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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-10
BY Lyme & brother,
Auctioneers and Real Estate Agents,
1912 Main street

FRAMED HOUSE ON BROAD NEAR
A MAYO STREET. ADJOINING THE Pro
PERTS OF THOMAS COOLEY, FOR SALE AT
AltTiON.-he shall. IN The request Of the owner,
: II ii public auction on the Promises on MONDAY
The Istl of May. 1873. at L. NJ, the Lbf, with Il
FRAMED HOUSE thereon. situated on the Suuth side
Of Broai near Mayo street containing four room.
&c.
TERMS: At sale. LYME & BROTHER,
my T., Auctiunrrrs
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'@aAUCrTONsAIgs=Futsara Dayssi. avs
BY Richardson & Co., -
Real Estate Agents and Auctioncers,
Lib Main street. =

A TTRACTlvE SALE OF VALUABLE
Fi1I T RtnMsLDlNG LOTS IN THE TOWN OF
AAIrIEahE AND OHIO RAILROAD. BY AUG
nivN'--On MONDAY the 18th instant. nj s o'clock
r. M we Shall cell Ivy auction. on the prcrnj sas
commencing ut the corner OF Graham street and
Milllamsburg avenue, TWENTY-FIVE VaLUA-
BILE BUILDING LOTS, located and described IS
follows: -Four on the west side OF Grah,u stree,
corner Williamsburg avenue, each 30 feet from, nd
100 feet deep TO al alley 10 feet wide six on the est
side Of STATE ST rect between Gillian and Marshall
streets. each 30 feet front and 40 feet deep to mn
alley 10 feet wide two on the west side or State
street between Erin and Gillian streets, each 10
feet front and TO feet deep TO nm alley 10 feet wide
six on tn e:lst side of Louisiana street. corner Gil
liam strretfyc OF which are ~ feet ana ono 10 e..
front and 10 feet deep 10 alley 10 feet wide: fur
ON the west side Of Graham street Marshall each
30 feet front aud Ito feet deep to an alley 10 feet
wide.
Nopart of Richmond offers greater Inducements tn
buvers than the town of Fulton, aud in no part of The
CITY Is there greater margin for profit or greater
increase In the value of real estate. During the
past year the increase has been from one hundred
to three hundred per cent. To young men living
on salaries and Wishing TO better their condition,
we would especially commend this property.
TERMS One-tbird In cash the balance In SIX
and twelve months, with interest, secured by deed
Of trust. RICHARDSON'S & CO.,
lny5 Auctionecrs.
The sale of the above entoncd property Is
postponed RlCHARISoS & 90.
nv lot AHctiOueerS.
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p.-ru NrfAlrs. Ljlthrion Flippo is ap-
f.uni postmaster ut flippo,>, Caroline
..,.;.. a.. rtc,. \. &. Mckrnncy. deceased.
Wa.M +. Uri--hy j. appointed postmaster
.' Wut- rofl. Clarke county, Va. cite
ss.g.n 6. L. jennings, resigned. J. W.
<at, appointed p,>rma-'cra' Naif :. Frank
.g3 ,ou0ry. Va. c,"" William c. NNli, re-
..-urd. \ u"W po>t-ollirc is established at
tu,'~ Erll-r. Grcrnhrjcr county, ". Va,
,.f ti,r int,:c llo,n Meadow Blum 10 sulphur
-.tlp->. with ii. ". Baker IL postmaster.
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7 ARGE.AND UNCONDTT1ONALS SALE
lIOF EIGHT FIRST-CLhSS BUILDING LOTS
AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FRhNk-
LIN AND MADISON STREETS, AND AT TIE
SOUTIiW EST CORNER OF GRACE AND
MADISON : rREETS.-On THURSDAY. sth day
Of May. commencing AT O'Clock +. w., We VIII sell
upon The premises. those choice III lLDlNG LOTS
above referred 10. four OF them Ning IN Frank I'm
street next hcyond the residence Ut General Bradley
Il. Johnson. and four Trace street next RSonu
the residence OF Wilson c. Thomas, Ell Each lot
is 80 Ivy lI5 feet TO al alley twenty feet wide.
These lots beyond all question The most desirl-
bic in point al situation o ANY in this city now IN iiir
market. Lots west of tlcs.. being taken iip at
ily-incrca~iu2 prices AMI no such opportunity as
this Is likely Ia be- again offered.
I;i,tlcr~ may attend this sale with The assurance
thai every lo, will hr sold Ttdout any reSfrrdtioh
ar HaitntiUn ,rhHtcrcr.
TERMS lbrrlt. ami will he made known al the
time Of sar GRURRS Il WILLIAMS,
Auciionccrs.
Postponed in consequence of the rain until WE'D
NEeDAY, lith May. III O'Clock J. ~
GRUBBS 4 WILLIAMS,
mva AucliOnccrS.
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THE SALE OF THE SEASON.
THURSDAY, MAY Is, PUSCTUALLY
AT d:3O r. NJ,
GRAND SALE OF MAIS-STREET LOTS WEST
nE MnSRnE PARK SIX ACRES

