The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-23
ruszs Cree,cy "s, ;,is far"'

rss T.,,n, If sunday has the following
a.snr;ntinn of greeley spending nus N'''
", ht,;d,v on his Chapiau'ia u"
"'f '" .,',,, ntf his black dress ceat anu ''y
re ,.', now hat and bundle OF letters IN"
ms "i'"' lawn in n heap among inc
l"i"' and, with his gold spcctacieS across
n. :,,r attacked n huge henlocE WIN tnc
~, "' nC a Hercules. Mr.. Johnson, win me
s,r,nr,h of y giant, attacked 1t from Tue
o,hcr side. and in ten minutes the giant ' c".
t.rrd and fell. Then Mr.. Creole! "cni ~,
. sailing that was, according to h'r'f :, :"
tn,ll mind. impeding the gr""'n ,;n,bcr
vnunccr and more valuable pee u , :''
near il. He whackcd away a. '" n,nrnJ
tive adversary, and soon il'd "I, ,;,,,,na nm q
Then he got 4 Ladder a'n hamdl.1 axe
hcmlock, and with S n,,s Tbrn he
hacked away its lower !i'nn' o,h'r Tree,
moved the ladder ana 'r'l','', .. rrn,,,h oC a
NJ" -, took ,mhragc at the grown y, a
ut" I..,n,,t, and with vigorous aetio'' GU,
S'i'' Hy this time his velvet vest M,
II WILD mn out Of reach Of his pants anu
:, 80 .,,,.,t had worked it, way over ms cor.
~. ard ,rrncd itself wrong SHE ioieiii">.
'n,n, his throat, but not pearly dr"p 81
" 'r.,,;,.,,;on stood upon his brow, nor rt''
,;.n, Of hi ter threatened his hat"S. i"'
t,,cr were cnc:lscd in woolicn St"'c>.
The Two journalists Of the party sct hAe
.ons,;cnt;,,,s droncs in 4 hive. they con,
.;,,sroa anon. themselves, and determined
s ,nn, t tto~ mist do something. They shout
d"r.a c,,.h an axe, and unitcdly attacked an
tmnnccnt little chestnut, fully as thick II your
,,.;.t In ,hcut half an hunr one loNiiE'llT'
,'a h,;.,,r,.d hts hands and the other zen
1h,, his arm was diSiocatrd al the >n",'''.,.
.rhon they threw down their axes. ana WIN
,,,,;,',; .trcnpth pushed the little chcSil!tt
aver II fell with II laundering crash s.h
yrnng way, and peeled the branches on
f,yorite hcmlock. They measured tlie''
fallen tree. II was twenty.scVeh lee' ioi's;
They nroudly reported their success 10 III
chanDion woudinau OF The age. h,'n.'"r,
sadly AT his peeled hem'ock' ne '"i' ~"
TINT if he was elected ana tths ".''','"
foreign mission he guessed ne tou'" Wv
IN them without their cNcrtili% li'c'i'>''e> ~
that WAY any more. :.,,,., .,,I
For four hours the sage 'lii!'''"" ''"'
f.llrd his trees. One orfwo Get''c'!! u ,'''
no into the woods and hcid eol!''Isa'''>
,,;,h him M a tree One WAS MT. blH I"'
" T.r.ytovu who i a Democrat. ana be
lnn,,s IN = Greeley club. Of which J"isi t
L,rn,nnut i, president. He l. nlaklh+ 1T
,-,nrcmrniS for a grand barbecue ana p'',h"
in honor OF the ClElplGlqiia nominee WI
Hrd>:,lI. who went out with the party ms =
frm across the road from Mr.. tfcttl : i
,l.na Democrat. and il making arrangements
for a grand ratification pc-hlc aiii"tS NV
nbiIosouhrr's nrghbors. Mir. y. Il. Stf"'l,'
= nrirLbor. who voluntarily Sllpcr'htr't@
the working of the farm III VT. ufct'H 49,
scnrr. has arranged 10 open the Dan on -
day next bv Il grand nci. hhorlF naI'e',''
near Tarrytown. THESE gentlemen tAllie 10
see the philosopher in the WOODS, I'LL is''cN.
