The times dispatch. [volume], October 04, 1903, Image 20

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Tn the .good old dnys of Innp ngo I wfls
B6_n-thm_ of nn ftttlSl at 'possum hunt
lng, but I hnd not happoned ln tho woods
at nlght for n long. long time. Belng out
in the country one dny last -neck nnd en
Jr.vlng the scen<?s presented by the au?
tumn tints on the follnge, 1 commonccd
lo thlnk of old 'po-imm hunt'ng dnys.
My mlnd went l*aek to tl-**- time when I
wns young nnd frlsky nnd never lost an
oprortunlty to go out wlth two faithful
r.CKro men, Davey nnd Qeorge. In those
old dnys we hnd an Idea thnt only the
rour.g and lnexp.rl.nced 'possilm tr.iv
?lled on rnoonllght nlghts, and. therefore.
*.ur favorlte tlme for chaslng. troelng nnd
rapturing this sly "varmlnt" wns on tlie
dark of the moon. KledtrlC llghts were
unknown ln uiose dnys, kerosone oil wns
not plentlful. nr.d our source of llght was
the old-time llghtwood knot. The equip?
ment for n nlghfs sport nt 'possum hunt?
lng conslsted then of n gunny snek. fllled
wlth llghtwood knots, a sharp nxe. nnd.
of course, a plnt hottlo, fllled wlth tlint
whlch nlwnys choered but never lnelirl
nted, nnd a few other thln-.<=. After two
or three 'possums hnd been chased nnd
caught the gunny sack wns partially
emptled of llghtwood knots and was used
then as a receptnele for the cnptlves.
The Vlrglnlnn who has not enjoyed an
old-tlme 'possum hunt has llved to poor
purpose.
AS IT WAS.
Every Vlrglnlan douhtless remembers n
"Davy" and a "George" and the g.ttnny
aack of llghtwood knots, and nlso tlie
faithful old dogs, "Rlng" and "Traller"
nnd "Shylock" nnd "Ball" and what not.
'Possum huntlng was not nll sport. There
was a great deal of work about It. Wo
not only climbed the lillls. waded the
creeks nnd even scalcd the mountaln
Bldes, but wc hnd to cut down blg trees
to secure the 'possum, and sometlmes dlg
deep ln the earth when ono was "treed"
in hls den at the roots of some old blown
down tree. But tberc wns fun enough to
pay for all thls work and all thls trouble.
AN OLD TIMER.
Many yenrs ngo, so many In fact, I
could not thlnk of glvlng a dnte, I was
on my last old tlme 'possum hunt, nnd
lt was a hunt that wns strictly buslness,
However, lt was a sample of mnny
others, severnl hundred, perhnps. thnt
I had crown up upon. and I wlll tell
about It brlefly rlght |n thls connectlon.
There wero four young white men In
the party, two abln-bodied negu> men.
four dogs, two sharp nxes nnd the in
evltable gunny snek fllled with llght?
wood knots and the other necessary auxll
iarles. Among the latter may bo enumer
ated a black bottle, a peck of sweet pota?
toes, a pound of cheese. a paper bng of
crackers and a loaf or two of brend.
These latter were for lunch when wc
should grow tlred.
M1DN1GHT LUNCH.
A lunch on a 'possum hunt, nway off
ln the woods nt the dead of nlght. It ls
the most enjoyahle meal that mortnl
mnn ever sat down to.
The way to go about It ls. or wns ln the
olden dnys, to gather around a blg log
In the dense woods. mako a fagot flre
of immense proportlons, roast tho pota?
toes, toa.st the cheese, hoat tho loaf
bread nnd then squnre yourself for u
squnre meal. Of course, you hn-ve walk?
ed mlles, perhaps, cut down several trees
before this nlght meal ln the forest Is
ready, and as n consequence you have
the appetlte of a harvest hand, nnd tbe
dlgrestion of nn ostrlch. -Mr. Rockcfeller
could get such a lunch fur much less
thnn a mlllion doilars, and yet they say
that ls the amount he is willlng to pay
for a square meal that he can enjoy and
digest.
But, to return to this ancient 'possum
hut: We had started out wlth poor luck.
and lunch time had come before old
"Jowler" or "Dido" had struck a trall.
