The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-11
ffor the Aiehmond Dlspateh.1
The Richman Libe.ey-AApeels 70 the RsA-
sy afox,r ADDrxl

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Lads a~d G.siiimsx sr RfsAmss-Yc most
sum eaventnks sxo, bein 10 The sttty aud hayii
nv nnthiDg to do. / bens my way 70 the Me
cannfcks lnsietteat, thar bein Nv . iaEdg.
light in the biidinGe and the aperients nv
| g0od e~l nv thing and nuther going ON.
went In, nnd Civ you mi werd. frum topp 4
botthm they II doing uv hevvy btzntss .,
vayus kInes In tnaf aeim 1nxteteut. kerstlc
ia the bat>munt thar's no less than tnfet
skuIes. big ones, = runnin. Thar's grammul
skule win no eend nv b,is, aid thar's q rwth.
metic skule with nearly il menMy mo, and
| then fhar's drawin skule, which they cails
ftn 1Skule NV Desine," with y heep puv bois
ana yaug men standin up aud bendin ovei
tabils and drawiDge with led pensils pick
cbNrs nv how wzis, mesheenery, aud q mos
everythinge. jtdsrd frum the keerful sur
way took Nv um that these heer ihrre sayus
skules was doing powur NV good to tht
| po ynng men and bois Nv the sittY.
Then up stars on the fu.t flo, hnds Fal
| q going on fer the benny1t nv the Orflns Nv
| the Knthlic perswashun that Atnt got nc
farther and mnther. Thar was lots Nv greau
matcy0ls and fOwus twistid roun and rouu
the pillus, the seiiiA and the tabiis, on whitct
saoats was emmy Quantity Nv pritty things
| baby cloathes, neadil wuk, handy, caik, sexaTs
and dunno what all, put thsr TO sell fer the
| atosed ortns by sum NV the nisest yung Ia.
dis NV vchairytn bible disperzishuns, whitch they
| moste in giuerully hav the most NV um- ]
! buys me sum fen things fer mi family and talks
| mi afecnshnit leave ue the Far
| Goinge up still hier, l reed in big letters,
printid on papir on the sied Nv do, Pages
Venus" Now, know Pages Venus mighty
Well, ana thar a;nt better niger womun in
| the county nv Cumlun she maiks the hess lite
bred uvyer eel, keep twas Ant F .nna Rones
which Gvs in Linchbug, but what she was a
doing AT the MecaiEix Inste.eut l coOdiut
| immadjin. didn't think she had rund away,
aud If she had, why want she in jile.
Isl, to the man, 81 wantto see Pages
Venus Mt wunst, right away
Very good, he sais; "walx in, Ser, only q
thought chargin was euryus to see a Niger
womun, but ! wantid TO identify her, so
| sais,
~ don't keer nnthing bout the charge, I'm
boun to see her, and take her hoame in the
moraingo.,
"Iou ar welcome TO lock AT her as long as
yen please he sals; "but yeu cant talk her
| hoame in the morniuge unlast you pay Ine ten
thoUsun dolius " .ff.-
"Ten thousun sparro hoks! !'' sais "niggas
| Is sertny riz in the lass teu dais.''
But goes in. and contrive il all! il it want
a riprese sentashun NV heethun anthology. be-
ing Nv the goddess Venus standinge on \ she'll
! in the OshuD, drawd by . duvs and pusht by
kupidds. and her yalier har a fiyinge i'll the
| winde-a very likely womun, indeed, fer the
| item Of the yeer But has seen mo crinno-
leen WoAe by the meiorrity nv ladis in this
secksilun, and rnther think the drigudes men
ought to aten to her dreckiy; don't, she'll be
sbo to ketch q bad coide, ii nu,hin wuss.
In adishun 10 Pages Venus, there was mex
q
sorts Nv kunjure trix. which ameusd me hily.
