The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-14
SECOND TIME0N A TRAIN
FIRST yIsIr or NIX. srRoUsF, or
BUcKrs0HAM. 40 RICHMOND.
"suxsr." Hia wife. and the children Come
with Him-How lie Enjoyed "
While IN Town-Cars and Elevators

Mr.. Henry Wesley sprouse. Of Buokins-
ham aged seventy. visited Richmond LOT
Tho arst time IN his long and useful ire
az n farmer, yesterday, coming on an
..,,,rs,on train. which was run for the
,.o,os, of Whitehall Methodist church IN
that county. and on which there came
over Eve hundred citizens OF BHcA'hs
ham.
AR sprouse was seen by Times man
Yesterday afternoon at the Eishth~s'iee'
s,a,,on Of the Chesapeake and ONO raii-
- where he was waiting for the tram
80 ,ake him home at o'clock. Inc oiu
Gentleman looked tired and worn OUT
after mis- day OF sightseeing, Dut put ou1
his hand and seized the reporter hnse's
with a hearty greeting, ana wheh ne W ,n's
asted the question, How 90 you Inv
pichmond2" proceeded TO talk most en-
tertainlngly IN this fashion:
MIR. SPROUSE'S TALK.
Eyes sub, like Richmond htsl-Iae, "iu
Sugar and me and the chi'oteh Nv
enjoyed ourselves nightly Sos1'' az -
that's my wife. I hey had FOUR WIZ
s,a called the fust one Sweetness, me
second Honey. the third Peaches ana
this here one Sugar -.
Amt she sweet? hev had twenty
children TO call me par and ther amt
no tellin' what might happen YET Is 'He'e'
Sugar? CBlushos from Sug9 p
Il hain't rid on the steam cars SINCE
1863 when / wuz I'm the army, ana
don't Ike steam cars nohoW' an h"u q
heap ruther ride back home on my OLD
mar. Judy. II l had her mere:
STEAM CARS SCOOT.
do scoot along! / recolloct when ! RODE
On 'cm I'm 1S;3 come over the High
Bridge. I'D here near Farmville, and that
was the fust time l ever rid on en-. How
7 aid pray to git over It safe. That day,
sinh I said nv pra'ars when / went over
that bridge. and never been near road
since. tell to-day. when Sugar that's my
wife). she say 1 must come. and so
come" -..or
IN THE CITY HALL ELEVATOR.
But man dear. when went up TO the
CITY Hall. then ! had the time. cause
Sugar and me and ten Of our boys ana
gals wanted to go up high on II. and a
man he put US IN a little room, and pull
ed a string. and we shot upstairs so
quick ! hollered Lem'me out, and Sugar
she cried"
Il got a crick in my neck looking up at
them steoples, and things, and speshully
that steeple Of the church where General
Lee used TO 60"
He was a 'Piscopul. or something.
and I'm an old time shouting Methodist
but IT'S an right sub. and jest took OF
my hat 10 that church. sab. sure
but hole on Mister, let me tell you
Joke on Sugar She and me. and the
children went up hyar on Broad street
and got one Of them cars ies as soon as
we could. and stayed on It for two hours.
Il amt never seen nothing In Farm
Vile pretty as them cars. and when that
man in front turned that churn handle
nv goodness. how she did run
Sugar says. Pop, l amt going nome
AT ali. and the children said gimme
Richmun. pop l don't want nuthin' more
except 10 ride on these kyars
HOLLYWOOD IS a beautiful place, pard-
ner We saw that. you bet. and 1t was |
grand. Them mule cars on Broad street |
reminds me of the time-but amt l trim |
Of you. Mister -,
The newspaper man assured him that !
he was charming company as he was. |
and the old man went on.
..That time wuz when | was a-ridin
Of n mule in buckingham once, and the
road caved in, when Inc and the mule
wuz crossing over one OF them burned
gold mine shafts up thar"
Down we went. and fnully struck bot
tom. bruised. but all right. and / didn't |
know at fust what 20 do. Then mol
rren. ana hollered, but nobody came to |
u.s."
Then ! took hold Of the mules tail |
ana pulled II, and every time l pulled, the |
mule he brayed. and ! KEEP on pullin', |
and the mule KEEP on braying tell bimeby |
some neighbors come and let down rope, |
and hauled up the mule and me.
ALL ABOARDi
Hello, here is the Captain Of the train
saying all aboard, SO good bye Mister, |
and come TO see me and Sugar and the |
children this summer"
And the old man followed by Sugar"
and the long string Of children, went on |
the train and so homewards.
Old Mr.. Spronse is a large man. quite
gray. Of very rosy complexion and an |
open, honest countenance that is pleas
ant to look on. and he peers at you
through his old-fashioned spectacles in a
quaint fashion.
He chewed tobacco and exnectorated |
frequently and copiously aiming at a dis
tant object, such as a post. or fire plug |
and hitting Il with unerring precision.
oAAfAtk AMI iOls
Sugar" as he called his wife. stuck |
closely to Mr. sprouse and had very little |
TO say, except an occasional That's right |
Pop" and "aln't that the TRUTH"
The children" as the old gentlemen |
called them. were grown or nearly So |
and ranged themselves around Pop" |
and Sugar" and the newspaper man |
and looked al the latter parsonage as II !
he were curiosity from Barnum and |
Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth"
This excursion party brought seven car
loads Of people yesterday and every one |
Of them looked rs II they had thoroughly |
enjoyed seeing the sights OF Richmond. |
Nearly all Of them had a parcel. giving |
evidence Of having visited the stores Of |
This town and purchased something be-
sides 70 carry home with them.
Promptly al o'clock the train left and |
Pop Sprouse put his head out OF the |
car window TO say. 80 long. Mister. come |
TO see me and Sugar" and the cars roll |
cd on, bound for buckingham