The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
"a shadow fits before mn.
Not thine, but like 10 thee;
All! Christ, that II "cl'p possible
z For one short hour to see
The souls we loved, That they might tell
US
What and where they be.

or All the good people who dwclt near
the Old Market during the early part OF
the nineteenth ccntuy, mono were better
known or moro highly respected than the
'Widow Spadi;ls.' Hcr nearest neigh
bors were the BrOthcrhoodH. Aaron Ny
crs, Youcll S. Rust. ]. Y. Ramos, j. Pcot.
William Taylor. ISzcl,lcl DAVIS, Abraham
Levy and his sons. Jncob and Isaac: Q.
i A. Streckcr, Jabcz Parker. Jacob Eye, DR..
John Dove John Finders, ST., and some
others whose mines cannot readily call
TO mind. Nearly al these good people.
housed their families over tho shops or
stores In which they piled lucrative
business
Julia Anne 1villett came TO Richmond
from Tennessee. where her parents lived
ut the time Of her birth. IN 1906. When
well grown up and tall she married II
widowcr G. the name of y. r. Spalding,
who ultimately came to be known rs q
ne'cr- do. we'll She bore him two children,
whose given names were George and
James Iyilntt Her life WAS made I'M
happy by the appropriateness of her hus-
band whose occasional RACES wore the
talk Of the town. Upon the dealt, OF TINS
hlgh-tcmpcrtd man, which had occurred
during the infancy Of her two boys shc
was left entirely destitute OF means. Ider
parents dead her friends few and tar
between what should the poor widow 20
to maintain herself and her two children
I'm that station OF life which was hcrs
by an honorable heritage? Two courses
were omen to hcr--to teach school or 70
enter restorative. She was htteh ~
natural parts and nm acquired educ" t'o'
forathc former alternative, but saW no
clear way to independence In It. she was
nyersc TO the other but 1t promised
Impotence 10 q lady who expressed
her surprise that one so richly endowed
should condescend to serve Tor q prlce
rotations TO gentcmen, ahc replied: =
am vel! fitted 10 teach the young idea
how to shoot but, dear me! shail ! t cacn
and gtnrvc? live only for my boys. ana
however terrible the sacTlflcc OF Pi'"s.
II shall be made" -,
The brick tenement. In which. IKE
GoldsmIth's heroine. she stopped TO con
ouer Is situated on the east side OF
Seventeenth Street. next to It's nor1hchst
corner This beautiful and accomplished
woman was the toast of all the sailan's
OF the town. None but men OF tue nest
station and best behavior ever dared ~
enter her house. and none Wouid SIe.Ne
been endured within 1t whose Sbea Ting
suffered the faint OF III breeding:G5
before her death IL 1910, she had ac-
nuired by thrift, snug sum which came
10 her two boys by inheritance. Ai.et
having obtained q classical educalioh
in our best schools, the widows cidar
son, George. became protose Q! ~,
John Cullen, ana was taken into his
family: the younger. james was cared
for by the father Of John r, THOMPSON
the poet. 4 half brother. Joseph g, had
ali the gloomy temper Of his father, Bea-
3imin ~. spalu:ng. with u talnt OF me
mad blood that coursed In the veins OF
brothers alike lie became ffla".f
yer, and subsequently a politician 2.
respectable talents Upon the secession
OF Virginia from the Federal Union. ne
left his home in the West. and came 20