Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-07

there Is still a warm friendship between
us. We are not so young now as we
were in those happy. by-gone days, and,
like elevator boys, we have had many
ups and down, but for pure, unadulte-
rated affection, ] know that Uncle Zeb
feels ii for me, and / am not only proud
TO know II, but entertain the same kindly
feelings still for my boyhood companion.
Calling at the Dispatch office, he said:
"'Fo God, Mars. William, Use sure
glad to see you back in dis here town.
/ is, dats a fack. / bless de Lord for
dis here day, and my ole bones feels
younger JUS from lookin' at yo' face
agin. Mars. William, dey does 70 God.
dey does. 'clar, wen I hurd you done
come back to town. I JUS jumped up
and cracked my feet three times and
said. pras' de Lord, pras' de Lord, 'caus
old Zeb will have all he wants to eat
now. Mars. William. my ha'r is gittin'
mighty white, but / 'clar to goodness
you don't look no older en- you did whcr
we used to make mud cakes togedder
and old Mars John whaled me when you
broke de peach-tree linn Off. Don't you
member IT, Mars william? / see you
does by de way you smile. and don't
you member how / used to slip into old
Mars Jim Winfree's watermelon patch
and roll out a watermelon mos big as
] was and we would eat IT under de
'slmmon-tree? / see you members II by
yo' lafn', but 10 de Lord Mars william.
dem was good. ole times. won't dey?
'clar SEEM you lookin so fresh and
young looks my !lecktion back to de
time wen we was boys, sure huff, II
do; fore God It do. Mars william. did
you go coon huntfn' much while you was
in de country? 'Skuse my lafn'. Mars.
William, but was thinkin' OF dat little
coon l tried to katch and you held old
Fugle. Don't you member when old
Bugle freed de coon In de little sasfras
bush back OF de barn, and I asked you
to hold old Bugle while I shook de little
coon out de tree and ketch him? Goliy
but didn't dat coon fife, and you JUS
held old Bugle and lated while I danced
and cried and cussed tryin' TO git out
de way Of dat little coon. Turn de dog
loos' Mars William" yelled. and you
JUS held him tighter and lated and told
me TO "ketch de coon" Lord only knows
what would happened TO me II Mars
John hadn't hern me hollerin' and made
YOU turn old Bugle loos'. Mars William.
'skuse my comm 10 yo' offs. but / was
Just boun' to see you. was. Use got
lots to tell you. Mars. William, but sees
done organized, siety here called Y.
NJ d. A.. and deys Jus splittln' horns
cross ways. dey Is, but I'll tell " bout
n some uder time. Got any bar lars.
william. but ] knows you cant you
don't chew. Thankee. sur; thankee. sur:
dls,l by me nun to chaw till Crismus.
God bless you, Mars. William; God bless
YOU. good-by. III see you agin' Good
bv. Is de Missis at home? Vas, sur;
thankee. sur; I'll go by and see her
and de chiidun. Thankee sur for dc
clos and / know de Missis will gimme
nun to cot. kGood-by. Mars William;
rood-by, and de Lord bless you"
Soma fellow has said that there was
nothing new under the sun. but he EVIL
IDENTIFY had fallen victim TO somebody's
hospItaIity and was no, accountable Ssya fSr
ed the old bob-tail mule-carriage every
where except In Richmond, and even
here electricity has succeeded the old
corner gas-lamp. The antique way OF
milking cows. setting milk, and churning
ciabber. is thing OF long ago. and now
the progressive dairymans stable looks
like a rnachine-shop. The cows are milk
"a by machinery. and the mammiferous
f,uid runs into another machine. and froy
its hidden and mysterious recesses beau-
tiful golden butter comes from one spout,
snowy stream. Old BIddy stands no show
arainst~ the incubator, and you might as
well try to get up town on car going
the other way as to attempt to get the
people OF the present day back In the old
s sststsst a. nearly y" e H1w
while rejoice at these progressive move
the thing that Interests me most y the