Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-13
HoMoRs OF THE CANVAS.
rgE GREAT NOVEMBER RAcEs oyER IHE sATIoSAI
COURSE.
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On the 9TH Of November will be decided the
gfeat race between the following well known
nhgs
FnLaonE- Full blooded American Union
winner Of u cup Isis. Entered by Uncle sam
uei.
BrcnAxAx- Sired by 'rprneoat aud Leader.
in the great bargain aud sale scheme where the
l'eople's fayofite. Clay, vas iuhumany uincd for
LIE Entered by Hard up
FnEaoSr-Sire Di.union. Entered by the
colorod folks.
Tho winner will receive the prize at the Cupi-
talin Washington. GA the ilh of neat March
.1lbany Trans.
w AssAIL Bowl, or GRACE Cup"-Was-
.ail. or tcas heal. ia Saxon signifies your heath.
and is now used in n very limited sense aud on
" at the time Of Christmas. Itanciently signif.
ed mirth aud festisity in general aud in THIS
sense II occurs IN Shakespeare : follows:
The King doth wake tonight aud utkes his rouse.
keops wassnil. andthe swa2gefing upspfiug reels.7
And Milton likewise says:
Ina 10th Ia meet the rudencs. and swilrd insolcnec
Of such late wassailera.
UdsstHing was a great ceremony Mt Court on
Twelfth Night in the reign OF Henry VII
w hen the steward comeh In the door with tho
wassel, he must erie three times 'wassel, wassrl.
wHssel, and then the chaplain was Ia answer
With good souge." In very old house AT Bcx.
iey.n Kent, IN an oaken chimney piece. On which
Is carved "a wessrl bowle, resting on the branch
cs OF an apple treo. On one side is tho word
wasshell, aud on the other seinhele il j. al least
as old ns the fourteenth century. The custom
OF throwing tonst. aud pouring out liba'ons 10
apple trees for proving fruitful year was called
wnssel; the term Is still applied 10 the drinking
songs sung IN the cider countries ON the eve of
Epiphany, when the ceremony is performed. Ia
ilolderness and other pnrts Of York shire. it il
the custom to enrfy about with The wasse cup
AN hinge of our Saviour. together with qnanti-
ty of roasted apples,so that this custom has been
restricted 10 the oonyivial season of Christmas,
md the custom Of ronsting apples on Christmas
Eve still continues in some districts Tho origin
of the term wasscl is traced to the story of Nor-
tigern, aud Rowenn. the daughter Of llengist. -
ON their first interview, shn kneeled before him,
and presenting a cup Of wine. said" Ilnfnrd
kynning vines he'll ii. 9. Lord King, health
be 10 you The King, being uuacquhinted with
the Saxon language. asked the meaning of the
terms. aud being told that they wished his health
aud that he should answer by saying drink heal
he did so,nnd commanded her to drink then lax
ing the cup, he kissed the dnnsel. aud pledged
her. From this time the custom long remained
IN Britain, aud whoever drank to another Mt II
fcast said, ,eatehi heii, and he that received tho
cup answered driac heii The wassel songs
were sung during the festivities of Christmas
and IN cnrinr times, by tho itnerant minstrels, of
whom. with the practice. somc remains may be
traced in our present waits and carols ono of
these songs is preserved in the British Museum.
a wassnil bowie, or CUP wns nnciently plaerd
on tho table OF Princes ns well as of Abbots. In
tho Ilth vol of the 4rchaiogia, there is nm en-
craving of one which formerly belonged TO elias
tonbury Abbey, aud u dissertation upon It Is by
DIR. Miner Theinsde (Which holds We quartz J
l. furnished with eight pegs nj cqum II stnnccs
one below the other, in conformity with Edpnr's
law, To repress excess in drinking This mems.
urement allowed of hnlf "A mint 10 oneh person-
There Is ono now 10 be- seen Mt Mr.. t.reennis,
Great Common street Soho. Ia tho preface TO
The history of Tom ThuBibe he IiiiIe published
IN the wear 1921 is the following onsp,,e. - Now
yon must imagine mn to lit 10 "A rood fire.
amongst compnnvr Of rood follows, over II we'll
spiced wnsscl bowie of Christmas ale telling of
these merria tales which hereafter followe
\ SPORTING FIsu-A DEAD nor-An inte-
resting account il given in the eeN ath number
Of the "Edinburg Philosophical Journal" of tho
Iaoulator tish of Java, by Il gentlernnn who had
| an opportunity of examining some specimens of
IT in the possession Of chief
Tho fish were placed in n small o5rcnlar pond
wards ,f two fact in bi,ht. n, tho Ion, r his
yero in.crte1 several ,'iceos of wood bn,nnnna
nt the noints ON c.ch If which ,vc ro tr,ns G,od
/ some insect az tho beatlc trihe Whom nll bad
boconn ouirt nftor Tho hootles had boon secpr,d
the fish which had retired lurinn. no onerot;,n
come ont rthoir hilinp nlrccs and hognn ia cir
cle fonnd tbr nond One of then, nj l,n,tb
rose To- the surface of thc wntor md. after stead
ily fixing hi. owes for some limo mon nm insect
discharged from it's mouth IA srlall onnntity of
wafer Ike Hnid with such force and prcci.ion of
aim as to drive the beetle off the twie into the
waite, where il was instantly swallowed After