The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-29
Yittutoud 1ispAtth.
49, MARCH %, 1870.
CESDAT. .........
r,. xs-r,isltcy Ring.

N, q hundred miles from chicago WAS
,o,o;,c,l at station for several ho"'s.
Among others in waiting vas eF'2"'-
n'nd rud6v-faccd gentlemen OF fifty whose
s>,;al status could no. ut once resolve
No WINS we'll dressed, without being hashy,'
and had frank!sympathctt manner, u'i'
fercnt from the ordinary man OF the WORM
lie talked necessarily. flying from QUE eup
iect 70 another, until it was soon apparent
hat he had frequently swung the circie Oh
ITO world from Maine to Mexico, Always
vibrating back TO Washington.
He made the acquaintance d every 'ne
that would talk to him. Now OF woman
With A troop of children, n baby in arms :;
,;isanncarinc for Eve minutes lie retu9he,
l,den down with such candies. raisins, anu
iruit. as the country store har1 oS c'"'o
,,n,I, Then he was called aside ny
. rretty Girl somewhat plump and pensiVe'
- whom I saw him give ten-dollar note.
Where did Won want ogo'" he asked her.
ia Pittshurg," she replied. In :rlce he
was Of the ticket office, and returning, pre-
sc,tcd her with through ticket to that
place. a..
is she friend Of yours ?, asked an
amused S|tStatti. w wa VA 49,
She is homcsick, poor thing.
His next proceeding was to engage two OF
three men to work upon the Pacific rail
road, furnishing them with employee passes
1t would be impossible to tell how many
times he hdgettcd in and ont OF the sta,
ton in the cndcavor to charter speciai
car to carry all bound his way ahead OF
the regular train. Finding that the num-
her of trains on the track precluded the
chance of a special car, he settled down by
tho stove and narrated his adventures
when and how he had escaped death, how
rich md how poor he had been, who were
his friends, where he was horn and raised,
what operas he liked, what plays, ana
what dances. In the mids. Of his enter
tainnent his quick ear caught the word
oranges :" in bill Of lading. Along
were raised the oranges. He seized upon
the box. and knocking of the stats, ialrly
,,ourei the succulent fruit At our feet.
l!alloo" said the dismayed clerk,
should call that stealing.
Never mind" cried our man OF mo-
ncv. II will make ii al right. Take
some.' :, :,
By this time quite number had strolled
into the station from the country store, ana
one Of them observed, " 1t was al our post
master could do to keep him clearing out
the office for something to read
Just then gentleman who had been Ill
the mail department arrived on another
train. and he seemed to he acquainted with
the hero of the State. They were both
uoinr the same direction, indeed. Before
their departure took occasion to ask who
he was.
81. T. Simmons" he replied, and these
words in a lower breath in which he added.
in the whiskey ring-worth millions
psvsrerenuc on thirtv-six gallons to the bar
rel-barrel holds sixtv-tour. Arranges
with the Government ln-pector-mutual
gain. Won know
didn't know, but now had it explained
in n nutshell. ] looked again at the whis-
key king as l would have surveyed any
other living curiosity. There he was, az
chccry and calm az the pure in heart, en-
gagged at that identical moment in be-
iriending crippled soldier, while to an IL
rbriated Frcnchman, who was singing q
Democratic campaign song about taxation,
he gave a sum Of money to cure, as he said.
that ugly swelling on your lip
According TO Whittemorc and Butler,
come allowance will lie made for the fraud
when the halance-shcct Of charity is cast.
Train for the West " was cried ont, and
the last seen OF Simmons he was laden with
ta-kets anl bundles, helping the poor
woman and her children aboard the train.
Letter IN Cincinnati Commercial.