ON their pic-nicing, but they did not acl'Ialll'
him with their designs. believing that II was
let To surprise him.
with his foot upon his native heath the
rhilop!,cr is McGrrgor Indeed. wan every
iiislt Of chips under the trcnraht blows ~
his AZ, hi, spirit, rose. and when one emp |
bipu,.r Than another flew OH At tangent
he'd sine out. Get olt Of that, ONE,
out with yoll." Fly, chip" &c.; and When
on the ladder trimming, llh' bigger branches
would come rll~tlins to the ground, some
fines brushing the ~.l"r'> benevolent iact or
di~pIaring lis >pcclaceS. he would cry ON.
Behave Yourself, Down WIN YOU,
"Wba, an wa :ba,t:" aud other tAprc--
SionS dtnuiiils the cNhllratian from What
he calls hi doctor and his deli@ht-chop-
ping.
IIi- wool-choppin" finished. at llalt-r>t
the philosopher invited all hands to his house
in the woods t. lunch provided ny tne
unjuLborIv attention OF Mr.. Stewart. lie
desistcd from his labors reluctantly. He
would liked to have worked until o'clock.
and when finally he withdrew he declared
there was "A days work yet before him.
At the house the nectar OF the spring was
again INDUCED in ali round, the western man
taking to it with an ardor of Il new ronsert.
The philosopher washed his hands III the
brook, and entering the house, the whole
purty sat down to Ii cold lunch that WAS
most grateful To their thoroughly appetiZcd
souls.
The SAGE, 50 lately called II bran-hrcad phi
losopllcr and vegetarian, most nobly attacked
the tall pyramid of wheaton biscuit aud The
high pile OF hroilcd chicken, and did not Dis
Cain even 4 taste of the sponge cake ana bo-
loyuaS. As for the milk and iii,. butter it
had no rest from the beginning TO the end Of
the feast. The universal opinion of every
city man, given rs sort Of lame excuse tur
taking the third glass OF milk and putting
butter Oh his cake, was that ii was so plea
Sant to have milk and butter that you could
put confidence in. The philosopher did not
take to milk so freely rs the rest, however.
He had hi4 tin cup Of spring water AT his
plate, and seemed to prefer it in its original
purity, unadulterated either by milk of the
COW or juice of the corn. The conversation
turned mainly upon neighborly affairs at the
table. Politics did not seem to interest any
body, least of all the philosopher. If any
farming subject was mentioned he was inte-.
rested At once, but everything more likely to
lead TO complications was taritly tabooed.
After lunch Il game of euchre was pro-
posed, but the cards We're wanting. The
sage, il seems, IL an adept ut euchre.
II like the game" said he, because you
needn't bother your brains about it,
walk over the farm for the benefit of the
journalists WAS in order after the meal.
.'Come, gentlcmen,' said Mr.. Greeley, 81
want to show you what l know about farm
ing"
The party then tramped over the farm to
the onion patch, the marsh meadows, to see
the outlet of the drains 10 the orchards
(''thc most profitable orchard in the county
of WestrheSter," said the Sage), to the stone
barn, IN the upper story of which every la
bor-saving machine yet patented is ready for
use; to the stalls Of the riding-horscs of his
wife and daughters; to the COW twenty-five
years old, which he won't kill and which
won't die, and to the copse Of evcrgreenS
which form Il cool, sequestered arbor. She
1erins his garden from the northwest wind
All THESE. glories of farming the bucolic -candi-
date showed to his visitors, cxpatiating with
ardor on their beauty and worth, and contend
ing that whatever might be said about it in
sport his farm was conducted on the best
principles, because on the scientific basis
brought about by hundreds Of years aSpe-
rience and wisdom; and, moreover, not only
as Il refuge from his political friends, and rs
pleasant resting aud recuperating place for