Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28
he DIED FROM DRINK
~ye TERRIBLE FATE or THE IDLE RE-
poRTeR's SHANGHAI ROOSTER
yoie ana Man Arrested-Feeding tie
sootrrels-rhe Cbinaman spoke s'geh'
Barton Heights Girl

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-. second Market. where be piacidly in-
...fs the bounteous supplies OF eggs
Mace. and other Virginia antiquities
',.f I'm the stalls. As be was cautiously
..o. his way through a cart-load of poia-
Few DAYS ago he noticed in chicken
rosr bv a melancholy white Shanghai
-, which cazcd O., him in the most
bfuI manner. Never having re-
5 a formal introduction 70 this
q evil omen, the indolent scribe
.rt.i its galhnaceous fainiharitN,
raturnod the Shanghals gaze
eu indignant stare. But as the
I.rn pcered into the rosy features
.. rooster. distant memories came
trr back 10 his mind (the ldler's
rof tie rOOsteT'sl, and he knew
80 thr chautcieer was not an existing
t. lut Chost-a shade OF former
Tie work .aDhorring scrlbbler re-
t.a .f,nc when he bad seen the chicken
-t unusual state--dead drunk. IL
..r.l frat / was possessed. IN the dis
. l.r AZ which ] speak. OF a white
COR winch got INTO "A fight, and as .
...-..I Consequence, got very sore head.
.... ny medical skill failed 20 cure the
rI. ard finally / decided 90 admins
t-ll.ss 1i whlskey. brought bottle
l.aI.uld INTO the back yard. and after
..r.tug chase. inside ana outside
-. r.LhDuse aud over q few choice
+t...a plants. | captured the bird.
..r-.l tho fiery fluid down the
t.r0at. and he smacked his lips with
.a " Iou't-carc-if-I-don air that / gave
=. another drink and then pitched him
sr Ile rooster struck out due west
81 landed due east. and after precise
.rr.nfputi0uai circuit of water bucket
,...r,rear bg. he tapped hls wings aud
. nn irStalmeut-pan crow, which
.... that his lungs were IN some way
Unaffected. gazed ~ establishment
tt.. ridiculous movements OF the fowl,
-I l.r. aN Of sudden, II soaked
f-.-. tho roots OF my hair that he was
....It0I ICES. and what was more, 10
GAO fuhls Tag" That rooster was
lrl drunk that he forgot alto
...r that he had any feet. and wrig-
.f about on every available portion
-0raf0my. In few hours he died.
II.r r0ll voice that had so often cheated
rrr.. .b1rs ont OF their early morning
r.t us forever hushed. The valiant
,.t lrlIunted IN life, had nOwn 10
rDf eternal ash-banks, whore ROSTERS
I'M. rr stand. scratching all the day. !
no Ono departed 20 his sarcOphsgus IN
.fI..s alley and dropped a crystal tear
500 Is remains. and bis memory died
With iu until few days ago. when ! saw
...Ie DO the Second Market. / have
rea-r resolved never TO offer young
- H.rs' whiskey again.
Sergeant Junius Cosby and one Of his
n.er policemen made double arrest
f2 lags ago. AMI their victims were q
rlnarl bis horse. never fully made up
ltmld whether the equine was to blame
lfhe matter. but at any rate the blue
ca's regarded HIM os par'.cepS crimtnis
OIL tle d5'urbauce. so the dumb brute.
a.ur with ms master, was led TO the sta
tr house. The rider. II must be can
d..g confessed. was IN state of unusual
elimination. ] will not say what caused
t.- excessive exuberauce of sDirfs on his
r.ff but as ne proceeded down Main street
Fl. frequently asserted, with some degree
q musical skill, that his mother and
father were IRISH and he was Irish too"
ll, busy pedestrians who had tins start
lre news communicated TO them DID not
F0p TO investigate the genealogical tree
~ ile equestrian. aud only smiled. but
le was determined 10 have the secrets
connected with hls ancestry fully disclosed,
and 50 he continued TO let the public know
oi ms HibeTnian progenitOrs. The pOpu-
laee. however, were entirely unapprecia-
tive, and finally the rider. IN order 10 en-
yhasize his statements, drove his foamlng
charger up on the sidewalk and Tor the
we're residents of the Emerald Isle"
No' satisfied with informing the pOpulace
~ these facts the equestrian next under
took 10 perform few wild west acts on
hI- sieed. He stretched himself on the
hack of the horse and gave an embryo In
dian war whOOp, which forthwith attract
"a the attention Of Monsieur lie Sergeant
and his brother officer. When the police
man walked up the rider was expOunding
@ few ancestral points TO a picture Of Sol
Smith Russell. which was on an adjacent
sign-bOard, and therefore the horseback
artist failed TO note their approach. The
guardians" quickly removed the man
from his charger. and then all four march,
81 Of to the station-house.
-.
Az | was walking through the Capitol
Square few days ago, and inwardly an
athematizing the circuitOus pathways
which lead up to the State House my at
tention was attracted by the shril blowing
Of whistle. paused. aud looking in the
direction of the Governors mansion, saw a
convict with bucket III his hand and
whistle in his mouth. He was just
about 10 feed the squirrels, and tue
hose no made served as summons
e. remind the frightened little rodents
that II was their breakfast-time. The sound
brought the bushy-tailed animals from
every direc ton, and / could see them
coming from the east and the west, the
north and the south. jumping and frisk-
INK toward the criminal IN his felon's garb.
] he convict evidently looked upon the
squirrels az his special pets. and | could
f.e as be pitched q handful of nuts to
them, that they loved him and regarded
him a. q representative msn--that is. II
squirrels ever bother themselves about u
yv,tgating the merits of anybody. |
could not help thinking that though the
hand Of civilization can sometimes tame
even the beasts of the forest. II cannot
curb that most refractory animal, man.
He was from the country. There was no
disputing that fact and being, as he was.
resident of the rural districts. no one
should have expected him to be familiar
with city life. When he sauntered down
'he street he was amazed, but he kept his
mouth shut. At least he kept IL shut until
De saw an electric car come whizzing down
The thOrOughfare. A gentleman was cross
ing the street just at that time, and. IN
vild excitement, the rustic yelled; Look
out there; here comes a car that's got
e0ose from the horses" Despite the fact
ttat an awful danger menaced the pedes-
uian. our country cousin" was maZed
% see him break INTO laughter as
.hs warning reached his ears. BY this
time the car itself had neared the man Of
the waving corn-felds, and so our friend
undertook 10 give the motorman some
advice. He wildly cried, stop it, stop
p IT'S gotten away from the horses !"
Now, wasn't IL remarkable that this motor
man laughed, too? In fact. hls mouth be-
came abnormally extended and was
bounded on the north by his left ear
aud on the south by MS right ear.
The stranger from the rural district could
not understand and saw no occasion for
meirlment. II he is still In Richmond he
doubtless comprehends by now that, as
The CAinaman wisely but profanely said,
the cars are case of mo pushee, no
Ss-lee, but run like hellee alice samee."
While ain the owner of magnificent
sOrner lot at Barton Heights with an unin-
"rFupted frontage Of ten feet (Which it
Will take me twenty years 10 pay for.
must admit that | have never visited the
picturesque suburb. / have often heard Of
Inc beauties Of the place, but long ago de-