The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
w lli11ls OF the 4 Taller
Y Through Old Louisa vine-F ringed Gateways.a

e-Fringed Getaways.
mouths while cotlntryfolks use their d Ions
! OF Thought for purposes Of ogltatito TIC, Z,
1tots u times wl,etr q farmer as ioG m
ling s stinsophisticnted as q cod n Il ms
brain is turning double soriersault s,a and
| whole strings OF Ideas are bizzing ar Gun, lnd
lfunder Ills summit brush.
hut tie agrcuiturist ls patient ana
liong-suf ferlng, and as q croaker, = \. Il u
| 10 nero tndpole impaired to g. g clt q.
bulltrog Only 70 few days e ,! ago enc y. q
1.-THE natives hereabolits sagely remarked q
ia mo that the city people Try Z, 70 work
or iii the socond-class goods they nave 'Ns
on the sod scrdpers. S5si ~ 4. u
S,T.'s this nwtly NJ 5auoth the freckllee.-
necked philosopher. IL you folks have
got second class preacher or q second
class lawyer or q 2. +. second, class 81
dor work him OF on the farmer, Of
course. And J II he Is young and peart,
but inexperienced, and you don't Quite
know whether tho brat Will make good n
or not, you let him cut his eyeteeths
on 3 us grnngers.5 It's case Of try IL
on the dog first every time, and YOU
think we amt wise to the fact. Mayne
wo look like We alr't got any giinptto'ln1 ~
| and maybe We haven't, too-but we do
4. 10 werfill sight q, thinkin' sometimes.
| Now II aint n-snying that every time
We see that our hogs ID about to die
I3of cholera, we don't ship en- to to Wn
for salo, as did a ghhor Of mine. pu Y +
even II 1 wo did, It would simply PC % I Q
case 81 TT for tat. And az for the young
| persons that are turned loose on us
Rubes, well, we don't let them bother
us much. for their talkin doesn't dis
turb our sleep In church any great shines
unless the flies and gnats are mons III Y
bad. 4 s5 ~ s3 s5:s II ~
Now tho truth about the country folks on
49, that they don't let an ything disturb l'
and the gates--and right here In the The
Vicinity Of Fred erlok' 8 a Hall there ap-5$
3pnrentlys arc dozens Of people oven sew
enty years old who seemingly nave no
idea Of dying. Tho process req uires TOO 20
much exertion These ancient critters
don't work, IND Z, what tis more, they
never did ana 5nevers will I. II Ike the zoos
tiers who inst uct the pullets how to-
lay eggs. they can sit around an q tell
how things ougilt tos be done. RI ",
si5 One fine old gentNema whom u Is met
strolls around at the age OF elg hty-t hree
and that, too. despite Sthe fact that after
surviving the horrors Of the Civil War
he was ignomini ously famed by g s2fa y
from q mule. He asked mo many. many
questions about Richmond. which he has
not visited for q decade or more, and
wished me 4 to tell him whether we had
70 good dry goods store in the city. IL MS
In response to this query, I referred him
to the Commander Chief, although
also Informed him, with q touch Of sad
ness In my voice. that 7 was IN der the
Impression we did have o dry goods store
in Richmond. 81 FL 81 VI 558 S
| This same venerable par ty Inns Gently
asked mo II any bod vi had yet written O.
history Of &the Civil War. Think OF the
| unconscious irony Of his gll1le'ess ques-s
tion! when every q ma IN who smell t$S pop
Iycrnck q or sui pllur matches during the
ate 3unpleasantness has penned his rer1i-s
niscences on& the subj ect g5 ss5 Ss
Poor, simple ed, 9mule-mnimeda old
warrior. He Sunn1urrnuringlyl lett his sra-tt
tive heath to do his part for the Lost
Cause, ana then, when It was all over.
he went back to Aroadian Louisa and
lSlet the years d rtft by without ever 10 Ok
| ting at 9S q n calendar. Ii
It has never occurred to him that no
was part and parcel OF that grnycoat-.
ed NANCY, N dauntless contingent which
raised 80 much sand that B history can
never overlook It.. And. as for working
lsoff his own Memoirs on The book bonn
barded pnblI he would as soon %
think OF doing days work.
Oyer four decades have gone #galavant-5
| Ing down the corridors OF time since this
modes t worthy stopped fighting Grant and
!; 1.-THE Confederate graybadss. and returned
Ito aromatic, hospltnible Louisa to fight
chiggers and aeedticks. VI II 4
He has taken no notice. o: the lapse
OF years and asks every beardless boy
son and the others who led in the kills:
Ing. i He even asked me IL still res
called Il Jeb Stuart. and Il IN what COM
mand 7 had Tough Just as II the whole
/ world ISM Infringing to-day wi tn what 7
did In the Hanover Cavalry. 5ss3S rs s53
Hless this modest l,o,a,bling old man.
who has already been blessed by living
/ in Louisa. He's country. a and no mis-
/ take, and being ounary,"'' he VI s In
stincttvely and lima telyN o gentleman. ].
II one sincerely Wishes to meet Natures
lsnoblemen and Is willing to cut out laun-l
! dered collars and Gu ifs. patent leather
4 shoes and billed shirts. ho can find what
beating the blackberry bushes and sassa-5
4 fres q growths In NJ the lghborhood OF
\ Frederlck's Hall. 8535S III Al s3s If
But In so doing ne should close MI
the gates behind him, for. as has been
4 stated. a the Lou lisa COW. though totlns
! fair in the matter Of milk, is a she-devll
4 in a garden spot. . .B ~ B3S NJ Il 5f5
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