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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

For SaIe-Desirable Residence on
York Hill. House contains 10 rooms,
with bath room on second floor.
Basement under the entire house.
Finished throughout in hardwood.
Electric lights, hot and cold water.
Heated by hot water. Apply to
John Guest, 81 Lindsay Street,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

For SaIe-The lot, a rods on street
and II rods deep, nearly opposite the
residence of Mr.. John Gerrish. Said
lot being a part of the estate of the
late Abbie E. Davis. Apply, W. N.
Davis, Adm, 1913 Ash St., Lewiston,
Maine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24

For SaIe-First class potatoes de-
livered for so cents per bushel. Also
have dry and green block wood.
P. D. Kelly, East Charleston, Vt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
The Diary of n Bonchead.

When j bought my secondhand
automobile 1 called myself an opti-
mist, my wife called me an d-rash-
toned trump. and my friends called me
a fool. 1t always takes friends TO tell
you the truth about yourscir. My
friends were right. Friends always
are. That's the worst of II.
The man who sold IT to me was 4
lodge brother. and 1t takes a good
lodge brother TO pull off n stunt OF
that kind with neatness and uispatci,.
This car hasn't any forcdoors. electric
lights. self-starter or cigar lighter
said he, but Gmpressively) 1t has an
engine
have found since that he spoke the
truth know II has an engine, for
the engine has already cost me
s+5T.S5 That is sl2 more than paid
for the car in the first place. l have
not dared to go out or sight OF re-
are not frequent enough In this coun-
blocks. There should be ono in every
block
| gave my car away to n gentleman
with n large family along In June. ana
he brought it back next day and threat
ened to sue mo for attempting his life.
Tho next man I gave the car to kept
it two days and then brought It back
and presented mo n bin for S5G.i5 for
repairs he had made during the in
tcr!m. One man kept II two weeks,
and then sncakcd II into my garage nj
night The only hope for me IS tire.
unless I can take II back some night
and leave It in the barn OF the friend
who sold II to me.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
A Welsh .nrother to Poe.

TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-As so much has been written
not be out of place for kindred ge-
MUS. who preceded him in Virginia
about three quarters Of century. Like
hut became identified with it through
residence Like Poe he had a strug-
sling mode of existence. loved the
and just as Poe was dropped from the
roll of cadets at West Point, the gen
tleman in question was compelled TO
Professor sa9 The The name Of this poet %st
was Goronwy owen. He was born the
first. day of the year 1872 in tho shire
four years at Jesus College, Oxford.
when he was ordained deacon OF the
Church Of England. Afterwards he
or Llanfair. of Oswestry. Of Dunning
ton. of Walton, near Liverpool: and OF
Northolt, near London. During this
time he was master of several neigh,
boring grammar schools. which served
to swell his littlo salary, not exceeding
fifty pounds at any one of these places
life. He was offered by the Bishop OF
London the place of master of the
liam and Mary: in Virginia. Tho sal
airy, 200 pounds sterling per nnnum.
equal in modern value to $4,000, was a
TEMPTING consideration CON lnJ to a hnl ,,,
his wife and three children. took ship
for Virginia. In scholarship he was
I'm every way fitted for the duties OF
his position, since DR.. Porteus Bishop
Of London, to whom he owed the new
situation, spoke Of him as the most
finished writer of Latin since the days
of the Roman Emperors." But he had
the vice OF intemperance, which was
so fatal to Poe and to. Bobby Burns
lie remained at tho college only two
years, when Mr. William Webb quail
fed as his successor. September 26,
His connection with the college was
cut short in this way. There was a
rivalry between town and gown. On
too merry with tho wine-cup. led the
grammar boys in q row with the boys
of tho town. This seems to have SO
exasperated the board of visitors that
Mr.. owen thought 1t prudent to resign
his fine-paying office, and was glad
enough to accept a parish In Brunswick.
ono of the frontier counties, where he
married for tho third time. and died in
1870. His besetting weakness for drink
cords of Brunswick show that the grand
jury one time. at least, presented him
for getting drunk.
While we are compelled to speak
with great doubtfulness Of the ,qualif-
cations OF Mr.. Owen as o minister of
tho church, we can speak with un-
| stinted praise. II contemporary evidence
IL to be believed, Of his eminent
scholarship ena. poetic genius, The The
very materially I'm his Early life. said
that "Goronwy owen was tho greatest
| gonius OF this age that over appeared
1 In our country (Walos)." He ig said
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
4 WELSH roEr OF VIRGINIA.

