Smyrna times., 1873-06-18
"A Slap at the TOurnamcu,o
From The Sunday Dispatch.
PEACHBLOw CHIyALRv


When Edmund Burke made his fam,
lloh thai ''lhe ngc OF chIVary Is gon. 'ecara'
sPrOVed that as a prophet he was miso,l nc merely
The age OF chlVary Is not gone. We LaL '1lufe
city last week-ai Suffolk Park n u. " IN his
callOW age, and smells OF benches ~" green and
Delaware that gallant Slate IN Vhi'aIy of
honorable deed 10 xiii negro and SKIN 49, II Is an
such as every Delaware Juryman musr ad,a uetd
TO philadelphia 10 bring back To us The ai'--cane
Middle Ages. Ivahhee, lie Nor Fame VI The
DE Lion, resplCnden ia SHINING mail vt, anu anu CRur
sword and balile.aXe and nUddlng pIu,na 'u''e and
10 these knights Of Delaware. who came e., " loOs
peach helds under the sounding tile OF Tho T 'Aer
oI o. george 10 20 doughty deeds ln the I,s, shH
the beaming eyes Of the Queen OF K,o,''' under
Emma Johnson 70 the great dlscredT ~ y, y, ycieW
phlans be II said That, although hey wa,s ''tHel.
mat I'm the South The schOUls are closed ~ sSHrtd
children an opportunity Of accumpan, mo - ~ give he
TO witness This display Of hOrsmans hin ,a, IafthI
The sports of the Middle Ages and grand fs'eh'hg
arms the controllers OF the public schooIs se al
refused 10 close those edIiices Ia order ILup'uT
knights Of ST. George might ItarA The INA, '"1' ihs
how 10 fH In fact uOtW Outstanding tho lug 'uea
ing assertion that 1.-The CAV lrappnps Of h"."Huet
riders. and tie thousands OF women ,nJ 81 aha
waving scarls, urging OH some iavorIle ku,, hI '"h
sights to see most unuccOunIabIe snotbv ~ were
the community and, instead of enlhu.,s,rr uued
ands. the grand dIfplay %as wllnesseJ Lv - '"'us'
HUNDREDS. y '"sefLg
AS for the Knights ono of our icooocI..,
tempOraries describes them as "DeI.v,., r S'H'
uuS -slouI yeotheH Ol The noble blbOd al a.
Whorers aud the McMulllns and III. J.s,.'. u', ,
the Reybolds, and other choicc rcpr,,rn, ,in 1"u
the first families Of the lower counties ,...', VI
the tournament! 1t was not carrl.d d on, L, y"
shlvcrng OF lanees and the meeting ol mai Is I"s
knights urging their sieeds in iuIl caIee, ~ Cav
ing with their swords until one of them v, gu
TO otter the horrible word "craYcn ~ 'Fit,o
pennahts, no shields, no spears. The kr,rb,. nv ~
accontrcd IN "Store clothes" and ielt hats ,d ,L.
doughty feat was to cnGcavor to pike the n,,.,
long pole through en iron ring susuepd,a r,a
sort OF structure called an Area. IT..
Snighl was he who could poke the greol,., ,n,,I
OF those rings on the end Of his pole. ana nj -
the Knight Of Irdiola, " hose bapti,,n,l '''"
Dallas Lore, carried off nine Of the>e-l.,dI,,,,
the art of PokinP, all the other knights-tbe a.. 10
oi Beiufy smiled sweetly upon him, ana pressa,ea
MN with the prize, due to so much br,ye.v .,4
sk!I, in the shape Of plated tea.se, And ;t, a"u
cniValry-and Southern chivalry and is ~. 49,,
OF thng which they do down South; and yLoa
!hey 90 IT. society in the neghborhood Of tbe h..
IS conVulscd, and the schools arc closed. a,5 ~"
ladies' wave scarfs and handkerchiefs. and tbo,a"
"A chorus OF the multitude" &C.. &c. We wl,b
draw all we said in disparagement of Edmnnd
Burke. We admit the trnth of all ,ba, hs .siS
Ihe age of chiyary is past"