OF MONROE PARK. SIN ACRES,
within the corporate limits. subdvded into a large
number of exceedingly desirable lots, surrounded
BY large and beautiful cedars and interspersed with
large shade trees and many fruit trees. This pro-
perty was formerly known bfr. jack Carter,
vineyard. and Is that plateau of ground lrtwecR
Main street and Grove avenue. and lsfween the
BEAUTIFUL scat "F arsaw = and that Of Charles +.
Workman. Esq, and adtoius the Land If lillian
e. Alien Along Its entire trout gas pipes are ex-
tended to corporate line, and lamp posts erected and
In nse.
AS an Investment II has every advantage. being no
speculative scheme, but sale positive. and the irst
sale Of this property for fifty years II Is in the
neighborhood Of Richmond College and other most
substantial and first ella ss Improvements, and i'll the
very pathway of Richmonds present growth and
future extension.
After the sale of the ground will sell FIFTY
THOUSAND GOOD BRlCkS-the remains of the
old mansion.
TERMS: Une-thlrd cash :; balance for negotiable
notes at SIX. twelve. and eighteen mouths, bearing
six per cent. Interest, and secured by trust decd.
Plats to be- hal at my office.
}. THOMPSON BROWN.
mya liz Main street. Opposite Hi%T,Tt"h.
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EN- Gr;I!r,,> Il Williams,
,urIiul.rrrs aud Real Estate Agents.
Eleventh street between Main aud Bank.
SALE or THAT BEAUl

TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT BEACTl-
1 rI,I. : Il BIEhA ktSIntNtE M |,
.t,rtl!'.n~ ATTACHED. IN StjNtl hNnM :
~ .. .!I{\iiTnN." WITH VAL J.
l;I.tlIJt%t; LOTS CONTIGUOUS AN - ADA
CENT TiitEETn.--in part execution o! Gecd OF
frhst from james +. Guddin anu wire 10 me sup
ecIibcr, is trustees, duly rrcordcq we WI scli.
upon the premises, on SATURDAY the ION day 70 o.
MAY. commencing at o'clock T. NJ, ne wei.
known "ARLI<GTo%n, properly, EN- emprac ~
Tile SQUARE or GROUND BouNDEDo. Is /
UAKYIE. CARTER, RlTC1llE. AND WAL
LACE STREETS. 40 hy 2G7 2-l2 tc',. .r,r
The improvements consist Of NEAT and
WFIl-tERA\GED DWELLING IN cottage
,;yI. with .nng eight rooms. '",ii,e o;'i bul!lf>
-; MI kinds beautifully sii.at"! III Il GrNe 81
.,i.,iual OAKS and hic>"ric-. and surrounded WIFI
.s.i.lirr .r.S,'rs an; ~hruittr. :. 80, ,,,,-,r
Tnri. is also Il ft\E SI!fi1 VI fKOi i
Tries of many varieties. ana the SITUATION - "'
al ,r uu.I elevated aud ATTRACTIVE III al me s'ihuios
f ;h,. city Moore could well 'tsirc lil"re cNi.'
ur hone sufficient! cuntrHicnt !" thS GU! lni
business aud vet enjoying the SuoS'ail'l.ii c"iot'S
.,i country life. ,..-,.,,;
,,t,I,,t la hes, Inducements Is the c"nsdcrlti"I
lI me Iru crty. being 80 near 10 INC CT. liiiai
and II, lin, ,i;rc, line OF the lest improvements, wiz
m it,w wears grow tn great Il value that Il fuI.
r,,S, NOW ul:rp " III net oE!r secure Il p!ct,a,i'
ne, ne l,ut Ir. an investment when cahhcl i.u /"
prove u;ul-utlly pr"iiisti,.,. .,o ..,.r,,e,
- nor IL above we vii; ST. 4 lot al ne southeast
rn,,,,., al; IItryc aud 1rtr streets, ln,A:lo iect.
Sui,-,iI>I-i"ns will he MAZE IL ccsire. ,o
:Iin.wl: 81 ale, Ciits. l.. WILLIAMS.
}. ii. GUY,
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Icy IIilI 4 t,nlitliu
Ey Hill y t,"iHIn.
Er,l Estate Agents and Auctivnccrs,
No. lIus Main street.

