The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-28
ga 6 a paradise in the lovely leafy season

10 discourse With cor husbands ABOUT tns
cans eating wheat oats, and rye barley, ana
IA each other scraps Of history OF the PEG.
he whose farms and houses we pass, p'nn'ne
mr. handkercsKefs over our hats during oc"
ustanal showers, while the unquiet chiidlen
cater crumbs every where and watch for
he first glimpse of the steeples. or course
he streets are swarming aud notes
Tito. There was the stltuf sque young iso5
n gray alpaca on the front balcony; sne has
,een crossed In love some time, else why
curls and that Grecian PEN
.iyeucss There was the irrepressio'e youes
,ountryu,sn In bran-Dew yellow linen sun,
who wanted to sail out for ice.cream, OUT DIS
ma had warned her against " seen
Trash on an empty stomach" and sue SO ID
formed him, ia common with the rest OF US
After having made good argument on tne
hest side of the question | grieve TO record
she took his elbow and trotted away.
There was the "nice young man :" VINO
ought always to be put In a porceisin cup
and simmered ia extract of popa-lily we
prefer the society of well.ered gorilla 10
one of these.
There was the red, rash-coyered baby that
cried for everything from the cow IN the
chrome to the lock on the doors there was
the fat, comforiable.lookiug old couple |ho
chatted as busiy as If this was tier hrst
meeting for fifteen years, ont we happen 70
know they 6ght like cats at home.
We "telj into rauksn on the sidewalk, the
fool-killer was busy somewhere else, and 80
we marched on. Swiudle the hrst-tne
addlepate on the corner selling tickets fof
sixty cents when yua can get them at the
wagon for City "Thirty eeuts on three, ;"
muttered mathematical Fom, "'twould sake
me into sideshow.D We are-on the grounds
neany-couetTy people always go early, to
their honor be it said-so we stood arclno
awhile: twas a splendid day for staediDg
around. S~indle two-the animals ano
museum huddied into side tent and extra
chsree for peep at them. ;Devouring the
nainted canvas with ChiIese-Ioeking eye;
Stood tawuy faced old womaH wide Joaquin
Mi,,erA With information written on every
brawny feature. Sue was maEEel o.
observation-disclosures, seven. cut away al
the ankies-a manifest economy in the hide
and leather lime We knew her gacnt ole
homes aehed to tell us something, so w
said. eFiue dag, ADAM" "Them AIM
rale Iujuns the'Ve got::" ,tn Voice'Elade o.
nutmeg graterS,. ." Ar'nt they" said we
politely. Nav. and the corner of bel
mouth slipped round under her ear to ex
press contempt They han't got no can
nibals." "Haven't they" "'Naw," ant
The corner Of her mouth pointed at her col
lar bone again. "Iou have seen caDniba's!'
we yepturcd, half afraid she was one ant
would eat us. .Ia.,o with the SINE mouth
"Haye you been in1' We asked. - Nav,
univ cum to hear the nlgsic and see the pic
tiers; it's a perfeck humbug." and sbt
looked at the tent as if she had mnd u
kick it over. Next we became interested II
q Iayender-colored popinl1y, who - was 90
ing away and wait until evening, so many
yueah country people-aw." We took al
inventory Of him at giaDce, and thanked
him from the bottom Of our shoesoles Tor hl
considerat on.
i A tie1cr-lo king usher, With legs like tai
low candles. waved US toward blue cross
boa, d soaked with tent drippings and bowed
. .us down. We were about to dcmur when WI
saw a spook in Sleeps gray balancing on BIZ
toes and making ready to throw a" Barnum';
Life" at III, SO we sat, and didn't wink. The
band struck up. be lemonade boys hoWled
the pop. corn boys screamed, the palrn-lea
individual dittoed, while prize-pacEage
specimen, a circulating argument for tue
Darwiuian theory, got couple of lines tc
rhyme. and away be went with them up The
galnut, and held out until Il returned mis-
sionary punchcd him with her p3rasoi. and
he collapsed second or so. Such an internal
din there wasn't space to turn your head
Just as we were excited over apanese hang.
ing by one toe, tat man above and behind Us
was seized with cough. aud must step down
and oft. He knew he had that cough; why
didn't be stay at home? II he had gone under
be could have bit his errebelIum. covering a
crack with one boot.heel. A motto-candg
chan. with hair like snarled yellow thread and
ewes like worn pewter buttons stood at the
| entrance waiting for victim placid Ger.
man sailed in, looking as innocent As snail
| .beep, and motto-cindy went for him. . OH
! minds your piZzlncs. and | minds mine. y
and he squared around and put his foyer
| nails 10 The palm Of his hand. "Slt down
there !" roared Spinde-legs. :" sits down
when | please" "Bully for you!" shout
ed Tom; and we shook him and told
him he mustn't say slang words; this
was Ba NUNS great mIral show. Ihen the
screechers all gatloped around to our side
again, and we put our fingers in our ears,
for there was lfe.iDSurauce man hitched TO
the train. He snubbed our nose with his
portfolio, he dug the posses OF our hot with
bis elbow, he caught our sbaw-fringe on his
sleeye-button, he stood on our corns with
one foot and on our dress.skirt with The
other, he jumped on our hand that alutched
the blue board aud shrieked accidental
policy - till we wished he would fall be.
tween the seats and break bis neck. But be
has run over too many people, and knows
better than to step on man unless he Is sure
there is board under him.
Then the fend iu gray swooped down
again. "Buy biography:" A thousand
times yes; and pay SO If we could only hurl
it back and tuke HIM in the temple. Our
poor head felt like d big pumpkin with the
inside work all gone 10 buzz saws and trap.
ha nmers.
Well, we got out at last, and there was Dom
aldson sailing ariy away 10 his balloon, while
we, poor wretches, were stuck In the mud
and the thought Of u good days Shopping
yet to be done tus ging At our heart.strIngs:
errands for everybody that couldn't come.
We watched the wagon wheels all the way
home 10 the same purpose that the landsman
looks over the Decorating for fish. They
helped us into the house, hustled us to our
chamber, and we slept and dr. canned we were
in gold wrought chariot with baSs.drums
Tor whetls, drawn by a span of butfiloes
III tlSuts' ullSSu oy Juiiy uFSalueliuu
while after us trooped pack of hounds with
life insurance on their brass collars and prize
packages between their teeth. The curse OF
every American ioiiticltion the--racket.
I'VE hunted for an adjective, but couldn't
tind one that a lady may use that would do it
justice.] ;
Thlnk Of the Centennial We said once
we should go; We reverse the de cision with
aj.fk unless some unforeseen calamity ren-
dcrS Us stone deaf
a novelty in costume is fan the hand e
of which forms OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hold
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