The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-25
| duct OF his business amassed a con-
siderable fortune,

1 duct OF his business amassed con-
! siderable fortune
| He became large landholder, owning
Mt one time Strawberry Hill and Plaue
nocky on the Chickahominy. and Cedar
| Grove, tract OF twenty-five acres or
old residence, at the latter place, still
| standing and occupied by his grand
sons, was built of framework dur
| ing the Revolution OF 1776. Upon his
| death his remains were borne to Plque-
! nocky and there Inferred.
| 1 shall not be allowed tho space to
mention the old Enquirer. when 1t was
in charge OF Richie. Worsley and Au-
| gustine Davis. in 1905, or earlier: nor
tho Wing. before 1T came under the edi-
| torlal management Of John Hampdcn
| Peasants. My recollection goes back
| to an carly period. at which time the
| Enqufrer's press was within a two
stored brick building on the south side
! OF Bank street, n few steps below It's
western corner. / knew several Of Mr..
Ritchie's apprentices, one Of whom was
who could decipher the so-called hero
glyphs of that grand old editor.
The Wing Building.
| The Wing building I recall first to
| mind was known and called by the name
at tho southeast corner OF Main and
| Eleventh Streets, on terrace which has
| since been reduced to the level OF the
| street. 1t was four or five stories high,
| and was said to have been, before its
/, destruction by fire, tho tallest building
! in the city.
| The press-work OF the offices was
mostly done by slaves, and type-setting
by apprentices. The press Itself was but
"a IN
Franklin relic.
| On the northeast corner OF Thirteenth
Street and Lombard Alley stood Of yore
| the Job office Of Samuel Shepherd,
| public printer. / remember well Patrich
! Lydane, his pressman. who, assisted by
slave. directed the Ink and ball. The
names Of John b. Colin. John H. Bap-
list and John Nowlan are also we'll re-
| membered. Under firm name they
| succeeded Shepherd. and did as credit
able work as he had done when in the
| flesh
Samuel Shepherd was man of
NERVES. as Jealous as Sir Lucius O'Trig-
ger of his honor, and as quick of quar-
| rel when offended. Going once into
| Hooper &. Crafts clothing store. the
| only fashionable one then In the city. he
asked to be shown waistcoat. Not be-
ing pleased with one no had tried on,
| and forgetting to take 1t off, he marched
| ont OF the store with two waistcoats in
! stead of one. This -mindedness
so convulsed with laughter the sales
man as to render him unable to articu-
late a word. The poor gentleman who
had been approached In so offensive
manner by the other. took fire instantly,
| and exclaimed with an oath, You
did scoundrel, what are you laugh
ing at sire" Hooper. the salesman.
knowing well the temper OF Shepherd,
! soon recovered his composure and ex-
! planned the matter TO him satisfactorily.
! AT the southeast corner OF Main and
] Twelfth Streets stood formerly two
! story building the first floor OF which
was frequently visited by gentlemen de-
J string refreshments. 1t was a rcstora-
tive, but now called restaurant. kept by
| Thomas Wheeley OF respectable char
acter. Whilst slipping a glass of lemon
ade at It's bar-Mr. Shepherd never
drank strong waters-yvilliam Ramsay,
Il Scotchman by birth, and then foreman
| of the Wing office-being. as usual. in
his cups-nlade some offensive remark
! to the former. which Shepherd quickly
resented by throwing the lemonade into
the offenders face: after doing which
he walked out of the house. So terri
BILE was the lesson the Scotchman had
received. and so sensible he became
afterwards of It's BUSINESS. as to make
him renounce forever the taste OF spirits.
When falling into deathly sickness he
was advised by his physicians to take
! moderate doses of Cognac, he firmly re-
fused to touch 1t. and In this virtuous
! mood continued till death called him, let
| us hope, higher up.