A SSIiiNEES' SALE OF THE MORRIS
"A BREWERY WITH SIX ACRES nF Land.
IN TIE EASTERN PART OF TIE CT ;
If !, O'Clock L. NJ. we will sell, on the premises The
MORRIS BREWERY with SIN ACRES or
LAND. on Chimh"razo Heights. We caii a''ch'ioh
To- fI lac, hat AT no distant lay there Is the prn-
.,ilii; Of he ground between this brewery aud hlr-
ty-st street lcing purchased hy the city fora lark
The buildings we've put Mp not more than Fifteen
wears ago. and though not now occupied anu III
.oic ,ecIv can he repaired and renewed al no great
cost Til, land has IN EASTERN anu southern cX.
t,.,,rc ana would Hr admirably adapted for fruit
an, vra;. =, culture. viii hc SJI low.
TfRM>: ,In fourth cash. balance in AMI |:
months. with per cent. interest, secured by trusl
decd. $50 ,,,.
Rt\DDLPlI BARTON.
my IG-.d A>~i"nc~ of Kirkland. has & co.
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Auctioneers and Real Estate Agents,
Eleventh hirrct lntWecn Main and Bank.

ENECUTORS' SALE OF THE LARGE
~ AND VALUABLE RESIDENCE AT THE
SOCTHEAST CORNER OF FIFTH AND CARY
STREETS, THE DWELLING ON FIFTH
STREET NEXT BELOW THE ABOVE. AND
BUILDING LOTS ON FIFTH AND SIXTH
STREETS, AT AUCTlOS.-By request Of the exc
cors of the last Will Of John Freeand, deceased,
We will sell upon the premises, on MONDAY the
18th day Of May, commencing O'Clock T.. NJ, the
Late residence OF the drccdcnt situated rs above.
|. II Is large, substantially and eSpensisey-
finished residence. with every comfort and modern
convenience for 4 large faafly. The rooms and
halls are large. high pitched, and airy. and enjoy an
extensive view below aud across the river. with the
advantage nj southern brrezcs which cannot be OBJ
strucfel The out-buildnss are numerous aud conf
pIcie. and the grounds very attractive.
Tits property. compiled" IN all its arrabgc-
mcuts and situated la pleasant nciylborhood
wiihfr few minutes walk o! the post Office. Offers
unusual advantages to Z business or professional
man. With the dwelling viii be sold. IL desired,
the adjoining lots In the garden, fronting about
e2hty-two and oie-hai feet on Fifth street. other
Wise those lots will bc sold separately; after which
We will sell the brick dwelling next adjoln.ng, occu-
lic bv Mr.. Frost with about eight rooIns and
then the building lots In the on Sixth
street. fronting about eighty and ouc-h half feet
Special Inducements will W. offered I'm terms OF
payment. Cru BIS & WILLIAMS.
ap IS Auct0ncers.
7. S.-Pcrspns desiring to rXamlnc the premises
are invited IN call on FRIDAY and SATURDAY 9th
'rl i"th ustautsl between the hours of II NJ and
8 L. VI:
tkt BIS w lt.'sihb~.
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BY Wellington Goddin,
Real Estate Agent and Auctionecr, ,
corner of Eleventh and Bank streets.

