Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-08-22
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Piety, like wine, we must
Judge by tasting, not take on trust.
10 believe in the bottles label Is rash.
For it often covers the vilest trash:
And the pious label, with Bible text,
As apt to be but sham and pretext.
True piety presumes not TO say
how others shall think, or work, or
pray,
But leaves all to labor, pray, or rest,
Where and how it to them my seem hest
We are glad to see 80 much patro-
tism in the newspapers of our sec
ton, even if it is local. One should
go abroad to learn how the Flag can
be loved and longed for. The writer,
when quite small, attended a dinner
given in London by George Peabody.
1t was notable dinner and caused
newspaper controversy from end to
end of the United States. At that
dinner were present the Prince Con-
sort, the Prince of Wales now King
Edward VII, James Buchanan, Dan.
iel +. Sickles aud Commodore Lynch,
afterwards Admiral in Confederate
Service. What made it noted and
notorious event was that James
Buchanan was to respond to the
toast of the President of the United
States aud could hardly be induced
TO get up, because the Queen was
toasted first and he thought it not
right as it was an American dinner.
He gave a ringing patriotic speech
that twisted the caudal appendage of
the British Lion, and was followed i'm
the proper place by Lynch, who
threw a bomb-shell in the midst of
the party by saying that in the event
of war between the two nations
within ninety days he would block
ade the British Fleet in the Thames
River with an American Fleet.
Your scribe did not respond to toasts,
as he was but yet in the milk and
water class, but in midshipmen's uni
form he danced the Sailors Horn
pipe" And yet King Edward forgot
him and left him out of the list of
great personages invited to the coro.
nation.
This shows, not only the ingrati-
tude of Princes, but that Bryan and |
myself are both getting TO be back |
The county has haa, at many points
protraoted meetings, mostly by our
Baptist brethren, and as their meet.
lngs always bring rain there has
been a wet time in the old county.
The colored brethren are taking it
up now. Watermelons and SIGH
are suffering and the colored man is
getting religion to console him for
the loss of his vote and inability to
ind chickens. You know Marvin
Grove Camp took all the chickens.
"A large party had fish fry Fri
lay on the creek near Ethel and
nearly all the fish in the creek were
caught and eaten. They had
iancing on mild scale and thew
had Kennedy-Kennedy, of banjo
md vocal fame; so you must know
hey bad a good time.
Summer visitors are amongst us
md we are happy that they are here.
They are happy because they are here,
md We are simplifying old Virginia
hospitality by being doubly happy
because they are happy.
There are Others happy, also. Last
sunday there were large number
'aptized at MAYORS, and of course
made good and happy.
Hill is coming to the front, and
We expect to elect him in 1904
because at that time Roosevelt will
axe all his party out to the Philip
lines to look after the army who will
e yet lighting the war that he has
eclared was over, but at that time
will be like the then Democratic
ote-largely increased.
The baseball game did not materi-
lie at Warsaw as rain was out in
'rce and nothing but regrets could
played. But wait until we Kill
1d-mar-and-nock your fine team.
hen they come up they will think
ley saw-war and had a chance to G 9
low how running pays best when it p
used wisely.
l have been at the camp for a week =
so lately and have no news for G
IN, but hope you nave space to
sert this, and let me say to the
sembled multitude that | learned
camp that we have some of the :,
rgest "stuffers" (I was going to saw in
ters), and the most handsome girls s.
God bless them both-that can be m
und in the world; aud SO say we
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