The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-05
By JUDGE CLA~'

is to be hoped, ever put IN peru shc Puo'
life and limb before or since.
It was Saturday afternoon, ana we wels
10 reach Jericho at some indefinite nouI
that evening, "tlme not being Oh 'he e."
sence of the contract |
At a place called Blucruin we stopped
fifteen minutes 70 "liquor. Incre hau
been cock light. and several other nshtS'
and big crowd there that day, ana every
body was in high glee.
our train, and rouchcr looking samples OF
r,,stic rowdydom il would have been diffi-
cult To find. even in that favored region.
Amonc them was a sx-footer, very Her.
~"les n proportions, with a o-the- |
~ Of swagser about him, who took |
.wo seats, depositins his body |
s,,.Ib aiding his legs on the !
r "",n or. '"hd out by an un-
az ono and deadn~. IN, with a !
other. one cheek was Pun gill /
dsr,v;,y ouid. while ever and an.
hscE.,cfion Jerk. he would SEND near
o =" tnS.cco mice over his shoulder, y hlcn d,
thosa within range had the privilege u ,,
Il doing or taking the consequences OF, as
th.y liked. As for his conVersatlon' .re
curse of Ernalphus, or the t90ie-tssh t; ~
Eianaers Tness.room in Uncle Toey's tltbe,
IN nn;nt of msledictorg power, was weak In
AZ the next station young lady came On
hnarS beautiful as Venus and moaest az .
U;ana How 40 rare flower came 10 Dlooil
- s,,rh a Wild WAS n question TO puAZp
81 over. But there was no time TO se'tae ~,
The lady was standing, ana all !ne $40 nS
were occupied. was on ;hg sdan IlH CEN
tIemsn of prepossessing manners ana ap,
.aaarance siepped forward and addressed
the couchant Hercules: t,r,
Allow me-" he said politely, :" 10 turn
over the back Of this seat. :" ..- .a...;
"He, ~ the other gruRtco.
The request was repeated: -, .,o
"See you dod darned hrst was WY
gFWalR Urn Sir" the gentleman began to ex-
possI n"Tee here, YOU" clustered the bnl-
T., Udon,t YOU offer for to 20 for 10 rue
~ THAT'S nv advice, ou' gives II Tree
GRATIS. cause feel intrust III you. ;, tho
WBut this lady is entitled To sea'' 'h'
stranger persisted. 5od arot vo,,,
am, stop YOUR chin music, or, 10y Hohy'S 20"
VIA A. M : last resort, the gentleman appealeo
to'tbe conductor, who chanced 10 NC Rass
ing. But the latter deemed w .'l.e' Be-
Gpscb things must be left to courtesy: Pc
sides. it wasn't his place W '"A0 p"i' -
disputes Of passengers. ,,,,o,,iro
e. s.vina. he went his way, punching
t;nTets and taking no further heed: =,
:" bod blast YOU. you hev rled me!
.bonted the bully, springng to his teet ana
striding up to the young man, WI" oiuu
seem quite sensible OF MS o!nsei wv Nv. "
GONE and stuck your nose into otneT peo-
SSIe,s business. an Pm goin' to pull 1t.
An ATTEMPT was made to suit the actlon
20 tho word: but before the metaphoric-
a'Iv attending member had been so much
AS touched, somcthing-.lt moved SO
swiftly | couldn't he positive IL was the
gentleman's fist--took Hercules direclly
So,usnn the ewes. and sent him spawning
~ the other end of the car. lie didn't get
IN Immediately, and when he dld he
seemed little bewildered as to whether
he had been knocked down or the Train
hud run of the track. He had had
enough at all events, wherever IL Ganis
air With which he took his departure. for
the .mokin-.car, whittier his companions
soon followed, no doubt secretly chuckllng
at The result, Us usually do the chulnS oil q
whipped bully.
PAD Kildcrkin, the proprietor of the New
Jericho Rest, was the most COMMUNICATIVE
of hosts. Before bedtime that nisnt L was va
thoroughly and accurately up" in all the
rossin of the place, and had its scandalous
statistics ut my fingers ends. .ut,
5AAam|s ep1r pfHe,aSching" had hitherto been
amour the wants of the community, but
that "supply" had been at length Oh,
tanned. and the new minister was expected
to enter on his duties on the morrow. ;,
"And a refresbin' season he'll hey of it,
said Pap. +
"Why SOP" l asked.
ooh, Bill Grinkey an tother chap's
roin' TO brake him In tomorrer an Ell yot
want to see fun, I'd edwise you TO e
And did go-pot "to see fun" as Pay
Kilderkin suggested, but, trust, from bel
ter motives. Pap went, too-by VIVA
prompted, l prefer not Judging.
When we reached the church, the minis
though a goodly number of hearers hat
already assembled. A few minutes later
Yesterdays delegation to the Blue-ruil
cock.fght, headed by the vanquished bully
with both his eyes in full mourning saun
tered in, and walked noisiy down the aisle
s'ThaUs Bill Grinkey,' whispered Pap
"an' them's t'other chaps"
MAKE way for the mourners - sang oil
Bill, crowding with his companions into
- front seat, where boiSterous conversat i0I
"a was struck up, mingled with an incessan
cracking of peanuts.
- kin tell you thar progranny," PAY
continued d" q pack O. shootin' -crackels
pair O. game chickens rs a couple O then
chaps got in thar pockets ii be sot tightim
rs soon as the teX's gin out, arter Whict
Central Ned ill he in order"
sudden silence fell upon the congrega
ton. Not a murmur was heard and TIT
peanuts ceased to crack. Looking up, l saw
the new minister in the pulpit and CUES
my surprise at recognizing him us the youns
man that had struck out SO deity from hi
shoulder the day before
With q clear, manly voice, he gave on
hymn, which was sung through withou
interruption. a prayer was offered W
amid profound and decorous silence. An
other hymn followed, and then sermon
earnest, plain, practical, and without /
word of cant in it. From the beginning t.
the end Of the exercises, save q single in
cipient crow, promptly choked of, from
one OF the invisible chickens, order was OBJ
served.
az say, Bill" I overheard from one O
"t'other chaps" as they made their way
out, "that parsons a trump he breaches
a downright good lick, an fights fair, with
out bitin' or gougin'."
1t was easy to see the new minister
status was settled. have since heard that
Bill Grinkey has become an exemplary
member OF the church, and the parson the
happy husband OF the young lady, us whose
champion he first achieved popularity.
A man at Drakesville, Iowa, had a cow
killed By the cars, and, to get even, he
soaped the track for II quarter of mile, and
waited for a train to come along. The train
had to stop for two hours, to sand the