GALE AT AUCTION OF LOT, AND
= FRAME DWELLING THEREON, ON THE
NEST SIDE of VALLEY STREET ABOVE
VESABIE STREET--w b. sold at auction on
the prerilaes on MONDAY the 18th May, 1873. ~
O'Clock +. NJ, the lot with framed tehs'11t u,
Mr. Kiryaw, on the west side Of Valley street anu
op,,osite Dir. John HaSxn's saloon;,. o,r,.,
AZ $3.50 Il A1stioQsss.
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- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dsys.
!, EYE. D. Eacho, ii
Heal Estate agent and Anctoneer.
Office No. 0 Fourteenth street.

A I THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER,
"A shall offer FOR sale nj p,biie saIfctioa on
"WEDNESDAY. May tttb. ls'a. mt o'clock r. NJ,
That ieautifnl and attractive sC0rTAGE RESI-
DESCE situated on saith side nr Darlington street
bet Seen secrii street aud the 5rrchancsTle turn
pike rJntIuR on Cariu1t0u street ga feet and
ming hack between parallel Iines Ids feet Without
doubt this Is one OF 'hs desirable cottage resi-
dences In and around ichmonj. IL Is In thorough
rep,ir and han. som"tv PAINTED. ard calculated 10
please The taste of the mos! fastidious.
Immediately after the sale OF the above shall
offer for sale some very desirable HOUSEHOLD
and KITCHEN FURNITURE, all or which Is
nearly II. " aud In perfect order.
TWINS: Nude known ut hour Of sale.
my 10 r.. ID. EAEIiO. Auctionser.
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AUCTION sALEs--rnilu,lr.ea, Ds .t,yi,.s

-! rcIheSt OF Mr.. Lewis f. Harvle we will sell n,
auction, upon the premises resnectiy,Iv. nm 81.
IlkDA1. 2ifh Way, commencing at O'Clock r
ON l'ihc 81, Get between Cumberland and Bevrrly
streets, opposite 10 the residence of MIR Joseph F.
Powell slHFi-SEVEN BUILDING LOTS sinl-
ted ~ above. ~
Twelve LOTS on Pine street
Forty LOTS on Laurel street along the line Of the
street railway. "
fifteen LOTS on Cherry street
me attention of the public Is called TO the fact
that this is sule Of the residue of the lots I'm thar
rapidy'improving locality, no,c in tie hands Of
ne original o,1ncr. No such sale can ever again
In advance Of those obtained at this sale.
NO surer or more rapidly profitable investments
can possibly be offered In real estate than this sale
will afford.
Persons interested invited to call at our Office
and examine plat showing the exact locality of
every lot 10 liz sold
TERMS: at sale.
GRUBBS & WILLIAMS.
my 10 AuctiOnpcrc
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II. T-.sIH''
Real Estate Agent and .rr'lonccr,
Dtlire No. Fourteenth street.

A DEMONSTRATORS SALE.-I shall, As
IA administrator. sell On THURSDAY. May 3,
1879 ut II o'clock 4. NJ. at Salisbury in the county
of Chesterfield. the personal estate Of General I'd
ward Johnson. consisting of MULES. WAGONS,
and FARMING UTENSILS. Also, two BROOD
SOWS.
TERMS MADE known ut hour of sae.
/. JOHNSON. Admin! traitor of
General Edward johnson, dccC;,scd
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AM N TIE fOI-NTIES OF HAN.
| L ~ ,ar ~ ~. ~, ~.
- oNEf AND h!IiSA FOX SAlF OK En-
lilhHHf: tti' ~ IE'i r,h - ne hcalin
oi the itn'!r>iElcd LING sicll mat hcrrt altciln
TO ili> farming "Tcallons "Sirs 10 sc or exchange
for ely properly the fnll"winG FARMS:
WoilIiAWE. thirty miles above Richmond
iiiiic ininici"tlH o" the rott ililiE rom klci.
mon: ~ iEiroti'nN NV" coHil.e 'pon' or'N ~
~ NDi'f !, ~ i'iI t'r WI =. E ~,
-" ELliNr cohhiih; ciSi,t room, Win TWO
tram" Kitchen "lul TWO i"'lH S'tI. ,tich cniiil!
"n'-H"';.c> Inr servants III S,m. niicr nnrrS'e.
nous WIN mr. ,,i ~ ,, WIFI J.;
S"nd stntcio1Sc UNIV d. ',!iIi "' ~ =.
considered to"u S,;llu l"r a,'l'l'Hs anu a., "'f
necessary oa'-Dhlphh@>' s"ch ~ 'd,h. st"'' W.
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The above sale is postponed until FRIDAY. May
10th. ut ii O'Clock \. NJ. l.. !. JOHNSON,
myg Administrator.
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2: AuCrTeN sALEs--Fasl,aiiris,s . paya.7