Gtoomlly we dlsposed of the lunch and at
about 1 o'clock resumed buslness. Foui
hot tralls, one rlght after the oflier,
four "trees," four giant oaks felled, foui
extra chases nnd four tremendous 'pos
sums ln the bag and all the work flnlshed
Just as the gray dawn was maklng Its
mark ln the eastern sky.
TOP HEAVY, BUT HAPPY.
A tlred and worn out crowd; certnlnly
It was, for had we not waded creeks,
climbed hli*?,' fallen into gullies, tumbled
over blown-down*' tree,, pulled through
brlar patches, untangled ourselves from
bamboo envlronment, fallen over ?cllfts
/fcratched our faces wlth o-verhanglng
bows. made connectlon wlth our eyes wlth
?unlooked for projectlng llmbs of trees
and barked our shlns agalnst stwnps that
were not on the map. But we were all
happy, Intensely happy. Was there ever
a crowd to leavo the woods at dayllght
wlth four fat 'possums ln the gunny
sack that was not as happy ns the llttlo
blrds that were th.n announclng wlth
thRlr sweet chlrplng, the dawnlng of an?
other brlght and beautiful autumn dny.
Of course, we were happy, as wo always
?were after B\fh a catch, and yet such
_. one was not unusual. Thore were
many 'possums In tho woods In those
days, thc country was not Bcarrcd nnd
defaced wlth barbed wlro fencos, we
could run and full and tumble as we
might, llghtwood knots wero ns plentlful
.ilmnpt ns the lonves on the trees, negro
boys wero artistic wlth thc nxe, dogs
were woll trained nml had Volcos ,hiV,
awnkcned the echoes, nnd whlle therr
wns n great deal of work nbout lt nnd
many slllns were barked ln the rush and
SCArmbld over gullle.i, hllls nnd through
detise WOOflS, thnt were as dnrk ns Egypt
durlng the prevalenec of those ttllSts that
old Klng Phnrao.ih hnd to cut wlth n.
knlfe to mako hls way through, there was
nlso n lot of fun In II.
A'LONGINO.
There never was a Virginia bny. who
once got n taste of tho old-tltno 'pos-Um
hunt. who dld not nt some, time in IllB
old ;\pe long tn he.ir "Jowler" nnd "Dldo"
nnd "Trnller" nnd "Shylock" onco agaln
and crave to onco more, before crosslng
over tho rlver, see the tree fall nnd the
fat 'nossum surrender lo iho pnnny snek.
1 hnd thnt kind of a feellng aa the f II
daya came along thls yenr, but I thought
"DAE HE."
there could be no more of It tor me, for
somehow I hnd conceived an idea t'at
'rossum hunting lu Vlrglnla hnd taken its
place on the shelf wlth all thc others of
the lost arts.
POLK MILLER TO THE RESCUE.
Whonever I feel scruffly and tirod with
thls rapid and so-called progresslvo ago
and my mlnd gets to wanderlng bnck
tn the good old times and tho good old
ways thnt hnvo departed, perhaps to como
no more, even If hlstory is charged wltn
havlng a way of repeatlng ltself occa
slonnlly, I go to Polk Mlllor, who ns wo
all know is a klnd of nncient landmark.
and I find n gront deal Of comfort and
renl happiness ln nilngling my teurs with
hls ns wc wocp over our own and our
THE OLD TIMER.
cnuntry's doparted glory. Thus lt haip
pened that I told hlm of my vlows on
?possum huntlng nnd expressed to hlm
tl'Ie oplnlon recorded above that lt was
a lost art In old Vlrglnla,
FOUND AC.AIN.
"i/ost nrt," he said, "It mny havo been
lost, hut we havo rodlscpvered lt up ln
Chesterfleld county. We have noi only
relnstated lt. but we havo put on mndern
ImproyementB. Why you talk IIKp a dead
man, you do. 'Possum huntln' ia not a
lost nrt. H is up to date (Ud koeplng
paco wlth tlio tlmes. Don't you tnlk to
inn nbout your llghtwood khota. Of
course, 'ketchln' 'possums by a llghtwood
knot is a lost ni-t nnd It ought to bo/ Up
in Chestcriioid wo havo caught on to
modern progressi, we havo, and we have
npplled lt lo 'poaaum huutln' too, and
don't you fall to rcmember tliat. Llght?
wood knots bo hunged; you want to seo
me llght up n tree and a 'possum wlth
cnloiuni and ucetyleno."
