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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

Everybody should take IA day OF at
Christmas. even the gcnealogist. 1t
would almost seem irrevcrcnt even 10
:pcak oil such serious thing rs u land
grant on Christmas Day, unless. in
deed the pioneer froHe TO death OF got
murdered by the Indians or killed a
deer or Il bear, or did some other dra-
matte heroic or supreme act
We should have taken II day off last
sunday, but our copy went in before
we remembered Christmas Day. but W..
are determined not 10 he defrauded OF
our rights. and are taking holiday To-
day, and instead of trying to account
FOR tho early Gloucester settlers we are
going TO give few extracts from the
delicious diary of Samuel Pepys. These
extracts All refer to Christmas times.
ana IL is amusing 10 see how little
human nature has changed since l sec.
Mr.; Pcpys was screneiy jotting. down
London when divers gentlemen Of
English heritage were taking up lands
in Gloucester county Va
These bits are written either on
therefore suit this occasion:
December IS U.ord's Day., l660-"In
the morning TO church, where our pew
ali covered with rosemary and bai2c
y stranger made dun sermon. Home
and found my wife and maybe with
much ado had made shift to spit ii
great turkey sent me this week from
Charles Carter. my old colleague. but
not at all wasted. and so ] was fam
ia stay til o'clock. and after that 10
church with my wife. and good
sermon there was. and so homo"
nice picturc, Mr.. Pcpys amidst the
perfume OF rosemary: quiet aud de-
voticnai. IL n trifle bored by n dun
sermon, while mis- wife stayed al home
and scutlied with tho maid over tho
mystery OF splitting u turkey when
the turkey was partly disposed Of he
was In such an amahlc mood that he
condesscendcd TO 20 again TO church.
was nothing else for hin, ~ do to
make him happy at home
December 81, 6i-'My greatest
trouble Is hat have for this last
year been n very great spcudthrift in
all manner OF respects: that am
afeared fc cast up my accounts. III. :.
have newly taken u solemn oath
about abstaininR from plays and wine.
which am resolved to keep according
TO tho letter of tho oath which keep
by me-"
Isn't not there a touch. Of sympathy
In this extract that makes many Of
raicared" TO cast up our accounts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
The Procession of Ourselves
BY ADA PATTERSON.
Have you ever watched a procession

Have SOU ever watched procession
of yourselves?
IT can be easily evoked in the IittIe
quarter hour that YOU sit by the mid
winter blaze of the open fire. your
hands clasped upon your knees. your
iacc hent toward tho warming famc
your mind drifting upon the current
OF chance
There is the Ffat- legged. round-eyed
child Of our FIRST recolIection. Proud
mothers have shown us our FIRST mic
lures with gurRlinE little laughs at
the child that was. The chilli leads
the procession We look into it's face
seeing there the prophetic. dominant
note of its character. the sturdiness
that would give hard battle To the
world; tho weakness that would yield
easily to 1t; the dearth of affection. or
the excess of II; the seifshness that
destroys. or tho selishncss that elm
mates. The child looks back at MS as
part OF that passing show at which il
marvcls, tho great panorama OF the
world. We arc conscious of a pity for
u because OF what IL must hear of
burden. or the dust that will dim. and
tho tears that will smart the eyes 50
big with wonder.
There comes ncNt our second self.
tho child that is growing fast. Tho
age of sullcn rebellion has followed
that Of wonder. The chiIds features
are sharper. Its mouth droops bit.
It's spirit is heinE tested by the acid OF
discipline. Everything fellow wants
10 do he can't grumblcs a little chap
abreast OF oursclf in the same stage
OF the procession. lie has longcd with
all his young soul for a swim with the
other hoys. and his mother has denied
him. lie cannot understand that IL is
hest" He only knows that he has
been denied what he wanted most in
The world. When children learn how
many flaming swords guard tho gates
of their faradises. their lips learn a
droop unknown TO babyhOod.
Follows the rcbcllious child. the
youth or ma1den with tho world hun
ger In its eyes. The baby was content
delighted with tho visible show. The
youth or maiden longs for the invisible
The little world about satisfied
the big-eyed, wondering infant. This
later self of ours longs for a
bigger world. outside tho family
circle, farther away than tho viii
laEe. beyond the state line. He seeks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

