The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-11

IIOIu CIiC idlAho VI liio will duCo ~
arms, he fell with face toward
the foe in the first battle OF
Manassas, and instead of wrap
ing his martial cloak around him
and burying him on the field Of
his glory, they brought him home
and placed him by the road side
Just outside his old home.
"Soldier, rest! thy warfare Ger.
Dream of battles fought no more.
No more shall the roll-call dis
turb thy morning rest, nor the
bugle blast call the to arms. Not
again shall the lone vidette be
stationed far in advance, and the
safety of the army rest on thee.
Nor shall the roaring cannon and
the platoon of.small arms, as they
are borne by the breeze DER the
heads of thy marching comrades
disturb thy repose. The shouts Of
victory and the wall Of the van
quished are both alike to thee
now. The muffled tread of the
mighty hosts as they seek by
stealth to surprise the foe and
fetch a compass Of his position,
might be with shouts of victory
and the Rebel YELL, and it would
all be the same to thee.
All! men and women of Ever
green and surrounding country,
as long as grass grows and
water runs' will you not see
to it that the Towering time shall
never come and go without the
chaplets being placed upon the
grave Of Dave Traylor, the old
soldier, and the first of Itawamba
to give his life for his country.
Can you not turn from your buy
ing and your selling, your farm
and your merchandise, your
practice of medicine and your
pleasure, and even your preach
ing and your hearing the word,
long enough to gather and en-
twinge the rose and the violet,
the myrtle and the wild flowers
the jasemine and the evergreen,
and once each year lay them
gently Ger the last resting place
of this old soldier. And right
here let me say to the Sons and
Daughters of the Confedercy, it
will only be few more heeting
years till the last one of the old
soldiers Of the civil war shall be
laid to rest, and the care of their
last resting places will be left to
your care. Let me ask you to
see that they are honored.
In that old time Richmond
tow there were three physicians
Ressoentte, Leech and Tolson.
Tolson did not remain there long,
and | did not know very much
of him. He was a bright man
though, a very strenuous Baptist
and delighted to argue on baptism
DR.. Leech had a good equation
as a physician, but he was a very
rough spoken and emphatic man,
so much so that the physicians
of the county at one time exclud-
ed him from participation in their
meetings at the court house.
An important occurrence took
place in June, 1861, in which
Leech killed Robinson, a very
genial and popular man of the
neighborhood, which divided the
community, and tended still more
to ALLEVIATE the people from him.
But he was not a man to run
from trouble, but in the face of
every difficulty pushed right on
in his profession, and conquered
enough friends to succeed in life.
DR.. Bessonette was altogether
a different type of man. He
was from somewhere in the east,
and / think from New York. He
was a thoroughly educated ply
sician, and one Of the most quiet
and amiable men lever met. A
man of few words, never talking.
of his business or patients to out
siders to make an impression,
but a true man, a good citizen
and successful in his practice.
Money, honor, position and popu-
lar applause he never sought,
but amid the quiet walks of life,
if he could relieve pain and sui
fering and administer to the
wants of the distressed, and then
nestle down in the bosom Of his
own family for rest and repose
ne was contented.
/ remember well beautiful lit.
tie valley just east of Richmond
where the boys and girls used to
congregate on Saturdays and
gather sweet Williams and vio-
lets in the Spring time, and IN
the time Of the scar and fallen
leaf weave together the green,
the yellow, the red, the purple,
and the caraation from the for
est; and make chaplets a prince
might be proud to wear. The
great, overh angling trees of the
valley, wi holt underground,
and the wide expanse Of the
scenery no:th and south Of
the public highway was a lovely
one to behold. tt reminded me