Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-11-16

committed against Virginia Sure
enough, Captain Jack, Of the ModocAs,
during council, tackled Candy, who
ran, but was oyertaken and killed. A
student ha7ing aptness with crayon
drew picture Of the SC no and pasted
the editorial On his canvass. The car
tooD, tanned, was exhibited in the
town--a prophecy fulfilled. or rather a
guess that fell out right.
Before the war a survey vas made
to extend James River Canal across the
"diyied onto The wa els of the Kanawba
The engineers were testing the flow OF
the snail creeks near the White Sui
phnr, in West Virginia' A lad was en-.
gagged from the hills near by to watch
the water. When tn surveying party
returned they found out the little fell
low had inyea ted an ari hmetic, and
with stick had worked out the prob
lem in the sand. They bought an
arithmetic tor him and interested
a Presbyterian minister in him. He
was sent to Washington College. The
war began. He quit and entered the
army. In retreat up the Valley he
was forgotten. He had his guns on
knoll. The enemy couldn't get at him.
He continued to fire till the grooves in
the barrel were worn smooth and the
pieces too hot to load. He surrender ed,
but got away in the dark, and reached
the camp when a court martial was
considering his losing the artillery. |
They let HIM off when it was known he |
had been abandoned to his fate by rum
away officers. The war ended. He
went back to college. He held q |
tutors place, but as winter approached |
be offered his resignation. Hewas the
foremost man among them for his age.
It seeped out that he had no warm
Lee had by this time heard
If his behavior in the war. A trunk
vas brought down to the Presidents
'oom. The tutor was summoned. |
jeueial Lee drew out of the trunk q
OF of superb wooden small clothes, sent
i'm through the blockade by English
aides. In a word, the young tutor
vas equipped against his protest.
He saved his money, went to Ger
many, took the tallest degree in the ,
hortest time; wrote me he desired a
ostion, as his funds were running low. ,
wrote Bishop McTyeirs; presently =
'ent to N ashyille. The Vanderbilt .
'as rising to the capstone. I had to
ave Nashville late in the night. The
'ishop came down to the city afoot. =
t midnight We sat on a curbstone, with
ur feet in the gutter, and talked Of o
yo men-each afterwards connected &
18th the Vanderbilt, 1 knew them.
he Bishop reyer had seen either, He
id not select them on my opinion
n he was wise to send DR.. Garland
ON the trout pools in the Blue Fridge =
yer the mountain to Lexington to get t,
lie gauge. And now the Confed- n
ate gunner Is at the top, He is not t.
the Vanderbilt. .,
While an unknown tutor lie inter 4
ayed the best American Greek gram b
al with better stnff. The author
Up yonder" stopped the edition, in U
rtad the new material, and in the pre- =
ce dryly SAID; "Mr SO and So, of q
exington, Va, has made some sug- n
sstiors. AS mean o borrow of brains t,
ithout Wedit as ever Scent The
cam Of the book was the matter Of V
10 Mr." 9;
At n banquet one night Colonel T
,eston, courtly and cultured gentle o.
IN, and of the faculty of the military al
llege, a member Of Jackson's staff, o
lated an amusing story of Jaskson's fl
anks when "in liquor" during the Il