The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16

,xt.nuatinr genealogical circuln-
stances {! IS Now wouldn that compiHaf-
lion OF sscsaulbedal,an words jolt the Pas
ter.pe Off your walls u somcpouy were -
sprlng It In Your house? Perhaps .'.r
couldn't even tell what was meant -
you brought Your dictionary I,alncua ana
10 into action. But j shall expln'n. ana
Gro this article ends you Will know thar
,,cxtenuating genealogical c.rcums. ances
are 4 about as common In virginia q =
sheep-burrsg or pcrsimmons. EAR
70 climb down to plain, plebelan An
g,o- Saxon, none OF US IN TINS 5000 olu
State IS 20 dead po'- white that ne can :
ut least screen his self-humnn!.yby prouu.
t.y referring to some wealthy PIoNpc'' =
Gus or ar!stocratic kinsmnn e
Il Sometimes the Boosted connection IS
din,ly rcmote-n thing of tho almost Tor.
gotten past at other times 1t harks
back to the days of the carcworn, empty
5stomnchcd Coniederacy; most frequent
Nv IT. dwells upon thrifty contemporaries.
EBut he that as i may. the germ Q. .aia.'y
pride IS an rIndestructlble, Immortal,
never-itlle mlcr0bo.
Thousands OF us are too slothfuli too
%inert-tooI Yirginlan-to bllslcr IN our
own hands In an effort to rub the canker
OFF or family cscutchcon or 70 luprl-
cate that cvcr-lnteresting bitTotr. prop
Eerty with the sweat Of our own broWs $;
but this doesn't mean that wal! sell
thu, .escutcileon for junk. Quite the con-
trary. we simply let some of our kin
folks do the rubbing. s8, 81 81
And when other people come along and
begin spOutIng about what their pas ana
mas have done, and what their sons ana
daughters are going to DO, we up ana sn;y,.
selves and IRE lnonstrous. run down ta ~
tho heels, but at least we've got good
blood lii our veins. There's our grarlu-
father Timbcrlakc. You know about him
accent on the 'himO. T1o. was. ~ mem
fber& Of the Legislature during tho Mexi-3
can war and. used toacut big shines ~
this county :. &;
Or, il we don't 90 back as far In the
tmummiflcd archives MS grandfathers we
compromise on collaternls,f aud u say;
t'"rrue. wo folks arc small potatoes now
Sand few In the hill, but endurln Il OF ts.e
war Mas brotlier-our Uncle Buck, you
.know--wa.gla captain IN Lees army, ana
them as didn't know him IN those dnys
want no bet CIR han the SCUM 2, we ea GU
A genpnlln was tel ns ny 'ot ~ SLIM, MY
that Uncle BUCK want skeerd OF Ho'hln
that walked on two legs and when nc got
down to bus,ness Yankees was seen run-i
min through! the brush ln$eyery direction
like so many liildces.
And if--but such an ''if'' would 20 Won
dcrful!-we had the gray-conlod mem
Dry OF no rcdoubtab!e Yankee'slaylhg
Uncle Buck, we stIll would reach out nm.
produce "extenuatlns genealogical cir
cumstances. For instance, on 1ndlns
ourselves hard pressed by the Clique y.
purple and fine linen, we would srunt mo
merely say; "Well. there AIM no two
WAYS about one thing. Wencyer was the
kind as took any stock in pedigree, ana
All that, but n VIC chose, We c9ula teil
d few things tint would take tho starch
out Of these hfalutin ones thuts so
B -oavortin' around now With their noses
Etnrnad up ana their niggels a-wearlng
ton boots and buttons
in all probability We Wouldn't khoW
lust what would be the nature or ne
mine We would spring OIL this offensive
presenl-day arlstocracy. but we 90 KNOW
enough about human nature. N genera,
\ IL understand that every mouse mas w