The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-07
OUT WEST
Letter From Mr.. coylnRton.

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whom hs made his home with while
there.
hut Mrs. Perriton. nee Miss Halk. Of
Lexington. aud her sister here -. Also
/ Mrs Don Berney, Mr.. J. H. steer. ui
/ LoutOuu. aud Mr. som q en- Of " inches
tar, Va all doing fine
find there are buried ia the g. AR
lots IN the cemstsry here II. h REESE and
Thomas +. Gilkerson. who were CoLfed.
crate soldiers. Mr.. Thomas. who l. sec
retary al the q A X would like to nnd
out " here they are from, 50 headstJnes
can be placed at their graves
How lonesome Id be but for the cor
dial reception these old g. A. RS give
me. They are always inviting me L. eat
with them or 90 To some place of pleas
ure.
One OF the greatest compliments ever
paid the South was last night by a Fed
eral soldier on Temperance. His name 10
Mouser
This IS a great State for inteu. perarc,.
but a desperate move is on foot To put It
down
l tnd females here work more than the
men, aud In Virginia find men work
more than the women.
In this city Of 5000 only about -
negroes.
wedding OF Mr. aud Mrs Webb Of th.
q. A. r. IL was something new to me
never attended one before. They we g
very much impressed, as IL was "A sur
prise 70 them. IL was in the Preshyt-
rian church, and they received a new
leather purse filed with gold il made
their old hearts rejOcs. Lots q fun in
the church was INDUCED in, singing. pa
radinR, speech-making. etc, and afte +
two hours of pleasantly we disp-rsed.
My cousin. Julian Clarksoh. 81 Centre
Gross. Essex county, Va Is h-re looking
Tor a location. Hope he wiiisucceef aud
this is, inde, d, "a fine country.
unique dinner was served bv IN.
Methodist church. Ii was called Seven
| Courses. You sit at "A table with plate.
sniie, FORK, spoon, cup. saucer and glass
on a tin board; eat first reishcs After
s minutes "a bell Is tapped; you arose
| with your board. went TO another tahl..
where only four could be seated: the
eat meats. Again, alter minutes. a
second bell would tap, and you went ON
to the 1th table, eating vegetables. sal
ads. meats, fruits, sweets. until vru
came 10 the Tth there you settled your
oiil, 20 cents. 1t was, indeed. another
ne~ Western idea.
More than half the men who me here.
Il "a
in 10 years rich.
OF all the men it has be, my pleasur.
To meet, Judge Simmons is the most cor
dial and refined ! asked him a f. W DAYS
ago what was his aim in lie His replv
was, To put sunshine in the paths OF
my fellow creatures" A noblsr answer
could not have been given by any one.
de was born and raised ia EloYd conn
". Va, and his father taught Bob
Evans, who now commands ths great
naval fleet on the Pacific coast What q
different world this would be If all We're
Ike the Judge, spreading sunshine and
roses In one another's paths
Mr. Geddis, who is "a j. F., tells me he
had TO make report on tie burning of
house at kellyville during the war as
! hig as an ordinary book. | am sure II
the parties who owned the house were
TO take the proper steps they could pro-
cure pay from the government. There
are men here who know all about the
battletieds of Virginia.
do wish had some OF the good oys-
ters OF the dear old Rappahannock. |
ate some here about 1 weeks ago. and
they did not taste good, aud that night
l came near having big spell
There Is the biggest temperance move
in this State ever known. April 7th will
tell the tale. As for politics. the wrangle
Is worse than In the Sth Congressional
district In Virginia last year.
I've just read In the March No OF Nc
Clure's Magazine, page 563. touching
history OF the life of Gen. Geo +. Pickett
a seen by his wife. IL will be worth the
while OF any Confederate to read It. The
copy only cost 15e. What beautiful
| picture she draws of him. 1t surpasses
any thing ever read or heard Of bef ,re.
had two brothers In Pickett s command
and both fell, severely wounded, in his
great charge on Cemetery Ridge. I've
heard more talk on the war in the last 6
months than ever heard in all my life
before. These Yanks here regard it as a
treat to have Confederate with them,
and they are so good to me.
One OF the best things on Teddy Roose-
velt and Booker I. Washington I've
heard was related To me last night by
Judge Simmons. He says: After Book
er T. ard Teddy had dined together, the
9th district, represented by Hon. C..
Slemp. was in great danger OF being car
ried by the Democrats. Slemp called his
aids together and told them he vas about
30 loose his hold upon the people and his
seat In the House OF Representatives.
One OF his aids said, Leave that matter
to me- Semp said, All right SO he
scheduled for 3 speeches a day-one at
10 a. m, one at 3 p. m. and another at 3
p. m. Thousands OF handbills were put
all over the 9th district. People came
from far and near to hear the cause OF
the lunch with Teddy. He spoke on the
tarif; no one listened. Then on the gold
standard; still no attention. Then on
other topic; yet the people were restless.
Now, fellow citizens, let me tell you OF
great dinner OF Booker T. aud Teddy.
immediately every eye was turned TO the
speaker OF thousands of men, women
and children. He said, Fellow citizens,
Booker T. was in the North asking aid
Tor his school. He heard of man 10
Washington getting $50, 900 year. 1t
was an enormous sum. He would 90
and ask that Teddy for $1,000. He
went, knocked at the door and was ad-
mitted. Teddy looked around and saw
him. 1t was just about IL O'Clock.
Booker told hls story Teddy looked
him over. He looked hungry. Teddy
remarked. wouldn't you like TO have q
ldnchY Booker T. said yes. Teddy
then called for Louisa Jane to 90 and
look In the cupboard and bring Booker
L. a lunch. She went, brought IL in her
hands, Booker took IL In his hands,
went through the back door. after
thanking Teddy cordially, then around
70 the wood-pile, sat on a log, ate his
lunch and went on his way rejoicing.
telling everybody OF the nice luncheon be
had with the President" The result
was satisfactory to all, aud Slemp swept
the Ninth Congressional district.
After NV giving ona huudrad 80 th.