The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-14
SOME RICHMOND GOSSIP.
WHAT DE LEON SAID Aooo'
MAJOR T. A. BRANDsR'
nj. Return Homo From tho war an" MS
veccptiou- Gen. u. y. Lee-""'p''"'''
S.xrofoot-The old Mans ""''-'o''
~ Ftshlug.

hold with starving Han """' w
.,d then when he dies sending hach anu
n sr,een-dollar bouquet TO his iuhe'"i'
po.d what DE Leon says there IN ms DooA'
,.ro,,, Years in the Rebel Capital ABOUT
Tom Brander. Tom deserves ever! No'u VI
~ 10 spoke Richmond man YESTERDAY
a., hold in his hands T. {. DE Icons book,
a,o,e named. giving an inside view oil lie
On the southern Confcderacy, from It's bir'h
az It's death. from notes ;akep during the
wears running from 1891 TO 1850.
MANY who live now in Richmond remem-
her he Leon. He was gay and impulsNc'
brave and popular. lie tell IN loNe mere,
and for years paid court 10 h'cn li.li'.
beautv. She he's never married, neilhcI
has he Leon. who is now resident oi Ala-
hama. and well known 10 the world 10y DIS
literary works. Here is the way ne SPEAKS
OF Major Thomas 4. Brandcr ana MS re-
turn from the surrender
.Thcn Richmond, sitting like RacheI IN
her dcsol,tion. waited for the return OF her
yanauished- heroes still 90 her. News
came of the general parole, ana every
sound across the rivcT-every cloud oi uus'
at the pontOOn bridgc-was the slsh" ioi
rush 10 doorstep and porch.
;zipc the great difficulties OF tfansporta-
zion grew impatient TO clasp once again
their loved ones 10 their hearts. raise out
cries were made every hour, only 10 result
i'm sickening disappointment ana suspense
Al last the evening Of the third day came
and inst AT dusk, a single horseman turned
slowly into deserted Franklin street, max,
ing no effort to urge his jaded beast-traNei
stained and weary himself he let the reins
-. anil his hpnH lrpOD nItOn
his chest. IL WAS some time before any one
Doticcd that he wore the beloved gray. that
ne was Major b., one Of the brayest. ana
most staunch of the noble youth that Rich
mond had sent out. At first, like electricity,
the knowledge ran from house TO house,
tom Il. has come: The army is coming;
"windows. doorsteps, the curblng be-
came alive at the words. Each woman
and man had known him since childhood
had known him JOYOUS ana frank ana ever
cav. Each woman lOngcd 90 ask Tor nus
band, son or brother, but all held back as
they saw the dropped head They felt
that his sorrow was too deep to Ice dis
furbed. At last one fair wife, surrounded
by her children, stepped into the road and
spoke The ice was broken.
s.The soldier was surrounded at once.
Fair faces, quiyering with III pense, looked
up 10 his. as soft voices begged Tor news oi
even pattcd the starved breast that
had borne the hero home. The broad chest
beayed as if il would burst. \ great sob
shook the stalwart frame, and huge tear
drop rolled down the cheek that had never
changed color in the hottest flashes OF the
fight. And then the sturdy soldier, con-
qIering his emOtion-but with no shame for
it-told all he could, and lightened many a
heavy heart. ID 10 mis- own door they
L. IL. hav.baaIa1 and fNgTg
they left him alone, to he folded in the EN-
brace Of his mother, TO whom he was still
glorious in the dust.
GENERAL LEES RETURN.
The same writer tells Of the return OF
General Robert l.. Lee as follows: "Thc
next dav news came that General Lee was
coming A small group of hOrsemen APP
reared on the other side OF the pOntOOn
bridge. BY some strange intuition il was
known that General Lee was among them.
and crowd collected all along the route
he would take. They were silent and bare
headed. There was no excitement, no
hurrahing, but, as the chief passed, deep
loving, murlner. greater than those rose
from the very hearts of the crowd. Taking
oil his hat. and simply bowling his head,
the man in great adversely passed silently
on 10 his own door. Ii closed upon him.
and his people had seen him for the last
time in his Dattle-harness. Later others
came. but the house on Franklin street.
where he was resting, was closed"
HANOVER HOSPITALITY.
81 am from New York, sir
81 don't care where you are from. ! want
TO YOU come out TO South Wales when we
have our barbecue. I'm nigger-fOot man
myself, and want you 10 see specimen of
Hanover hospitality" The astOnishment
Il. Ncr E.r
vincing that the speaker, who is Rich
mond man. had TO explain TO him that
"NegrOfoOt" is the name of district in
Hanover, in which IN Olden times, some OF
the best men in the celebrated county lived.
and that he had been raised in that dis
trict. The barbecue he alluded 70 will be
given BY Andrew Wingheld, the biggest OF
the celebrated political Big -Four
that saved Virginia from Billy Malone.
lie was at that time a member Of the Sen
ate; now he is a well-tO-dO farmer, and con-
ducts operations on one of the prettiest
farms in the state. The farm is known as
"SOuth Wales" 1t is full of game, and the
Pamunkey river, which hugs its southern
boundaries. hides under its waters all sorts
Of fish. There are all sorts of enticing
things on the plantation, and Andrew
Wingfield declares that he intends to have
an Old-fashiOned barbecue, TO last two days.
out and enoy themselves. lie never under
takes anything of the kind without pressing
it TO success, and this promises to be one of
his best efforts.
''ME AND DICK. SIR"
There is a queer old gray haired negro
man who drives a brindle bull, that pulls
"A ricketty old cart filled with grease boxes,
and refuse from kitchens. along even our
most fashionable thOroughfares. The bull
wears bride, and does not seem TO mind
the rough pine saplings that serve as shafts
a. the cart. He appears entirely under the
command OF the old niger, and as this
seemed to be so strange, the old man was
asked yesterday If he ever had any trouble
with the bovine.
"Who: Me un Dick. sir: Nav, sur,
Dick know better. got him from my cur
son, up in Nelly county. | send some money
up dar, and | tolc him buy me kan.
din'nt warn no anmul, but ] warn jess Il
kali wild "A head size If a small maui. an he
sen rue Dick, and raise him. Dick know
me jess same as a dog. Cum yere. wah.
said the old man, climbing up on his cart;
and "Dick," seeming 10 understand him,
turned the cart and moved majestically
away. The old man has bought and paid
for house on BacOn's Quarter branch with
the proceeds of his and Dicks industry.
''lIelO, John, when did you get back"
"Just got i'm this morning. said hand
some young Benedict, who has been of to
the mountains of New York, and having n
vacation with some Of the good fellows of
the Manhattan club.
His face was the color Of a cOpper-still
that moonshiners use in manufacturing
mountain whisky. His eyes lacked the
flash that comes along on the healthful bust
ness breezes Of Richmond, and there was a
dreamy. tar-away look about them that IL
will take several days in our good city 10
restore.
"What sort of time did you have, JohnT'
.Splendid; | met the Manhattans, you
know what that means. We went up 10
the mountains fishing, and | caught seven
hundred trout one day"
"What did they cost you, JOhnT
Cost Why. the Manha,tans won't let
YOU spend cent. had 500 in my pocket.
They wouldn't let me pay for thing"
"IIow much did you bring back
Well, let me see-brOught back So"
What il that about money and certain
individual being soon partGif