Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-16
RURAL SIMPLICITY.
rrTY FOLKS IGNORANCE OFTEN
EQUALS COUNTRY GREENNESs.
BILL GOSSETTE A REAL HERO.
So,es tho Life OF Den. watkins
Didnt Understand Cultures" ana
was Given the Grins--AIf-Round
Kennedy for Heat and Cold.
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DO tlc town bioods, I'D some instances,
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ttI-'r.i WhtA ne s-l1 'Ne country lIo-
l..-l tnn good men. Ike The good vcgc-
..tJ.s and then tho city gets tho
,... De. 90 O.. cleo tr,,e that
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tAc country i'''',,' o.''0
-r.rrrr tln spring kalc in April OF the
....,..,.~ corn lu July.
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sra.keI into Sir. S.h3cn ana asked
e.1--e the price of various kinds OF
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d1 FOLKS make TWINS mere. uoA SEQ
.hs.. th.y have any ground cultivated
confess I'D a feeling OF doubt as 20 the
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VISION OF 'i'o ,.,.,
trN DO oo.7 i''
very much when see "iiu wan Up
f1 tle station at Eil Gossette crossing
no o'clock in the morning and looking
. .r. ORAL f.-r of the train schedule
.r.tor which says the south-bound
.. d.. r.. tr.re at 1.9D p. NJ, set his
.....r .a arrss with this. and remark.
.....r- ,foeret didn't know twas so
r.t... rrar thulEh 1 may have been
...r-..s of the report that a lady went
.,. .,--~,o9s store. ana. after purchaf-
.- ru OF goods. asked the clerk
-. .rr-are send 'cm 90 the depot
.rr..IuIr. What dep0t.' asked the
..... r.II.o-cutter.
.,.t. .ra deuot that I came into this
-..-- There Amt but one, is thcreF'
u.r. these things may be true the
..- ...rfe NAV possibly be somewhat
. f.re Tor instance. if there HAD
f..- 3D. biz union depot this poor coIn-
CO.. lass would not have embarra ssed
r-..fr. and II the gentleman VINO didn't
SEQ any ulourhcl-up ground had heen IN
Manchester or the Lee District DE
would have had 20 occasion to make the
break be old. However people should
e--ts OF vIttfcisms. any more than q cor
,.ri.rre. frequently. for city residents
90 drop in upon and spend pleasant
summer vacation. and then ncX- "tu1as
f.I to recognize their country cousins
when they come TO town.
rake3 sometimes occur On the CITY
fo.E. also. and when they do. the oc-
cas.11 is more luliccjus tnan when the
laugh SIS on tho rucn nhanitanL a Few
DAYS ago a young man with shoes built
l.ss race-boat and n mism1tched
shirt and collar, wa Eed into the Dispatch
torlal-rooms. "Ani good mawniu! Is
1-- Ilcas1u,s in2' he Queric1. as ne
ial.li with Walkins-cane nearly as
'arre as himself.
tr Ileasanls. answered we tAlloIi
"N1 1fr. peasants IS connected with this
Office. Maybe you have the name wrong
"Naw. IFS Mistah George u. peasants
a-1 ] was told his ONCE was Just above
the Dispatch office, don't you Know
Ile editor smiled. the elevator stopped
running the mercury ln the thermometer
fafl SD degrees in a minute and half,
a-i Officer Marion sutton was sent for
Do show the young man TO Mr. Pleasantss
o.r-s. TWO doors above tho Dispatch build
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made n monkey Of myself a few DAYS
an, AMI was piqoed in about as embar-
PASSING q position as was Buck Bruce
c.f.n b., failed 10 recognize his own
..,.... .f..- che Pullman r,orter had ehined
,a-o ,- u,es I'm Tho Office of NV
f-..rr rrrr * pr,rob talking "e,1ver' 80
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l---l' h.Io. shlI i.
s '.-- Joan bIa1cA $ OH
les
t'..a Us july man. Wnat are YOU talh- /
'- '-o'1. leA.u' t"lhAl.s hal /
N9 on some ono. 't.i up George sing. /
L.e can tel you about wheat. John /
.-itAch KNOWS little about horses ana /
gas some lalut knowledge as 10 the /
.N'.is or Light brahma fowls; but he /
or. know any more about wheat than /
p DO about l6 f0 TO"
"Hol4 on there Bill; what are YOU
fs.E.rE eh0It3 r can sell THAI fellow /
1r9 wlea. in i've minutes than George I
h.rg can 10 twelve months" and with /
That prelude 20 his cereal fandangO the .
young banker proceeded 10 exuatfate
at0u. l.Jres and margins. and what /
O. deal the fellow would have Dr. "free I
e.Etr' obtained. al OF which 90 me was [
as ceas as Richmond hydrant water.
AL &C. time be was talking. Mr.. Branch
vas reading rom O hier0glyphlc sign
l.a,l on the wall that looked 10 me for
OF t.r world like a lost leaf from an
t.l4teur stenogrlp piers notebook. OF
..rs- John laughed and ] gr.uned.
ai- some CATERS around the office haw-
taF ] didn't get mad though, but
.- those fellows come up 10 eat fruit
W.t. ue 4 viii give them green persim-