Thnt klnder hlt me llke the flrst mlnt
Julcp Struek the Kontucklnn, ns tho dawn
of a now revolatton. und 1 made furthor
To make n long Ptory nhort, Polk Miller
Invlted me to go to hls benutlful 'country
home al _on Alr and take wlth hlm, n
fo'uirth of hls geriulno negro quartotte
und a few other frlends a twontloth con
tury 'possum hunt and I accepted tho in
vitatlon.
DHAMAT1S PERSONAE.
Mr. Miller had arrauged everythlng
when 1 reachcd tho pretty little village of
Bon Air, nestllng among tho hlckory
trees, the chestnut oaks, and fanned by
tho stately plnes growing on the grimite
liills that run up abruptly from the bos
otn of the James, and a Jolly good party
II was thal he had assombled. As well as
1 recollect, the followlng were the dra
matls personae: Polk Miller, Rev. Mr.
Hardy, J. Harvey Blnlr, Jullen Snydor.
Ran. Moore, Howard Coleman, Joe Cooke,
Mr. Curtis, The Times-Dlspatch llghtnlng
artist and the writor of theso few llnes;
also Jesse Wllson, tho champlon colored
'possum hunter of Chesterfleld; Anderson
Eppes, the welghty man of Polk MllJer'a
quartotle, and Ben, tho vlgorous wlelder
of the axe. Three other important char
acters need to bo mentloned hero. They
were "Old Bob," a spotted hound, with
a basso profundo voice; "Blaze," a lean,
lank black dog-, that ls rollability Itself
ln tho matter of "trailing" and "treelng,"
nnd "Rlng," the ainbltious puppy that has
just mnde hls debut, and tackles anything
that gets on the ground, from a flylng
squirrel up to a forty-mlles-a-mlnuto red
fox. Wasn't ihls a crowd to wake up the
echoes in old Chesterfleld and stlr the
"varmlnts" accordlng to the now twen
tleth century rules?
MODERN METHODS.
Tho wootls cllng very closely around
Bon Alr, and we were but a llttlo while
gettlng Into the densesl part of them.
Every man was equlpped wlth a lantorn,
and tbe artist, ln addltlon, hnd nn acety
lenc gas lamp, that startled little Joo
Cooks, because, ns he said, lt mado a
brlght llght out of branch water and llt?
tlo chlps of granlto, 1 notluod also that
Polk Miller carrled some small round
boxe;, and a small paddlo made from tho
tor of a clgnr box ln hls sido pocket. I
dld not know what thls ineaiu at the
time, but whon old "Blaze'.' treed for tho
first tlmo 1 found out, as shall hereliiaf
tot appear, as tho lawyers say.
We had hardly gotten into the fnmoua
"Rattlesnako" plnntatlon whon old "Bob"
opened up ln vlgorous style. "Blnze"
joined hlm quickly, nnd tho puppy got
as bu_y as n hen wlth thtrteen chlckena
on a showery spring dny. Tho "trnll"
was a warm one, and it took us thiougrh
swamps, bamboo thlrkolH, over lillls,
across gullles horo, thero and overywhore,
and so far, with the exceptlon of the
h'lght lantorns in the place o. the anclent
llghtwood knot, 1 buw nothlng thal dlf
ftred vory materlally from tho old-tlme
?posBiiin hunt, bul when wo "treed," as
soon "Bob" and "Blaze" dld, and the
puppy coiiBctued, the iwenlloth century
business came into play,
CALC1UM LIGHT EPPECTS.
The dogs treed up a small snpllng, or,
more proporly speaklng, up a llttlo grove
of small sapllngs, In tlie oldcn tuno
we would havo cut down tjulte a forest
tc-l'oro we could havo gotten that 'pos
Biim, but what dld these twontloth cen?
tury artlStB do't Polk Miller got out hLs
paddlo, put some reddisii colored ppwder
on lt and gtruok a matoh to it, wrrile
BostrUPi the artlst, focused hlsueolyle.no
gas lamp upon lho ovorhiinglng branclies,
and behoUl, lliero was not n part of those
sampllngs thut were not In plain view
of uh nll us wo stood wltli hoails up
turned und searohod ihe flluminated bowe
nnd brnnehcs for tho terrlfled 'possum,
which had never had hucIi u Pourin of
July celebration bsforo lu hls young llfe,
and will nover havo ngaln.
