Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-31


myself. an entered apprentice" for the
ministry. At that time the Governor could
use language that smoked Of the kit.
and when. by his courtesy. the next day.
my friend TEN Tit" and were bathing
with him. small boy tried In vain 10
get In. and at last climbed to the top
OF the partition. He must have thought
that a hurricane. from place hotter than
the torrid regions. had struck up and
swept him clear out OF the clearinghouse.
THE EASTERN sVoRE.
Soon after settled In Hanover, a. pas
tor OF Pole Green. l went to the Eastern
Shore to help ordaln and install a pastor
at Accomac Courthouse and at Holmes
church, I'm Northampton. The latter was
unique In one respect-for many years
II had only fifteen ladies' and not one
male member. The men had a perfect
elysium for unregenerate human nature.
They had hunting. fishing, Clustering. fast
horses, public houses and days, and
plenty of that which IL said to soothe,
and certainly does inebriate. They went to
church. talked politics. and supported the
Gospel by. liberal contributions. But they
sadly needed the. sermon old DR.. Ross
preached I'm his own church In Huntsville
Ala, TO prove that men had souls.
DR.. AND MOSES p. HANDY.
Rev. DIR. Handy, the prisoner who
wrote United States Bonds giving his
experience as a prisoner at Fort Della
ware. was then the pastor at Portsmouth.
There l met his son. Moses r., who COM
menced his brilliant journalistic career as
local reporter for the Dispatch. Moses
was then about IL years Of age. and
while very sprightly. his warmest friends
could not call him handsome. 1t may be
that the "Gridiron Club" OF which he
was president, is the result OF an evoiu-
ton from what l knew in college days
as the ugly Club" The late Dr. Shopper
son, also Of Hanover, told me he was
the standing president of the Ugly Club
at HampdenSldney, without opposition.
At last the late Judge +. y. Watkins. OF
Farmville. announced himself candidate.
The contest was so close that 1t WIS de-
cided that each candidate should stick
his head through a horse-collar as n
frame But" said the Doctor. 'as coon
as l put my head through the collar
Frank Nat gave it up"
But, to return. Moses, at that time,
as some other preachers sons know or,
had been destined by his father for the
ministry. He wrote a sermon, shown me
by his father, and while I cannot re-
member my own. much less his. do
recall the ext, and think, the divisions.
The text was: and Job Said" (a) "Who
Was Job. Who Said?" o. what Did job
Say?' (c) what Made Job Say What He
Said?"
l have crossed the Atlantic four times,
but never was sea-sick. DR.. Handy had
lived on and near saltwater all his life.
and always got sea-sick. / know II IA
what Sam Jones calls meanness, but |
never could help laughing at sea-sick-
i.fl ~ha,, l-f f,I IL.
was the case once, or brother preacher
Is the patient. Soon after leaving Old
Point / found DR.. Handy stretched out
on lot OF whiskey-barrels In the bow,
pale as death, but could not help asking
him II he was enjoying the fresh air of
the salt-breeZe or the fumes of the
whlskey. He said nothing, but his mute
appeals were pathetic.
We went on up to Accomac Courthouse.
and one night I spent at only Near
Onancock." the beautiful home OF Gov
ernor Wise. Express companies were
scarce in those days. and the tenant
asked me to carry 500 In gold, as rental
to the Governor. felt like my unknown
brother, who borrowed so several Satur-
day nights in succession from one OF his
deacons, returning It on Monday morn
ing. When asked the meaning OF such
conduct the poor pastor replied that he
never could preach with MS pocket-Dook
empty. The deacon took the hint. wheth-
er from conscience or fear or
| losing his money tradition does not
| say. But felt very rlct and very much
| like preaching with all that gold In my
| pocket.
on my way back 70 Holmes Church we
stopped at an inn, not to get
! n drink. for I never took social glass
| I'm my life, but to light cigar. as
| looked around the room ! was struck
| with a print hanging on the wall. IL
| looked somewhat like the picture OF Lord
| Byron. 1t was the Governor. taken
| when he was a young mar and WING
| and under It was printed that old rally
| ing cry: "The union OF the Wings, ior
the sake of the Union" When l handed
| over the gold to the Governor felt an
| almost irresistible impulse to remind him
| ~ that picture and that motto. But
| remembered that boy at the Rockbrldse
| Baths, and held my peace.
STOLE MY THUNDER.
| In a sermon at Holmes church got on
what we college boys used to call =
curr' on the "Old Ship OF Zion" AT me
| close of the service a young man Dor
| rowed the manuscript. changed the "Oll
| shin of Zion" to the "Oli Snip OF State, y
and made use OF 1t for the Democrats In
| a. pending, campaign L. W. H.
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