a world to. conquer. and has no fear
OF the unknown. the world that may
Gonquer MIN: Not one OF us who has
viewed this procession but remembers
mat stage of world hunger, when we
sat on the little step on the old-fash-
Toned porch. straining our eyes upon
minds peering Tar beyond the Il 6ori ri 1nf
There follows n graver face. a siower
Tread; This self Is seeing the world.
.aste Of life has turned bitter upon It's
tonsne. The eyes OF a woman in the
nn an srs ba aGo sad TGl The eyes Of
It's voice is Harsh.
II have learned the hard lesson of
rose color is drab, Wharf had thour,t
was sweet is bitter. What was music
has become discfrd. what was Name,
ashes" ''
We look Then into the face of our
struhEest self, II is less happy than
our other selves, Resignation has. sue
world. Ii has -raSnd itseif Il mas has
learned not to GEEK success through
others. and that permanent happiness
may not be found through any other
soul than our own.
Approaching from the distance, va
see the outline OF the last self that
self that sits by the fire with hands
oiasped al the knees and face bent to-
ward the warming flame We per-
ceive that though the self that has
Just passed Is The strongest In the
procession, this which will soon fol-
low is the tenderest. lis face is he.
ginning to take. on again the soft
lines of babyhood. Its heart is softer
than those that have dwelt in the re
beliious bosom: in thai which had
the world-conouering spirit at its core: !,
IN that which complained OF disiIiu
SION. or that which had measured It's
strength against the world and learned
the lesson of self-reliance. Tho vision
E Ea that self is wider and sweeter. 1t !
lie, back TO babyhood faith and trust
ana tenderness. IT believes with thot
lastingness. 10y
1t is not wholesome to lift the grave
cloths from the face OF the head, ana
!, Is not wise 10 review often this !
procession of other selves Occasion
ally 1t answers the prayer or Maeter-
ltnck; Teach me what it is best to
10 win my life Customarily, though. /
II Is better to follow the splendid mot
to Of sarah fsernhardt. the motto or
front"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

before sent my boy out. beat him
Cor n lie he told me-
MIR Pepys is so candid. He records
facts whether pleasant or not: his
diary is vital. and for that VIC all Iovo
~. lie might have concealed the fact
his boy told lio: but il happened.
and lie recorded II and the beating
December % 1866 tchristmas Day.
rose. leaving my wife DESTROYS to
sleep. having sat UP till in the morn
ing seeing her maybe make mincc pies
! 70 church. where our Parson Mills
made a good sermon. Then home, and
dined well on some good ribs of beef
roasted and mincc pies only nay wife.
hrothcr and Barker. and plenty OF good
wine of my ownc. and my heart full or
true JOY: and thanks to God Almighty
lor the goodness of my condition at
this day. After dinner began to teach
my wife and Barker my song. IT Is
pccreed, which plcascs mo nightly.
as now have Mir. iTunxton's base
Waikcd alone on foot to the Temple
thinking to have seen a play ali alone.
but there. missing or any bills, con
GUIDED there was none. and so bacl,
nome; and there with my brother re-
nucinE inc names. OF all my books to
bed. "'u ~
We can excuse Mrs. Pepys for her
desire to sleep. after having made
-, b''' "i'ii III Tue morning.
she was as obsessed with baking.
evidently as Mrs. Carlyle was with
house cleaning. but it is hard to en-
nlain why it took so long to make
those pies. Mrs Pcpys perhaps was
not meth odtcal--shc did not take time
by the forelock and put off for the
might what should have been done in
the day. II is strange thing TO
catalogue hooks on Christmas Dav. but
wien Mr.. Pcpys calls the drcarv ioh
reducing his books to an alphab bet
!, has y quaint and rather Interesting
SUGGESTION. q
December IS. i6ss.-''To White Hall
theme" home. carrying a barrel
o. oysters with me. Anon comes MIR.
John Andrews ana lis wife 10 dine
WIN me and young Ratclier and his
vie Alter dinner I put the women
INTO coach and they To the Dukes
mouse. to play. 1t was indifferentiv
uonc,, Gosncll not singing but new
w,cnch, that sings naughty. Thence
nome. and there Mr.. Andrews to the
Ihcnc" To dance. here being Per,ble-
ION como. by my wifc's direction aud
fiddler. and mighty merry We were
and danced, and till l2 at nigh,
ano 10 supper. and then to cross mr.
poses mighty merry. and then to bed =
How delicious the expression, sings
naughtiiN.- not merely badly. hut In
KIND Tor which resignation comes only
| ny fasting and PRAYER.
december "a. 66I.-"By coach to ST
Iamess. 1t being about at night:
| my design being to see the cercmouvs
TINS night being tho eve Of Christina e.
at The Queens chapel. got in almost
up 10 the rail and with a great dea,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
SHALL MARYLAND, MY
MARYLAND" BE REVISED I?
mortal Association.

