The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27
DREAMED or HIS FRIENDS
INSIDE THE PEARLY GATES
MIR. Wysor, Ii, notable Speech at
Bar Associations Banquet,
Tells Of Vision He Had.
SAW MANY FRIENDS THERE
Richmond JuristWl1o Was TRANS
lated Found Many Whom
5 He Knew.

The response OF Hon. j, G. Visor 70
tho ,oast '.Pleastnt Dreams" at the
annual banquet of the Virginia state
Bar Association at Old Point, was ono
r III the gems OF the occasion. Mr., Wysor
said:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Brethren Of tho
Virginia state Bar Association, Ladies
and Gentlemen:
E5&f thank the tonstmaster Mr. Tllom, for
lis complimentary introduction, but Il
fear will lie unable to sustain the high
position as an after-dinlier speaker which
has pleasantly referred toEa big Prince
Albart coat in which frequently made
speeches III the late Constitutional Con-.
vcntion OF the state. i remember very
we'll that whenever put on that coat
Thorn Invariably would shy: Watch out
now; Old Wysor IS going to make
speech But It seems to me that rs
keen an observer as l know him to be
should have noticed that on this ccca-
sion that old Prince Albert coat IS con-
splcuouslY abscnt do not agree with
my3fricnd, MIR. Glasgow,gn his assault
upon my friend. Alr. Thorn, that Mr..
Thon1t assumed to do all the Speaking III
the late Constitutional Convention, but
] Will say chat Mr.. Thorn made como Of
the very best speeches that were made
in that body. l say this much IN de-
ftnse Of our distinguished toastmaster,
who seems TO have been the subject Of
pCEnlllt hC g n tto en- n o,.
who have preceded me on this occasion.
have been very much entertained while
here by the hospitality Of this splendid
hotel, with It's fine appointments, and
the nice and prompt attention of It's
servants by the able paper of Judge
i'hlDgar on '*rhc Ancient Action of
Ejectment'; by the splendid paper Of Mr..
ROYAL on Lord Mansfield and By the
able classic and eloquent address Of our
distinguished and cultured guest Mr..
Taylor, upon Tho Legitimate Functions
Of JudgeNlade Law =
HE HAD A DREAM.
This Is tho second banquet or The viz
ginia state Bar Association / have had
the pleasure of attending Tho first one
was on the 2ith tlay of August in The
good year OF our Lord, 1893, Il Hot
Srrings, Virginia. l. tell YOU VIC had a hot
$me In that old town that night After
the banquet wna over laid myself
IoWn TO sleep. and dreamed Il dream.
This IS the first opportunity | have had
10 tell2it to this association, having been
unable to attend the session Of 1904 on
account Of n strenuous political cam
pnign in which | was engaged. drcar-
cd that all of tile members Of the Vir-
Einia State Bar Association. after living
long and useful lives, had passed 10
e. lhpir rpcnnrtyn rT1c nj a
very dear friend of mine. who liz now a
distinguished judge Of the Law and
Equity Court of the Capitol City Of the
Old Dominion, and who did not die at
all, but after out revealing lii length OF
days any Of the patrnrchs Of old. leav-
ing even Methsaah. himself, FIR be-
hind, assembled to Heaven. bodily and
as It We're by some kind of'nward mo-
tnentum He went up ana up, and up.
and up; l remainder that III my dream
It amused me to see my friend go up;
he is man Of low stature but whose
equatorial measurements nre about equal
to his polar dimensions, and wl1o tips the
beam Mt about go or go pounds there
was no pulce and no pnshcc. hut he
went uppee all the samce; and up, and
up, beyond the sweet and modest
Pleiadcs. beyond bold Orion. beyond
the golden meadows OF the fixed stars
and up. and up. and up, until h. arrlv-
ed at ,hS ,ghtca.'of the New Jerusalem
Nhere'fic was met by q vast concourse
OF angelic lawyers, thousands upon thou
sands. and tens of thousands. sent forth
TO hail and to welcome him to tic Etcr
nal City.
At first my dear friend was amaz
ed and abnshed, but no soon mad
bold TO make Inquiries about man
of the old members Of the Vir
ginia state Bar Association with whot
he had been acquainted. A4e sniu
''Whcre Is Allan Cnpcrton Braxton
Then the chief spokesman for the angel
lawyers said: ''lIe is within the city
holding sweet converse with the angel
over the Hills OF heaven, forever dis
cussing the beauties and merits of tn
corporation article In the new Const
luton Of Virginia."
Where is Alfred Thom?" Gle is ais
within tho city in an ccstacy of dclIgh
frequently discussing that same articl
and rejoicing that the Transportation con
pnnies have not been destroyed and th