Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08

hopcs and 10 back to hoeing corn ana
potatoes. How humiliating this must be-
But suppose the candidates go on the
principle OF the old saying about It's pet
ter to have loved and lost than never 10
have loved at all; it's better to have been
a candidate than never TO have been one
at all. etc. Well. let 'em pop up-the can
didates. l mean; the more the merrier!
The farm Of several hundred acres. be-
longing to the estate OF the late a. w.
Talley has been sold 20 a northern gem
tleman The property Is about a hair
nile from the town, and the price PAID
was about $3.50. l believe.
Judge Wilmer Sims has been confined 10
rs room for a week, but is improving
ow. and will soon be out on the streets.
Monday will be County-Court-day.
Bicycling is becoming popular In the
country. 1t is even limited that Louisa's
learned and dignifed Judge is endeavor-
ing TO manage" his wheel In his big
backyard. / was among some friends
the other day, and the question was being
discussed as TO whether a corpulent lady
looks well on the noble bike. 1t is ques-
tiOnable whether widow ought 10 mount
wheel in public. But what's the use OF
discussing the question at all? Old and
young. big and little, fat and lean-au
ride the bicycle. But IL the whole ques-
ton Is reduced down 10 the one thing,
whether fat or lean woman looks the
best on a bicycle, it's easily disposed OF.
Why. the plump woman every time,
The scrawny woman can't touch herl Like
the plump melon. | believe the plump
woman is the favorite, too. Let the men
with plump wives all speak out, and see
II | am not right That greatest OF Eng
lish novelists. Charles Dickens, some
where says he rather likes a dumpy
woman. Dumpy. or ''plumpy It's all
about the same thing: and being q great
admlrer OF Dickens, | am not going 10
disagree with him on this question or
taste. / will only add. however. that the
southern girl can't be beat-be she tall,
low. thin, or fat
I came across some old copies OF the
Dispatch. published in 1874. They looked
very familiar. but how much improved Is
the Dispatch OF to-day! Like wine, X
grows better and better as time elapses!
ParadOxical as ii may seem, the older the
DISPATCH gets. the younger IL gets. In
looking over its columns | noticed the
names OF some citizens who have gone
10 Join the great majority. There was an
account Of an amateur performance or
that very melOdiOus opera, Bales DO
hemian Girl" Ned Chamberlayne had the
par; Of Deyilshoof. Il. \. Ambold direct
Chamberlayne have long since gone from
the scenes Of this world. Speaking OF the
Bohemian Girl" II reminds me OF how
popular Clara Louise Kellogg used to be
in Richmond-and. in fact, all over the
country. How beautifully she used TO
sing
"T dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
with vassal and serfs at my side,
And OF all who assembled within those
walls,
That I was the hope and pride.
I had riches too great TO count-coulo
boast
OF a high ancestral name;
And | also dreamt, which charmd me
most.
That you loved mo still the same"
And / have heard dear Emma Abbott
sing this same gem from the bohemian
Girl" with a sweetness OF voice that was
simply bewitching. But, alas old Father
Time spares none of US. Pure. good Emma
Abbott is dead; and the last time l saw
kellogg she was dead from a musical
standpoint. II was sad TO see her. Once
she was a veritable queen OF song, and
could hold her audiences spellbound with
the magic charm OF voice and person;
now. her voice was almost gone, and
much of the beauty Of her once lovely
face had faded away, Such is life. Vanity
Of vanities, saith the preacher; all is
vanityl
AS | looked over the old copies OF the
Dispatch Of 1874 L noticed the pen-signa-
lures OF correspondents that reminded
me OF childhood days. There was robin
Adair" who wrote the Petersburg letters;
Alpha" Of Danville; "Quip," of Char
lottesville, &c. | wonder II any Of them
write for the Dispatch to-day? / wonder
IL they are all among US to-day? l64-lS9Yi
Twenty-three years agoi What changes
have taken place since that timel
GNILLOB.