reorganization Of this plagiarism and
great dishonor to the Southern poet
not immediately to inaueurate formal
crusade against such as may be di.pos-
eli 10 uef"nd tho spurious vcrscy and
thereby further advertise tho disgrace
put 10 begin campaign of education
not only IN MARYLAND. hut Throughout
the country as well TO lead at last to
NATIONAL appreciation of Randall as
great American poet. with which
indi acknowledgment all imitation or
rIhSi"r rising OF his work will fail as
selfaccused.
Z" this eni the HanhaIi Literary.
Memorial association was organizod
III ihp9 Win The avowcd aim 10 Cher
'sh the memory ana extend tho appre-
CATION Of James Ryde, Randall. an
thor OF Ny Maryland" It's nra, care
was 70 puhiish his cnmplete nocms
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

Moreover, he bride shines with 4
greater lustrc when she is attended
by only one. In the multitude of mag
nifcent bridesmaids the central fxura
OF the occasion is ant to be over
Swallowed, ana this is moro narticu-
larry true when the bridesmaids are
big and bouncing, and tho bride netito
and spirituelle
The selection OF a best girl might
also prevent a good deal of heart
burning and jealousy. for tho choics
would naturally fall on the bride
pest beloved friend. When several
naidens are chosen there Viii almost
certainly be some among The brides
acGuaih5,nccs who VIII think they
have been neglected and overlooked
The bride Will also he better looked
after by ono than by Il cortege. Ths
girl VIII 10 on her mettle, and she VIII
realize that upon her. and her alone,
rests the responsibility OF seeing that
tho minor matters of the marriage
ceremony pass OFF without hitch.,
There Is more possibility OF romance
In tho case OF a best man and a besr
girl II would seem hitting somenew
that the two thus chosen for a ro-
mantle Office should themselves id
drawn afterwards. When thera ara !,
many bridesmaids tho cxcclIencea Of
partcular girls arc not 80. ohvlously,
seen. and so the BEST msn" goes his
II must br admitted, however. that
IL bridesmaids go out OF fsShion IT,
Will he rather hard on ShopkerpcrssI
iewniers. Tho. more bridesmaids tho
better from their nolnt NJ ytev il ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

with an historical and biographica,
introduction at the lowest possible self
ing Drlccsconaistcnt with obtaining. the
services Of reliable Publishing house
providing. further. that all sales proiit
over royalty to tho family should go
To the randall educational fund.
Appended below Is tho ridiculous
revised version" OF Randall's poem. Of
which Oliver Wendell Holmes declared
that II was the greatest war lyric
composed in any language, and which
nc confessed he longcd to equal I'm
INES hs forcefui and effective on what
hc held was the right side In our arm
ed controversy' The revision" has
been made because the words or Ran
dali are markedly Southern in sunti-
nicnt and might inculcatc "treasonnDle
Impressions fBy the black letters I
would especially call attention to
the literary merits" of the substitu,-
ed poem
Yours very truly.
MATTHEW FACE ANDREWS
President randall Literary Memorial
Association.
"MnrHInnd! Ny Maryinnd"'
tlrviscd Nersion)
We dedicate our song To thee.
Maryland. My Maryland
Tho home of light ana liberty.
Maryland, My Maryland.
VIC love Thy streams and wooded hills.
Thy mountains and their gushing rills.
Th> scenes our heart with rapture fills,
Maryland, My MARYLAND.
In iunin fhe ChcsHpcniec divides,
Maryland! Ny MnryInnd.
While occnnwnrd It's waters glide,
Maryland. Nv Maryland.
Yet We In thought and purpose one,
Pursu" the work 40 well begun,
Aud ma, our state uc'~r he omtdunc,
Maryiand! My Maryland.
Proud sons ana daughters boast OF
thee.
Maryland. My Maryland.
Thine Is a precious history,
Maryland. Ny Maryland,
Brarc hearts nave held Thy honor dear
Lave met tile focman far and near,
Hut victor, hns furnished cheer,
Maryland. My Maryland.
Sail on. sail. ship Of state"
Maryland. Nv Maryland,
May VIC, our children. make thee great
MARYLAND: Ny Maryland.
May gratitude ouI hearts possess,
And boldly We tins palms express.
Aud bow in loving thankfulncss,
Maryland. My Maryland!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
THE BEST" Girl,
BY THE CENT?. IEyWOMAN.

