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


I was in, Bristol and Abingdon last
week aud both places were extremely dnll.
The life of BRISTOL is her pretty girls.
Next TO Virginia Tennessee has the pref
tiest girls in the United States. There is
n certain spriGhtness in their movements
and conversation TINT makes them most
charming and agreeable companions, and
unlike the majority Of girls, they improve
upon acquaintance, so that if you love
one Of them when young aid afterwards
marry, the love increases to such an OK
tent every year that most men veritablyy
die from the effects Of love- suppose it
proves the saying that one can get too
much Dfa good thing, and that even love,
if PERSISTED in, will eventually, turn to
something totally different
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was very much interested in story
told hy Col. Abram Fulkerson in the Office
of James l.. White at Abingdon. The
Colonel is first rate racontear, man Of
wonderful experience and Of brilliant IN
tellect. Col. d. F. Bailey, Gent R. A.
Ayers. Mr.. JAS. L. While and myself were
present. The conversation turned upon
the "sold brick" swindles,and other tricks
Of sharpsters, when the Colonel, after
pulling away at his cigar, lost in revsrie
for few moments, remarked that direct
.ly after the war lie had q remarkable ex-
.perience, end proceeded to relate the fol..
lowing: He said a gentleman came into
his law Office and asked if he was Col.
Fulkerson. Receiving On affirmative re-
ply, lie said that ne had been sent to him
by friends, and that he was il, q great
deal oftrouble. He said that his name
was John Alexander, was 6 breeder Of
horses and owned a large plantation near
Lexington, that be had killed Gent Frye,
the man who killed Zollicoffcr, and that. il
he was caught he would be hung at once.
He said he was accused .ofselling whiskey
by Frye, which he had not done, but that
he always kept his wine cellar we'll stock
ed and gavcit to his neighbors whenever
they wanted it, One night Frye and some
other men came to his house and demand 7
ed admittance in q surly manner, (Which
request Frye received as answer the. con-
tents Of one barrel Of o shotgun loaded
with aluss, which sent him unprepared
either 20 heaven or hell. Alexander i'm
mediately mounted q fine saddle horse he
had in waiting aud started for Virginia
via. Cumberland Gap. He rode his horse
to death before he reached Cumberland
Gap and had walked the balance of the
way. HE was covered With dust" con-
tinued che Colonel, ..his shoes were old
and he had OH long linen dpatar for a
coat, but there was certain intelligent
look about himth at once engaged my
The Colonel told him that he
would do anything in his power for him,
and incidentally remarked that he hid not
propose to shed any tears over the death
&c Frse The horseman tramp thereuponl
askcd tho colonelIto write 9 power Of at
tornsy sfor5Jokn g. Breckenridge 10 sell
his property and wind up bis business, |
which he did, He also asked the COLONEL
% send in draft on q Louisville bank for
5000. In the mean time he remained at |
he CcloneI home, who took GOOD care of /
him, and ,earr5ai bss sncsas % him sss fear
he negro boy might plge BIO fact shat
% vas harhosfag q emussserss Things
rent ON THE way for several days. shss
Alexander was sent % Mrs Baker DUNE.
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