The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-28
Interesting Sights Of Virginia
Capital Described By Nj. Hines
letter received from Leebg gmpse Of Richmond are given
to The readers Of The Journal that they may enjoy
them with them
Richmond, Va. MAY %. "a

Editor Journal:
1 AS promised my friend Dicker-
rson that | would write 4 letter for
The Journal after reaching Rich
mond, ! will now pen you few
lines. ! left Albany Sunday the
I17th at 5;25 q. M, over the a C IT,
r. r., reaching Richmond at $40
am Monday the 18th. | noticed
the crops all alonu the way and I
find that the Dat crops are almost
total failure. The corn and cot
ton looked all through Ca, hut
when | reached South and North
Carolina, the corn and cotton were
poor. | have talked to men here
in the hospital from at least a dozen
states and they all say they havenot
had any rain in 5 to 10 weeks. II
is awful hot here and dry.
Well, | reached the Kellam hos
pital at 8 am the 18th. DR.. Kellam
examined me at once and toldme
that he could cure me and he began
to treat me at once. There are %
% patients here being treated for
cancer and some of the worst / ever
saw IN my life. There has been 2
dismissed this week cured and sew
eral more will leave in few days.
The doctor told me that / had
better take in the city this week, as
the treatment would lie more severe
next week and I+could not get out
much, 50 / set out to take the city
IN ana the first place Of importance
j struck was one Of the largest
breweries in the city. Tie mana
ger invited niein, showed me throu-
gh the entire brewery and asked me
to take 4 bottle Of beer. So ! did
as he was 50 clever | hated to refuse
and believe me it was fine. ] would
like to have had some Of tht home
boys with me to have enjoyed the
good cold beer.
] then went to the old soldiers
home and Mr.. ]. r.. Rosser, an. old
soldier, is custodian Of the Home
and he carried me through and
showed me all the old var relics.
There were 806 old soldiers in the
Home January i. % Of them have
died this year, leaving only 27s now
and judging the balance ofthe states
by Virginia, there will be no need
for the old poor soldiers home much
longer. | saw the old flags that
were torn into shreds by the bullets
and the uniforms shot all to pieces
and then Capt. Rosser carried me
into the room where was Stonewall
Jackson's old war horse he rode the
night he was killed. In 1884 Mrs.
jackson gave the Home the old
horse, bride. saddle and the brace
of pistols Jackson had on when he
was killed. The poor old horse died
in 1887. The authorities in charge
of the Home had the horse skinned
his hide tanned with the hair on it
and him stuffed, the Bride, saddle
and pistols on him and the horse
looks as natural as if he was alive
today ] saw so many sights there
and / thought Of how our poor sol
diers suffered that / could not keep
bak The tears.
| visited the jeff Davis statute
and many other interesting places.
/ write this letter thinking it
might be of interest to some OF our
people in Lee and l hope if you see
fit to publish it that it will be Of in
terest to them, VIII write you a.
gain before long Wishing you and
the Journal success that you de-
serv Yours truly,
!. NJ. HINES.
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