The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-15
fHE DAILY DISPATCH.


2 r......s.se.e. Of The Dispatch.
-. $500 : Correspondent tn Trouble
-. p.u 7zs Propviesors Old "Roaser"
YrIxow suLrHua sFnfxGs,
August l2th. s
n... an sunday, the dullest Of oil the days
= ~ 80. hes come; and merely TO let you Know
No. shloes are going on, / thought would write
- hort lesfer. On every ether day 10 tne
week the loud. joyous laugh Of the men, ana me
piayfui yoice Of the ''young uns, % they apols
mon The arass but now nothing but the notes o.
sis birds, - they jump from branch 20 Drsnc as
erses cur ears. Thank gracious, Sunosy ccmg 4.
bat once week. To you, 10 the cry. snnosy -
gladly welcomed; but far d1nerens nsIG -. VA
Sprines Pleasure ceases on satufosy uie1' -.
e,mmences Monday morning.
WIN the very best of feeogs my dear pr, 70
ard he female sex, did write my hrct letter 70
vou. in which happened 70 say sometning soout
The old maids and widows. Ana WIZ p s,s
I Anticipate the fatal consequences attending r.
They fading ont By some means, that was the
author Of the Aforesaid letter, set their heads 70
work to work out my destruction. not very din.
cult problem 70 solve either. lFor what u tnA'
half dozen old maids and widows can'tdoO
I, dreaming OF no harm, ventured freely In their
company, when 10! and behold they came upon
me like thousand of brick, and came very near
demolishiDg my human structure AND II the
number O. verbal had been physical blows, they
would have made haste of me directly. But just
% they were cruwding thick and fast upon me,
with their faces flushed with anger, when began
to think "pop goes the weasel" ~ fate would have
Il the gong sounded for dinner, and BY the inter-
position Of divine Providence, the fatal blow was
stayed. Imagine yourself boy Of II, surrounded
by { hall dozen, and you Ia eli the freshness and
/ might add, verdure Of youth and they With ven
geance and defiance stamped upon every feature Of
sheiS faces, would you not wish the earth to open
and swallow You from the face Of such friends =
IcuSt nd rnfa md ma m ha UYfA
old maids should have become enrsged with me,
because don't care "contin sntal" for them but
that I should have insulted the widows some Of
whom have very pretty d:rshtess Ana ', Inc
them for NOT being married ere this. because there
u not an old maid under the blue canopy OF Hea'
ven but what would marry at the drop OF hat
At least such IL the case here But enough Of tbis
IL being preceded BY very rainy day we did
not have nesr 90 large q crowd a. was expected,
bu. II We did not "dauce ell night till broad day
light" We very pleasant time OF IT, The supper
was really something frstrate, and reflects credil
upon the lady that prepared IT, OF course we,
the visitors, we're not 20 much surprised at the
many good things spread before Us, being used to
something extra every day; but those from dis.
lance thought Ii something super.excellent But
tho ever wstchful eye Of DR. Geo. j. Smith made
kpass of much better than 1t Otherwise would
have done. Everywhere he approached with bis
ever present and pleasant jokes there would the
joyful laugh resound. In fact he ID the very lie OF
crowd. How man could fall to enjoy himself
old Doctor, can't imagine. Mr.. Dibbrell did
everything In bis power to make things pass of
aaresably. Mr.. John P (alias Rouser) fs here ems
tertaiulng us with his thrilling bear stories Speak.
Ing of old Rouser makes mo think Of little incis
dent In which be said he came very near being
blown over the ''other side of Jordan" Old Rou.
ser is very fond of his pipe and this morning he
stepped In the bar room and asksd for some smok.