The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-04

Editor OF The iTimcs- Dispatch: t.-zi Y;
e Sir,-You& say We are q last to have a
railroad from Richmond to my native old
town. Nlnej cheers and a tiger for thatI5
Sflall ! live to go thither by rail II. 1t!,h has
been done by various other modes. There
IS one route by Which8it has not been
done q, -thatStos Lester Manor, on the York
River Railroad, and thence by hack.
The county seat Ito Il Essex is quito an
ancient settlement. i was laid out as a
own the Z same yeah with Philadelphia,
ana With the same Observation-Disclosures
But has never attained a popuatonfof.
more than&seven hundred. It mus RI low-
ever, Sbe n place Of vast Importance, be-
cause Il was born there and my uncle,
! DIN y frerson Minor, and II on. r. Nj. SI.
= inter were appointed by two Pres dents
$of Virginia was the Genesls) collectors
o. It's tlourshing port. This Mr.. Hunter
had been distinguished mefnber5of bot n
Houses OF the United States Congress and;
onfederncy and It's secretary OF & State.
TheirEcomponsatiorlSa as collectors reminds
me Of what my her said about d small
pension which, enterprising agent OBJ
lined for him. on account OF n brief SER
VICE as caya lryman. in the War or 1872; q
s''it will supply the old fellow with snuff"f
Mr. Hunter could have said OF his rcmun-
Grafton more and better. than that.
days Of Captain John Smith and the
Indian King Japazaws, who, for q bride
betrayed his guest, Pocahontas, into tic
hands of that other scoundrel. z Captain
Samuel z. Argel,l q The English Marine
then 8susuaE route, Through King and
Queen, King William, Hanover and IIen-s
rico, In the carriage OF my grandfather
safter8whom was named. VA Because was
mlotherless, he treated me with great
tenderness and brought me- over here
with him MS a compliment. MI When his
driver. Ebony Dick mounted his high
outside seat, lle was as proud of his nne:
{of Bucephalus, or Occur dc Leon OF the
noble steed on which The rescued his
friend Ivanhoe. r
Once I went to Tappahannock by way
Of Washington and thence down tile POI
ftomac Ito Iinsale, and thence across the
Northern Neck. This, however, wgs be-
cause u wished to visit some dear rcla-$
5tlyes in Westmorelnnd, They took mo to-
the .Rappaliannock, In Richmond county
flightful boat ride OF about two miles to-,
my birthplace II III
N On another. occasion, went purposely!!
: to Fredericksburg. and thence down the
Rappahunnock by steamboat became
the route from Spotsylvania Courthouse
to that Of Essex, in annual visit to near
relations. The route by the Bowling
Green and NeWtOWn was broken In to con-
$venicnt and pleasant stages. by stopping
{lege friends. II AKA Tx, It'll
& But, tho most memorable trip to Tnppa-3
hammock lever made was when I pilotcdi
my bride Ethither to introduce her {. her$5
mo here from King William his ba-
rouche, drawn bys two very good travel
3ers. He warned me that they would not NC
hold back going down hills One might !
other would .notslet him. The long ascent
up Mechnnscvllef Turnpike was othing,
but the descent to the Chickahominy was
In doublo-qulck Time We he'd the 4
But not a long one. IThe ferryboat WAS
atltho landing, with its apron let. down
m tho shore. Down tho, M .W'a rushed
.up only on the apron at the others end,
Fortunately at the foot or the hill was
d narrowlstrip of deep sand, which cheek.
cd tho speed OF the impatient nags;
else might have rph INTO ne rrws1r
but moro than hal of our Journey was va!s
still be fore Jus. It could be performed
in less than q day and was undertaken
OH q bright and cool naE,n1ng;, ~ s soms
and Ice on some of the slopes. Haste
down them was an adYant &c, lRs 1T kept
,our9Vehicle from lidng around l1 ons.tFe
iSai tsribs s4 PEPs
Hill Probably we stopped at ano ther
nness ~ q We y, Ws 9: ~,
horses Gould not he led. down, for they
would Inevitably drag the lsa ,,iI er;rbpsn
n,,lst liz driven, and guided as far as pos
sihle, blt my bride must not run any
such risk With, me, She SGT Gnt WIS
nigh land to tho table land on the river,
II ID about .a5mle1 long 4sn a.
steep, except netl.midW,a,y where Il haa
The rains, drained from the road Z, bed
had washed deep gnlles q n both bot s1dss
set town. IN Our terminus WAS only SIX
o. o. eight eight miles distant ( took Off my
sioak folded ana placed it,in The The seat
reJis armly In hand Draced my feet
against iron barrier N, front Of me and
Started the team as slowly y, rs possible:
mi f,lster: then to galloplng and finally