Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-09
lrytin an Excursion.

| Correspondence OF the hlcAlnuEia UaZtlic. |
LYNcuBURG, Va, June 5.-The recent cx-
cursiou trip Of the Knights of Pythias, of this
city, to Danvillr, was quite fine affair, and
| with some few exceptions passed off brilliantly
| as We'll as PLEASANTLY. Al an early hour on the
LIST of June the members Of Lyuchburg Lodge
| No. IL, Assem- bled at their hall, and 10 due
time marcfsd to the traiu to the inspiring
strains of our Lynchburg band. At 1880 the
train, crowded with Sir Knights and many fair
| ladies, left the City Of Hills en- route for our
sister city of DanVille. Alter somewhat dusty
trip. which in nowise dampeued the spirits of
the party we arrived in the Furnishing town
OF Dauvie. DauvilIc Ledge No. 81 was out
| in iuIl force at the depot to escort the Lynch
burg lodge to their nall Alter the ladies' had
olsen barkcd and been sent to the hotel in varl
Gus carriages the line Of march was taken up,
the DinvllIe Lodge, proceeded by the band,
taking the lead. hcsdewa!ks were lined with
people, who cast many admlrlng glauces upon
The manly forms of the knights, aud when at
length the lodges were halted in front Of the
Arlington House, it seemed that all Danvile,
young and cd, male and female, had turned
out to welcome US Both lodges being drawn
up 10 line, an eloquent address Of hearty vel
come was delivered by Sir knight Blackwell.
The lodges then filed iuto the Castle Hail Of
the DauvilIc Lodge, where, after being called
TO order, they were introduced to each other by
+. 4. Catu, G. g. Brother K. 2. Button,
V. g., Of Lynchburg, responded to Brother
Catlln's address vi welcome 10 very neat little
speech, in which many sentiments Ut L. Z. and
B. were expressed. After this general hand
shaking cusucd. On motion of Brother Harry
|, I,,J tl.,;, Ia,
aud proceeded to tue rcfreshncnt rooms Of the
Nichols rcstauraut-f from labor to refreshmeut.
at this place was found all kinds OF fluids and
solids, aud the way our Lynchburgers seemed
to euioy themselves was u caution to the un-
converted 1t was delightful TO sec the way
our fat Brother MacSmith iadled out the LEM
onade and "othcr things from the enormous
punch bowls. And it was delicious to see the
way Brother Joe Crumpton handed round the
eatabes and smokablcs. Loud calls were made
Tor Buttou, Crumpton, Wouding, Catin, and
others. These gentlemen responded in short
speeches. Many toasts were drank aud duly
responded to. At | p. ID. splendid dinner
was served up at the Arlington House. ln
speaking of the dinner aud supper We can only
say that Scdon & ScoviIle did not 20 back on
their reputation. This expresses all. At p.
H. there was grand parade OF all the knights,
led by the inc band under direction OF Prof
Proythrcss, of Lynchburg. AT p. N. the ball
room was thrown opcu and was soon filled with
gallant Knights and fair ladies. The danciug
5000 commenced, and was continued by the
many twiukliug feet until = o'clock. Among
the Danviile beauties We noticed Miss "a
RI. This young lady was decidedly the
belle of the evening. Many of our fair Lynch
burg ladies put 10 an appearance, and among
the most graceful dancers Oh the floor we no.
ticcd our fair friend Mrs. W-k, Of Lynch
burg. But the best OF friends must part, and
at three o'clock we embarked, being hidden
good by and good luck" by our Danvlie
brothers:
''Wclcomc ever smiles,
And farewell goes out signing"
With many hearty good wishes on both sides
we left Danvle at i little past three in the
morning -Danville with its warm hearts and
bright taces-1he stars were out and the old
Dan as it tumblcd aud roared over its black
rocks was lit up by foods OF moonlight. 1t was
fine night and everybody seemed sud
denly to grow sentimental. The little beauty
at my side quoted something about the moon
light from Moore aud was then exprcssively
silent. Danvllc with its many twinkliug lights
disappeared, and We speed on our Way to the
City of Hills. But it seems that every sweet
must have its sour, and every pleasure its
drawback. Upon arriving at a water tank,
about ten miles from DaDyile, our engineer
discovered there was no water there" The |
eagiue had to be run to the next tank, many
miles of, and the trao with its sleepy souls
waited. 1t seemed hours-its vas hours-it |
began to grow llght-thc biris began to sing
the sun began to put in an appearance-the
sleepy crowd yawned and reused up, and then
we began to move. We reached Lynchburg
about 7:20 pretty tired, pretty sleepy, but on
the whole pretty jolly. Some Of the Lynch. !