Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-12

MN TERRIBLE LAND-cRABnERs
v,>E MN VERY uNuArrY.
l VERY COMPLEX SITUATION.
v,uId take Philadelphia Law
scr 10 Help Him out-rhe Coon"
,rarc-Suicide' is No" Asoided-An
,t.htnnn's bad Tix-Don't Scream.

no use M my trying TO be gay
.o th.s week. I don't suppose there
WIS man IN a worse fix than l
49,. lol thc truth, l really don't know
a.. am al. II some lawyer or bust
....rn wiz straighten me out IN re-
Ell .m rs friend OF friends and give
tr annual invitation 20 my Sunday
Here's The situation. For the
.e months the James river has
siding muddier and muddier. and
r..a as l am "a Good Tcmplar could
I'll .. drinking il. As a consequence
I. mulatcd no little real ostate-the
a atuvlal kind-and as months pass
O.. Sd. lave felt myself becoming a great
.cr. Now. all This would have
E .. ue great happiness and delight.
e. aa unforeseen contingency has pre-
.. H-et The land-grabbers are
S They aneee that the property
, ... consumed ban "a liquihed form is
... .. oih delinquent taxes. and that
/, ..I.r .ot 90 pay my dues TO the
s or surrender the property Now.
rr don't know whether the
&C.,. .~ actually eaten up with taxes or
Ia know thIt it has been eaten up
me. AND lam in great state Of per
Nty. In come down 10 hard, cold,
N.l facts .at.a got the means to
t these t.N.- .t.u i they are. in truth.
l.. .U. ... Tie other hand, l am
..uti Nat awful law. II /
& ...f . can become the urO-
r.t. -.u,ls. and II they grab
Oh. H... ID have TO go along with
tA..
OH. .N.uos OF this legal situation
Nt-t I have ever seen. Process
served on me by citizens Of
c fiuV0nna, and Albcmarle
These nayties sllcge that the
j hold IS part OF their respective
n other words. It appears that
H1loWcd sections Of GoOchland.
ana Albemarle. Now. the great
flses: Am 1 I'm these counties
se counties in me? The law. IL
asa not, provides that suits and
-les concerning real estate must
100 the place where the property
g. r.. the locus sitae, as the lawyers
e No.. Now. what / wish 10 know
Do 4 have 10 appear i'm these
f0 defend my rights or do their
have 10 come 10 me? 1 am
iu the fix OF the dog they tell
. the minstrel shows. He was
down the street I'm terrible
JOB and going east as fast as his
.-- could carry him The wind
Inn inside out and when last seen
heading due west. II 1 undertake
..s ssese counties I'D have 10 follow
...tics of that dog and If, on the
lud. the lawyers and judges come
things Will be decidedly I4sagree-
ming l stay ~ home ana don't
~sv-t the pcsky business at an,
-.-iabbcrs will get deco 10 the
1l make things lively for me.
proceed 20 establish their rights
action of unlawful detainer. I'll
s tFnule fix while eiectment. on
'-ut would incommode me no
t....,r suppose III have 10 take
f.. supreme Court, but all
g.. aar d A.er accommodating property
.ling how many other
Ael against me.
semc upon us
l1nn scarce find:
rings cOutagion-
lt"le and blind.
l.r H 'l.s i'-~su OF Cleveland
werk 9r less.
held tuli thirty cake walks,
- some were clipped, i guess.
tI is quits ,ee3aning.
Test meet cir fate.
r-,d The pIblic carriage.
- pooled the public gait.
|r.f tIo grace and beauty
r0rmeatCs tie dance,
walks -yretched victims
1 only strut nod prance.
t. .a. The styles of garments.
SO weak IN grace.
KS the gems. the ruhies,
zor in IFS place.
..r zen 20 the iabber
usclesn Afric talk.
v that Fate Will kindly
-. the walk TO walk,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
r.is more truth than humOr in q
song ] recently heard while
close up % the stage among a
hald-hcads. The comedian
i rather saug-that ere long the
would have Hamlets fathers
.Necuung "a cake-walk on the stage
IT'S. or Fehemenuy singing, "Oh. Mr..
.aon. Turn Ale Loose"
"ale this ancient spook has for nearly
.entulles commanded the adnira-
respect Of theatre-goers. the time |
.0r him 90 mOdefnize his speech !
songs or quit the business. |
le pubiic-Or rather the more |
.to portion Of this unwashed |
wv find but little amusement |
umcs which omit the darky.
Hr In dramatic parlance, the 1
of late years become eX- |
funny. and the fOOtlights
-r do without the imitation
ay imitation article because
negro on the stage is no
The dialect emanating from
.-0n of cOlOquial absurdities.
utiments he utters are as
D real darby as are breeches
l Simian ancestors.
be quite fair TO say that the |
-ut funny. Indeed, the very |
Hf Dis makeup Is ridiculous |
f.nresentatiye Of an American |
a absolute failure.
as well undertake 10 study |
0i scrpents by experimenting |
tlr snakes as TO find the real
l.uced on the boards. And
-ie in for fun with burnt-cork
10 would be a most excellent
arrow coating OF lamp-black
lnsh comedian and the Dutch
While they sui continue 70
Funny we are tired OF seeing
a.s auburn hair and the blond
.e ToutOn. They could stlll.
consistency, use their quaint
Dat otherwise be "coons'-that
".Ure