Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-26
,WHLLAMB YRDL SHOWNBYANNALS
AS SUCCESSFUL MAN or BUSINESS
Son, William, H., Attained
Greater Distinction
Than Father.
BECAME PRESIDENT OF
COUNCIL OF VIRGINIA
Thrice Public Agent to Court
and Ministry Of
England.

Ro!ai Mistress. for hrr IS smoak-
ing.
Women Now.
The Queen graciously accepted Of
Il. but finding he- stomach, s.cken
after two or three whifTa, - was
presently whispered by the Earl Of
had certainly poisoned her. l;ut Her
Majesty soon recovering her diSOr-
der. Obliged the Countess Of Not
tinsham aud all hrr maids t" smoak
IL whole pipe out amongst them.
AS it hapucncd som ages before
to be tho fashion to sauter to the
Holy Land and go upon other aulSnt
adventures So IL was new grown the
hunrour Ia take n trip 10 America. The
S~Dam!ards had iatciy discovered rich
mines in their part of tho Yves, In
dies. which made their maritime
n"iEhbors eager u do so too. This
modish frenzy being SIN more in
famed by III" charming account
given of Virginia. by ttc first adj
vcnturers. made many fond OF re-
rmov"ing to such IL paradise.
.,"iiarpy was h9. and still HAMMER
Transported. fondly expecting their
c:Rrsest utensils. In that happy
place. would be OF Massey silver.
This made It easy for the COM
rany To procure as man; volunteers
as they wanted fur their new col
ony: hut. like most Jthcr unricrtnkrrs
who. have no assistance from the
public. they starved the dcsi"n by
too much frugality. for. unwilling TO
launch "ut !, irs; into too much
few people at n time and these hut
scant.ly provided. rhe Adventures
were besides Idle aud c~Ntrnvagant
and expected they might live With
out work in 50 plentiful IA country.
These wrciches were left ashoar.
not tar from Isoanp'i Inlet. hu, NY
some fatal disagreement, were either
starved or Cnt to vier"s hy tho In
dians. Several repeated m~i~adyrn-
lures Of this KIND. tor som" time did
allay the Itch Of sailing to this new
world. but the iistemprr broke out
again about the. year loo.
Mnny Persons Invited.
Then it happened that the Earl
OF Southampton and several other
ncrsons. eminent for their quality
and estates. were invited into the
company. who applied themselves
nhandou'd colony. For this purpos"
hey embarked about an hundred
men. most of them riprobatcs Of good
ami'ys am" related 10 some ui he
cor,ran% who were men of p~ua!it?'
fortune.
The ahips That carried them made
= sh!!i 10 ht'l Il more direct way to
virginia, ahd vcn,urel thru' tho
.u"P'S htb 'lt bhE OF chesapeake.
II" same niEht trcy cIinc 20 an
anchor at ~" mouth OF powhntan.
~" am as James River, where they
iu'lt a small fort at a place called
no;u Comfort. This settlement stood
IS "rCuul from that time forward
y suite -! AL the blundcrs ard dis
H~nrecncnts Of tn" Nrst ndvcntnrcrr.
I'D the many calln!ticS mat hrfcl
'h colony afterwards.
The siN gentlemen who were first
named by the company, and who
nun president from %arorvet them
s"iVcS, re always engaged in fac
.lons aud cnarrcls. whi,. the rest
ae,cSted work more than famine
Colon. In Peril.
~ this rat" Tho colony must hav
'omc tn nothing. had it not been for
Smith who Struck.a tcrrcu~ into al
g !rdiai,s rourd about. Tbs 2"n
l"mon took The pains TO pnrsuaA.
itc men - plant Corn. but thn.
'rrkcd mon al lhnou. as 4 curse
They chose rather to drnend upon
Ne mustS provisions thnt were Ecut
rom England; aud when ihcy
.'!lnI they wcv" fUrct 10 AXE more
pSins to seek FOR Wild fruits in ~.
"a tillnH The -r"una l!esidsE. THIS
SnCsd tiem to DO knockt on tho
mead by the Indians. ana wnvn them
ilnoss into tho haiSain. which thine
W" plantation Very much. 10 SUP
Y th!s mortality. :hvy Mere rein
'rct the year following with
eater nu:nbc' OF pcupl". among q
which were '"'"cr gentlemen and
more labouror wh' n wovrr took