The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21
DON'T YOU REMEMBER :?
4 REMINISCENT REyERf-A HELP
70 YOUR FLEETING MEMORY
The Brave and Conque'ing Nenophon-The
Great Nat 'oon-The ifa"p"Ee' "i '"e
Late Lamsnt.d MIS-. Joe Gn'g'ry'

-. v.biio we make reply Tor you.
W., NC aim 10 entertain. ana succeeo
i'm the same. .re cheerluilN pay ui- "'.
We find that I'm duly recN' .'nH WIN o.'i
host I'm "a generous. homes. iia.i,9' ~.
are ever afterv ards 49, 49,. 80. :,
crcasing respect and 'On2' a''o''
Extract from an Old di"iy' ~.
No., 20, r,rcmhor sweet Alice, Ben
WIN owes 70 ,ruc and so brown;
Who was glad when you siniie''
And sad with your fro"h- I'll .so
ca, or,hat In this style we recall the
words IN part Of that very ps.ne.lo 20
lad from The ren of a New Jersey poet
Thomas Dunn English' a' P.s7e''
congressman from the seIe 49, u
so many pleasant and sdiia", i , ~. 80,
,,,,r,a, nature SO often told, ana so fire.
ouenffv reminding us that the gehlie
touch Of all our joys ana sorrows NelP
To keen AS ever IN ready emo" louc"'
making all the world IN ceI'ai" SUE
akin with any true and common leehn5
that ever abidos in our hearts, ever re-
calling and softening our memories WIN
sentiments known alike 20 cur youth anu
our age There are very many 'hlii19
I'm an the years that are pas. il'h'nH
our query pertinent eno"su li
a brief summons Don't you i'neHO'i
"Don't YOU remember the brave anu
over-conouoring Xoneph0n and how me-
roicallv ana indissoiloly he hhkeu H'9
fortunes with his famous Ten thOusa"u
I'm their long ard oNcr-n amolail' fldi ,"'9
and well-earned victories. an so ions
ago. in AN age we suppose 10 pe so
roic. seeing 10 as We do through an uhe
misty. yet charming allIflns glamour
OF history Still IL may oe true 'h'u7 81
that men Of our own iin dc steele peIioN
are equally as courageous. Iuliy as
roic. as tho brave and hardy followers OF
Xenophon I'm AN age when our race was
so much younger and IN a Comparatively
early stage OF human efoiu.lo"'
Yes. both land and sea mas lts o~"
heroes. even in these modern days we
know that on recent stormy seas nl,ls
have dfgnfaVcd the crandest qualities OF
Inc unrest truest heroism, as unseiilsn
ae any ever known in AN the recorded
annals of any time on age. IT la "
matter of fact sad but heroic 'H11 .'
the past ten days brave captains ,iHN
gone down with their rhii.' -@"" s''1
hardy sailors have risked ii .N lFe7 iD'
hours iu their efforts 10 rescue the crews
MI small and helpless crafts at tho cIu'i
mercv Of bowling winds ana furious
waves These are facts we can ploIlA
and sadly remember. We WON" nay
,o,, ever mindful of these matters py
| repeating our text Don't you remei"-
ber" ,,...s
"Dont SOU remember how we ieit ana ana
talked ae we stood wi,h uncovered
| boeds beneath the eilded dome of Des
lu,aiidcs. looking down on lle spl 'i'''i'
| tomb Of the great Napoleon
Surely YOU well remember this. lt was
only "a few years ago. Don't you can
to mind how We conversed I'm very SUD-
duod. huehed tones scarcely above aWei
WhisIcrincs, al of course in q dtsulioiA
way. about the famous career OF lhe
grand military genius that once occupied
the mortal body now SO quietly resting
in that superb porphyry sarcol hasu9
Yes resting in pace. and nohOr' ana
glory. ION the banks of the Seine. among
/ the French people / have loved go wei.
An. YES. we remember that disastrous
| 18Th day of June. 1918, at Waterloo
where French valor did not expire when
the old guard died.
Let MS now briefly reca' how that
stubborn hshl Waxed and waned. now
/ the tide Of battle chDed and flowed, IT'S
! progress attended with no assured re-
| suits until =. A.. when Won Bulow arr
rived on the field. Joining and cheering
/ no The English Commander. who greatly
I
/ later at j.. a.. appeared Oil Marshal
] Butcher, with an his mad Irussians,
/ eager to ayrugc tho thrashing they had
so recently received az Ligny. These af-
! tcrnoou events. these happenings Of three
! hours. saved the Iron Duke from incvta-
! Bile disaster changed the course OF cm-
| rires. strsiehtened and well defined the
! future map OF Europe. The failure OF
/ Marshal GrOuchv 20 come 90 his Enpc-
/ 4 Ion E. If
! cossity. when he was being entirely over
! Whclmed. vastly ogfnumbored, caused the
| great conquerof 90 be- defeated. his army
| utterly routed.
And thus fl h9ppcnoe This situation Of
! extreme desperation soon eliminated. IT.
Was "Suavo qm pcui' Tho Emperor
! could never again rally frcnchmcn about
/ him as be- had done after those two
! terribly disastrous days at Leipsic and
when Doe returned from Eiba.
| lie had fought Dis last battle. But
! Wlthal there exists no intelligent COM
par.son between tho military genius OF
I the victor and the vanqushod. As great
/ soldiers. both have granaiy passed INTO
/ history. and as time rolls on. eyer re-
| tanning IT'S memory of human greatness,
such men and their deeds will surely Doe
! judged imparually.
! We will not extend our comments UNI
/ NlI iiln IfnN Vi 'Ni n'ti"t"A l+'ie' "
| feel very sure You remember all about
it and stand with us' I'm our view of
! The facts I'm the case.
/ Don't YOU remember those terrible
| rampage the late lamented Mrs. Joe
/ Gargery, of sad and violent memory. was
wont 10 indulge, and how Ic0r Pip then
: very poor was brought up by hand
and brought down by bowsy Now these
! several matters of some NOTE are fuliy
| worthy of your careful, perhaps pleas
| ant recollection, or remembrance. sup
| pose We dwell briefly on the fourth
named-"Don't you remember Let as
see IL we cannot learn some lesson, draw
| some moral, from the career OF the
youthful and irIepressible Pip, whose va
| ricd fortunes finally took him FAR away
from dear old Joe Garecry, who ever re-
manned faithful aud true 10 him. Joe
! was true an the iimc-in the dark days
| and the bright DAYS They came and
went an alike 10 Dis loving, trusting
heart. IL knew no change, no variable
| ness. no shadow Of turning Honest Joe
| Gargery was ever the same, both when
( fortune smiled aud when II frowned OF
the house OF Pip. Let US recall that PEE
Rod when great expectations had not
been realized. but were still travelling on
very slow. devious, and tortuous road
az times very dusty, warm and wearl'
some 10 any youthful traveller, even one
who had most sanguine and hopeful
heart. I'm these days I'VE may say Car
gery-days) Pip's slice Of bread was often
large mot counting the extra one ND
i'm the leg OF Joes trous Isl. though
honest Ioe's corniNance but again and
again f. was much smaller than Pip's ap-
md IH4r NlII