"A happy bridesmaid makes happy
bride" says Tennyson. hut there seems
TO he q prospect tina, In the near fu-
ture there will be no bridesmaids OF
any kind. either happy or unhappy.
An enterprising young bride the other
week forsworc bridesmaids III favor
of what sho called Il best girl" aud
possibly this example may be emu
lated by other brides in days 10 come
In Russia. OF course, the best man"
attends on tile bride, and he is chosen
by the bride herself. Ills duties includ-
ing holding her gloves IN church when
she uncovcrs her hand to exchange
rings with her future husband, dis
tribnting money to tho poor who say
they VIII pray for her. collecting
money for the musicians when the
dancing Is at an end and so on.
IT In not at all likely. however. that
the American bride will ever look With
favor upon a best man" in personal
attendance uDon herself. Tho idea of
Il best girl however, has much TO
commend It.
All hrtdcgr6oIns arc not possessed
pf illimitahlc wealth, and the idea OF
having 10 bcstow expensive gifts of
icwelry on half II dozen fastidious
maidcns is almost enough TO deter
tho poor man from marrying the
maiden of his choice.
Probably even the wealthy bride
groom he glad 10 bo relieved from
The responsibility OF purchasing PEGS
cn's for young ladies IN whom he is
IL To- III In, Lon .ir,t
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OF patience staid from at night 10
in the morning. In very grcas
crowd"
Catherine of Braganza. the wife q,
the King, was staunch Roman Cath
Ollie. and her husband near ono. VI
and TIE Christmas Eve service was
OF the Roman church.
;. We can see Mr.. Pepys almost nm Ia
the the rail-. nnmindfnl of Mrs. Pepys and
nope Mrs. Pepys knew whore he was.
December 81, 16sS.-.In the evening
TO- endeavour to pay all Bills and SCR
to IL, that know owe i'm tho wnpii
nut to the publique: and so. with
nd h paesslire to supper and to bed.
after some late very great sorrow with
my wire by my folly, yet ends. I SAY.
ana likely TO last so by my care, who
am resolved to enjoy the sweet of IL.
winch | now possess. by never giving
hcr like cause OF trouble"
The years move on. and always theraf
~ samuel Pepys striving TO nav his
oiils' netting out his shekcls hitherf
not quite: comforting himself ,Hat
there is only deficit OF five pounds.
camss low low soon sn', the five pounds be-
absolute distraction
What was the late vcry. great sor-
row between Mr.. Pepys and his wIre7
~ ~ Y oHi suspicious. winch VIC Will
not divulse. but we will venture 10
express the wish that all difficulties he
tween the husbands and wives Of this
community may end this day like
those OF Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pcpys.3
ana that the husbands. especially may
ENJOY The sweet OF IT. by never Civ
ing their respective wives like cause
of trouble"
Editor, Genealogical Column:
In the issue of Tho Times-Disnatc
OF November 20 | saw in tho C,cneaIor-
ical Column the following statement.
Besides Warmers grant on pianke-
tank. there were tho following
patents: 1852, Christopher Boyd. ,.ouo
acres. DR.. James Boyd (probabiy y
sonl wns physician in Glourcstsr
IN lI2l. Please give mo the connoc-
ton between this Boyd and John Ran
1olph boyd. who married Lucy Ann
Brown In L.ynchburg In the fortics or
mites. II there is no such connection.
please give me as much light on the
BOYD family and ancestors as possible.
Also, please tell me somethinS con-
corning tho geneaiogv Of the Hen
. bricks. Robert Crump IIendrick, son OF
Boyd In Lynchburg about the Same
time as stated above.
Ashland va. November 81. 1915
We can ffd nothing further than ,x
Boyd 'pi'efs
Mrs. S. w. U. T.: Augustine warner
ca had no sons TO leave descendants
There is no such name as Nchsa h
warner amohg his descendants.
The border vidette., 1911-07-29
WILL REPAIR
 THE "BURRO:".

A train of outfit cars and about fifty men will leave Tucson in the next day or so en route to the N. M. and A. railroad from Benson to Nogales, says the Tucson Star. These men will constitute a repair gang and this repairing is in the years work of the road. The men will be out for an indefinite amount of time and will fix all of the track between the two cities mentioned above.
 The road is not in good shape, according to reports which have come to the local offices, and needs repairing badly. There have been a number of heavy rains in that section of the coun- try and washouts have been of frequent occurrence. The road bed is very soft in places and this keeps the trains from mak- ing time The foadbed will be tamped and the rails reset in places. The bridges which have been weakened by the floods will be repaired and strengthened all along the entire route and the whole road put in good shape. This work will require time and the gang, as soon as 1t has com pleted the work in that section, will go to different parts of the roads in. connection with the Ran6olDl1 lines. IT.
The border vidette., 1911-07-29

