National Republican., 1881-07-28
Incidents In the Life OF n Remarkably
Charitable Man.

Since the death of Anthony Buchly
many instances of his generosity have come to
light which show how kindly heart beat under
his rough exterior. No one knows the amount of
unosentatious charity Mr.. Buchly distributed, and
had ngenerous act of his found It's way to the pub.
lie during his lifetime the individual or organiza-
ton that had made known the fact would never
again have been the recipient Of his bounty
Talking with n gentleman who had known Mr.
" ~ Iditc intimately, q representative of THE
REPUBLICAN said TO him.
"Tell me o few of the incidents to which you
refer"
There are so many" said he, "that I scarcely
know where to begin. However, one or two will
do for illustration. At the Company fair Mr.
Buchly confidently expected that Engine Com
pany No. 2would win the billiard table So con-
fdcnt was he and his friends that their very con.
hdence induced them to relax their efforts, and
when tho votes were counted IL was found that
No. Company, In the First Ward, was the winner
The next morning party of gentlemen were talk.
ing over the matter, and Mr. Buchly came up. He
seemed very much chngrined 10 think that his
fayorie company had lost, and as he expressed
H. All for few dollars and he added: NO. 2
shall have table just like It, Turning 10 Jim
Willett who was OF the party, he said You order
that table to.day.' The table was ordered and, al.
though 1t was supposed to have been the donation
of the business men on Pennsylvania avenue be.
tNetH NlHtu anu lCNlu blTcctS, buCnlS con-
tributcd the largest portion of its cost"
"Mr. Buchly was an honorary member both of
the National Rifles and Company A, was he notg'
asked THE REPUBLICAN.
"Yes," was the reply. "I well remember wb
The Rifles first started. He met one of tho men and
asked In his gruff way, What all this splitting and
row meant TWAS explained to him that there
was no row; 1t was difference Of opinion, and
that the city was big enough for two military or
RaniZntiOna $50 IN Ia ha Oh ,o
as an honorary member / may be blackbal
but IL nm keep the money and he gave the gen.
tleman bill representing double the amount of
the dues Of an honorary member. But, Mr..
Buchly, said the RiAeman, this is too much
money All right, said he, keep II. There may
be some fellow who will want that much to
pay OH his uniform. But don't you say n word
about It, Another instance comes 10 my mind
During the Inauguration ceremonies the Rifles
were assigned 10 receive General Sheridan and
as one OF them was standing OIL the corner OF Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue MIR. Buchly
came along, and, slipping large sized bill into
MS shand, said, Take this IL will help buy fire.
works; but don't dare TO say that gave IT, That
which most reflects credit upon him, however, was
what he did so far as the Masonic Mutual Relief
and the Masonic Endowment Associations were
concerned. know that he told the secretary that
whenever tho death assessments became
due and he knew of any Masons who
were out OF work and unable to
pay to send the cards TO him and he would give
the money, ana believe he has paid hundreds OF
dollars In this manner and none but the secretary
nnd he knew where the money came from"
The large amount named in his will for charlta.
BILE purposes, the items OF which were published
in THE REPUBLICAN on Monday last shows how
deep an interest Mr. Buchly took IN all organiza.
lions for the relief OF the worthy poor, and the
number Of those who have had cause to bless mis-
quiet and unassuming charity will probably never
hn