Through these columns has flowed
fo,ne argument a. to tho worth OF Nir-
gfria's literary men, and how they
stand W against New I2nglnnd's gifted
authors Nothing has boon decided Of
course. and We might better be honor
ing NIL Our writer's rather than dis
putting about their worth At least.
ira; IS the opinion Of DR.. Lyon Tyler.
EXPRESSED in hts very charming letter
about welshman OF genius, Goronwy
owen. who onoo lived in Virginia, and
who was acclaimed by his fellow coun-
try-nen as tho greatest genius OF this
eEe that ever appeared in our coun-
try CHalos)."
wo suppose few virginians have
was master OF william, and Mary COL
lega and wo wager that not ono OF
tho critics OF our literature from the
North know Of his fame Yet DR..
Tyler writes that owen is held In
enthusiastic estimation by his country
mon, and that they have erected to
his memory n beautiful tablet IN the
Cathedral Church at Bangor
We must. with DIR. Tyler. speak only
from hearsay ne TO the beauty Of
Welsh poems. Ills ode "Cywydd Y
Farm Fawr" has striking md melodi-
ous title--if 81 DC pronounced anything
like it ia writton-and tho Bishop Of
London called him "the most finished
writer of Latin since tho days OF the
Roman Impcrors." Ills metrical fcats
We're certainly Of no moro temporary
value, else we would not read OF four
editions OF his poetcal works, the last
published in 1876.
THE point is this. Does Virginia
care enough for tho memory of her
dead authors to proclaim by some small
memorial tho part they played in her
past? Goronwy owens grave has re-
Gently been found in Brunswick Coun-
ty our historic soil has given rest to
This singer OF another nation. DR..
Tyler believes, and wo trust lie is
wight that those who love genius.
whatever its birthplace. may feel in
su'red 10 put n stone over this un-
niarked grave or perhaps give 10 WI
Asgn and alary college a tablet to be
erected ia 1he college memorial hall
ae scholastic ana poetic s,f;s O.
,Atz cro-a-ae teacher
ere IS Something Broad and
81 ths tea 7; IS v-ha, o,ae-
ra,ss weu.a -e5olre 81 doing We
r. :- cVr-e-- Il reasons let poe.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
Voice Of the People


To the Editor OF The Dispatch;
Sir,-l have noted with regret tho
rccrudcsccncc OF the old controversy
between the Christian and temperance
organizations OF the state and the di-
rcctors OF the State Fair, and that this
trouble has been carried again to the
courts. However ii has been a qucs-
tion of the Christian and temperance
sentiment of the State accepting the
termination To sell liquor at the State
Fair, or to struggle against such sale
III every way possible.
You viii remember, Mr.. Editor. that
during the summer and autumn, Wher-
ever religious and temperance bodies
have met, they have adopted resolu
lions against the sale of liquor at the
fair. This has afforded the fair dircc-
TORS the opportunity OF knowing the
sentiments Of n very large and respec
table number OF the people of the Com
inonwcalth; and that resort should now
hc had to the courts is but the logical
putting into practice OF the sentiments
expressed, and is not taking advantage
OF any one, nor should il surprise any
one.
| think IT is also to be regretted that
the fair directors have decided to stand
upon the very narrow ground of their
statutory rights in this matter: Courts.
under pressure or what they deem re-
Quircments of public policy. often make
peculiar decisions. remember that
Court of Appeals decided on a case
coming up from charlottesville that
there was no double taxation involved.
while now every one agrees in less
fragrant case than the one 1 mention
that there is most outra gcous double
taxation practiccd under our laws in
Virginia.
IT is doubtless the ostcnsiblc object
in conducting a fair like that annually
held in Richmond TO do so for the
moral and material upbuildlnS of the
people; for these two principles lie at
the very foundation of all social we'll
being. If the sale of liquor ut tho fair
or anywhere else, is conducive to the
real advancement of the people. then
II should be encouraged. both as Il
matter of sale and also as an exhibit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27

