Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-18

Of the pumbor Of coHus they had IN
thoir famlly-osople who based their su-
n.rtorltv ON ancestral oonrs. vet dir-
creetly declined TO give details about the
skeletons i'm their family closets. ON one
hand [ met Nj. So-and- 50. who trAv'iiri
ON the reputation 0t his great grand
father. long since deceased. AMI NOW,
dnubtless contributing hs illustrious
blood to fertilize "a turnip.patcb "r ad1-
vaf,l,ncv 10 "a corndeli. Viii" ON thf
other hand. / met the srcat-greai-Grana-
doughter of a DISTINGUISHED pirate-an
iIlustrious thief who was hanged with
great pomp In days gone hy.
In vain tried to recall my progenii9rs-
II had anv-aud day after day / struS-
glod 10 resurrect my gen a'ogy from '"'
Uanover slashcs whence the gentlemen
who have the responsibility Of being my
forefsthers are said 10 haNe sprung. l
did NOT aim to go back as far as th"
"rr,toul3emic globule,' but simply sohfh'
a rteat-grandfathor. My efforts were th-
successful. AM my heart WAS Dow Il
down with weight OF woe. S'i'7i"''
friend of mine. who had suilcieht c'-n
TO overcome all scruplcs as To ms laul'S
escutcheou. tried TO console m'. u '"''
Won can put your hands on your "u'''
to- ar NOT" auoth he. "you must have
had them. You couldn't nave SpI"nS "'
l,,. n mushroom. All you've got to ''
is to buy up lot ot "lH P'l'l'.'
cur they represent your for'i'thtis'
Alludo 10 this one a. Lord kuI4S i'''.
homes INV honorel great grands,re' anu
u,at ora os SIR Archibald Nevorr l3-
hustle. my paternal eroat-sfei' i'-u"''.
rbora vas some little logic TN hts "oI'4'
h,t baarl<encd not unto him no, h't
o,.o when he used 10 ada that I'Il
r.,con Is rcputed 90 have said of persons
whose worth depended on their ancestors
rafber than on themselves. That in'y IT,
sonblol potatoes. the most vaIuinle par
Of which Is UNDERGROUND.
"
Dut am harpy again now. The r'.'
b,ve s,nt my consolation, ana WI" -
i.'tter stul. / didn't have 90 pay expires 3
~ ,,ost,re rates on IL. Recently they hdu
Iig b.r.ch show I'm New York. ani
T,,rser L. a swect-fac'd buli-pup, WIN
any number of cc)mplisfmeuta, saln'IH
Inn the prize over an competitors. S2""t
one mailed me- a catalogue, and IN lt
- a. detailed description OF dog gene
algcv and canine heraldry some or
tho,o pupS traced their ancestry pi'N as
f,r as the Norman conquest. aad a dog
that couldn't name his t-grdh.ld'I'i
arooug the Puu'an fathers. was COM
e.lered too plebeian % be- allowed even TO
e1t Fmvanna rcrsimmons. Here l3 an
extract from the description OF To-" ~ J.'
the uustri1us puu, whose placid brow
was wrtathed with thc l1ur'a n the
show
"Tovser J. is black AMI white, medium
sizoI weighing in good trim thitty-'l iht
pounds lie Is an exceedingly lniu-tt4""5
worker fast and stylish, aud Win ttt
best OF Judgment. Ills markings ana
color are perfection. His breeding i3 uh-
surpassed ia Americ1 to-day. Mltu Don
pedro as his sire. Frederick william as
his graudsire. and charl.masn' aa ms
great-grandslrc he has the thr'e repre-
sentative American "bulliozers' "s ms
individual ancestors. u IS utterly impos-
sibl. 10 yut tolether. even Ia fancy, any
thing ID surp,Ss this breeding. anl th'n
10 realize II as existing. aal In an iudl-
vldIal hieh-cla-s animal, truly combines
T. place TOwser j. before tho public ot
TIL. tuiOu as "a bull-pup OF uu Irpa.iei
quality"
Now. George Washington or Napoleon
R.uayIrtp couldn't have touched tlt.
