Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-29
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Tine. az may still look st king; In
all his long railroad oareer--nimost, II nos
mite. fortv wears Ia duration the COM
pauy's president was also tho employees
patron and friend. He expected tnem 20
perform their duties. and ne kept Iaitn
with the humble,t as MI. nu Tue S,n nrgnI he
should mot be put upon nor wronged."
And SO he became to be called affection;
atelv nv tho employees their "Court OF
Appeals where every one coui1 nave ireo
audience and whence no man went away
till right had prevailed.
Not while no was, but after ne had
ceased to be president, they presenter EN-
With splendid token OF their grstitune
and affection.
miliar to us all. How in 1898. when The
Common wealth and her best traditions
were i'm peril aud the Phil:stines were
actually ripon US, at the earnest behest or
his feIlow.cit,zens ne took cnarge OF the
forlorn hope and "out of the ne'tlc dan
per plucked the flower safety virginia
became ,umultuous then WITH the applause
his name eyerywnere evoAeu-,n, ,ne ei'seS
ple felt safe while they knew that John >;
barbour was on guard. Alas the seltirei
is OH most now. and though the long
rolln is sounding for the Democratic hosts
20 assemble, mo sound can awake MN I'd
II Is well known that Mr.. Barbour made
no pretentlons TO the gifts ana graces oil
an orator on the hustings. Giited ne was
in an extraordinary degree with q peg
suasive tongue IN quiet anu private Ils-
course. He did not gee things Oy halves.
but his mind was broad and comprehen-
siye. hrs discernment and Discrimination
acute his reasoning cOaent ana conclusive.
But comprehensive and many sided a.
was his mind his heart was the imheu a'e
Jewel vt his soul. =
Thourh I speak with the tongues OF
men ard angels and have not charity,
am become sounding brass or sinaling
cymbal. Thus is.It written 10 me uo'd
Book and thus do all men believe. L
sneak that do know when 1 say that ne
abonnded IN charity-in quiet, uloDtfu-
siye. transformations charity. not sucn ~
bnmil,ated as much as it relieved. Oid
friends of his who had fallen upon EVIL
DAYS received many bounty ut MS nanos
nor ever knew whence 1t came; nor VIZ,
proper appeal for help ever mace 10 uiu'
IN vain. lie loved the good old Common
wealth and all of her proud traditionls,
and deplored with genuine solicitude ths
strairs Of fortune INTO which SO many OF
| her worthy people had fallen. And ne
| exhausted invention III an earnest ehoTt ID
| huild M her waste places and restore Der
people 20 prosperity and happiness.
His home in Washington was a. Il some
| old time Virginia mansion had been trans
| lated across the Potomac. Ii was th9
| abode of genuine, unaffected. ana renheh
| hospitality. Welcome greeted you az me
| threshold and closed the door behind you,
and your host, growing reminiscent Oh
| the DAYS and men he had loved, wCDid so
| becuile the time as TO make his guests
| 10Th TO depart He knew the art desp7e
in loco and enlivened his talk with apt
anecdote and incident but, barring the
emphasis of occasional eIpletiye, his con-
| versat,on was as refined and chaste as hl-
manners were simple and pure.
! He was a man of splendid presence and
| persou-so ine-looking. indeed. a. TO arrest
| attention In any company; his associates
| were the leading men of his State anu ne-
| tion. he was blessed with an ample com
netence. and his position for years had
| been one TO attract adulatiOn. Yet he re-
NAMED a straightforward, natural man
nered. noble-hearted Nirginian that loved
| his friends of high and low estate, and was
true to all his Obligations as man ana citl;;
| zen. His example was one or virtue ana
lofty manhood. and the annals of Virginia
| IN our time VIII IcCitc III h""iO Va rAN~'
| civic lustre.
Since the death Of his wife IN 1896 his
family had consisted of her sister, Miss
| Ellen DaingerGeld, and his nephew. hr.
| Richard Thompson. On the hateful night
that was his last Dir. Thompson was 40
sent. and Captain Ham Shepherd. OF tau-
ouier. was O guest at the house. About
| half-past in the morning OF Saturday,
Nav 18th. Mr.. Barbour knocked at Hiss
Daingerfeld's room and asked that doc
| tor be summoned. She hurrledly threw on
a wrapper and went to his bedside, but
there come no response TO her ANXIOUS IN
ouiry after his health. He who had 0een
a brother TO her in affection for all these
years would not give the poor token OF
word TO this Sister Of Charity IN every
thing but name. Captain SHEPHERD came
breathless from his room. close by, and
Ada. a faithful servant of the family. lie
| placed his hand over his heart, but II was
still. The end had come even before Miss
Dangerfeld had reached his side.
From the sounding sea 10 the further
slopes of the Alleghanies Virginians came 10
| his funeral TO testify their appreciation OF
the man. He was buried by the side OF his
wife at her ancestral home. Poplar HILL,
in Prince George county, Nd. IL accord
ance with his wishes made known IN his
lifetime. There leave him to his repose,
endeayoring 20 merge personal bereave-
ment IN the public calamity. 1t VIII ever
remain as decoration 10 me to have en-
loved his friendship and confidence.
For the last time Sdlce Ct Tde! Han and
farewell w. W. SCOTT.