The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

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Harry Tucker
555 DAILY CALENDAR. 3
1eo8-Big Stone Gap discovered BY the

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1eoe-Big Stone Gap discovered BY the
Mystic Shrine. IS. q s5, II Ms
ieos-still suffering from the effects "'a',iI
We'd like to see old Solomon. ii
Who shines for all alike;
We want to take d stroll . \.
Among the woods and down the PIKE. R
we want to chase the hopper grass
And ride the old white mule;
we want to seek the rocky pass.
AZ was our wont and rule. Il
whet, we went barefoot on the green. III
6 "a lanky lad at school. Y Y,
w want to see the chubby girl,
| u with eyes 80 brown and briBnI.
Who used to meet us at the bridge.
who was our guiding light
we want d gourd Of bu tterml1lillkt
From out the old stone Jar
we want to DO far, far away
From the sound Of trolley car.
we want to dream amid the form
Among tho bubbling springs
OF all those that we want to-day;
THESE are some OF tho things. Is.
Nobody would think, to look at NM
that Mister Frank Anthony wrote this 49, NJ II
M But he did. @ s "a b.
Ana we have been reliably informed by
Mister II. Claiborne Epps, whose nh, ne
We have promised to withhold in tnis
matter. that he has lot OF things IKE ist
the above laying around on MS 8oe Sl'ls ~ ~
the little hole In the wall.
81 Aftor this, whenever we wish any
Z snring or summer poetry to I'LL In VIII WI
we shall call upon our friend, and we steel
xnrn that the poems will be Forthcoming.
s1'Th,s one above echoes our sentiment
,,recisely. and we feel much Obliged 10
our friend. j . ~, !. !.
the Poet Laureate OF the E 'ls f5lr !
Club. rs
we have discovered a brownteyed s'l sr'i
at the Csnfederate Bazaar. t4t. "a
q Therefore, whenever Ne are missed /
from our haunts around Murphy's or
sCampbeiTs or the Rosemary Library or
the gallery OF the Senate. or at George
5Leigh,s desk at the lexington. or Ed 4
trnund Pendleton's Office, or the stat en- G!
trance to the Academy. or jake Wells
private Office, or Cohen's bargain coun-t
ter. or John Woods soda fountain, or
Branch Aliens cigar stand, or Bostock's
monkey ca sc, H or the headquarters o. the
Manchester Fire Department, OF C l,l.e'
Howards office. or Portner's breWery.
or Kirkwood's cafe, OF scitz,s BARRIER
street Bank, then we VIII be 1ouno At ~
the Bazaar. !,
s we are not oourting discovery BY
some people, for there are some we nave flN''
been lodging for some time.
" have not seen our good friend, Con-
ME johnson, for q time.
/: Our last recollection OF him is that OF
man In a Tuxedo and a diamond pin.
And he was looking for cheese sand
wich. n
we arc unable to state whether yIh' her ne ne
found the sandwich. K "a .ael$
Wa couldn't find one, we remember,
and we have a dim recollection that Mis-.
ter Gilbert Pollock offered Us ham
' But It's cheese sandwich or nothing
So IL Mister Connie sees these few lines
we would be glad to have him co 417l7 mi
cato with us. & s5s5S
And that leads us UP to Mister Archie
Burke, who has Just returned from 5ai,
! timore, where he went to engage a sweet
~ apartments, or words to that effect.
I It is stated on good authority that Ar
chic got 49, or 3. we forget which. rooms,
with a beautiful view OF the surrounding
landscape. vi }is III 9
These rooms will be used as headquar-5
tiers during the Grand Lodge meeting.
when Archie hopes and expects to get
elected as Grand Secretary Of the Elks,
We hope he will, and we arc getting
ready to be on hand to wake up Bal
timoro upon the aforesaid occasion.
II the fellow who lost an umbrella q t
Tenth and Broad Streets the other night.
which we found. don't hurry up and como
after It we shall feel compelled to print
his name. Is. 4 g. .tls ii
we will return It to him with reluc.
lance. 81.