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Loose Notes, not from Notebook No. 2
- (1) Ellen Glasgow passport No. 403731
- (2) Gathered April 1st at Reveille— Violets— <hyathius—> Jonquils— blood root, hepatica— all blooming in March— also— bridal wreath— peach & pear blooms— peas not quite out. Cru Cruicform church ailanthus Tinpot Alley Cockade Alley [Past]
- (3) Dinwiddie Miss Pocahontas' house. Little square wing on right— square porch with gabled pediment— paling fence, stone steps leading past Linden trees. Mule cars down Washington & Sycamore. Smoke of factories poor. horse-chestnut— park— & white willow oaks— yew trees on great very old [brick]wall (4) Washington Street square grey house, square porches office in yard High Street— Two marble hounds on steps— Statues in the yard— From Bolingbroke into North Sycamore— up into Bank— one block long— then becomes High— Down at beginning of High Street— (5) Rectory. terraced to street. stone steps to street— twelve steps to street— Long porch, frame— gambril roof dormer windows outside chimney [a his large ailanthus] palonia purple ailanthus upon great trees just in front of porch— roots you can sit on— honeysuckle— elm— ivy covered— one grave at side of church— broad butresses— five dormer-windows in rectory— old brick cornices palonia tree at back (6) with ivy— flagstones in front of three wooden steps. 4 stucko columns to porch big bed of mint under window— back of house north, front south just at back of church, divided by a paling fence— near the head of High St. Long Market crooks & becomes Short Market (7) High Street House in South Sycamore red brick. Square porch front & side— (brick) Tall black wrough iron gates at two sides opening into [half-cir] half circular walk crescent shaped, edged by box— spruce, magnolia, holly, crepe myrtle in front— guilder rose— Virginia Central Park, filled with buttercups elms & maples & half a block from house
- (8) House in Bolingbroke Street— Old red brick— [thro] four marble steps— Colonial doorway wide hall, curved stairway Put High Street in Bolingbroke Small granite porch, three steps, iron railing up steps to door— two green tubs of oleander—
- (9) From the Market to Old Street— Short Market Street in High Street— Down High to Bank, to Sycamore. To Bolingbroke. South Sycamore— Miss Priscilla, who mentally translated history into figures— as a list of dates— or into illustrations as a general on horseback— Capitalists in New York interested in revitaling the South
- (10) Magnolia tree, crêpe myrtle— [bare]gress Bear— bridal wreath— Walk edged by pointed bricks— & bordered by wall-flowers— stone steps leading from the street into yard— Box tunnel. for their own advantage found him an invaluable instrument director or trustee in<any>corporation
- (11) population of Petersburg in 1880, was 21656— in town.
- (12) The Turks say "God gives, but He does not carry home." (13) One may perform heroic actions while dodging stones, but one can hardly execute a work of art in such an attitude— Martyrdom, which is good for religion is bad for literature— Dat aint de pint, honey— de pint is— is it pleasant? —"Fielding's "No woman can be truly gentle etc (14) The flat moments not the high ones fill a life— (15) Napoleon at Warsaw, "From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step—"
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