Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

ny 'Hf"" horses hitchcd tandem, al,.avs
lat, which Invariably wen, a, a slow
'foi. tho driver hestridc The last with
:; long "buliwhip" dangling at the sad
6l" bow, and tin horn cniirrI,.
straight and about three Zee; long.
sung round his shoulder. The note OF
inns norm was different from that OF any
al Inc numerous boats which piled Tho
canal, ana its note was broken nv tj,o
motion "f the slow trot OF tho bor.n
impaired to The rider as nc blew for tho
"pehlhS OF the loci; gat. wLlci, he an
P'p"cheu, or TO rouse tho drowsy pas
A'Iscrs DOING on his trunk some OF
our older people may recall ;h. n...i,
liar tray-n-a. ;ray-a-a, tray-a-n Of tn,
norm, which small boys delighted :. III
tate - W '''''-
iNifNTtENr TRAVELLERS
FINALLY REACT RICHMOND
n"a' almost always passed nlcu..
li th" vicinity OF Richmond Il, ,nc
night. and threw It's beams from ,h..
SArhiS headlight Gar forward into Tho
'"' NHess 20 Nc waited with AN ,bc
'"N''.hcht attendant upon such occ;,
s!pns. especially a We had been toIl
W Hi!lthry scenes awaiting US in
~" vicinity OF Richmond and po,crs
burg. ami after a wait yhirh ..e,,,,',,
'4i"rWlN3b!c ~ orr cnildish i,na,g,,,,.
IN" h"ht appeared coming aroma ~
h'nd in IN" river Ola the pond. far "a,
thhl point in thOsc days tn. bout. r.n
IN me river and entered the canal :,
80 !o"er DOWN, and the familiar
""!h Wokc the echoes The heavy
chain was dropped By the ferrvT,,
H4iD y H!!nk:ng thump "a IL :alI ma,
M hat-hoat,' pretty well coynrod
VIA :nud ana sand. Hc shifted hi.
w" on Tobacco. applied the long. stout
80" -SH"" poit TO his shoulder and com
yards wide. We were soon oycr a,1J
'"oh'd and quickly assigned In mn,
D@rtht, where We fell into ina, daIirh,
."t sep li'at awaits childhood. 10 he
wax tened In Richmond AT dayliaht -,
80 ."ot OF !.!S nth street. just opposite
So, 800 NaFehous" where the Byrd
street Depot now stands Ana INV.
'he very air seemed to us 10 ch.nrn
ana Al! seemed absolutely new ana Az
.''cH' ms sight--cannon here ana
mere pies OF Shot and shell. tn, SOL
"'4Ia h"FchihS about the streets and
P''c ana ihIn about the hospital
90" H"ot "dES--tauGht sooner than ,,,
words that war was not an ,.ni,i 49,
ana BRASS buttons. one huge pu,, l,;,,
~ q gutter at the corner OF EiTb,H
ana cary. excited my awe as sbn la,
mere evidently just from the roun.
uI' ""hGs' without any carriage
wheels or caisson--only the huge h,,,.
re! IN the rock paved gutter $50.
htFhaas. Of carrying Il shot of siy,v
p"uHus' How I looked In fear unon
Il! stole up and laid my hand r.w.
5000 upon It's iron throat To he
80; r'n oH our dc!cnSes and to roar in
tM"hSc th"re In fancy ! saw tho
''FTlhi" gaps i'll the blue columns nc
H'tN marched against the Conf..,jer,,s
"T-works and heard the d.afon-
'iS SHOUTS of our heroic defend.rs &c
.nry sent those whitening shots into
me appF":e!!ns ranks. An. boy Of
we've! a n. happy years; once more
VINO would not be a boy"
Across the strect-diagouaIl,
the corner stood a brick buildinr or
u'c stoF!, with stout wire netting over
me windows. and there were nil. az
smells around the Wor!:mcn as tba,, on,
'hreaas INTO the conical ends of these
'''!Sa''c" ana htted them with brass
caps. ana ! watched them, unconsc;nI,s
uH'll me wires in the screens den.rd
NC SKIN on cheek and forehead Then
.hr wonders OF the old armorv in tbn
!"wcr part OF the Tredcgar propcr,,
ana almost under The now smiling ,,,rl.
OF CANDLES iiill, adjacent to it's lnwn,.
OF eastern end. There old cannon In
sc.i' -circuiar rows before the grim
building lay. trophies of the Rcyolutioy,
of lSl2l4 and OF the Mcyicon W.
or he II Known Captain Edward GA,
commanded there. and long before m,
war held the dcs;inies of the State in
his hand with full thirty men. This
mo oId gentleman with his white beard
pctokeninG long and, in his case most
iaithi"l service 10 the State, was ,h,.
contemporary Of such men as Judrn
Meredith. Judge Guison. Peter Jefrr
son Archer, l!nmdCn Peasants and
hosts of others
OCCASION THAT MEMORY
LOVES 70 DWELL. Upon
The visit 10 DIR. Edward c. Archcr,s
ON Grace, between Twcnty-sevrnth ana
Twenty eighth Streets. was an nccn
sion upon which memory loves toidwcll
owe went with the ladies being TOO
small To go alone. and too ignorant
of the streets besides.) Cousin T.. tool,
along two sisters Of Dr. Archer vino
was also our first cousins. and I recall
that as we walked through the old
Market We enjoyed the luscious Georgia
peaches with dark rind and winr-coI
ored juice, and enjoyed them so much
we Kept running back to rcplenisb tho
paper bags, which we cmptied several
times before catching up with ON.
party Once there we had a nice dinnor
ana then we boys We're invited by our
cousin, the doctor, to 20 with him on
his rounds over the hospital at Chin
boraZo Park, or rather. afterwards
known as Chimbora.o Park but then 40
ChimboraZo Hospital. Imagine two
little country boys in short Jackets
seeing the sights of II bclcagucrcd city
for the first time! Imagine the excite
mcnt all of them reused in our minds.
There on the present beautiful and
quiet park stood long sheds OF nluiu
implanted pine boards open at the
ends. Within were double rows of cots
upon which lay thousands OF our hes,
and bravcst heroes who had been shot
in defense of this city and In ito In,