Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-25

Mr.. Edgar Taylor: That his friends may
prove as loyal to him as he ls to his trlenos'
Mr.. Robert l.. Traylor: That he may
strike q carload Of relics OF Edgar AIM
/ Poe.
DR.. G. W.P. Brock: That next year Ilr-
| ginia- bred horses may win every race they
enter.
Dir. Spottswood Crenshaw: That the
/ Commonwealth Club may live long ana
| prosper.
/ Mr.. II. Brown Haley: That he may soon
/ see Hon. Charles Il. O'Ferrall Governor OF
4 Virginia.
Mr. J. s. Allen: That be will soon see
handsome new Baptist church on Chest-
| nut Hill.
Mr.. George G. jefferson: That he may
live to be past grand master of Masons OF
| Virginia.
DR.. J. A. HiIlsman: That he NAV enjoy
O few leisure hours at his hreslde during
the holidays.
Second-Auditor Ryland: That he may
distribute the new State bonds before the
lst of January.
Mr.. b. B. Bowles: That he may succeed
IN establishing for his church the finest
! choir in Richmond.
Mr. Iredell jenkins: That he may paint
| New York all colors and teach the metro
| polltans true music.
Mr.. NJ O. Lawson: That he may enjoy
his Christmas dinner as much as his friecds
enjoy being with him.
Mr.. Thomas j. Sydnor; That the or
| tesian well for the new hotel, The Jeher-
! son." may prove spouter.
Colonel Archer Anderson: That all the
! other alumni OF the University may share
his love for his Alma Mater.
Secretary -of-the- Commonwealth Flour
noy: That he may pick up new anec-
dote every day during 1893.
DR.. Charles II. Ryland: That donations
to Richmond College Library and Museum
may pour in thick and fast.
Mr.. John S. Harwood: That his Demo
cratic friends may stand by him and the
! profits in oils never diminish.
Mr.. Conway Il. Sands: That his actual
merit may never fail to be appreciated by
tho voters Of Hennco county.
Professor Louis Ide: That the Gesang.
verein Virginia may win all the prizes al
the next national singing festival.
! Mr.. +. A. Bowry: That his vision oil
brownstoue castles and marble payements
III Marshall Ward may be realized.
Mr.. James K. Werth: That the Powhs.
| tan Troop may have many more reunions
and that he may be present at them all.
Mr.. c. Ii. Urner: That he may never b'
shocked by discovering a grammatical
error IN any of the acts relating to the pub
| lie debt.
Mr.. Joseph P. Heath: That his pleasure
may be in proportion 10 the affection OF
the children for him, which IS q JMin.
tribute TO his worth.
Mr.. Chiswald Dabney Langhorne: That
his happiness. being in proportion to the
pleasure that he has given others, may bC
abundant and perpetual.
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson: That he may bC
as successful in raising money tor the
Davis Monument as be has been IN politi
cal contests and business undertakings.
Mr.. Thaddeus Adolphus Chalkley: That
be may shortly find his upper lip weighted
down by his budding moustache and live
to rumple 1t on many peach-blow check
Nj. Thomas NJ. rutherford: That hi:
hope TO see the Westmoreland Club gal
lery OF portraits of Confederate general
and statesmen may speedily reach ful
fruition.
Stanley Lyons. Esq. That some on,
may present him with an annual pass-bOOl
over the Nan-street car line, or NOV,
Floyd avenue a little nearer to his place 0
business.
Colonel w. 7. WIckham: That he ma,
be able TO take the FIRST Virginia Regi
ment of Cavalry to Washington as a specia
escort to Grover Cleveland on the day o
his inauguration.
Will McDonough, ESQ.,: That he ma,
ever reign as tho most immaculate anC
urbane jewelry clerk who ever dispense,
diamonds to young men about to enter tn
matrimonial state.
Mr.. Thomas Atkinson: That tobacco
manufacturing may boom indefinitely. apt
that Richmond may in no long time fulfil
its manifest destiny and rival New York a
the Paris Of America.
Mr.. ]. II. Witty: That bis happy com
bination Of business and journalism ma,
rebound TO the welfare OF all local paper
and help TO make Richmond in not manl
years as big as Baltimore.
Colonel John Bell Bigger: That hi
stentorian voice may be heard in the hal
of the House Of Delegates for centuries t,
come. and ss he grows old may his fond
ness for the fine arts increase.
Colonel G. OBJ. Cowardin: That the DIS
PATCH may make" the early mails ever
night in the coming year. always get II
full telegraphic reports, and have all tn
local IN hand before midnight.
Mr.. II. Theodore Ellyson: That he ma,
make good progress In ascending the lad
der of Masonic fame and be always KEEP
busy reading up on the laws of the lodge
and receiving DISPATCH subscriptions.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Parker, Jr. That he ma,
not by his admiration of all the young la
dies be led into old bachelOrhOOd through
inability to make choice. and that his bicy
cle-ridIng may eventuate IN a success.
George d. Pearman: May this jovia
resident Of East Richmond yet summon
the courage TO cross the ocean, and may b,
cease the "reverles of a bachelor" upOI
his return. and win sweet, loving wife.
Sergeant Robert j. Brooks: That tn
next time burglar shoots at him he ma,
be lucky IN fudng telegraph-pole con
yeniently near by, and that his duties ma,
not require him to perambulate too
rapidly.
Colonel w. D. Chesterman That his ful
enioyment of the Joyous anniversary ma,
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the DISPATCH OF the discovery OF a rea
centenarian or genuine case OF hydro
phobia.
]. Percy Stuart Esq. That his politica
fayorltes NAV ever come out first IN th'
elections, and that he may use bette
judgment in presaglng the results of tn
next fight in which John Lawrence Sulli
van hgureS.
Mr.. Harvey L. Wilson: That be ma
find cougenial friends IN Washington, a
he does everywhere. bat not forget tha
| Richmond has strong claims upon hi.
handsome countenanc9 for ct least
| Christmas visit.
Madison Scott. ESQ. That he NAV con
tlnue in his role of a sue cesstul drummer
and always maintain the usual ls-da
Air and general neatness Of appearance
which cause every malc TO pause and ad
mire him as he passes BY.
Captain Charles +. TAYLOR: That ther'
may be no Ares to-day 10 draw him from hl
family circle and that his Joy and haplnes
NAV be commensurate WITH bis merits as
member Of the Board Of Fire Commission
ers and great big, pub nc-spirted citizen
Charles Keesee Coulling, ESQ. That b
may vet learn that pIlicstion TO bushes
is not the only aim in life. and that hi
future happiness can best be- insured by al
eternal contract Of partnership with sSm'
smart and pretty little woman.
Mr. Arthur Clarke; That the deman