The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
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III Public Places.
s1sov SsarntrIck ,11enry 8Eontaino is ono
{ Of tho best known, and !, II may be added,
one OF tho ablcst baptist ministers III I
Hallfnx couonty. lilo has been II coun-
Try pastor Iii tho Halifax and Plttsyl-
vni1lal regions for many years. Ills home
ID ut Bethel ELI III Person county NJ C,
Just across the line which divides tho
two states, but his ministerial work Is
almost tlrely In Virginia. Mr.. Tontano
ls nh Inventive genius and In his time
has brought some very simple ideas into
practical use for the benefit Of mnn-
kind. lie is the man who conceived tho 4
\ idea OF d cotton snecting protection for
tobacco plant beds. lie did not patent
this idea, but simply gave it to tho to-
bncco farmers Of the bright belt" and
It has been worth many thousands Of
dollars 10 them. 4. sl
,rhe Roy. Mr.. Tont1ine was one Of tho
fnr-fanled "nghtlng chnplnlns" Of tho
Confederate army being tho chaplain Of
thcl1rifty-third ViiEinld regiment, ana NJ 4
ways Kept his musket ready for Il tito
emergency. Mr.. TontnInc hns been In
Richmond several days on business. Flo
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for tho better saving Of the fodder that
gfows on tho rich bottom lands ofAtho
yIrgnln rivers. Having transacted his
business concerning tho understanding
trick. the lighting pars6n'' started out
yesterday to visit some OF the scenes OF
2 his war experiences. He was UP In Ful-
( ton, and, desiring to return to his stop
ping place In RIclinond and being d lit
Z tie turned around lie asked the first
policeman he met which street car 10
take to reach certain point. The Of
flcer gave tho desired information and
as the our was not duo n that corner for
several minutes, the parson and ...e
officer dropped into conversation Mr..
Fontaine remarked TINT this was the first
8tmc no had been In Fulton (or Roocketts)
since 1864 whom he helped Il 1nortally
wounded Confederate soldier to m am
bulunco and sent him8on to the hospital
to die. One word brought on another
and In two minutes tho minister and the !
officer were embracing ench other. And
thereby hangs q tale.
q The battle Of Drcwryis Dlun was
fought on the 10th day Of May, lsG4, s
and tho result was that General En..1F
In the language ot General Grant, was
bottled up. THE Tifty-third virsiniu
regiment took II prominent part Ii mat
fight; in fact, did tho most OF the fight
Ing. Chaplain sI'ontane when the bnt-E
tie was over, was called by the surgeon
of the regiment 70 assist him5Lln caring
{ for the wounded. james D. VI Goodman
OF company a was desperately wounded.
having been shot sentirelysfthrough tho
body and a second Z ball had lodged in
the small Of his i back. Tho chaplain
rt,tc r,,,ft lrov nfAhp
3ond ball and then undertook ITO carry
Goodman to the hospital lni4 Richmond.
Goodman refused to be putin m am.
bulnnce, E but walked to lthat landing at
Drewry's Bluff, and. acncompnneds by tho
chaplain came BY boat to Rockets and
Il hen walked to Sthe hospital, where tho
chaplain left him. presumably to die.
g Tho chaplain afterwards learned In m
Indirect way that Goodman. with Spar
tan nerve, refused to take his bed. never s
ceased to walk about and got well In duo
time. Frequently Mr.. Fontnine has told
this story up In Halifax and once no
iyentured 10 use 1t as AN illustration In
a sermon. The smile OF incrcduity on
the part sof the hearers that al ways fol-
lowed the telling OF the story convincel
tho parson that his reputation for re-
racity would DO better subserved II mo
would hold up on the story OF man
being shot through and through and
wounded III n supposed vital spot a sec
ond time, and then got well without
ever taking his bed. and he. wisely, per-
haps,ts held up on It, especially as an
Illustration to point II moral and ndorn 4
a tale In the pulpit. The fact Is that
in time the good chaplain and parson
begun to- entertain some grave doubts
himself as to the accuracy OF the part
Of the story that kept Goodman walking
and finally got him we'll. But It IS al
true. Tho man who WAS shot through
and through and wounded a second time
at Drowry's Bluff on the 10th OF May,
1864. who was cared for by Chaplain
Fontaine, who refused to ride In an am
bulanco to the, hospital. and who got
we'll OF his "mortal" wound without evef
taking his bed, was tho policeman Wna
yesterday told the Rev. Mr.. Fontains
how to find HIS way from Fulton "a
Richmond by the street car The Officer
Is James D. Goodman, one OF the pest
known members Of tho Richmond police
force. whose residence is No! 415 North
5,rwenty-slxth Street. and he. as wen NJ
Mr. Fontninc, VIII vouch for the accu.
racy OF this little sido chapter In wal
history.
"stono1nll Jackson, brakes Branch,
va.,.' was the line boldly standing out
on tho register OF the Hotel Lexington
.
3nt the register thought the inscription wna
a joke, but a Times Dispatch man. being
n little more inquisltve, learned that
there was no joke about It, Mr.. Jacks
son Is ono Lof the best known md most
highly esteemed citizens OF Charlotte
county Ho Is n successful farmer and
Emerchant. and runs big country de-
partmcnt store mt brakes Branch. tho
jumping off3point orSpassengers on the
Southern Railway, who are bound FOR
tho heart of old Charlotte county. NE.
two. maybe three or four months after
tho first battle Of Manassas had been
s NJ. just at the time when people
hi3,,,, Ginning to forget that there was
,a o ned Thomas Jonathan Jaeks o.. !.
'hse !, Southland was sounding the
AAch Peop'so'ta7 sral "stonewall' Jackson:
IL. gentleman registered
-.- ------ ~ - Lexlngton was
1870 n AAA unity company
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