The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-10

NtH.H nN@ WaAaAAk A0rN IT'S ALEnfA ana
music thrown IN.
Nr. Harry Yost. who IS ia Richmond
I'm advance OF his aggregation Of thcat-
rical stars, was once a baseball cnthu-
WHEN HARRY YosT here when the
LEARNED SOMETHING. season was In
fun blast last
summer and 20 IS a positive fact that he
lost sixty cents on one game. Since that
time he has been leading a better he.
He las kept away from the race-track.
and he has steered clear Of tho gaming
table.
But AIr. Yost could not be expected 10
1.-Two forever without being stung. AS
Che representative OF 81 good show he
hears most everything that IS told. and
lie generally relates the things ne hears.
He has "a great affection FOR children.
II there IS ono thing ia the world that
Harry Yost loves most that thing IS q
Itle chili- le simply gets wild every
limo DE cooks at an infant And II that
irfaut can Just pratue "A little bit then
Harry Yost gets a little more Wild.
I'm New York there are two twin Sic
tors. Nr. Nost IS very fond ~ the chill
dren and had often played with the little
girls. ON his way 20 tho train one morn
ing Do met one of the twins. and stop
ped go shake hands with her.
Good morning. my dear he said, as
Pc cl-sped her tiny hand. "And which
- the twins arc you9"
Tie ltle sill answered gravely. 81
am the one what out walking"
SIT. Yost came on % Richmond. and
Do saws that he viii inject that Joke into
nn AIDE story that is 20 be published next
yea-.
If one looks over the let az Mayors
Richmond has had from the administra-
ton - Foushee down TO Mccarthy. he
viii see many
WIEN HESSIAN ma that have
PRESIDED HERE figured largely in
Richmond and VIZ
/ ginla history. One name will DE found
% which IS attached p history that very
few people know about.
I TIA l5lI William II. Fltz WhvIsonn was
1 elected Mayor u Richmond for a term
&c one year. He served the term and
made "a good Mayor. but Tor some reason
was not reelected. II Mayor FItz Whyli-
SOM has any defendants in or about
Richmond they are known as Wilson. the
FIfz having been decmeI a useless prefx
and the Welsh Whyiisonn being Ameri-
canized by being made plain Wilson.
BIT. Fotz Whyllsonn had an eventruf
history before lac became Mayor Of Rich
mond-a good while before. When tho
Iiessians. under Blrgoyne. surrendered
10 General Washington az Trenton n 7
during the Revolutionary War. they were
brought 20 Charlottesville ia this State.
and confined in prison until they We're
properly paroled. All the Hcssians were
adventurers and hired soldiers. and bav-
ing no patriotic Incentives. "a great many
of them. when released from prison de-
cided 10 remain in America and grow w
with the country. quite n number ~
them came 10 Richmond ana embarked
in business Of one kind and another
some Of thcm We're successful. and at
/ least two OF them became Drominent and
useful citizens OF Virginia. One Of this
pair was rove other than William Fftz
Nhyllsonn. Although not a Hessian.
strictly speaking. but a Wclshman. ne
was the drum-maior or the Hesslan reg
iment that surrendered at Trenton. He
was a splendid musician. and a good
ail-round fellow. lie had once been the
leader OF n band IN the French army. and
10 IS said that when Lafayette visited
Richmond long after the Revolutionary
War ana FItz Whyils0nn WAS introduced
70 him as one OF Rlchmond,s prominent
citizens he recognized him as the must
clan who led q French military band
When Ftz Whyllsonn came 10 Rich
raand he embarked in the mercantile
business IN "a small way. He prospered.
his usine grew and ne became a leader
IN business and political circles. He was
very popular. and his accomplishments
as a musician no doubt Increased his
popularity. Just how he managed to get
elected Mayor this writer he's not been
Informed, but 1t may he that he fddled
himself into the hearts OF the people
and into ONCE. and. It may be that Gov
e~rnor-Scnator Bob Taylor. Of Tennessee.
who, it Is said. did the same thing. got
his cue from the unwTitten history Of
this Mayor or the early days. Tho other
Of this pair OF Hessians who made Rich
mond their home and did as much as
any othor patriotic citizen for its ,n-
building. was Joseph Dranstadt. OF him
something may be told in this column