bull-pup iu arist0cratic lineage. Moreoy"r
D. sides bis blue blood. this dog BIS hanl-
some nteuecu1l accomplished. disuih u.
and Wei bred-iu fact. perfect Lord
Ch,sterneld La giving his history have
copied verbatim from thc catalogue, ana
iD conclusion. / can only AID; 'L.ts i"t
the buli-pups have it all. We can't come
pete against any such combination 1913 mat
Lots stail ON our individual merits for
u little while
d. & lf
ly down Broad street with the wheels ~
my massive brain unimp-led by any par
ticular thought and wilh no special object
in view. bur tor the fart tn-t / paused 3c-
casionally 10 cast am a0oct.On1ts glance
at my reflection in the shop-wlulpWs. or
blushed now ana then at the liberal dis.
play Of ladies' hosiery exhibited in the
stores. one would have Imagined tnlt
moved about in a sounanbulstic state.
10 teli the truth, ( was dreaming and as
dreamt hand smackcI M on that IOr-
tion Of my anatomy known ass my Vtrte-
bra, and exclaimed: WHITTIER directest
thou thy llttlc fectstapf -! man oi th"
sanT0n-tlntel whiskcr3F' / turned the fui
light OF my benign face upon ths possess
sor OF the hand that sm0te the aforesaid
vertehra, and. behold ] saw Ned Nalcn-
tine, the sculptor. Any on. who loves art
and has met the distinguished artist
knows what pleasure / experienced On
greeting this gentle. talented man. whose
magic touch bredthes NE into iuanimate
cl8y and adds cloquenCe 90 the cold
snowy marble. Mr. Valentine knew |
w0rshippci art and that my last effort
on the chickcn-cOop was a chef d'ocuyre,
and so he began % discuss things per-
tanning thereto. We talked of sunset
tints and effects I'm water -color-or rather
he talked and dcvourngly led him On
until We had gone considerable distance.
when a young man approached thc stnp-
tor and. Knocking our conversation from
the sublime 10 the ridiculous, said: "Ar.
Valentine can you lct me- have those
boots / loaned you this morning. with
his characteristic Unaffected courtesy. the
artist said he would attend % the matter
and then. In explanation TO
NE, he added as he turned aside: THAT
young man was kind enough 10 loan mt
those boots f0r "A model some time ego.
and II you Will walk with me round -
my studio / Will get them for him 1t
once" / consented. o. course. aud on the
way he talked Enthusiastically on his
calling In life, and by maintaining dis.
Greet slle nee shout the matters ne dis
cussed ! deeply impressed him with ny
profound knowledss Of aesthetics. When
We got to the studio the sculptor rcsur-
rected several Dairs OF boots of colossal
size. and after soaring the reaches from
the dusty foot-gcar he decided that the
only way he could select the right paic
would be to take them oh. Inasmuch as
there were three sets | wondered how he
was going % get them 10 the young
man, and was on the point OF suggesting
that We could partly solve the problem
by getting IN two pairs and ~alkins
them around when he nshed out an OLD
and proceeded 20 make an int
mense and hldeOus bundle. IL occurred
10 me that there wasn't another man IN /
the State of Virginia, much less this dlsiln-
sulshed digniied gentleman. who would 4
have deigned to lug such package |
through the streets. Il guess I
you think I'm funny fellow 1
10 carry this bundle in this 4
way" he explained apoiogctically. hut 4
don't mind Il ~ tbe least. Ooce asked 1
General Robert +. Lee 70 ioar me pair
II boots for a model. and4he brought them \
10 me and carried them under
iis arm 80 why can't | do ity' Ana 50
he gathered Up the lsa,hery medels. anu
.fter | had compelled him 10 DIVIDE als
burden with me, We s.rlel forth again.
rhe incident was trivial. despite the SIZE
II the boots: but could not help admir-
ng the man and honorinS him the more