St. Mary's gazette., 1866-10-25

! Ihe tie occurring Ues"ceu eue hnASANS
of Disappointment, Marlboro and Sir
Kenneth. wa. ridden of with the following
result:
Sir Kenneth.
| knight Of Marlboro. +
Knight Of Disappointment, .
! So, the honor OF erowuing the LIST maid
/ Of Honor vas awarded to Sir Kenneth. the
honor of crowning the 2nd maid. to the
!. Knight OF Marlbor., and the honor Of
browning the Bird maid to the Knight OF
Disappointment.
! The second tic between Hiawa.ha, Knight
of St. Marys. Knight ofthe Hills. Knight
of Eldengro~e. Knigh. of Charles. Knight
of Shiloh and Rebel Knight, after pro-
logged and excited struggle between the
knight Of St. Mary's aud Rebel Knight
wasdeelclin favor of the latter. The honor
consequently, Of crowning the 4th maid OF
Honor was awarded to the Rebel knight.
! the honor Of crovning the 9th maid OF
Honor aecruir,y : to the Knight Of St Ma
RVS. The resume of this tilt Is as follows
Rebel knight, l l D y l
Knight of ST Mary's, l l Q | y
! Knight Of Charles, U
! Hiawatha, 0; Knight Of the Hills, o;
Knight of Ellengrove. .; Knight of Shl-
lvh, O. 2
The tilting concluded, the victorious
! Knights of the tournay now prepare to lay
their wcl-earnej trophies at the shrine y
beauty, and, first in honor, the gaila(t
Knight of Thornly is seen to manifest hlS
preference. The highest honor If the tilt, the
crown of Love aud Beauty. is presented to
Miss Fanny Ford, of our village, worthy
to be queen and to reign in mems hearts
| forevcr-and is gracefully received. SIR
| Kenneth and the Knight Of Marlboro arc
the next in honor and are associated here
because they have been discovered wor-
shipping at the same shrine. Hence is 1T
that we tlo not feel ourselves called upo,
to explain why honors, usually divided,
are found crowning the same lovely fore
head Miss Mary Furgcrson of Charles,
is ,he recipient of the BUD and 3rd Donors
of the tilt The gallant knight of Disap-
pointment, entitled to crown the 3rd maid
of Honor, is next in the role of precedence,
and soon Miss Alice Waring, of Prince
Georges, is discovered wearing with modest
grace the wrcathe he has 50 uobly won. 1t
is the privilege Of the Rebel Knight TO
crown the 4th maid of Honor, and hi s
frank and generous bearing as he moves
forward to confer this distinction, Indicate,
albeit his disloyal name. that he will be
licl at least to :hc lady of his choice. This
is Miss Maria Garner, of Chaptico, and
never vet, We wccn, has wreathe encircled
fairer brow Last though not least, the
Knight of St. Mary's, though from despcr-
ate encounter lately relieved, is seen bearin;
with courtly ease the prize of bis prowcss
to tho sweet faced lady of his thoughts,
who is revealed to be Miss katc Cotton, of
longworth Point, now consequently
crowned rs 5th Maid of Honor. And the
eloquent speeches of the knights and the
sweet responses of the Queen and her
attendant Maids, anil the bushes, sweet
er and more eloquent than all besides, we
would fain describe if ample space and fit
ting terms were at command, but they
arc not Blushcs and speeches, there
fore, with all the gallant and pleasing in
cidcnts of the BALL that followed, VT
must leave to the Imagination of the rea-
der and hasten to our closing paragraph.
That display of the magnitude OF
tho one under notice, and necessarily III
volving@ much risk, should have passed
off without accident or confusion or un-
pleasant Incident of any kind, is a sub
iect of sincere congratulatnn. This. We
believe, was chiefly attributable to the
provident care of the managers of the
Tournament and the efficient service of
the Officers of the Day. These we now
name with the Offices they SO worthily
filled.
Chief Marshall c. Fred Maddox
Ass,stnnt MrshaA. George Barber,
John Davis, J. I. NJ. Raley and DR.. l..
J. Sutton.
Herald, VIM A Kirk.
ae] a. Waters. o..