Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-08-08

Big Nose Charley.
Shepherds Race Course
ROYAL Blood Quaker Spy.
Buttslown Bill.
Something Fresh
Ivan Hoax.
Aunt Margaret's Crowley.
Lost Heart.
Col. JohppapershayersplitteF then
mounted the rosuum, and in the most
ELOQUENT manner addressed the knights
as follows -
FRIENDS AND FELLow-CIrIzENs-I
highly appreciate the honor conferred
upon me in the selection Of myself as
your humble servant on this glorious
occasion, especially wien | see before
me so many-of Royal Blood. In con-
sequence of my short notice, have not
had so much time for preparation as l
would have had, if had had week or
two longer, and if l should say anything
that is right am willing to be torglv-
en-. Bat to business. We have met
to-day, my hearers, to perpetuate an
ancient and glorious custom, a custom
instituted long before the bloody strug.
ole between this glorious nation and
Car tain Jack, and handed down from
one generation to another, till the good
Old cause of chiyalry is getting very
thin, BY referring to Josh Billings,
Almanac, page l, section 2, Greenleai
on Tournaments, you will find that in
those good old days of chivalry, no me-
chanics were allowed the glorious prlVi-
lcge of joining in this high toned
amusement. But how with the tourna-
ments of to-day For instance, the
tournament of last Saturday which was
intended to represent Que Of those
grand old tits Of other days, was hard
", according to Hoyle--owing perhaps
to the limited number of Knights, Mu-
sicians, and the substitute for an Orator.
But let the dead and the beautiful rest
sic transit gloria mundi.
With your permission, my Christian
friends, ] will read an extract from an
address delivered by the Hon. Criss
Observation-Disclosures SCHNEIDER, before
the Pathological Society Of Keesletown,
September the onct, seventeen hundred
and then some more, which reads thus
": When in the course of human events
it becomes necessary for the people to
dissolve the bonds that have connected
them with another, why it has to be
did, which proves conclusively that
Understanding fresh in town.
, In conclusion, beknighted followers,
YOU remember well how nobly our
brave town scoundrcls, withstood the
fearful onslaught Of that determined
band, the crusaders, on that beautiful
night May 4th, 1874, which is beauti-
fully described in the following touching
lines
They brought mighty army,
To crush Us with a blow
And in their pride they laughed to scorn
The men they did not know.
Fair women came to triumph
With The heroes Of the day,
When the Boosting City Council
Should be scattered in dismay.
And now, Sir knights, you are about
to enter into a conflict which will re-
quire as much courage, nerve, and l
might add, little benzine, as displayed
by our City Fathers on the occasion
just alluded to. May you like them be
as firm as the rock of Gibraltar or any
other glib.
Then on Sir Knights, and may the
time soon come when the devil will
haze nothing to do with dances, Sun
day School Picnics, &c. Proceed to
business,
After the fitting was oyer, Gust here
we must say the riding was excellent,
and the contest for the prizes was long
and close, but calamity won by knights
Swan Poodle. Shepherds Race Course,
Ivan Hoax, aud Aunt Margarets Grow
ley,) the Coronation address was deliv-
cred by General Office Seeker which
delighted aud thrilled the audience, and
was as follows,
LOVELY QUEEN AND MAIDS OF HoNI
OR There was time in the long ago,
recorded on the freighted page of his
tory, bright yet by the sheen of chival-
~, when the steel clad knight of royal
blood, knclt at beautys shrine in adora-
ton and affection Hearts that were
brave and unyielding when the lance
was thrust or when the battle axe rang,
were touched by the peerless beauty Of
a royal maid and were made captive by
her smile.
But those days have passed, and
though time in its ceaseless march and
with rude hands has stricken from ami
nation apd from the field Of chivalric
action and noble prowess, those who
participated in the tourney joust, and
received the commentator and favor
of assembled royalty, we rejoice that