Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-22


He told them abou; the goldfish. ana tho
10Y went out aud got the goldfish and threw
IL out vi the basket. and put the spcckied
r., tr"Hs back IN and The old fellow drove
Well. Jack. what did tho preacher say?"
70 ne. You're iosin' your m,nd:' he said.
Wha1 maze you put those rotten goldfish
,",t;os'ns my mind am not"
Yes you are
GOOD FISH In COUNTRY
BUT ROTTEN In CITIES
Ind, And they had one of those domestic e1-
niosons whose names are legion. lie went
S siSs,S 9", "n 4, Am lssShgd ISwn aud
'hs ne s gI isia troy, q rotten eodsh
whsees ana SAID A :, el Is You Dq may h 81
spsIS!ed trout in me country. but you are
Some OF you folks did amount to somo-
. are nd Sf,%I but is,:a 10 JUNE
i sSfa.i sDseAied trout and no, ms devils
old hat do you say? The, dcvil hs. no happy
su, Two towns that ever preached Y0i il.
tel YOU .h seyH ha :, w sssIiea
members In an inhIe club in that little
y i t"' S Thsy h COULD and have
only mo 1s sn her e ,h ss c ,w
Christians and they put question: mark
AFTER their names.
WOULDN'T LIVE IN TOWN
BECAUSE OF ITS EyILNEss
Fellow called mo into his store one day
ana he said to me: Bill / am selling out
TO ,, get out OF this God ,forsaLen hole and i
original investment.'' - ''''0' y" my
lie sa ssia !n1 Woh i the hs,. ma.teT:n
s soyer got , Two daughters and there isnt
the With IN my ms sirls TOM la LEI walk
say nothing OF the night. Ana d.. there e isn't =
my home On ms and 'o s a ,ha ,h Ia let
i E,ris unless | had hole cut in the cell.
m I sons u % Ksi gun trained on hi" SO
ill., Meshoas, thu2eh lie c'f had 'sads i,, is
Sir hs seun,gy grocery store abou,
sm,ss,5fes ana san b. buzasTa ss am 'n IN
Church and hear Inc I p1es &C ea' Methodist
nys men iosank around this old suy '0a aad
M ss sass s hts hsy could come
or IN. who Vas the RICH, hand bower
from tobacco juice 'A' '"'au'e
FARMERS HAIR LOOKED
LIKE OLD COWS TAIL
al, He ,n old frowzy hair looked like a cows
me as though he'd never had bu, one ba tn IN
porn, Ana th., old cod could spi. ne ih Mts
psi bee M his t n Tx Ike n sss to shs +
Ike rattle snake splitting venom. and
HG oa nsv had wore foac y ,s
a AZ I'd his Ms, waist. his old overalls stuffed
cIa,,.rinE down the aizle always sa, neae
mo front and he would ha! ha! and pull
And here was a fellow leading that In
famous gang. who used TO pray. There he
fnde hsI hs Mas sG Sid
nh,sntSS amd' tanning she preacher or the
pr;opie decent and serve God.
m eu, m ne 'hers are unforeseen hard
o" mor i9'n, msny m man has found Il hard
ovcrdraw Soar a"eoun. g IT r. bsnf t0e You %
msy not. The banks may knnw you too
DRAFT OF w Hosf Np , HSAEG nv con
an honti. near, % sSs Ssns WSdoM ' 81
what your condition i. now. II. out of u SIN
10 SG I oSso G01 Inc 0F nrs Goa saSe
mighty VA! blot q out As cloud. and .t
OF heaven a confession Of the tact that YOU
%,s sinner, 81 Coo wm! pas You hSek sal:
counterfeit. Come on!
somebody asked mt. Why is it SO helm
WI! zen you /, ia to be untrue, There
honor true man or Il true woman
there is no one I 30 despise and abhor as
. contenpiible snake in Inc grass. an untrue
man or an untrue woman. o. one whose
word Is as Weak a. rope Of sand ana
Of smoke or OF vspor
TELLS WHAT GENERAL LEE
tELr as WAR BKOKE OUT
business. sou may dner from me in religion,
II 1 know that your Ideals wrong,
rrrors. clarity your Vision. Lei YOU catch
+" glimpse OF Jesus Christ. but ali the time
A,IT al
You brI!e"e 20 be true. But II / know what
work nara to lead you into tne light. but
amG me yo a,baarh nglns I d nay f, M
you, II you arc living up TO your highest
At the beginning of the Civil war. Gen
GA kobeT, n: Lee said to General Winheid
thoughts q the possieisy OF the 1 diaso ino
h ISn Of ami mis- onign NIL me Win ehss1m
s.rsn!a. has seeded and ! consider it M
no 81 lot as maa b,a y yod
Genera Scot scott end the Union. fssEewell!"
which al las; beams lost cause 'i lie sa saw
the rhsnt,o OF Is, Of his dreams dissolve and
o!d nag. He. saw those principles for which
he fought. for which he suffered the loss
Thrown pSS 1aned lying sHe at
ns sect nrepfy Arlington s1G nr was
premaiurely old man, was broken in health,
broken in spirit.
NAME OF GENERAL LEE
COULD NOT BE BOUGHT
In that hour OF loss and trial. that in
formal, damnabic, c4ntemptible. octopus OF
hell that used to disgrace shores, the
Louisiana state lottery. offered him the
gard, who fired on Fort sumter had been
president They offered Robert u. Lee the
presidency of II, he said,
Gentlemen. ! don't understand that bust
ness"
They said. I'VE understand the business,
all we want is you, name and the Influence
II will command. We will give you n salary
of $4,000 year and we will run the bust
ness. All we wnnt is your name. That Is
all
And Robert i. Lee arose. he put on that
gray coat. bmttoned 1t across his shriveled
breast looked out from beneath gray, shay
Ey eyebrows and said.
Gentlemen, my good name and my rcpu-
tation as n Christian are all that are left
to me. out of the. wreck, but you can't
buy Robert II. Lee"
For s1.cVo a year he taught the young
men, of the South higher principles. athe-
matics and natural science. and as my
friend. walker. NJ. Ellis. says speaking OF
Ia ~..o1,.