The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-05
T No. 81.


fortune with Captain uolmes. shs
endoavorcd TO persuade him to on.
Joy the good things Of this liz. INN
In vain. Once, indeed. she PREVAIL
al upon him IN purchase an old hat
(haVing worn his own for tlI,rteen
years. of jew for shilling buf
To her great establishment, when sle
called the next day. she beIeld tho
old ebApeaU oh his head. On inani.
~ II appeared. that he had prevail.
ed on old Griiilbs. his servant 10
purchase The hat of him, at the nd.
saneed price of eighteen pence. and
congratulated himself an lia dexter
Il In clearing sixpencr by the trans.
action. One day Lady 1emnest
senI him present of trout. s,pvcd
in ciaret. Of which he WIS extren,e-
~ fond It was frosty weatber.A tho
whole. from being kept all night was
frozen almost into ice bcine mafb
afflicted with the tooth ache. s
eonld not touch it, and 10 lirht fra
he Thought expensive therefore. 40
he generally lay in bed to keen hun.
sell warm in cold weather. ne CARS.
Ell the iish and sauce to be pat be.
tween two pewter plates, on wh,ch
be sat till the rich repast was toJe.
rably warm. Of lawyers and phy.
slcians he entertained very nufa.
yorable oplnion.--Sooncr than have
any connection with n LAWYER. he
said he would deal with the devil ,
and to use his own expression. +. Al
the gentlemen Of the faculty are me-
deal ,inkers. who. IN endeayorins
10 patch up one blemish in the mn.
man frame, never fail 10 make ten"
lie seemed TO have had something of
the leasen of predcstination in his
composition, for while his sister Law
upon her death bed. belug i,nporta-
ned to call In medical assistance. he
sternly replied. " Why should I
waste my money in wickcdly endca.
'oring To countcract the will OF PRO.
violence Z" Perhaps the dread nr
expense operated more powerfully
upon hIm than his religious tcnets.
During his last illness, Lady Ten.
pest accidently called upon him, and
findIng him lying up 10 the neck i'm
al old sack, without even SHIRT. res
monstraled against the impropriety
III such a situation when he replied.
that " having come into the world
without shirt. he was determined
To go out OF II IN the same manncr.1
She then requested him To have n mi.
low 10 raise his head. when he IN
med'alely ordered his servant. Crit.
hths. to bring him truss OF hay TOR
that purpose. Mr.. Dancers ho0se.
winch ~ now In the possession Il
captain Holmes, is most miserable
building. and has not been repaired
Tor hall century though poor i'm
external appearance, it has. howe.
ever, been repaired for half "A centu4
~ lhough poor In external appear.
tnnee, 1t has, however, been recently
discovered to be very rich within !:
eaptain Holmes having ut different
times found large bowls filled with
gnlneas aud half guineas, and par.
GELS oil bank notes stated under tit1
covers of old chairs This sineuaf
nan died in October, 1894. Sice
his death, large jugs Of dollars aud
shlllings have been found in the sta.
BILE. AT the dead Of night he has
been known to so To this place, but
tor what purpose, even old Giifiths
could not tell. II now appears. how
ever that he used TO rob one jog to
add to tho bowl, which was, since bis
death, found buried in tho kitchen.
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