The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

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.onstpio goth OF .Ntarch tho sun enters
sTnurtis, ana then wo llilve tho iirst Guy
sof sprlnr. but spring weather does not
always como with tho first spring day..
,rlus spoke we'll known professor. and
doctor OF divinity to o Times-D Dispatch man
yesterday. Tho doctor, who followed
General Forrest IL, tho dark days Of forty
odd years ago being III n rcnenlscelnt
mood, contlnucd: II we'll remember the
night OF tho 10Th OF March, 1854. There
sca.1o ono OF the most terrific storms
have ever seen. The few tents we had
In our temporary camp OH tl'e outskirts 9
OF Newport, TENN, were blown down anu
literally scattered to tho four winds. we
had to sleep on tho gro,i1d 4nnd we tooh !,
1t four abreast with our overconts ana
sblnnkets pulled over us. Illus we slopt
through that terrible storm ana kept
warm, too, ~" tho snowS covered us thick <
and heavy. ,th0 next morning. the first
Gay OF spring. found us undef ten VI
ktwolve;inclles OF snow. #
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helping General Longstrcet try to storm
the town and run Burnside out. But
Burnside stormed ,is and whipped lls
pretty good, Longstrect took his mon
innd started back to Virginia. Willie For
rest went up In tho mountains to Keep
an eye on Burnslde's people and try TO
decide what TO do next. In n few days
Johnston whip sherman. We did the
best we could. but Sherman wasn't
storr1ed either. No; spring weather does
not always come with the first spring
day."
st Patrick's Day.
"This is st. .Patrick's day and. my!
what memories crowd around tho date for
me- remarked Richmond man last
Saturday, MS he stood on the street cor
ner and saw n dozen or more men 80
by wearing OF the green" knowing thnt
the gentleman had not drop OF Irish
blood In his veins I asked. what do
you know about st. Patrick 2"
II know a good deal about him now
( he replied, hut let mo tell you about the
time I didn't know anything about him
or his day You know I was reared In
tho backwoois OF North Carolina where
st. Patrick hasn't much reputation.
was only an eighteen-ycar-old boy ana
n pretty green one at that, but was n
member. and a very active one, OF the
Ku Klux Khan. was so active that u
along with number OF others, was
wanted by Governor Holden and Ills
military chief. one Colonel Kirk. I loft
the old State between two suns. Five Of
lis left on one train because we had learn
ed from the Raleigh Standard that Holden
wanted us In a dungeon and knew where
to find us.
'.At Weldon we scattered. going in dif-
ia
Virginia and on the evening OF the 18th
OF March. found myself In the Balti-
more and Ohio depot In Washington city
with n ticket for Baltimore. and ~ wasn't
Z q return ticket either.
Mighty Green.
We'll. as / said, was mighty green.
had never been out of North Carolina
before and naturally thought every man
I4mct was an officer in disguise, ready
to pick me UP and hustle me back to
Governor Holden.
Just as I had taken my seat on the
train for Baltimore, heard the greatest
hub-bub had ever heard. / looked
out the car window and saw. 1t seemed
to me. ten thousand men marching into
the depot laid ont on the platform
alongside the train. Flags were waving.
drums were beating, and the men were
hurrahing like wild Indians. They
marched up and down the platform. and
do you know. thought the whole United
States army had turned out tn{ catch me.
i ducked my head down between the
seats and sat as still as a mouse. In q
short while the train pulled out. and
after It had gone few miles i ventured
10 ask5an old gentleman sitting next to.
me what all that -hub-bub was about In
the depot. He told ME that some Hiber-
man societies. who had been celebrating
L st. Patrick's Day. were escorting some
of the visiting orators of the day to the
depot and giving them good. jolly
send-off. didn't let the gentleman
know that st. Patrick and his day were
total strangers to me. but when / got
out in Illinois. where spent moro than
two years .inaexile. i dad plenty OF time,
on my hands in which to study up on
ST. Patrick, and on the two following AM
niversaries / saw Chicago Irishmcn cele-
brate sin great style All the male mem
bers OF my family. as, far back as know,
or have; been told. were tall; none OF them
under six feet. You see, I am not that
kind. have often thought that the
scare ] was subjected to in getting ac-
nuainted with st. Patrick's Day stunted
me"