Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-01
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Subject Of Tournaments"

oupJecI OF tournaments"
just when had thought, and hopeI =,
knight-Errantry had received its gy,.,..
the hands of the ladies Of an ADJOINING ro;J
borhood, who, it is understood. gotupaTn.
nament and entertained a gazing cr,nI
daring feats of hor>eman>nin, ami A.!
Sam Patch, showed that some thin. .' "Hs
be done as well as others-wi;h on;r..
ing Lance the ring was taken. and -,
dance,-lo. the Brentsvile Tournarsn.
1859 electrlties the two continents. the II
journal celebrates 1t, and the London Pm
immortalizes il, the DramafiS P,,onr !.
cluded. This shows that the age If a..
has not yet passed, and that as Of yorc
Large streams from iit,le fountains n,u
Tall oaks from little acornS grow.
A lady Of my ncighborhood has show, -,
some lines taken from Pnmh which hava".
cited my curiosity very much AS well a. H., :,
all those who have seen them; therefore VA,
anxious to see all III. Panch NAY have .aI
about the Bren,svlle Tournament. and han
feel obliged to you if you will publish !, =
your paper and thereby enable The o.J
sense of the country u come IL W. pw.p,
aid; and this ask rs a citizen. and IN II.
name and behalf Of Prince William
Prince William Co., Sept. -.
As Tournaments seem to be all the r,,.
indeed almost every number Of your vain.
BILE paper either has u notice Of Tour.
nament to come of-or glowing lescrr.
ton Of one that has passed. have thpu,i.
it might be interesting to some of Your real.
ers to know what is said OF them ION H..
other side Of the water" This NAV, non.
only cause n laugh, and not as my friend ]
Ii. Z. would say,
cause the boys to dig hole and 20 under"
Prince William Co.. Sept -. nS,,
For the first time in its existence. Pru,.
William has attained a transatlantic fame.
The Tournament at BrentsyilIe. which cam.
off the 18th Of August, has made its way
via the Home Journal to the great London
Mocker, whose Rhymster has decendeI upon
our heads with scorn that threatens h
wither. We went to sleep IN peace, and
awake to find ourselves impalci in poetry,
and condemned TO an Immortality Of rdcu.
louSness We have been suddenly arrested
in our Eighty career, and are now preserved
in Punch, and presented to the Public, a.
warning to all evil doors. Our names have
become household words to Ladies sublime
and Lords hifautin. We have no doubt they
have been spelled over and sneered at by Ruy.
al brats, and beef like Dukes, aud corpu!ent
Duchesses have grinned horribly at our eI.
posure. Wherever the Britisher eats tul.
lock, there the paraphrase of our rencounier
is going or has gone. The consciounes. flush.
es our face into rs deep a crimson as seemed
the ribbons some of us wore ON the dread.
full day. Could we lay hands on Punch
wc would hang him up by his nose, un.
til he should consent to become u knish,
himself riding OH his dog Toby. Ii any
of our friends shall henceiorth be So rash
as to invite US to partake OF an innoI.
ious fluid, to which we had formerly some
prediction, we will consider the insult as
one only to be washed out by blood.
We desire to employ the small remnants
Of our vitality, in warning the hapless
wights who aspire TO become knights, Of the
terrific doom which fate and the London
Punch has reserved for those who eEdeayor
to revive medieval recOllcctions. Other
tournaments are proposed in fatal ignorance
Of the fell blow which is hurrying Us t. aa
unt:mcly end. Unless these are stopped, II
may be necessary to inscribe on other tomb
stones than ours, "died Of Punrh.' Our
supply Of the milk Of human kindness ha
not been entirely curdled. and we"ish other
numskulls to live in unambtlous stupidity,
after our heart has been broken by the hide
Gus rhymes Of the Charivari. We do there
fore humbly petition that you transfer bod
!y the whole of the record Of the Brenl'
vile Tournament, a. the same is contained IN
a late number Of the London Punch, 10 the
columns Of the Gazette. and assure you that
by 80 doing you will cheer the close d the
knightly existence Of L. NJ.
Prince William Co. Sept. %.
From the London Punch, September 10, 1852.
TOURNAMENT, 4. S.
OF all ridiculous ostcnts,
Especially for Yankee gents,
What more absurd than Tournaments
Yet in America,
A snobbish silly vain display
or bogus tilt aud sham tourney,
On this last August's eighteenth day,
Came Of AZ Brentsvile, Va.
To view the iiiotc scene,
crowd assembled on a green.
Where noon aud dinners hour between,
The males and females danced.
The meal brought dancing TO a stop,
They At. and drank each lit and drop,
And then they commenced the hop,
Until " Sir Knights" advanced.
Sir knights. precious set Of Srs
Who dubbed themselves and bought Their 'l1f''
Copied their shields from Britishers,
Or did themselves invent.
wish you hal been there 10 see
The hash they made Of hcralIry,
At that absurd fsstiviiy,
They called Tournament
Such Knights Of "do" renowned for ieci
Such names. R, p, W, R.,
D, and r, but We need
Not mention any more.
OF Montgomery, Iyanhoe,
OF Marmion, Lochinyar, a. though
They felt their proper names too low,
The fancy names they bore.
Knights were there Of the Wood and the Chs'e'
Of Unknown knight there one case
And one Of Black knight, Il chose.
The knight Of Greenyl!ie, NJ,
Disguised his own plain surname with,
And every knight had got smith
To make his iron clothes.
Marshal and herald walked before
Each fcudal keeper Of a store,