The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-18
KING WILLIAM COUNTY.

Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
FEBRUARY Is, 1878.
Our staid and law-abiding community has
awakened from its Rip-Van-W inkleism
enough to witness the first public flagella-
tion that has been administered by the just
and sure hand OF the law at our courthouse
since the beginning OF the new departure,
or, more plainly, since the close OF the. war.
An enterprising "nan and 6rother," hail
ing from one OF our sister States to the
south, and claiming to be large cotton
planter there, with plethoric purse which
he wished to deplete some by an investment
in old Virginia land, made his appearance
in the "upper parish " OF this county lately
and succeeded In imposing upon the credu-
lily Of some OF the very worthy and sub
stantial landlords OF old Mangohick to the
extent Of negotiating for the purchase OF
thousand or two acres of farming lands,
which he intended to highly improve, DC.
but Just about that time "The Church" call
ed a meeting at night ut the house OF one OF
the brethren near by, and our capitalist,
desiring to put in good appearance, Dor
rowed some good "Store clothes " from his
hospitable entertainer, telling him that he
could dress much better than he did, but
was afraid of being robbed If he wore tine
clothes, as be always carried a large amount
OF "the needful" round his person. Well,
his sable. or rather metallic, attractions be-
came so seducing when arrayed in suit OF
broadcloth. that 10 the wife Of his friend fell
an easy victim, and instead OF vending his
way TO "meetin'" the twain struck bee
line, by the light OF the moon, for Washing
ton, leaving stmine host" minus one kind
of a suit, but with material to make another
one of a different stuf-id est, suit for
A nt ~
and our gay :'Lothario" was promptly
caught, and received sound stripping after
trial and conviction. 1t is needless to add
that "our pIanter,"a after such an expe-
rience OF the old-fashioned way OF doing
things in Virginia, suddenly concluded that
he wouldn't invest any at present, bat made
tracks for "de cotton country" without
standing upon the order OF his goir.g, but
went at once, a sadder il not wiser man.
Well, Mr.. Dispatch, now bs.yen't our re-
adjusting Solons put their s,eet into the mire
which surrounds our ;.mpecaniosity-iust
stuck them in deep a.,d heavy? Who now
says we haven't Bept our promise to settle
that little matte, about that debt and those
.<svile funders which we made last fall on
the bustings? Why, sirs, we've Barbour
lied it--shorn it of its Samsonian locks
until " them funders" now "roar it, sirs,
.as gently as cooling dove"
Can't you, kind Dispatch, furnish us with
a synopsis-or, better still, the full plan
OF that patriotic Virginian D. II. London
regarding the capitalization OF the land.tax
in Virginias Let us have it, and il it is
feasible plan let some OF the legislative wis
dom be spent in trying to relieve the now
heayily-burdened land instead OF passing
botehes that only sink us deeper In the mud.
En- paSsaat, we once heard very large
landh0lder--one who now graees a sena-
t0rial seat, and does it honor, too-assert
in open court that there was no really
poorer man in the State than the one who
holds large tract OF Land, 1t being in the
main unproduct!ve, at least not profitable,
and unstable, yet bound TO bear q heavy
tax-burden. 1 e! FARMER. 81