The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-14
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Tournament ut Amelia Springs.
BuEKEyILLE, VA, Sept. IL,

BuRKEyILLE, VA, Sept. IL, ISL.
The tournament and ball At tho Amelia
Springs on "Wednesday last was no ordiuary
affair. We have been present on many
slmiis. occasions, and was never more &C.
linhtcd ,han Oh This, the last though not
The least Of them all Indeed, how could
il he otherwise when the Iaircst OF the fair
daughters OF Virginia were there, arrayed
in Nil the charms of youth ard beauty,
operating upon hearts which were Ike
WAX 10 receive ard ularD.u 10 retain
any impression which they We're pleased to
stamp upon them.
All thought of csre. trouble, or miSfor-
! tune. was soon banished from our mind,
the present and the past, undisturbcd by
thoughts Of imagined trouble in days gone
by-ior even now
I've csnuot think of sorre~s, ard doubt
II .'er we felt y. us 80 dkZzitd from
ON memory 10y this o3iivious transport"
Having as travelling companions several
interesting young ladies from BurkeYille,
togcthe with the accommodating landlord
at That place, MIR. 4. Il. Deem, and his ex-
celIcnt hcipulate. Mrs. Deems, we reached
The Springs at 2:30, where we found assem-
Fled the beauty and chiyalry of the sur
. rounding country, with some OF Rich
i!I'ilb w hit't|"S tI.t<
kui.!:tlv contest OF the gallant filters. who
were 10 contend for the honors to be
awarded to those who should prove Victors,
and which they were to be privileged to
! lay at the feet of those who BY them should
(; be deemed 1.-the fiirest OF the fair"
The following entries were made r. E..
Saundrrsoa, Knight of Fleetwood, of
Amelia county Z. Il. Harper, Knight Of
the Lone Star, Of Amelia county, A. y.
Miller, Knight Of Westwood, of Amelia
county, a. I. Warmer, Knight of the
Mornin" Star, OF Amelia county George
Bridg!orth, Knight lmpromtu, Of luuens
burg, county james Z. Cottrell, hnigat Of
Richmond. OF Richmond Jas. Ii. Robert
son, Knight of Red Cloud, Of Nottoway !;
John J. Nerser, Knight of Haytokah, OF
Nottoway Norman Epcs, knight of Not
toway, Of Holloway; Or. 4, s. Epes,
knight No. 6, Of Nottoway; J. e. Booker,
Knight Disinheritcd, Of Amelia James
Ii. Ellis, Knight Uncertainty, Of Amelia !;
James d. FoWlkes, Enieht " Stick in the
. Mud," Of Amelia; j. Winston FoWikcs,
I, knight Indifference, OF Amelia.
| After IN exciting and spirited contest be-
tween the Knight Of Haytokah, Red Cloud,
West GOOD, and Lone star. the result was
vile, Knight of llaytokah, being most sue
ccssiul, crowned Hiss Marie Ii. Jones, Of
BurkeYi!le, Queen CT Love and Beauty
NJ. \. W. Miller, Knight Of Westwood,
crowned Miss Mollie Herring, Of Rich
mond, rs first Maid Of Honor !; Mr. James
Il. Eoberison, of Nottoway, Knight OF
Red Cloud, crowned Mss Alma Judkins,
OF Richmond, second Maid of Honor , biz,
II. G. Harper crowned Miss Lucie I. Nc
Gehce, of Amelia, third Maid of Honor.
The charge 10 the knights was made In
belittin. terms by John a. ellis, Esq, a
very promising young lawyer of Amelia.
The coronation address was delivered by
Judge L. X. Farrar, who eSccileq himself
spoken OF 10y all who were present as the
finest thing OF the kind they had eyer heard.
The Judge was introduced to the audience
by the gallant General Pickett, who in The
late disastrous war
.'Won The wre,th. OF fame,
And wr5te on .nemory's sc.oIl = deStnless name"
We can scarce trust ourself to speak Of
the varied charms and attractions by which
We confess we were forced TO yield, albeit
ne had vainly flat!ered ourself that our
hearts We're bomDprooi" against the
heaviest artillery that the little rosy god
could direct against it. But alas for our
peace OF mind, ours WAS only Il lancled Sc
curly, for although we successfully resist
Gu az .ho a'tiaeliohs VI YOUTH auu
beauty we have to confess that we We're
made 10 yield to the far greater and irI csist-
IDLE charms Of modesty and grace by which
the citadel Of our heart was ass;.led, and
which We soon found 1t We're fruitless to
resist. it WAS
SO hxt modest grace su5dued oar soul, -
Tn@t chastity oil look which seems 10 hsDg
A >e!i or purest light DER all her DeaurcsS, ,
Anal by forpiidius most iLiiamed desire. ''' ~
that caused US to " cave in" and TO confess
ourself an unwilling captive to Miss -, a
briyht-eyed, modest maid who halls from
70 III and to all right thinking persons Of
:" the sterner SEX