The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-31
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pA1r,Y CALEB Ar MARCH 81.
~ 1915 Fritz Knowles was ted %.
the Royal Institute. 5s . h. /, i
1908 lebrated his twenty -nrst Birth af'l
MI y. why does w mouse when y h fo
spins " ana e. 81, Y no9t' 5
III Every day Ne get letters from our cor or
Iresr,ondetlts some In scented II erv elopes.
some on postal cards. and some on$ Dill
heads, III d al 81 3. . Z 4. \.
especially those OF the latter class. 81
But here IL one that. In Wow 5of mis- N r.,
|Sapprehens Of, on our part, SHOULD Ii, % ps
printed ~ " b ss n rs
Mr.. Man About Town 9s$i a
a Dear Blr,-In your article q few days
since you referred TO our nu tunl 8ir 1tl
sCommodode Porter. In oornpa1l With l N !:
Joseph Shelton and others IN Wnion "
think YOU do the Commodore nm unin ems
gtional Injustice He has not Just begun
9to overhaul his fishing tack 10: 4 you 10Y.
had 4 made proper Investigate on before
publishing your item you would Y have
found that the Commod ore Furnishes his
fishing taokl e every day. Il III 4 has his
pockets Sflllod with reels, no oks Il, lines,
| eto., ana at Intervals he can BIO seen as-,
sorting the various Sizes q nd q kinds adj
51ustlng them 70 lines to suit the several
binds 81 Dish he expects to On tch. Mi
Isl Comtro Porter isy q sport y from
way back and always has his house
In order for any emergency.
BY tho way. ne ID advising his friends
that 5if they will 60 over to the Chester
| field flats after the high water subsidies
and carp as they can haul away. 10 FIe
says after the last rise In the James he
could have obtained q cart load i he
desired, and that some people did catch
al many as that. These hsh come up
with the high water and become stranded
when It reced es. N 55 q III
y AS an q evidence Of the Comma dore's
enthusiasm as a flsherma n, on one occa-
sion he heard that club were biting
ravenously at crawhsh, N and \. no lmme-
dtatelyS decided to make a corner In the
crawf1sh market. Consequently he am
nounced to some OF tho kids in his neigh
borhood that he would pay twenty Ave
l5cents per dozen for large 1. fat, 1iyegcra Y,
FISH. M Well, " hen he wended q his way
home TO his West End mansion Che was
"a citizen Of Clay Ward them, I! he was
considerably apprehensive when arriving
near his brownstone front to see tho
streets nearly blockaded with boys, and
each boy had a tin can. either In + his
hand or under his arm. 5ssis ss8
When he inquired Of a passer-by the
cause OF the commot ion, he WAS formed
that Ia Mr.. Porter had advertised for
orawhsh, and those were his agents who
lhad been collecting them.
sHe found that tho boys had Il q ctually
caught s25 crawflsh and were demanding
that no take them at the agreed price.
| He succeeded In compr onising on he
| price, but had to take the entire lot.
But from that time the bottom dropped
out OF tho market for crawfsh. Nv f&
n could give you many more instances
Of his sporting procllvtles. but know
you would tire of II too much Of this
cline" Yours,
We have nothing TO add EXCEPT to
say that we don't believe the Commodore
ever advertised for crawlsh, 55
nj He knows tina t angle worms and chunks
| of bread are better. Il
He also knows that fish are fond OF
music, and that they so over he scales
every day II .s5 d, \. 81
Therefore. when he wants to got bis
$haul, he goes out and sits on the bank
and plays a popular air on that famous
ItOlQ. UuulG tula StttS seAA
Charlie sayille with at tho Chancery
4 Court so much. 81
is Then the fish come up on the bank. and
he puts some salt on their tails and
i catches them. III
We are glad however, to give on,
friend a chance to air himself. II!
Ii Our red-headed friend. Rogers. has
been appointed our keeper by the mar
who increases our salary every ter
years, He has been instructed to teach
4 us how to save money. ,s3 4. 81
4 S; We give notice right here that he viii
have a hard time on his hands.
f IN order to save money a fellow mus
4 have some to save. he might save 6
9l3few promssory notes, but they run out
I land amt no good. nohow.
4 II, And thon Easter is coming and witt
shirt waists at s2l.1o, land hats Mt 81 100
4 and slippers at S., and stray hats FOL
4 oursef, at o5 cents, we don't see how
4 Rogers is going to teach us how to save
Il anythlng worth mentioning. Fa3
i lit he wants us to save his money. W.
don't mind entering into the scheme.
II 1--we have lust been Informed that on
4 next vacation will take us on Euro
{|5pean trip, and that we will be expoctet
i Is send back some well-written letter
Z from the great cities OF London, 4, Paris
Berlin, and etcetera,
!. 59l We stand ready to enter into such Z
scheme upon the slightest proyocatlon.
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q AfHlnt TO the Legislature. nj
a }Editor8of The Times Dispatch:
slr.-Why can't the Legislature Dor
J row an Idea from our nelghbor Of Mary
\ land We have an Arbor} Day here. " Il
d Maryland they have q Pilgrims Day,
+ to commemorate the first landing OF tn
B Pilgrims In Maryland on March g.. 1857
! and the public schools IN Maryland ar
Z required to instruct the children as t
!; this historic anniversary Of the State
1 Let tho Leglsla ture pass q law requrin
J tho anniversary Of the landing Of tn
II! first settlers at Jamestown be observe
i In the public schools and the childre
Instructed as to this historic event, ],
: will help In many wasy.