Thar wus Il heep Nv peep.l to see him, and
| they maid tremendous racket every item he
dua ennything that pieesed um ssonping and
klappinge like. the nashun. When the kun
jurIn enturtanemunl had bustid, seeing an
other story to the Mecaunicks Insteieut,
detummined 70 talk thoo ticket and see the
hole bizniss if mad to go kleen out NV the
topp NV the hous to doc it. AkOrdiugele l
went on up stars and thar 1 hears n CRATE
noise. which fonn to perseed trum two men
fitiuge with sodee, which the blaids Nv um
had bin wo away almost to nuthiD, being no
biggur a rattaie fiei, tho good eel iongur.-
Being feard they wood kill wun nuther and
gis arrested fer witness befo the fack, started
TO maik trax to git out NV the bldinge, but
discuvrin NV a brite lite over do in the Ter
cen NV the passidge, l enturs in.
Thar was books and books and books on the
shelivs, and poatrits hanginge on the walls,
but nobody visbli. Presiniy discries a iittll
man setten in cheer at Wun side NV the room,
with his feat stuck in u tim thinge, lookinge
very dlscOnsOlait like he'd loss must uy his kin.
Ser I sa!s.
"Ser - he sais.
"kin cusn in - sais.
''A>hurdIy," !" he snis.
us these h~er all W books " sais.
"No," sc, "this ar the Richmun Lioerry."
you doant apeer to be SO mighty well this
eavninye," sals.
NO. he sais; I'm mad"
"Mad but whuti''
"Bout evrythinR.' he sai5. "Look at this
flo-no carirt, aud 50 cole l have ~ stick my
feet in the Hoo all the item to keep UNI warm.
Look at them winGers-po curtinS, no shades,
NO blinds, aud the sun shines In and bills .ers
the backs NV the books. Look al that sellln'-
it leaks evry item it rains, aud befo long the
plxrs,rin Will cum down and brake sumbod-
dy's he'd"
"Weil,' sais, .'why doant you 60 to work
and fix it all ups'
'Gut no munney," he sais.
''CauL you Kil nun 1rum no whar -
SMlyhty liLfil - he ssThH Ill hp-
longs part ~ the s,,ly Nv Richmund ana par,
to The lusietett, aud what's everybody's blz-
miss is nobody's bizniss, aud 50 nuthin aint
dun up here as it ought to be, to marx the room
desunI, cumIeftnbbil. aud credilubbil 10 the
| iargist aud richest sitty in the Siait. And 1t
Will alwais be So untei sum man NV weight
| aud inlluunce in the humlnuhi;y talks the
| matter ia han and puss it right thoo. /, ought
| 10 br dun aud the sooner II 10 dun the better,
| fer, rs things is now, thars not man in tow 1,
| that doant ie-l ruther ch-ep and ashaimd IL
| briug u struingur, fruIn The Moth ispeshiy, to
| the sitty Liberty
NJ see frum yo siza,'' sais, "that you aint q
| man of much weight, but aint you got NO In
| huunce er'
"Nary iufluunce," he sails.
| "Well, good eavnin,' sais. and left him
| thar with his feet sticking in the too, looking
| like the last Nv pee item. ,-.rs
| Now appeal To the sit,izins NV Richmond
| ispeshly to th0as NV weight and infiuunce, to
| cum forrard and see that this Liberry IS made
| creditubbil to the captul NV tho kommun.
| Welth. ! jedge 1t wont talk no greas deal Nv
| muhuy. And rs know that peepii cant be got
to give mummy only to them that they ha, q
| contidunce in, rispeckfully ask sum hizniss
man that the citizins Inspect and look up 10, tc
put his han to this wax. His very naim w i'll
do mo than the most activ ixertiCn NV mar
| the people haven't kneun long enough IT, kMoa "
what mateyul he is maid NV. and 10 try him
Thars nc okashun fer menny words. You ali
| know what ought To b- dun ter the Liberry
/ and eff you keer 10 do it. why jss go and do it
and let the Lberrysoe sum thinge fer the sitty
| to be prowd Nv.
| With kline regards, rename iadis and gen.
tilmen nv Richmun, 20 Obejunt suvvaat
r-4 ~ .E4-e s4t MoZis ADDUMs.
| THRILLING ADvEHTURE-l Party eayried of
| upon the Icc.-On Monday last party of gen.