The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-27

r,r anybody that knowid filin .sflit .f'''
nn,, that he was one OF the whitast mei,
;hat was ever In the mines. You can't draw
~ Zoo gtroug. He never could stand IL 70
sae things going wrong. He's done more !! 70
mako ma this town peaeeabie than any man III u.
I've seen him lick four Gfsasers IN eIe'e..
minutes myself. JIG thing wahtcu .sk"
lating. he wasn't q man to go piom ,,iei
aron1d AFTER somebody to do 1t, put ne mon'
orsrsc, in md regulate it himself. ne WIZ :
pE.t,,nI;c hut n didn't make no dintieuee
80 .hnt when It came down 10 what q
aoo:S III, was and SO when some rough,
i i'iau ,he Catholic bone-yard ana started
!".is y, La ont town lots in It, he went ioi
, ~ - And he cleaned 'en,, too! was
,hore and seen it myself"
Wv" TINT was very well, indeed-at least lne
,,,,,,,se was--whether the act was STRICTLY
dofrnsible or not. Had deceased any re-
;;ious couyictions9 That il to say, did ne
feel dependence or acknowledge allegiance
to higher power! -,
"AIl down but nine.-set 'em up on thf
other alley, pard.' 80,
q. what did understand you to say!
"Why. you're most too many for me, vol
know. when you get In with your lett,
hunt grass every time. Every time you draw
your ill, but l don't seem to have any luck
Let's have a new deal"
"How: Begin again 2"
"That's it" /,
"Very well. Was ne good man, ana.-
"There--I see that; don't put up another
chip till I look ut my hnnd. A good man
,ays YOU? Pard, it amt no name for It. III
could lam any galoot in his inches III Anne
ricl. Ii was him that put down the RIOT Las
election before it got start, ana everybody
said that he was the only man that coulc
have done it, He waltzed In with trumpet
In one hand and spanner in the other. 1T
cont fourteen men home on shutter III les
Than three minutes. He had that mot al
hrol e up and prevented nice before any
body got Il chance to strike a blow. lie was
ALWAYS for peace, and he would have peace
he Gould not stand disturbance. Pard, nc
was great loss to the town. de was tine
buljest man in the mountains, para ht
could run faster, jump higher, hit haruer
and hold more tangle-foot whiskey without
spiiling, than any man in seventeen counties
Put that in, pard; it'll please the boys more
than ANYTHING you can say about him. Ano
YOU can saw, pard, that he never shook Ill:
mother
"Neyer shook his nlother!'
"That's it--aiiy of the boys will tell yot
90"
..ln my opinion, man that would ohel
personal violence to his mother ought to,
"Cheese it, lard. What | was drlyln, a
was that he never throwed of on his mo
tber-don't you see? No, indeedy. hf
.,l,e her a house to live in, and town lotS
and plenty OF money; he looked alter hel
md took care of her all the time; and when
he was down with the smallpox, Pm - Il
br didn't sit up nights and nuss her himself
BE. your pardon for saying il, but IL mop
pcd ont too soon for yours truly. 1ouVe
treated ne like Il gentleman, and amt the
man to hurt your feelings Intentional.
think YOU'RE white. like You, and I'll llch
any man that don't. Put it there (Anothel
iraternai hand-sllake, and exit
The obSeques were all that "the boys
could desire. Such marvel OF funeral
uonp had never been seen in Virginia. The
ulunicd hcarse, the dirge-breathlnS brass
Lands, the closed marts OF business, the nays
dropping, Mt half-maSt, the long, ploddinS
procession of uniformed secret societies, MN.
tary battalions and fire companies, draped
engines, carriages of officials, and citizens III
vehicles and Oh foot, attracted multitudes OF
spectators to the sidewalks, roofs, and WIN.
dows; and for years afterward the degree OF
grandeur attained by any civic display III
Virginia was determined by comparison with
Buck Fanslaw'S funeral.