Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-01

of-fact way In which Affairs were con-
Quoted In the old days Is shown by the
following extract from the minutes OF
trustees meeting held December 8. lIs:
Resolved. That the board be $50 per
snnum. or that any student who supplies
the steward with 900 weight OF pork nv
weight OF beef 2 barrels OF corn, ana
bushels Of wheat shall have credit ioi
tG5, the balance, RS TO be paid al the IN
plration of the year; but those VINO cnoos.
TO pay In cash are TO pay one nan a.
entrance, and the other hair al the ei'u
OF six months"
The Virginia pound Of those days was
1888 i-3.
The translation OF Hanover schooi NV
Washington Henry Academy, as IL "aS
afterwards known. was the natural out
come OF events happening about me pc
rlod of its founding. That eminent VT
ginian. George Washington, had aoueu -
thA lustre of his fame, and was basAhs
in an aureole Of Colonial glory, whiis ms
able compeer Patrick Henry, han useu
81 Johns church. I'm this city, as place
wherein TO emphasize some felcitous Ut
terances which the world seems not !e'
willing TO forget. Besides this, henry WIS
endeared TO his immediate fenow-citizeie
by being the colonel OF the nrst reEiihe',
Of Virginia volunteers ever raiseu' anu
was also the first Governor OF the Com
nonweath Of Virginia. Remembering
these things, IL is no wonder that WASH
ngton-Henry received its compound name.
~ NAV be proper also, to say that many
good Virginians got their learning IN ~
benefcent halls, and went forth 10 make
Tho great States of Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Missouri. and others OF
he South and West. Among the consplc-
nous eleves Of Washington-Henry Acade-
my was Henry Clay.
David Mead Randolph built the house
formerly located on the southeast corner
of Fifth and Main streets. Afterwards
purchased by Scotch John Allan, VINO
subsequently adopted and reared Edgar
Allan Poe. as far as that cratic indl
vidusl would permit him to do so. III
passed some years ago to the pos
session Of the Masons, who intended II
for the site OF temple; Afterwards
built elsewhere. 1t is now on the market.
II has often in the past been discussed
as a suitable site for a hotel. Some
6fteen wears ago, when the house still
stood a grand entertainment was given
there by the citizens to such visitors as
attended the Yorktown centennial as
they chose TO invite. Among such guests
was the then distinguished French
General Boulanger. The gallant Gaul
Immediately captured all hearts by his
suavity, attic wit. and the manly
comeliness OF his tout ensemble. lie
danced galore with numerous Richmond
speciments OF the "loveliest Of her sex,
by whom he was universally voted 70
be "iust the cheese" All the alleged
specimens OF Richmond chivalry taking
part i'm the performance FASTENED to en-
dorse the favorable estimate put on the
rising warrior by their female con
geners. "Bou" was an eminent brick. the
ladies had said so. and they knew The
local papers were filed ad nauseum with
accounts of the affair, with Boulanger as
the rcgnant star OF the happy function.
4 year or so afterwards the French hero
being at home. got detected In some eX-
uberant attempts to make himself con
spicuous at the expense of the public
veal. and was compelled to fee to Brus-
sells. There. not far from the field OF
Waterloo, and on the grave Of falier
angel. a former pal Of his. he blew OF
one section of HIS skull and ceased from
his labors, which, Heretofore, all Of
his fellow-citizens voted. had been for
the good Of himself. and not La Belle
France.
DR.. Moran, Of Baltimore. not long ago
wrote a paper which purported to give
the last words Of Edgar Allan Poe. DR.
Morans testimony is 10 the effect that
Poe was not under the influence Of al
cohol at the time OF his death. nor
had been previously. The last part
Of this assertion is so broad as not TO
have any weight and known to be at de
cided variance with the facts Of the case
few nights before Poe left Rich
mond for Baltimore, in 1s49. he gave
a reading from his own works In what
was known as the assembly-room Of the
Exchange Hotel Among the pieces re-
cited were 1.-The Raven" "Annaben
Lee" etc He was not drunk that night
but the next day, when coming up Frank
lin street, by Old Trinity church, he
certainly used more of the sidewalk In
getting along than most of the men he
met going or coming. Naturally, the
people who saw him imagined him to be
intoxicated. The people Of Baltimore
at which place Poe arrived a few days
afterwards, were so thoroughly convinced
that he was on the verge OF jim
Jams that they carried him TO hos
pital for treatment. Here overtaxed ma
ture succumbed, and Poe died. Dr. Mo
rams testimony is too flimsy to hold
water. u Z. W.