10 have been not only perfect master
o, the latin language but OF the Welsh
on he a has, we bay metres his 1ds
tCywydd Y Farm Fawr) is said TO be
unsurpassed by any poem in any Ian
F :, In power and moral s.ubiimity.
Lost" and Dantes Inferno" The
Welsh language is perfect mystery
70 me. as II Is to most Virginians. I be-
iicve, and ] want II understood that 1
can only speak from hearsay
:, Many OF his poems were written In
ing and beautiful verse was composed
IA Virginia. His requiem on his dead
1 1T.,lh' Lewis Morris, Is praised by
Rut S critics as particularly pathetic
owens mastery of metres by accom-
pilshins one OF the greatest literary
feats connected with the Welsh Ian
Euage. II is written in each OF the
-FOUR and twenty bardic metres and
what makes tho performance almost
marvellous. every line terminates with
first seven stanzas form what IL torn
ed chain OF cnglynion. linked to-
gether by making the word that termi-
mates the former cnglynion the com
rnenccment OF the succeeding one.
The first edition OF the poets work
was published In 1863. fve years after
second edition appeared in 1911: third
In 1860. and n fourth. beautifully bound
in ~ gilt: ,Wyaass edited by Rev. Robert
With revival OF interest in welsh
literature. dating It's new birth from
the year 1920. Owen has been held by
ms countrymen in enthusiastic csti-
nation. To mark their appreciation of
his classic attachments and genius his
countrymen In 1881 erected beautiful
tablet to his memory I'm the Cathedral
Church at Bangor, with eulogistic
inscription.
The Latin equivalent Of his name was
"Gronovius," and In adapting this to
his English residence and public func-
tons. he used tho short form. Gro
"Goronwy." generally "Goronwy Ddu"
"Gronovlus the Black" or "Gronoyius
the Black OF Anglesea." In personal
appearance he was short and slender,
PVT hrm and wiry. supple and active.
Ills complexion was dark. his hair and
beard black. the latter even when
closely shaver peering out from his
lip and chin. His eye. however. Is said
to have been his most remarkable fea-
ture ITS dark hue burst with light
and fire under the influences OF emo
His grave in Brunswick County has
been recently revealed, and certainly
deserves some fitting mark of recoC-
milton. Perhaps this article may meet
the eye Of some admirer of genius who
is willing and able to see that this Is
done.
a tablet to his memory in the chapel
or William and Mary. which serves the
present college rs memorial hall,
would doubtless be appropriate and he
more public tribute to his scholastic
CIV ' LYON q. TYLER.
william and Mary College, septem-
Der 49, 1913
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY X. MoULroN.

Arcadia.
place whore can hang my hat
And know that 1 am homo;
A place from whence 1 we'll know
that
III never care to roam
a place where there Is no dissent
And love reiGns Ger supreme;
Where no one cares how timo Is spent
And l can sit and dream.
a place whero no collectors como
TO spoil happy day;
place where lawnmowers do not
hum
Nor alloy felines play.
A place where monographs don't rasp,
No pianolas pound
a place where noighbors do not gasp
And pcddle Hes around.
A place where skeetcrs do not skcet
And autos do not chug;
y quiet and serene retreat.
Without single mike or bug.
Where timo need not be rcckoned by
And 1 could take my ease.
Arcadia's tho place where
Could do MS I darn please.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27

If, on the other hand. tho sale Of liouor
rs not beneficial to tho people OF this
state; not making them wiser. better
ana more prosperous. II would seem
mat the directors OF the fair would
gladly discountenance such sale, not
only mt the fair but everywhere
IL appears to be II sclf-evident truth
known to the directors OF the fair and
10 every intelligent person OF any ex :
perience, that the sale and consump-
ton or liquors by the people are not
generally beneficial but quite the con-
trary. Then. would 1t not be a grace
ful and righteous thing for the fair
directors TO step off the very narrow
and doubtful ground of their statutory
rights-as temporarily defined by the
courts-and respond to the best senti-
ment OF the State, and invite the peo-
pie, and the sons and daughters of the
people, TO a fair SO clean and whole
some that no careful father or mother
would fcar to send his children to a
day or two's enjoyment and Instructive
recreation?
If tho fair exists only for the pur-
pose OF taking In tho largest pos
siblc amount of money. 1t appears to
me that II is unworthy the thought and
effort that have been spent upon IT,
Respectfully.
Richmond, Va. Sept. rs. 1918.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
Cheap Labor Causes Wrecks.

