South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-06-02
Fitshush's Letter.


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From the Richuosd Dispatch.
Several calls hare been made upon as
for . copy or the now celebrated letter
which was the causc Of the removal Of
Doorkecpcr Fitxhugh from his once.
We reproduce It from the Congressional
R,yor,f:
ID. G.. Dec. Is. 1875. 3
DEAR -: have been trying ever
since my election to write to YOU. but
have been bssisged from light in the
morning until one or two at night.
had about one bundled and thirty ap.
pointments to make aud have had rock.
ON without exagyeration three thousand
applications besides men, women a chill.
drcn, pulling and jerking me every time
l would put my head out OF the door Of
my office. have had to keep two ush.
ers and two to three clerks ever since
the hour Of my election In my ofIice and
It 10 now Eve o'clock in the morning that
have gotten up TO write TO you. In re.
gard to - tried to save place for
him but the members are 90 clamerous
for their constituents that so for it has
been impossible to do 40. my force after
christmas will be increased and then I
will be able to do something for him &
l will stick him in. Fay Fitzhuglis
sonJ arrived OH Saturday morning all
safe. set him to work on Monday nj
q ~. 100 place & he is the most delight.
ed fellow you ever saw. Iwish you conld
be here with me do try and come on, the
Govnt furnishes me with fine turnout
d spanking pair of Horses & before and
after the house session & recess have
exclusive use of them. my coachman
comes down every morning for ia, that
Is Fay & myself aud after driving around
to my breakfast take me to my Office,
come on < will give you & - n good
time. Congress is invited over to the
Centennial on Friday. we will have big
timc-came back on Sunday. may draw
on you for one hundred & twenty dol.
lars TO morrow which you can draw back
for on the lst Jan, ] got your telegram
telling me 70 draw for two hundred If
needed. but tried to 10 without any, G.
may not have TO draw tomorrow, but oil
OF our members like myself tight up on
first mo. & hate TO ask them, j. w. come
on christmas for few days & we will
have glorious time. have more invi.
tations to frolics with the members &
Senators than any man In Washington.
| am bigger man now with the mem.
bers than old Grant. cannot put nv
foot upon the floor OF the Hall but that
they make break for me & sometimes
a dozen begging at me at once for places
for some friend. scarcely ever get ont
OF the Office to go on tho floor Of the
House. / have under me the Folding
rooms, Document rooms, File rooms all
committee rooms. all employees in the
Sonth wing Of building & entire south
wing Of capital. have Supt and rs.
sistant in each department and about n
dozen book keepers, besides my Office
Clerk. & we do things up in stilc. /
have boy TO take my hat and coat or l
can't turn around without some one at
my beck and call. & when get all my
new appointments broken in. I shall
have nice time I am making
mp a party already to come on to Texas
OH the adjournment. s. s. Cox to head
it, he is the warmest friend Of mine you
ever saw. also the New Speaker Mr.. Kerr.
Fay and myself spent the evening with
Mr.. Kerr last evening quite
contrast here and Austin. j can't
turn for friends here. have now fifty
letters from my Southern friends all
parts or the South congratulating me,
thus ways the world. let n man be pros
porous and every man is his friend.
must close, tell - will look out
ff.p him a sf
myself l can get him in some OF the
Departments after Christmas. write soon
TO Your Devoted Friend,
l.. A. FiTzuUaH.
"A CONTRIBUTOR 10 the Grdptic SAYS
that the origin Of the term &c penny"
40 penny" ETC., as applied TO nails.
though not commonly known. is inyolv.
ed in no mystery whatever. Nails have
been made certain number Of pounds
TO the 1000 for many years, and arc
still reckoned in that way in England.
n l0d. being 1000 nails 70 10 pounds.
and 3d. being 1000 to pounds. n
god. weighing 20 pounds to the 900
and having just ono-half the number Of
nails TO the 10 pounds OF the lOd. and
w OiANiihD VIZ VugNt tnti1 LOT the y
pound, s pound, or 10 pound variety.
etc. until. by the Englishman's abbre.
Walton Of pun for pound, the abbrevin.
ton has been made TO stand for pennv
instead ofpound. as originally intended |:
and when II comes 70 less than one
pound TO the ] 900, such as tacks. brads
etc, they are reckoned ounces. q
ounces, IL ounces, etc, and the manu-.
facturer who would make less than !. :.
600 nails TO 10 pounds FOR lOl. nail
would be looked upon as a cheat. as in for.
mer times the difference in the cost Of
the manufacture OF one pound OF small
nails over the larger ones Ewas much
greater than now. As nails are now
made and sold, the dealer only asks for
the sizes needed by the usual dcsigna.
ton, and the fact that there are now but
- r a.