?'DAR III':."
Everybody looked up tho irees as Mll- |
lf.r's oaiclum blazod, and nut u word wus
snld for throe mlnutes perhaps, when old
man Jessa sung out ln u kind of fog
horn yol.9| "Dar ho," We all looked
where Unole Jesse nnd Anderson l.ppes
wero polntlng, and thoro, on un over
liiingliig bnw, wo wiw u twenty pound
'possum, gi'innlng aud woiulering what
|n the tliunderatlon, so to speak, ull thls
llliiiiilnatlon and hubhuh wns about, Hls
I'ls-iiiiisliip soon found out, for qulclfly
iho sapllng wua out down uud Mr. Blalr,
tlie fut niun of ilie puily, who up to thls
time had used a long sliek to nid Ms
ponderomlty over ihe liiiis and ibiies
lliret. uway hl.i cune, fell ilito tlio laps
Of th" tree, and wlih tho help of ot.i
"ftlage" nim thu puppy lowed the 'pos
sum Into the gunnv sftck,
T1IM OLD AND Tiii: NNW,
1 must ponfesg thut the new system of
'possum humlng in oid Vlrglnla bun some
[ dtcldoil iulvi_itu_etf ovor tiio old. The
THIS IS THE SEASON FOR
o
Ig *_, _,___,-.
Wo have on oxhibition a oomplete lino ot
Cliina and Bric-a-brao from
France, China, Japan, Italy
and Germany.
In ull tho lutost slmpos nnd dceorntions.
The Horse Show Will Soon Begin
Preparo for your friends by loolcing xiftor your
supply of china, glassware, und housofurnishing
goods, wo cau supply all of your noods in this liae.
Some Specials This Week in Dinner Sets.
100-Plooe Pooorittod Dinner Sotu, worth <fc Q OA
118.60, how.*P O'WW
100-PlBOO lllchly D.conttcd Aif-trlan Dln- <? | A tZ()
jwr 6eti, worth .1800, now. "?P* t.wy
iOl-Plracfl Rlehly Dcco'nud llavchuol <?")*) rA
Dinner SelK, worth IIJO.IW. ?P#?,Pw
Also Several Stock Patterns to be Closed Out at Spcclnl Prlce.
E. B. TAYLOR CO.,
Wll East Main. - ? 9 East Broad.
We will place on sale to=i__orrow (Monday),
to continue throughout the week, a large line of
Toys, Wagons, Go=Carts, Dolls, Velocipedes, Tri
cycles, Children's Chairs and Desks (just the
thing for school), Foot=BalIs, Base=Balls, Bicycle
Sundries, Sporting Goods, Elegant Baby=Carri=
ages and Go=Carts at greatly reduced prices.
Some of these goods are a little shop=worn
and will be sold for less than 50c on the dollar==
good values.
We will place on sale Doils, Baby Rattles,
Tops and Toys at lc, 2c, 3c each.
You can't afford to miss this opportunity to
purchase these goods and keep them till Christ=
mas.
for our magnificent new Christmas stock, hence
this sacrifice.
Everything in the store will be offered at a
reduced price. Come early to
105 East Broad Street.
calclum llghts are a marked Improve?
ment, and lf Polk Miller hasn't takef
out a patent on It I thlnk I wlll. Tho
llght confuses the 'possum and makes
him run about on the lfmbs of the tree
after the manner of the squirrel, and
there ls no such thlngr as mlstaklng hls
whereabouts or cuttlng: down the wrong
tree. In addltlon, the calclum flame
lights up the follagre of the trt's and
thus makes a eharmlng scene that ls
worth a long and even a tlresomn tramp
to sea. Twontieth century 'possum hunt?
lng In old Virglnia ls slmply bully, and
I like. lt.