A. D., 1911, a special election will be held in the town of No gales, Santa Cruz County, Ari- zona Territory, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof the following propositions:
 Shall the town of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Ter ritory, borrow the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars for the purpose of con structing a municipal water sys- tenn for the said town, and issue it's negotiable coupon bonds therefor.
 Shall the town of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Ter ritory, borrow the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing d system of sanitary sewers in and for said town, and issue it's negotiable coupon bonds therefor, in ac- cordance with plans and specifi- cations there for, heretofore adopted by the mayor and com mon council of said town. Said bonds to be issued pur- suant to an act of Congress of the United States of America, , approved March 4th, 1898, en- titled an act to amend an act to prohibit the passage of local and special laws in the Territories to limit Territorial indebtedness, and so forth" to bear date of first day of September, 1911, to become due and payable not later than the first day of Sept ember 1911, and to bear interest not to exceed at the rate of per cent per annum, payable semi annually.
 The ballots to be used in vot- ing upon said proposition to be in substantially the following form
 Shall the Mayor and Common
 Council of the town of No
 gales, Santa Cruz County, Ari-
 zopa Territory, be authorized
 to issue the negotiable coupon bonds of said town, in the
 aggregate of One Hundred and
 Twenty Thousand Dollars to
 construct a municipal water s system for said town:
 Yes No
The border vidette., 1911-07-29
0FFICERS:

21st day of August, A. D., 1911
 By order of the Mayor and Common Council of the town of , Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory, on the 18th day of July, A. D., 1911. A. H. NOON,
 Attest Mayor.
 CARL M. RATAB JN, Town Clerk.
 Section 8. That said election shall be held at the Masonic Hall on Terrace avenue between Crawford and Elm streets in said town. .-.-..---
 The polls will be opened at 8 o'clock p. m.
 Section 4. That the following named persons be and the same are hereby designated and ap- pointed to conduct an election: A. A. Doherty, Inspector; w. c. Budge, Judge; E. K. Cumming, Judge; J. B. Bristol, Clerk; T. J. Wylie, Clerk.
 Section ,. That J. J. Chatham be and he is hereby appointed registering officer to make re- gistration of all persons to vote at said election who posses the qualifications mentioned in the act of congress March 4th, 1898, | hereinbefOre referred to.
 Said register shall be opened at the office of J. J. Chatham, Justice of the Peace in the court house in said town on the 21st | day of July, A. D., 1911, and shall be kept open between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. on each week day, up to and in cluding the Dist day of August, 1911.
 Passed, adopted, approved and ordered posted and published this 18th day of July, A. D.,
 A. H. NOON, Attest Mayor. CARL M. RATHBUN, 7-22- 5t. Town Clerk.
The border vidette., 1911-07-29
YAQUI CHIEFS
Representative Of Sonora In.
 dianS Go to Mexico City.

A delegation of eleven Yaqui chiefs from the state of Sonora, passed north Tuesday morning on their way to the City of Mex ico to make final plea to Pre- Sident De La Barra and Fran cisco I. Madero, for the return of the Yaqui Indians banished to Yucatan by order. of the Diaz government, and the possession of thousands of acres of fertile agricultural land situated on the Yaqui river, Sonora, much of which they claim was stolen from them by officials of the Mexican government during the many years Gen. Luis Torres crowd were in full control in Sonora.
 heYaqui chiefs were accom- panied by Gen. Dionisio Locarro, jefe of the military district of the Yaqui river, Don Manuel J. Locarro, his cousin and assist ant, and Don Lugeuier Ortigaza, a commission delegated by the explain the condition of affairs as they now exist on the Ya1ui river.
 The Indians, are impatient to get possession of the rich land they have been fighting for many years, and they will ask the White Father" in Mexico City, for the immediate possession of the land claimed and the return of their tribesmen who are said to being dying by the hundreds in Yucatan.
 The Yaquis have been pro- missed a new and square deal by the ,Maderista government now in power in Mexico and it is only a matter of short time when the Indian Yaquis in Sonora will come into their own.
 The delegation en route to Mexico is composed of a fine Yaqui Indians, the only tribe in Mexico never conquered com plete1y. Two of the chiefs were more than eighty years of age, the reSt:were middle aged, all splendid types of a once power ful tribe that some day may be exterminated but never con- quered. They wore new khaki suits, Stetson hats with hatbands of the Mexican national colorS, and tan shoes. Possibly for the first time in many years they were without fire arms.
 The result of their mission to Mexico will be awaited inn patiently bV those interested in Sonora, as much depends on the outcome of the pow-wow with the government. It is either lasting peace, or war to the death.