, contrasting with idleness in Charlottesville; editorial commiserates with sleepy Charlottesville and Lexington, urging arousal from apathy.