The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-30


his gripping pains. thought OF the father
OF his country taking severe cold, and
not being able to run into a drug store
for bottle Of cough s,Irup, or n auinine
pill. having Martha FIX tub Of hot mus
tard water TO soak those great feet Of
his. and bundle him up In g. flannel
Blanket, give hin, hot whisky. and put
him to bed with a hot brick Mt his feet.
Then, when I looked at a duck blind
out IN tho Potomac, near the shore, !
thought how George used to put on an
old coat and SLOUGH hat and take his gun
and so out In tho blind and shoot can-
vas-back ducks or~dinner, and paddle
his boat out after the dead birds, the
way Grover Cleveland did a century
later. tell you. old man, the way to
appreciate our great statesman, soldiers
and scholars is to think OF them Just a 8
plain, ordinary citizens doing the things
men do nowadays. II does dad and
more good to think OF Washington and
his friends camping out down the Poto-
mac, on fishing trip, sleeping on bed
OF Pine boughs. and cooking their own
pork, and roasting sweet potatoes IN the
ashes eating With appetltcs like slaves,
than to think ofNhim at a state dinner Il,
the White House. With French cook
disgusting tho food so they could not tell
what It was
o, I had rather have picture OF George
Washington and Lafayette coming up
tho bank Of the Potomac toward the
house, loaded down with ducks, and
Va standing on the porch OF Mount
Vernon asking them who they bought
the ducks OF and how much they cost
than to have ono Of those big paintings
in the White House showing. George and:
conquered the world. II the phonograph
had been invented then, and we could
listen to the conversation Of those men,.
Just as they said things, It would be
great. Imagine George saying TO La
fayette, 80 you could hear 1t now: "Late,
that last shot at that canvas back you
made was the longest shot ever made
YOU Old frog eater" and imnigne Lafay-
cite replying: You bet your life, George,
/ nailed that buck canvasback with a
charge OF No 6 shot, md ne never kne"
what struck him." But they didn't have
any photographs in those days and so you
have got to imagine things.
How would Washington's fare"eil az
dress sound now N pno.osrapa,,' :,
some Of Georges choice swear words a.
a slave that had ridden sore backed
m,ile down to Alexandria after a Jug OF
rum would like to run phonoRraph
show. with nothing In the macnine ou'
ancient talk from George " ashingt =
but We can have no sucn luck u lNAs .
George is born again.
Old man. II you ever get 1u,,ousi.
from business you go down to Mount.
vernon and revel in memories OF the
father OF his country. 1fyou go. hnnt6 up
a negro with a hair lip. that Is servant
thnre' and who used to be Washington
hcI1 ! servant. unless he&is a liar. and tell
him sent you and he won't 90 tnihs
to you,& for dollar or 50. = tolo ma, ,''
negro that dnd was great genera. T..
second Washington, and he wore all the
akin of his bald head taking OF his NAT
"a dad every time dad looked at MN,
ana he bowed until his back ached, out
when ave were going away ana dad
asked me what allied the old monkey 70
act that way, the old negro thought tnese
new Wasningtons were q pretty tousH
lot.
I. All the time t Mount Vernon couldn't
qet I'm mea mess enough to play any trick
IN dad, but picked up a sort Of a, morse
chestnut or something, with prlckers on
Il as sharp as needles, and as we were
getting on the trolley I slipped 1t do"h
the hack OF dads pants, near where MS
suspenders button on, and BY the ti1hs We
sat down In the car the horse cnestnut
had worked down where az Is th ne , ial
eeet and when he leaned back against
the seat he turned pale ana WEE
around and asked me II. he looked pa
+ told him he looked like corpse. wnicn
encouraged him so he almost tainted. ne
osknd me if I had heard Of any conta-
eious diseases that were prevalent IN We,
ginia, cause he felt as though ne nae
caught something. told MIN "ouia
ask the conductor: 20 Went ana Ms ISL ~,
the conductor what time We got to WASH,
sineton and then went back to dad ana
to,d him the conductor said there was no
diseases OF any particular account except
fsmallpox and yellow fever, and that .the
f,rst. symptom OF smallpox was PICK
ling sensation in the small OF the pacA'
Dad turned green and said ne nag ~, go
81 ali right, and had the darnues l. tll,le
getting him back to the hotel at Wash-
tinpton u Saw. i had to help him undress.
and T took the horse chestnut and put u
In The foot 81 the bed, and got dad IN,
and 7 vent downstairs to see q doctor,
ana then T came back and told him tine
Doctor said IL the prickly sensation went
10 his feet he was In no DANGER iro''l
smallpox as 1t was an evidence lhit -
old vaccination OF years ago had got IN
10 u,o,s; and knocked the disease out OF
his system lengthwise. and when tolo
dad that he raised up in bed and SAID ne
u,a saved. for ever since ] went. out 81
tha room he had felt that same dreaded
nrick]ing at work on his feet, ana ne vas
all right - = and
I told dad 1t was q mario" , escA ln ~ t.
TINT III ought to be a warning to MN.
Dad has to wear dress suit 70 dlnnes
here and cough up money every t,I..e nv
turns around, cause ! have told the Dsl,
ho,,a DAD IA a bonanza copper KING. anu anu
thay are not doing thing to dad.
- I guess Il am doing Just as the doc-
tors at home ordered. in keeping dads
mind occupied. 49,. $40
90 ~ dinner with dad. and ! am gong