The. hunt did not end here, n?t by n
jugful. We traveled on and found that
the woods wero full of them. We cnught
three others?ono ln its den; another
on the ground, nnd the last and fourth
one we ran up a chestnut oak tree, and
as the calclum llght mads the TvViole
sc*ne ns brlght as day, little Joe Cooke,
who has played baae-ball a good doal
nnd can throw a stone as true as a mfl
let, rocked tbe "varmlnt" out of the
bratichea and we dld not havo to sac
rlfice the beautiful chestnut oak,
As I before lntlmated, the n>\// method
THE FAT MAN OF THE PARTY
of 'poBBtim huntlng ls all rlght, and he
whn hereby ndmits lt ls somothlng of nn
olil fogv too, as well as boing "power
fully sot" ln hls notlons about the supe
rlorlty nf old time methods and l?lnBB
CARRIED BACK
Frenchy LeflarcJ to Stand Trlal In Roch
estor,
Dntectlvo MoGulie, of Rochester, N. 1'.
returned lo that clty yesterday mornhiK
wltli "PTcnchy'i I-eftard, the man ar
ronted here by Sorgeant Kerse as taklng
purt in a murder at that placo.
Aftor a dellghtful vlult of threo months
to her slster, Mrs. Louis C. Denim, pf
Mllwaukea, wis.. Mlss Madallno JCrata
hntt returned to hor home, No. _ol. jex
Ul..i,li PllllUk,
SACRED CONCERTS
AT WEST END PARK
Two Will Be Given There
To-Day?Parks in Fine
Shape.
The two sacred conoerts to be played
_y Iardella's Band thls afternoon and
ovenlng, at the West-End Electrlc Park,
promises to be of unusu-l interest to
muslc lovers from the fact that the prc
-T-ammt. wlll be made up entirely of
Sd_Ston.requ.at_d __d that three. of
the Pieces will be from compos tions of a
rtlohmond lady. Theae thro., pleces havo
onlv Ju_t been orchestrated by Prof.lar
__!&_-- while they have only been heard
at three conoerts, they have alrcady
B_ined considerablo P^V#t&^?jg&
of them are "Sleepy Song," Ciadle Song
and "Separatlon." ,??''__
ln addltion to the forogolng tho pro
eramme wlll include the following se
loctlons:
Marclv, Crlberion, Noelker.
Ovorture, Orphoe aux Enjers, Offenbach.
Tho Ebfit Chord, Sulllvan.
Grand Sclectlon, The Army Chaplain,
Melloeker. _ , ,, ,,_?
Sanotus, from Messeo Solenelle, Gou
n<Natlonal Pollsh Danse. Scharjvenkn,
Finale, from Arlnle, Bach.
Sulto de nllet, Antony und Cleopatra.
ln tho Arbor, Dance of the Nublans,
Minuet, Antony's Vlotory.
Grand March, Gruenwald.
Tho rxist Hope, a religiou/. meditation,
Gottschalk.
Waltz, Artlst's Llfe, Straus.
Comet Solo, Inllamat.ua, from Stabat
Mater, Rowslnl.
In addltion to these severn.1 other class
Icnl nelectlons wlll bo added.
Every nfternoon between 8 and 4 o'clock
Jack Talley, keeper of the Enkeslde Zoo
feeds the Ivundreds of anlmala under nls
charge. Every anlmal from the Afrb.m
ponesses and thelr cuba. for tho baby
ilons now havo thelr share of raw meat
daily, to the baby monkey, recelves tho
yx-rsonal attention of Mr. Talley.
It ls one of the greatest nlghts of the
park to seo him linnple nnd oe. "EW
nnd Carollne," tho two huffo Afrlcan ilons
and a strong bond of nffectlon is oxhlblt
ed by theso feroolous beasts for thelr
keeper. At present tlio only onemy Mr.
Talley hati among hls large anlmal fam?
lly <h the fnther and mother of the baby
nionltey, They henrtlly resent Mr. Tal
ky'd t-tVorta to make frlends wlth them
or thelr baby.
The ride to L-ikeslde ls ono of th? most
j.leaHiint of the mnny suburban rldos of
, fered on the. trolley lines at thls Hoasnn
of the yoar, The cars pnss some nf tho
ftne.-?t subunbnn homes located around
Ttlchmond. An opportunlty ls also given
for prospect Ive suburbanltes to look over
some of the best home sltes around Rlch
m?'ind.
Aftor leavltiB Burton He.'glits the tracks
nt thls season are lined on both slde wlth
goldon rod, whlch grown luxurlantly.
The popular wallt ovar tho Belt J_n?
brldge from the Reservoir to Forest Hlll
Park ofCers many inducements n'w ln
the way of goldenrod and autumn leaves.
A CANDIDATE FOR
JUDGE NICOLS' SHOES
(Speclal to The Times-Dlspatch.)