ByJ. Thompson Brown, =. t|&.'f
Real Estate Agent and Anct!oneer,
No. Ills Main street, opposite Dispatch.
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owing "a iur!m,i.i weather the alloy" :ale |
"~:r";"d 10 SATURDAY, May 10th, al Is i. VI.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
A Tableau Group In Flames,

A very narrow escape from painful
death occurred at O tableau exhibition
in public hall in Grand Rapids, Mich.
A correspondent of the Detroit Post
says can entertainment given by the
Ladies' Literary Society closed with a
tableau having twenty-five young ladies'
and eight little girls on the stage.
During a bright light produced by
magnesium wire, blazing substance
dropped upon Miss Mckee, one of the
tableau group, standing near the stage
wing. She darted into the centre to
separate from the others, her clothes
af1ame, but accidentally touched q little
daughter of Leonard Remington, whose
clothes instantly blazed. The large au-
dience was in great CONSERVATION, when
Col. j. Z. Messmore, in the audience,
quickly bounded upon the stage and
hugged the blazing child between him
self and the overcoat which he wore,
extinguishing the flames, but burning
his hand severely. The clothes drop
ped from her in blackened shreds when
released. Her life was saved by his
presence of mind, but one side OF her
face and body is badly but not danger
ously burned. Miss Mckee had, in the
meantime, been pulled off the stage by
men behind the scenes, who stripped
off her clothing. She was but little
burned. The result was announced,
the panic of the audience subsided,
and the hall was soon cleared.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
In the Scums.

Eugene Sue, the French novelist,
used to visit in portions of Paris. In
ragged and dirty apparel, he wended
his way city-ward, to localities where
even cleanly mechanic would have at
tracted unpleasant attention. Into these
horrid resorts, the Ratcliffe Highway
and Seven Dials of Paris, differing only
from their London parallels in that the
degraded types of humanity in Paris
have larger share of the demoniac
element in their composition, the
ci.devant dandy found his way, trusting
to his plausibility and good nature to
keep him out of harm, and to his pre-
eminent muscular force to extricate
him should he become entangled in a
row, or, as the denizens of Ratcliffe
Highway would term it, a tabernacle
fight" Here, in some low tavern, he
would shake hands, and be hail-fellow-
well-met with the scum of humanity,
the assassin, the forger, the thief, the
chiffonnier, the pseudo-maimed, and
the mendicant. Here he would assist
at wretched festivities, when bad
liquids would mock the miserable be-
ings who partook of them with some
maddening imitation of joviality. Here
Sue was able at last to see life as it was,
without any OF the lacquer which had
seemed 80 wearisome in the gilded
saloons of fashion.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
A Municipal Gem.

The City of Birmingham, England,
suffers from an embarraS deS richeSseS.
A gentleman recently deceased, who
seems to have possessed more money
than brains, bequeathed valuable dia-
mond to the corporation, and the men,
bers of the Town Council have been
puzzling their brains to decide what
they should do with the legacy. One
of the Aldermen suggested that the gem
should be placed il the art gallery, but
it was objected that it would not be safe
there, and would be altogether too
tempting" The Mayor thought it
would probably "be better in public
hall, while one of the Council express
ed the hope "that it would not go forth
to the town that the Free Libraries
Committee were afraid to trust the dia-
mond in the art gallery" After much
discussion it was decided that the dia-
mond should be placed on exhibition in
the art gallery, but that His Honor the
Mayor should have the privilege of
wearing it on such occasions as he may
desire" The Importance of the Brum-
magem civic functionary will doubtless
be much enhanced by his appearance
under the shelter of the corporation
GEM
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YeSperS.

