Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-10-18
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Teie tellcwins capital story we extract from
letter. to ne Sla5aasa .Jsssraal, By J. J. Hooper.
SHALL tell you bit Of story, having no
eonHection with politics, this hef, dry wealth
er By permission
Old Col. D, ofsshe Mobile district.
was Que of the most singular characters ever
kno#n Ia Algbalna lie was 60 - "a
centric, brit possassedapany IL III ',ies
which were fully appreciated hy tile peopie
Of tic district. Many of his freaks Are q
fresh ii the memory Of the .,Iold unsn of Nh.
bile and ALL Of them Will tell you that the
eolSnel though hard to! beat, was once terri
bly, aakeu IN BY a.esupie Of legal tyros It
is George Wood srd l believe, tells tbsc
stoHg, bat hcSsyer that may be, its iatlssssfs
ing with others relas n If thu Gu gentleman.
liz seems that Col D. had had 4 mis-
understanding with the two gentlemen allu-
dedHto and was not on speaking terms with
then, although all of the three wese pkofes-
siolally riding the circuit pretty much to.
getHer The young ones being well aware
Of the Z oionSl ieaSeible nature. determined
as they left dne Qf the courts for another, to
havs some sport at hisexpanse BIZ the way
They accordingly got aboat half an hours
starr in lcaY5ug &and presently they arrived
al 81 bread darS stream, that locked as if it
might be . dozenTfeet, but which in reality
was hardly more than as many inch les. -
Cr9ssing it, they alighted, pulling off their.
coats and boots. aud sat down quietly to
watch the OLD Tartar
digging along 1T length, up cans the old
felldw lie looked first at the Youngsters
who were gFaveIy drawing on their boots
andycoats, as if they had just had d sw i'm.
and'.then lie locked at the broad creek that
rollad before him like a fluent, Hansl hcent
stars The Colonel was awfully puzzle a.
Ills this--ereek swimming he 5rowa-
ed, after pause'cf some moments
No reply was nade-the young men sim
ply mounted their horses and rode off some
LITTLE distance, and stopped to watch the
herd II
The Colonel slowly divested. himself .of
boots, coat, pantaloons and drawers Fhtse
he Heatl8lied up in his handkerchief, aud
hugg them On the horn Of The saddle Then
be amounted and as he was fat, short man
with paunch If inorsiinate size, rather in
adequate legs, face like withered apple,
and# brown wig, there is no doubt he made
an Interesting picture as he bestrole his
stead, With The l breeze holding gentle DALI
II abi Jan IL ltsr .v+ra,,;t go of bjs a,,l,-
IT. '"o i0"ei - '''Ss y a = oAl9
sHI,tI. aJ I'LL d. la
,,a1 .nd iii 49, 80 III er.nE AaIf !
laaEth III III 49, III 4, fo4IooJ - H.
HeFe ths horse slammed d dr;nl Alenath
and 4 haIf.-anT pn denner 4 TbirEv e..
further aud a decided shorLuriE
Here Col. - rs;ned III d Tber.
Rr,1 mist IN soil al :. bo Z l. r.
@channel between tbik andtbo L.nL IT, Lo,ff
tAswster rms wili,5nSLIbraurE - ~
A sharn Ia ii maaa nv hnrso sn3r;s,s, I'LL,
:. watery waste n and another carried tile
horse and rides safely to the opposite bank
Tie creek was nowhere more Than Ia foot
deep.
A Wild yell from the Z young u nsn an
lnollnced their appreciation Of the sport as
theB golloRed away.
ff I'LL catch SOU, you--- rascals r. was