The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24


parks the most frequented pron,ef1adet's
uptown were along the lines OF. Fourth, h
Fifth and franklin Streets. Tho walk
way Up the tioroughfare last mentioned
terthtnnted stxtyaor more years ngo wfere
I the line OF Monroe Street CROSSES the bed
OF nm old creek that formerly went by @
pretty Inda,, name. This nnclent srivu'e Z
had drained the aln shes q the WOO ns
lying rorthwnrdS of FRANKLIN 81 rect. and l1a
Ind discharged Its waters into the river
nov covered ~ tie buildings OF a the
rrcdegar@s Vorks.4sIt was still q running
stream In my boyhood' 3 days (below the!
old weathnmpton road) 4, which 4 have
crossed tln1o and d gain over log bridge
thrown across t on the western bank ~
Of the creek bed stood, within stout walls
Of brick, tho elegant Bullock mansion
once famous landmark Of the West
End. upon tho demolition Of this his.
torlc building tho ground which IT once
covered was purchased by the Common
wealth Glib, whose hospltable quarters
there nre much admired q \. NJ 5s
The outlook formerly presented to the
aesthetic eye sWns not q pleasant on g 1
tile land beyond i the oreek-bed % va ..
broken into cornf,elds and wide stretches
OF commons, embraced West W s'lF1a ~ py y.
thick masses Of various woods, ,s4
The pnssage up Franklin Street vas vas h n !
here and there pretty gal en- nlots g SO 4
liyou the scene. remember ncountcr'-
Ing IN one Of my afternoon walks uptown
y handsome young gentleman, who was W a
Ara sset1 d Ia mode, and carried himself
itnfn Virginia gentleman to tho nnrrl ncr
horn . 81 had 4 seen him on the q boa rd 1 Y
a. tho Marshall Theatre In a subordinate C
,rolo, and recognized ~ race and ''s VIZ
the notorious ]. WI likes q
1T is snid commonly, that one may know 70 !,
an actor on the stage by the f 9 m
strut, tho affected manner he uses Y. .;on
ii, II 50. Booth was nm exception e. .n !.
Srule. Shortly after the Lincoln ira gedyl
the English demand for q likeness g
8,iim wng urgent AS there was but ono
IL all Englnnd--a photograph held ny
General Thomas Thumb--it S@ was 3$S pur-- :.
chnEed BY a photographernswh no knew i
value better than the little man. for the
modest sum OF 5000 And when y nag !, g
bee II 4 reproduced and was y fterWnrds dl q
played In The shop windows Of oxford ORD ana
Regent Streets, the English women nc n e'e-
claimed with nccordant voice what q g
handsome man to do so naughty a deed. Y"
In In short they Nil said, $ R, & .Aner;.ppa
we're not the home Of beautiful women
and handsome men, M les the finest and
.comelest Yankee our eyes have ever be-
held W. 81
Over Century Old.
/ whilst every lounger OF intelligence
Knew that the spacious brick lnahsion
situate on the northeast corner OF Frank
lii and Adams Streets was, or had been,
%tfc residence Of Thomas RI HEREFORD, ST..
mot one In d hundred was aware q hat
I'll had been bull t by#tha amlable gen-
ttlen,nn E;n&the CLOSING years Of the PR
ceding century,; that then M B ,yel lp,'sl
veto a hcve III on the line at the street,
AMI not over four or I've belo t, as tar
down 4 sd itag intersect lon h 81
3s The house became the count try resi- --3 4.
dence OF Mr. Rutherfoo no had pur e
chased all the land about It las we sha j
presently see) from brother Of tho
famous Parson Buchanan 55 As the build
Ing up OF tho West End OF, edmond was
largely Influenced by this circumstance.
/ shall Introduce Mt some length tho rec
elections OF a contemporary concerning
It ana lts owner. We are told by him
that the patron OF the West End, but
more particularly, OF upper Franklin
Street being 8"anxous1 to purchase 6, some
place near the city, to- which he could
retire at his pleasure, without being i
forced to leace his business, said to
Parson Buchanan: You have such farm
as / want, 4 and / should be much pleased
to buy it. II you could be induced to
SELL ,'fs .5 ~ 5. Il
a The 3guileless Rutherfoo ontinung to
bepraIse tho tract<of land. which, by tho 20
by, embraced the historic spring known az
5Buchanan's as we'll as Belleville. once
the country residence OF John Mayo, the
bridge builder, said: There's q delight
5ful spring (upon the tracD 81 such as is Z
rarely met IN the neIghborho pod OF a city
bold, limpld and cool ms ice; q good G. site
! for a. house, with shady trees In nbund--2
5ance, fruit trees OF many varieties. and
nothing in the world to make 81 u s un-
healthy. ''s355 5s5. 3a6 -, ii .5s v,
3lessness OF his friend. to whom he re-
piled with an equal candor: ".You55nre
50 different fro mother purchasers, pralH-
Ing instead OF depreciating What5syoui
wish to purchase. that I almost tempted
to oblige you;5 hut nobody can purchase
that piece OF land. I acquired IT az q
gift from my brother, James, and now
nut upon it the pretlum affectionis,
which renders It unsuitable during my
life" i, U.
And hereby hangs q tale, for had not
the sentimental parson declined 70 sell a
tho gift Of his dead brother the west