Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-17
nv Hurry Tucker

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president Taylor, of the cozy Corner
Club, as the. applause ceased at. the
ssS M,sa q. Of a song by Brother Fred
go6dTold songs Of long ago are good
enough for me"
We'll, what's the matter with that
ohsf 5Ss, Went s HsefTS Fr is adj
nit, good piece of music" the presi-
dent agreed. land I must further ad-
mit, that 1t was rent vary nicely, Your
4 treble Is almost as high as the rent
some of US are forced TO pay by the
heartless landlords. If owncu a
house I'd cut the rent these piping
days of peace and high priced pie and
eggs. ia make the landlord do n lit
tie. singing"
chirped Brother Claude BatkinS.
Yep: go ahead"
Brother Batkins was stricken
aEhast at the suddenness with which
his Invitation TO sing was accepted.
He said something about not having
his, music with him. cleared his throa.
two. or three times. drank glass OF
water. and started i'll
III, in balloon, Toys, up in IL bal
loom.
"Ail around the station house. aim
ing Mt Chahoon"
Great applause followed this song.
That reminds me of the days what
tried mems souls, remarked the
Fifty Years Ago. sumpin about that
fellow Chuhoon, Less. see. now what
was 1t? Oh, yes: Judge Guigon yes
terday released George Chahoon on
$500 bail for his appearance at the
{ next term That is been long time
ago, amt it. E,rITi''
1t certny lid
,'.-r remember that old song when
when it first come OFT, and 1t MAS L
bird. That there parody. WaS wrote
by my good old friend Alcck Tomlin-
son, and we used TO sing II ever time
wo seen old man Chahoon going along
the street. Want me to sing the other
VERGE
dent no one member should hope
to monopolize the evening. We have
lot Of birds here who might wish
GLOW about Writ GraTam un-
derstand he goes out beneath the
trees on his farm at Byrd Park, and
ingSas the sun climbs athwart the
white-washed fence around Humphrey
Gnd Bob WilsaS aow a fnr3b him.
don't know only Maggie May
sdeclared Brother Writ. looking for
some avenue of escape.
Give us that, then" the president
I'VE. used to go with Maggie May
y swinging in the lane.
Little Maggie May, Little Maggie May!
oh;ho-o, little Maggie Ma hay"
Manager Disney. looking w. from
room across the rotunda, sasped.
He split lot of soup on the nap
Kin tied around his neck. He called
said ne. tell him there will be
dead man at Murphy's in just about
..'Thatil do. Writ" the president
said. The street car going to the
West End leaves this corner in one
night.
I'm very much afraid We will have
to cut out the singing for the pres
cnt." the president remarked. 1T
might sound better in n ship on the
bounding deep"
II got n letter here" said Brother
Bailey, which / think might as We'll
go on the minutes of this here meet
ing. present II as a matter of rec
ord, and any one who has nothing TO
say about IL may so speak"
The letter was passed over to the
president by brother John Grimes.
II reads as follows:
President Tay!or. Coy Corner Club:
kind S!r.-i have been running be-
tween Richmond and Newport News
and Old Point thirty-scven years
an average of leo miles per dav
seventeen telegraph poles per mile
wish you would have the member
of the club who is a first-class math-
ematlcian Tell ME how many cross
tics j have crossed ever; also how
many telegraph poles have passed
Thanking you in advance. and hoping
the club VIII accept my hospitality
at dinner next summer, | am. as ever
thine. j. IT. BAILEY"
What's that" the president ask
ed, incredulousiy.
That's what it is responded
Wants to knox how many tcls-
graph poles hd has crossed and how
many ties he has counted in twenty
seven years. hey? Wonder where he
got that way
Us II statute mile. I; geographic
cal mile or nautical mile" asked
Captain Johns.
"'Tain't neither. II you go by the
road he's talking about" said Broth
er John Grimes. There are $50 rods
in regular mile. and in the old 70.
man mile there was 1920 yards, hut
the mile as adopted hy the hydro
graphic department has $3.50 fec,
Bring that down TO inches. and then
you have IT.
In looking over my old reliable
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