The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-29

Don't do anything fi,trr4edly doart DO any
t,,;nr unless YOU are prepared to do IL; thcre-
fore, until This moment, IneVer have mace d
speech unless i had that speech all
SET DOWN AND READY.
This incident is Of no consequence 10 wv
nj all, and vet never made speeI'tl , ~ iL
life unless Itried TO inculcate q mora. a,;a,
teri: ,n,css tried to convey llis.i uG', ,.o,,
and if I can make you better men .n t,,nrn &c
are rlaurhtnr1-it is not ior me 10 s' rl,usb.
room for it, though suppose tnele - ra,, ara
.o'.1 r. can make you wiser tllah !o" aio,
te. + = 80, nrofect YOU in after life as nave
nan,, nrotcrtnd. let me do 1t here, even II
: 49, nnr;sh on the spot. (LauGhtcr.l no" tnis
t,i n crcurs in this wise. As trivial is II
- = !. matter to he treasured, think, ana
'.a'n,nn,Lnrpd, When was fourteen, Is re-
a,lcd before. was living with my parents,
,~,,, ,yere very poor, and Correspondence
honcst We had youth living with Us ey
vac na,De Of Jim Wolfe. He was an excel
,nnt fellow. seventeen years old, ana very
,,;nidert. He and slept together tiau9htefl,
and one very bitter winters night IL COUSIN
Mary Of mine-she's married now ana gone
rIau:iltcrl gave what they c;tiico
AcA&DY PULLING, .....
in those DAYS, in the West, and they took thc
,succrs Of hot candy outside OF inc nous
into the snow under sort OF Ola po"el sil''
came out from the eavcS-lt was a sort Oh III
J, then, all covered with flnes--to co"l t'i;I ~,
,ot candy in tie snow, ana .ileE WIZ III
sitting around there, and IN the hiea'lti'i's !,
we were gone TO bed; we were io' iil'nou ~
to attend this party. we were 100 souls' AZ ),
these Young ladies and gentlemen assci III,
there and jim and l were Ill LED. 1helt
VA, about four inches OF snow on the Iool
of this ell, and our window looAco OUT oA i''
anl it was frozen hard. .. ...-.-
COUPLE OF ToN CATS
we're assembled OH the chimney IN Tue nilo-
dc of thi, ell, and they were growing at
n,rf,II rate. and switching their tails about
and ro;ue, on, and we couldn't sleep at all.
Fi,,ily Jim said. For two cents Ia 90 OUT
md snake them cats off that chimney so
T s,id. "Of course You would y; wen, 1T
.,id "Wcll, / would; hWe mighty GOOD
notion to do it,; says l, "Gf course you
Tave-ccrtainlr you have; you lave Il great
notion to do it," / hoped he might try II,
I'm; ! was afraid he wouldn't. Finally did get
his ambition up, and he raised the WINDOW
and climbed out on that icy roof WIN
nothinn on but his socks and very short
shirt. (LaugAtcr.l He went climbing along
an Ill f1,,r, On the roof towards this chimney
where the cats were. In the meantime these
younr ladies and gentlemen were enjoying
themselves down under the caves, and when
linn got almost to that chimney he made
INK, II the cats, and lis heels flew up and
i,c shot down and crashed through those
vines. and lit il the midst Of tic ladies and
-ecu,lc,lcn, and sat down in those hot saucers
of candy Tl,ughtcrl, and there was
A GENERAL STAMPEDE,
Of coyrsc. Now, anybody III the world wou!d
Lave gone into profanity or something CH'u-
lated 10 relieve the mind under such cll2ulIi-
stances Ilaugitcrl, but lie dit'nt; nc scrapcd
tic candy OF his leg, nursed his bl>tClS i
little, aud said, !" / could have kctcuel them
Eats If | had had on Il good ready" NOW,
say Til, that if the opportunity had 80 lalieil
out thai could have Ind ample opportunity
to .ci upa speech, could have gotten up
sIGcch that would ilve sent you all-nomc-
llppy OF otherwise; | could have gotten up
Il .I,rcch that would i!are done honor 10 this
occasion and TO nc, but under the clTcun.-
stances | have had 10 opportunity, and
could not .ct up such a speech, but as long
as YOU live, if you remember the crcuni-
stances at all, you will remember that II l
had had ona
COED READY,
I would have caught these literary cats here
present. [LauGhter.l Vow, won't bore
Won ANY farther, but will simply say that l
all clad TO be present here, glad to help TO
celebrate this occasion, the new ELI OF en-
llr.cd prosperity for The Alda'le, and also
the calling to the editorial chair Of gentle
nm Of culture like Mr.. Stoddard, ana am
.I@I TO be able to sit with so bright COM
pany rs this, and hope you Will excuse
further remarks from yours truly. Laugh
tlrl-Ne,r YOrk COn1merCl0l.