To the Editor Of Tho Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-Briehy commenting upon an
article In Saturdays Times Dispatch.
and Safety" aigned "A Constant Trav-
eler." Will say that we. appreciate your
ter. but it seems that he has too much
possible by train flagmen and steel
cars. or else he has but little concep-
tion OF tho Intricate manipulation and
complex operation Of railroad trains.
In considering the danger Of acci-
dents Incident to railroad business, we
must bear in mind that neither a head.
on collision nor collision OF any kind
is n natural consequence. but always
potency on the part Of some one (gen-
orally alleged to be the block tele-
graph operator). Some of us may feel
safe in steel cars. as did, the unfortu-
nate victims who wore aboard the IT,
tanic; yet steel cars can BIO crushed
as easily as was this gigantic ship So
this forces us to offer n more direct
means OF safety to the travelling pub
lie. We must Inquire rs to the root
of this OWL. which means tho loss Of
so many lives annually, This Is. clear
ly traceable to criminal recklessness
on tho part OF railroad management
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
According to Uncle Ahncr.

Mrs. Hank Tumms amt going to give
another reception at her home until
her red plush furniture comes into
stNlo again.
ST Hhskins says koepln' summer
boardcrs has Iarmin' beaten to a fraz-
zlc. The wheat crop may fail and tho
frost kill the peaches. but the crop or
summer rcsortcrs goes on forever.
There is one born every minute.
IL is' mighty discouraging to a Teller
who has paid $40 for n rod and reel
TO sit all day without a bite, and have
kid with an old scent bamboo pole
sit next 70 him and ketch n Ash every
minute. but such is genaIly the irony
of fate
1T is just as we'll sometimes that n
Teller is satisfied to be poor. II wouldn't
make much difference II he felt any
other way about II.
What has become OF the old-fash-
toned woman who used TO cover every
thing with gilt paint and hang 1t up
in the parlor?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
GAS LESSONS ron RICHMOND.


Tho offer by the Southern Gas and
Electric Company to lease tho city gas
plant at $4,000 year. plus other
charges. proves nothing savo what rho
| TimcsD ispatch has urged for months
! namely. that the gas question needs
| clcan-cut investigation. Richmond
cannot make head nor tail OF this or
! fer or OF It's own basis for rates until
II nnds out what It has. and on what
capital charges and depreciation al
iowanco the gas plant is to DO judged.
| II is difficult to tell whether the offer
OF SO cent gap within ono year and as
cent Eos within ten years, and tho
rental OF $4,000 means any gain to
tho city or the consumer. The lower
price sounds alluring, but with n
larger income now than $4,000 We
may he getting our moneys worth In
other city improvements Nobody
knows
The possible Interpretation OF the
offer is that there is omething wrong
with our municipal gas business The
difficulty may be supposed OF two
n!cipal ownership of the gas utility
IS fundamentally mistake. 1t does
not work. and. no matter what pertcc-
tion tho public ownership management
reaches, 1t will stu not be able TO
furnish service rs cheap as can a pri-
this conclusion is forced on Richmond
Ivy tho facts. und. until it Is, we sec no
need Of sacrificing tho public control
OF tho gas business.
The second conclusion possible un-
der the promises is that, although mu-
things or in other places, II does not
hero deliver the gas 10 the people rs
cheaply rs II can DC delivered by a
private company. In short, &c the
proposition OF tho company IS real
saving to Richmond, then something Is
the matter with the way our gas plant
iy run. This cannot yet he admitted
for the simple reason that tho financial
facts Of the Richmond administration
/ cannot DO compared with tho offer or
tho outside. We do not know how
our own business stands.
This condition should be remedicd
Technical and financial experts should
straighten out our own gas business
They might ho guided by this offer
They can figure out about how much
tho Southern Gas Company allows for
its capital Investment. for Depreciation
for extensions and for other charges.
! Then we might sec what the rate per
l.O00 feet would be on that basis. and
how much surplus would come to the
city BY studying tho ideas OF pri-
vate concerns we might got rational
way Of adjusting all the conflicting
| theories of our own affairs
Neither the Council nor the Board
need do anything hnsty. The gas bust
ness ought 10 be worth more to US
than anybody else. Let us mako 1t So
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
WHICH SIDE ron can srops,

