Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-08

ing into the four-barrel. This soureu Ne'
on the whole race.
If there was anything in NashinsIoL
which escaped our attention II coulu HoI
rossfblv have been as large as
5i-l,-bcvia germ. for we nosed about and
s.v siebts until my head became
yerirable bureau Of information. lel1
orr entire itinerary in the hands OF the
"Cuaen Bee" and she buzzed around az
tremendously rapid rate. She cOllareu
rolicemen and public officials ana msue
tbarn tell her an they knew and more De
-ifae She pushed our way through
thousands assembled in front OF the Capl-
+,I buiiding and got good place
where we could see the sword presehtcu
t. the Admiral. as l have been spelUlii5
considerable money on revenue sIdiipI'
+.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS naturally telt
that everything in washington ,o"3 -
co. u- aud she was most liberal III heI
.-f-t.ierns of things that didn't SUIT her
| f.rr,- She REGARDED the army ana navy
| b.. moro birolings of or hOusenold' just
a. Dr. +hov had been the WasheFWoiiiii
a-7 bouee-girl. and while the ceremonies
wore i'm progress she mounted one Oh inc
ti,, cannon i'm the artillery division OF
tre proceesion and swept the Whole lelu
,,.itb ber eagle eve. Nothing coulu us
,o|go ber from that cannon. She sat De-
tween two young soldiers, who' by virtue
Of the army regulations, were lorcSu "
keon their arms folded. ana ruppeI-
necked" for all she was worth. A "holS
battery of hOwitZers couldn't nave HloNe"
her. -.,-.o,,o
The crowd in front Of the grandstanu
was go0d-natured, but nothing IKE 50 en-
tb,siastic as the people we see at the
,,.o,,,o Confederate reunions. There was
mo money i'm it for them, and being norlh-
ornors they didn't care to waste energy.
r,ervbodv was trying to catch glimpse
a. tbo Admiral ard thousands OF peoplo
erovrlad because secretary Long maze
e,cb Lengthy speech. Eloquence Is q
r,fobtv good thing for people In the
! prandstand. but it's like an overdose OF
| a. bacon TO the assembled multitude VINO
are expected TO stand up ana huirah a'
| tho mot stuff" I'm the oratlon.
EVER. now and then we could eaten
! ..li,onse of Dowev's cooked hat. or see the
| glint Of tho sun on his gold brald. he
! looked moro brilliant than member OF 4
! brass hand. lie may have been weary Oh
| it all. but I'll bet he liked IT. Assuieuly'
| biq dignity was equal 10 the OCCASION
/ rYnalV. after nearly everybody VINO
holds a big office had told the Admirai
| ,b,t be was a great man and had mag
| ranirnously offered him the town, they
! oer,d ont the sword, whereupon the peo-
| In, who had been standing for over an
! bou- wero again supposed to hurrah'
| ,rhen the President got up and sald some
| thi,s which nobody could hear, but al
hitch everybody cheereG, and after that
! re-, fingered the sword again. AND then
| - ras handed 10 the great sailor, VINO
| 80, ,,n and bowed and looked uncomfort-
| I, p,bereat the crowd, which was also
,,.,D,c6rorortapie. yelled Vociferously ana
30 one another how much the sworo
-. lrver~,body expected Dewey would
| a.a,r ,he blade and do something melo-
d.Sr,atic. but not bit Of It, He looked
~, tbe sabre as If 10 ascertain whe,hei
~ tev,ele I'm II were genuine, ana thei
,,. !, back I'm the scabbard The GROVE
nae intensely disappointed EVeIyDo"s
foit TIA, he should have done some ificf
,'.i,l, ~ n he had swallowed the biaoe
e,,,,iebod n around. or pulled mar ou
~ bis head. and seen whether the s'ee
could sever II. people wouid nave Os 60,
totter satisfied / believe Dewey wiz ~
hs made a mistake In not oolhs so"'o
ching OF this sort when he comes ~ -
feet. .sot the "A
washington paper says tnat tHe ~
,piral should have unsheathed me s"oi
ana saluted tho President but ~
thought differently. lie was uh''i ="
imnrresion that George Dewey anu ~"
the Washington paper was ru"h'Ns >"