The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-22
r.asral Ell Lee After the War.

,,,- 1vnchburgers. and / no. Tt,h-
We ,,,-'5,i,ns everywhere. VIII DO "'5
DOUBT va 80 lgnovy that General fil%. -
~ ,ast been appointed py Ilc,-,,'i.
mas 70 a. paying position as 1oii,ng
conoraI ~ Cuba" said Marsha, ,,. poll.
y, The Lafayette, on Satufuay VIRGINIA
a., &C. a. UneaI desccndent OF ..lo -, ,e-
rrincess. POcahontas, anu - - Poan-
lated TO the late John h"iO0'''
oke. " e. ,faving on velvet
80 sor from the time he turhea til"l
a., | Sederate sword int a plowsnaiS 80
,,o.t rim guessing 20 make Do0' -.
~ I have known Fitzhugh Lee NO.. 49,. -
-, nv use. and l say TO you that IT. ~
,.e,orous uoble-hNrted man H'N'' -
-, rim He has got good sense 70
yvbe, his Uncle Robert surrehoeIeu IN
49, of Northern Virginia TO "ehelul
Grant. all Fitzhugh had was ,l''ir -, -
of poor Virginia land down III 81.
county. Let me correct inc 49,, :,
that he owned the land; ne dldh c"'t ~,
the farm belonged 10 his Wlie' go 80
vstfl see that he was about as poor as 'ue
- bafr ~ lazarus Well. to show. you
tho kind of stuff Lee is made OF as soon
o. mo army surrendered, Lee touhu MS
v.iso and habies and made for that iahu
With them. There wasn't n fence on lhs
land IN begin with, and in the second
-, r do,,,t helieve the blamed soil had
raised a decent crop OF anything sliice
,be dav George Washington died, whlch
u,as along in 1859. If my memory ser -
- Fitzhuph didn't do as many VIZ
e,lnians did. sit down and reno INC a.
with their complaints at some Cio99 49,
store or whittle a piece or woou' -
the Yankees and spit tobacco juice III '''0
intervals. -. ., ,,,or.
y,,boo things ouited down and 1t got so
va co,,ld get about l thought ! would go
down IN Fairfax and see how fltlhusn
v,as getting along We had fought To-
gether for four long years and was IN
torestod. This was n few months re-
member. after the surrender. L found MN
ont in the field blowing. And such
team as he was blowing with. 10y som,
means he had got possession OF an on
stag that possibly had escaped from 'ne
Federal commissary by being TOO tough ~
kill. These he had yoked together anu
was scratching the earth' " non ~
hugh saw and recognized me ne sat down
on the plow handles and laughed
oit,cl,lv caught the infection and joined
him and we both laughed until the tears
rolled down our checks. II certainly
was a ridiculous sight. The old mule
was bad enough 20 look at, but the olo
OK was worse. Fitzhugh had him rig
ged up with a blind bride and with bi'
| in his mouth, while a collar with harness
! and rope lines completed the equipment
Another thing / have always admired
| about Fitzhugh Lee is that he acquiesceo
| in the results of the war and didn't 20
| around trying to make trouble, as so maps
| did In all of his public speeches h
! talked in the same strain. For a time b
made him unpopular in Virginia, but thu
| Lee name and all that IL implied gainc'
the day. Robert Z. Lee talked In the
! same way whenever he talked az an
| Cleveland has always shown a singual
| liking for Fitzhugh. I presume because
Lee is man who speaks his mind frankly
| and never natters Cleveland. too. Ike.
a man who can keep secrets. and Lee car
do that. lie will be perfectly frank an,
! truthful In his reports from Cuba and vii
prove 10 be man that no man or set o
men down there can bluff. "-Philadelphi.
Press.