In any change OF tho traffic rules,
Richmond should consider carefully
the wisdom and expedicncy of requir-
ing that all street cars stop on the
near side of cross streets. This prac-
ticc has the sanction OF use in such
cities rs washington and ST. Louis
Its manifest advantage is that II will
mako for safety. When tho stop is
mado before crossing the street. the
car Is under complete control both as
IT approaches tho intersectinE traffic
and rs 1t resumes It's passage There
Is less danger that n heavy car, loaded
with passengers, Will dash across q
street This danger has boon aggra-
waited by tho dependence motormen put
In the modern mir brake to bring their
vehicles 70 stop within n short dis
tanco They keep up speed until very
near the crossing The stop Mt tho
near corner Will prevent this. az far
rs tho points at which stops arc made
is concerned.
On the other hand, there Is one dis
comfort and one danger connected with
the near-side stop. The rear entrance
is not brought even with the stepping
stones from the sidewalk TO tho tracks.
In bad weather every passenger must
walk down the road through mud and
snow 10 reach tho back platform. In
addition. there is tho risk that running
time may he interfcrcd with by people
who wait for tho car TO stop before
they walk TO the point where 1t can
be entered. This habit. and that OF
waiting OF tho familiar far side, can
he overcome by Il little thought Tho
now danger Is that people crossing the
street in front OF n car motionless on
the near side may forget to look UP
and see when it gets In motion. Now
we pass behind the car and do not have
to watch II.
The near-side stop at transfer and
switching points would help. as there
is no reason for tho present system
of stopping on both sides of the street,
and the near-slde stop would enable
the switching to be done while tho
passengers wcro being taken aboard.
Considerable time would thus he saved.
In this connection, why does tho car
! company not provide regular switch
men mt corners where traffic Is heavy
and changes of route frequent?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27
THE WINGED VICTORY.

One decade ago Orv!le and Wilbur
Wright were making little running
leaps into the air on aimsy wings
+ across Kitty Hawk sands To-day we
read in tho same column OF Garros.
who few some $50 miles from Europe
70 Africa, and OF PcEoud who a,es up
side down and turns completely over
in flight We have paid q heavy toll
q lives Tor our knowledge but It is
not too much to proclaim In very truth
our mastery Of the air.
The lesson from Iegouds limitations
with death aye plain. Man can become
so Intimately part az hts aerial car
that 10 can flick from lef, to right.
" and down, and cut hgures. swerve
and dart. There has been lingering
nc fear that we would never in fact
challenge tho supreme dying OF tho
birds, because our brains and nerves
might not he quick enough to turn
valves and swing levers so tina, we
could be certain Of landing safely
Yet this wizard Freedman can drop
several hundred feet with almost yer,i.
cal planes. and right himself wi,hou,
losing control OF his craft lie is no,
deafened by the rush OF air. or con-
fused by strange positions ,,e
nervous reactions Of eye ana hand
enable him TO do what he wants when
10 wants. lIe has even turned his
aeroplane blunt up and climbed vorti-
} cniy for hundred feet he is no
longer the man n the machine lie IS
part OF the machine. governing on IFS
nimsy powers by instinct. We need no
other proof OF this than his charn,ng
naivete All YOU should have fol,
I the thril Of IT, It's all very sweet
and great fun
10 may perish at his thrilling fun.
/ but he has shown tho hidden nouor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-27

-e.s are a-"~sS fairies on Broad
,,'' 4'.2 a'e mere pea'hes ana
auseAs- Aa' mis- was aho'heT Kind
'1e vas 'nos' neau'-iA' LADY %
zane 90 'o"h win
go, sag 500" "-'A aa-
- p's e'ass WIN
a,,a- s. - o'Ns''en' no
''e IAN
Her dress was creamy white, and there
vas lot of it. 1t oinowed and ruff
iled around her statuesque-r really
inquire Ike foam OF the sea over It