The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06

nrst citizen of the commonwealth.
Strangers entering otir city gates, sought
Judge Marshall preferably to Tyler anu
,rszeweil to Barbour and Pleasants-all
SUCCESSFULLY Our governors,
Came to Visit Tomb
A young gentleman c,lme all the way
from New York to look upon the tomb
that held the sacred remains Of the
great Virgininn. As soon ms he made his
purpose known to me- | led MIN as a
faithful g,,ide, up the long Second Street
to the main entrance gates OF shockoe
Cemetery. Proceeding Il few steps up
the broad avenue we turned to the right.
down green alley way, putting aside
the weeds and brinrs that obstrlcted our
passage. After n painful search we came
ut length on the Marshall Section. THIS
was of5limted extent--railcd IN with the
usual iron ratings. The tomb was OF
od-fashioned style. box-lllSe OF shape
with plain. marble slab supported on
low, brick walls, needing what the ma
sons call pointing Upon clearing away
sundry withered leaves blown thither by
the winds, Mr.. Harriott and read the
following crption:
John MARSHALL, M
Son Of Thomas and Mary Marshall.
Was Born the Gath Of September, 1756,
Intermnrried with Mary Amber. the I'd
70 Of January. 1853. Departed the 9Th
of July, 1886.
These lines could not have been COM
posed by any but him who is the subject
ar them. What faith this man must
have had in the realities OF the invisible
world to have d.sregarded in so marked
o manner the vanites WHICH are common
" displayed in the building and lettering
~ the tomb. Aiacnulay. somewhere IN
one OF his essays. says, the greatest men
the world takes note Of. are ever seen to
IS the plainest and simplest. His one ex-
cention to the rule. ls the elder Pitt, Earl
Of chatham, who never received company
even in his bed chamber. without care
fully arranging his tollet, a!'u aos ui''''is
Imposing attitudes.
= hnve n faint remembrance OF once
seeing a throng OF people In aHow-lSing
scction OF the Public Square, eastlof the
EC.anitol: d wooden platform. nrrayed with
Grape and other cmblcms OF mourning
q parson opening the obseques Win
5prayer; Observation-Disclosures Wlckham or
leigh ! dare not gucss-his voice sott
and low. like that OF a flute blown ~
an artist. Since then the scene mas
undergone alterations Of vale and terrace
and grove, not for the bess, puti as :
have thought, aud still think, for the
worst. The leveling Of hill and dale
came soon after the Jewellers of our OLD
Constitution. in 1850. l
rio following anecdotes were among
tho recollcctions OF John Fl Allen--a son
OF Irish John Allen. SO called IN contra
distinction to Scotch Allan. whose name
Is intimately associated with that OF
Edgar Allan Poe--and are given pretty
much IN his own WORDS. ny d,,,rer ~
y persona, iEle''u a". t..,.,,a,.,,,, consu,ted
me oid JUS, ~ 80. -, ,,,ar.,,i How
nln' m niat.e. .',o, ,,tad ,r,,t hin ana the
pecaihe hCqui'',NS ~, 49,, ~,
llll tt'e oues - MT havo4re.-
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membranes OF IN, Ing o.a .,.,.,, ~, - 10
inn'h tes mat VIII .ao'u1 ~ Ida
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the mouse ~ .'le spas -, WAS n,,y-
INSIDE us paiiot w. - a,,art,nr ~
ing one or a'o''ief s"1.," ,assan,a,.s we
children, IN one u ~. a 80 ,,,tt
were ,o'iieu ~ ny ~ 800 ,ot,,rn mat
condesccns'on ana soou ,a rana,, ,,ars
then seemed 10 my luFeili,e .ass p
fectly !oVely. re "oulu -, ,a,,s, Ni,ha
down on ait - W ~. =, -, ~
narlor moor, WIN many d 80 -, ,ns ~,
IKE one piasiis ,'Nl. !, ,,t 10
now one now ahotne,, "ou'u III. ,,n.i ,a ~,
as the hunor sei%ed nun, a'i'on.s sS,.'t
the room pony-nke, or WIN su,ie 49, 49,
or Wlloness. auchi.s ms ''eau -. a.,u - -
Ing all or the r'aers ~ ie"p ~ e .,s
floor mat ne enloseu tile " a'1.
as much MS inc niue ohes nv NV 80, ~
doubt Many oel,sn,iui .'oe III
had on the PACK OF tne Juuse, VIZ
some sucn jingle as ma 49,. NJ. ~ ..,,
ket TO nuS PUN Jun "ot'u ~ :. co." -
or sung pS l'i'i' 'oali'
grown Peol'ie eAe.s.'i.'s I,,,,,it,
quitc unnecoil,,ns ne s'as 80 NV Ens,, ,.I