WARRENTON, VA., Oct. 3.?Tho re?
port current that Judge C. E. NIchol ls
soon to resign the judgeship of the Slx?
teenth Judlclal Circuit, Is recelved wlth
general regret here by the legal fra
ternlty. In tho evont of hls retlrement
Mr. J. A. C. Kelth, of thls place. wlll
recelve the unanlmous support of tho
Warrenton bar, as well as the solld leg?
lslatlve delegatlon from Fauqu'er.
Mr. Kelth is a nophew of Judge James
Kalth, preHldent fo the Court of Apueals.
He ls an able youn_ Jurlst and wlll rc
flect great oredlt upon tha positlon, lf
honored wlth the appolntment.
Game Withdrawn.
(Spoclnl to The TlmPs-Dlspatch.)
LEXINGTON, VA., Oct. 3.?Danville
Mllltarv Academy canceled the foot-bnll
game wlth Vlrglnla Mlhtary Institute thls
afternoon.
CHANGE Ov SChEDULE
Southern Rallwiy, October 4lh.
Bcglnnlng wlth Sunday, October 1th,
noon traln, No. }3, limltod, for all polnts
s6uth, wlll leave Rlchmond at 12:30 P.
M. (noon), Instead of 12:60 as heretofore.
No other chango ln tlmo nr departure of
trains from Richmond.
B.ar. tb. s? T? Kind You Have Always Bought
81gar ^Z^M^
SPtCIALI SPECIA.M SPECIALI!
JuBt received 80 dozen CUuze, Ltsl. and
Drop Stltch Hose; 3 pnlr for 60c. ut
D. - E. MITTELDORFER'S.
Cttls tl!8 .7 The Kind You Have Always Ri
TWO BOYS WERE
PUT UNDER BONDS
Junius Johnson Goes to the
Grand Jury for Hltting
George Nicholas.
'Squlr. Graves, ln the Polico Court, yes?
terday, placed Clarence Gllbert and E. A.
J'aab, two young men arrested as sus?
plclous characters, undor $300 bonds for
M months. _'oun_ Gllbert's father went
on hls bond, and 'Squlre Graves ordered
nn examinatlon into Tabb's sauity at
the request of hls family.
The two boys were arrested mi bua
plclon of having sometblng to do with
sevoral small ronberlca, but notlurg wt_
brought In the hearlng to Impllcatt- Ihem.
Kepruhenslble conduct caused the '.-'.inre
to place thom under bonds.
Junlug Johnson, colored, was sent on
to the grand Jury for hltting George
Nicholas ln the eye wlth a stlck.
l-'ritz Racks was dlsmlssod of the charge
of hltting Jackson Mnnn.
Wllllnm Landrum, John Landrum, Tom
McCaun were each sent down for slxty
oays for drunkenness, and Honry Jone?
was flned tl tor the same offenao.
Property Tra slers.
llonrjeo?George M. Cayce and wlfe to
Hugh C'arrlck. 25 feot on north alde
Kloyd Streot, 120 feet west of Robln
boii, $612.60.
Georgo M. Cayce and wlfe to Uugb
nCrrlck, 25 7-12 fe<-t on north sido Floyd
Street, between Robinson and Mulborry,
$t)2fi.79.
ISast Vlt'Klnla Land and Improvement
Company to 8. B. Cralg, DO feot on south
Bldo Rogors Street, southcast corner Co
wardin Avenue, and 30 feet on south sld?
Kogors Street, 330 feet east of Cowardln
Avenue, fl'dH.
P. S. Leake, Jr., and wife to Joseph
Tuma, 10 acres about 10 mlles north off
Richmond, near Taylor's crosslng, on R.,
!<? and P. ltailroad, reservlntj a ven
dor's llon for the num of $100, $200.
Spott Lewls and wlfo to R. H. !? ord,
3 acres on north slde Broad Streot Road,
near George Jennlngs, $30. -? ?
Lucy Len and Eadlo F. Schultz to
Charles N. Houston, 5 acres about 6 mlletl
north of Rlchmond, near the southwest
Intersectlon of tho Hermltage and Hll
ilard's roads, $850. ^_
i&edding iOare!
Silver is pre-eminently the Wedding Ware.
It lasts, and can be handod down from one
genenition to another?nnd prized more and
more by each succoeding generation!
We show a comploto line of the most
desirable styles iu this ware !!
Xumsden,
731 Main Jt.