The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-24

sscinatlng that BIO al once captivafed Dir.
Damn. Dun Ind farm hand from Ken
lucky working for bin, and one dasa he
asked The man IL he had ever 5iiesrd of
John Alexander. Cob. yes siry'' rcpliesi
the Keatuclian, 81 know him ussl. /" Well 1,
sass Mr.. Dunn. ''do you think you would
recognize him If you were tosee him now. Z
Eyes, Sit" was the reply, whereupong he
took him to AIexander's room, and upon
cntcring rushed ZIP to Alexander, and,
shaking him warmly by the hand, said,
''How do YOU do, Mr. AlexaaderW The
! tvs men acted rs if they had known each
other Cor long time. Finally the horse
man began to get restless and left for
Abingdonto see Col. Fuikarcon, who vas
there attending court. The Colonel took
him to the house Of his sister, Mrs.:Floyd
Hurt, and told her be was friend of his
aud to take good care Of him. In the
mean time he had tclegraphed to the
bank, asking about. Alexander, to which
| the bank replied that they knew nothing
Of him and that he had no deposit there.
The Colonel supposed that the bank Was
afraid that ne was detective, and that
they were trying 10 protect Alexander.
Alexander borrowed IL fine saddle mare of
Mr.. Hurt and loft for Norfolk. In few
days, nothing being heard from him, Mr.
Hurt concluded that he was an impostor
and tn 1t he would never see his mare
| again, and vas gaeatly surprised when he
found that she had been sent to the Nv
ery stable nj Bristol and was awaiting his
orders. "This MAS q remarkable case,
concluded the Colonel. "Here was man
who would take nothing and seemed to be
perfect gentleman, but who was SO en-
tircly wrapped in mystery that no clue as
| to who he was, or his whereabouts could
ever be ascertained. My opinion is that he
was an agent Of the government at Wash
ingson, sent out 10 report upon the feeling
of the people Of the South as to the gov
ernnent, and have no doubt he found
fthat it liked great deal of being sympa-
| thetc or kindly"
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DR.. VIM. f. Edmonds Of Gate City has
q pair of scissors which belonged to
Andrew johnson. when he was tailor
ut Grccuville, Tenn. The Doctors father
Major A. R. Edmonds, WAS "a partner in
the.taiIoring business and Of course knew
him we'll. l have heard the mn;or tell
some very amusing aud entertaining rem
| iniscenccs Of their days together. They
continued good friends all through life
and when johnson was President he never
! forgot his old associate in the tailor trade.
| Major Eamonds was n man OF strong
clara ctcr ard no doubt, being the Older.
gave Johnson some good moral lessons
that stood him in good stead i'll the trying
I.iiIncs in which he afterwards so conspic-
aously figured.
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The FOWL club" has eight secrets. Mr..
Jos.L Kelly has become member,and just.
what qualifications he has. and the object
for which he was taken in don't pretend
to say. Certain they have made m ex-.
ception of him for some reason.
W.
Mr.. William Wallis, the English convey
ANGER, tells very amusing story of how
Shakespeare decided dispute between the
Wesleyan dissensers and the church Of
England Bishop Wordsworth was Bishop
of Lincoln and man by the name Of Os-
good was the Wesleyan minister. When
Osgood died his friends Inscribed upon
his tombstone sSacrcd to the memory Of
Rev. r. G. Osgood.'
The Bishop Of Lincoln erased the Rev..
and an appeal was taken to the select COM
mittee OF, tho Priyy Council who decided
that the "Rev." was not an offence as
Shakespeare in one Of his plays referred
to a school teacher asRcv. and that it was
title Of dignity. given to eminent men.