The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-11
Copyright, 1892, by Edgar W. Nye.l

rms may or may not have been true,
but day before yesterday we had on the
Pullman car Asphyxia coming north
man who said that the race problem had
induced him to go south for the month
of November, where he found that the
colored man was well treated and rapidly
becoming so wealthy as to threaten the
supremacy of the white race. He be-
heved that i'll IL very few years the trade
and commerce of the south would be in
colored hands. He said that in one
county where he visited there were but
two colored men who owned n mule,
each, free of incumbrance, twenty years
ago, and now there are three of them.
Colored children, too, he SAYS, are
more plentiful, and parents seem more
economical of them. He SAYS also that
there is q strong atmosphere of progress
pervading the gatherings there, and
though color blind he says that the
other senses may be readily educated, if
at all sensitive, so that even in the dark
ness one may detect almost at once the
color of the complexion pervading the
meeting, though this of course refers
to the primary colors and not to delicate
shades
believe that many curious anecdotes
might be related regarding the wonder
full distinction of color by people who
are blind or color blind. | know of a
young lady whose father was very
wealthy up to the time he began to teach
me the game of poker, and she suffered
from color blindness, at one time clipping
with the colored coachman and not dis
covering her error until two years had
swept by on untiring pinions.
My friend now is broken in health and
i'll fortune, living with his son-in-law.
and all day long he sits in the sunshine
thinking of the past and singing or tell
ing stories to his little black and tan
grandchildren.
WANTED-Young man who can shave n few
guests, open oysters. and milk; good home per-
mancnt. Hinkson House, l'aoli. Pa.
The above advertisement is sent to me
by II valued correspondent at Wyoming,
Del. and l should be glad to give the
notice further circulation thus insuring
some good young man with genius a
warm welcome and permanent employ
ment. The advertisement is taken from
Il Philadelphia paper of great cstimablc-
ness.
Opening oysters and shaving a few
customers seem to so hand in hand
When fatigued with this he might also
shave the oysters and open few custom
els. | used to have such man myself
as a body servant, but he is dead now.
He sometimes impersonated me and
acted as my understudy, often trying a
new lecture for me.
That was the way lie met his death.
He wanted to be busy all the time. He
would on rainy days dig worms for the
feeble minded hens, and at night he
would crochet Tam O'Shanters for the
poor
But one time he tried new lecture
for me in an uncultivated town. was
not sure of the lecture myself and told
him to be on his guard, for some of the
ideas were keenly expressed, and the
treatment was vigorous He got part way
through the window, but it was violently
shut down on him, severing him in such
way that the committee got the end
containing the box receipts.
He had @ wife in Beaver Dam, Wis.
She buried him there. You can find the
tomb there today. She married again,
and had bad luck with her second hus
band also. His tomb is there too. On
the large marble shaft which his insur.
ance paid for is this inscription in large,
beautiful letters:
oh, hero we have a widow bereft-
richard on the right and Henry on the left
Below it some one has added:
:And II she should outlive a couple moro.
She could plant one behind and the other
before.
Another correanondant aslys of Mouth