To the traveller in Spanish America,
the striking Of the vesper bells exer-
cises a potent charm. As the usage re-
quires every one to halt, no matter
where he may be, at the first stroke of
the bell, to interrupt his conversation,
however important, and listen, without
stirring, until the conclusion of the
chime, the singularity Of a whole pop
ulation surprised in moment as it
comes and goes, held in state OF petri-
fication, and paralyzed as if by an en-
chanter, may be imagined. On every
side you see gestures interrupted,
mouths half opened for the arrested
remark, smiles oddly lingering or pass
ing into an expression of prayer. You
would fancy them nation of statues.
A town in South America, at the tinkle
of the Angelus, resembles the city in
the "Arabian Nights" whose inhabi-
tants were turned into stone. The ma
gician here is the bell-ringer. But
hardly has the vibration ceased when a
universal murmur arises from these
thousands of oppressed lungs. Hand
meets hand, question seeks answer,
conversations resume their course /;
horses feel the loosened bride, and paw
the ground dogs bark, babies cry, the
fathers sing, the mothers chatter. The
accidental turns thus given to conver-
sation are many, and sometimes strik-
iDn
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
Death In the Ring.

One of the most amusing perform.
ances in a circus ring is entitled d the
cone horse velocipede." An attache
of the show staggers into the ring, clad
as stimulating a drunken boor. In vain
the ringmaster tries to whip him out.
He wants his wife. Another performer,
in female toggery, responds to his calls
for I" Hannah Jane," rushes upon the
sawdust and embraces him. The crowd,
equally divided between the deceived
and those who "know thing or two"
all laugh. They laugh as crowds have
laughed ever since spangles under and
misery beyond the glares of the lurid
lights over the sawdust were known.
In this dilemma the zone horse veloci-
pede" is summoned by the manager.
It is wheel going upon its hub and
dragged by one horse. Upon it the
Doors (?) are induced to take a seat.
The horse is then speeded around the
ring, the wheel whirling on its centre
so rapidly only experts could keep their
places upon it. It is funny but very
dangerous "trick." So George Reibold,
a performer, found it in Cincinnati. He
was thrown violently from his place,
picked up and carried ont. The con-
sternation of the audience was allayed
and the performance went on, while
Nine. Dockrill, fresh from her great
bareback act, leaned over and nursed
the poor fellow with womanly care until
surgeons came and pronounced the case
critical. And while Reibold, with
concussion of the brain, lay at the
Calf House watched over by his
lifelong "partner as by brother. and
wavering between life and death, the
crowd roared over "the one-horse We
locipede act " in the distant tent, as if
"circus acting" were but child's play.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
Au.HallOween.

The night of November 1st was ALI
Halloween, an anniversary hallowed by
memories of joyful feastings and inno-
cent revelries. The origin of this fes-
tival is unknown, but it undoubtedly
was in the period of paganism.
Some historians, however, have been
content to derive its observance from
the Church festival of All Saints, which
occurred Oh the 1st of November. The
ideas that were associated in the past
with ALL Halloween have continued to
meet the sentiment of its observance
even to the present day. Virgins have
looked upon it as O time for divination,
and many are the methods they have
used, and yet employ, to evolve man
from obscurity and nothingpess. Old
housewives of the Celtic stock recite to
Youthful feminine auditors how maidens
have had their spells to work harm to
them, instead of being q means to
satisfy their curiosity in regard to their
matrimonial fates. Yet afterward the
traditional practices will be followed.
Jenny ate her apple at the glass, hope.
full to view over her shoulder the face OF
the coming spouse and, from the
queer formations of meltedlead dropped
into water, Jennie, Maggie, and the
rest of the girls augured the pursuits
of their future husbands. Afterward
the bevy of females focked out, each
with her mouth filed with water, and
one of her hands filed with salt, to run
around square. Then when man is
seen, there was a general sputtering
screech, a mutual clutching OF dresses
for support, and finally the retreat OF
the party in noisy mirth, the man who
caused the commotion being left to
wonder at it. These are the closing OBJ
servances of the evening, meet only for
maturing maidens. Before them the
children "ducked for apples" and
burned their noses and creased their
faces at "snap apple )" and lovers au.
cured much about the steadiness OF
burning passion" from the action OF
fire upon nuts. Altogether, the festive
observances of ll-Halloween are harm
less and pleasing, and partly OF that
same poetic kind that lend mystery to
st. Agnes Eve, when Gas Keats muse
tells us)
Young virgins might have visions Of delight,
And soft adorings from their loves receive,
Upon the honcyed middle of the night.
II ceremonies due they did Alright.