Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-03
Letter from Fairfax Court House.

correspondence OF tn. Alexandria Gazr.te. ]
FAIRFAX, G. H., Va, jap. lst, lo1j.-ln
the waIing force OF nature through the earth.
quakcs that startled the citizens Of the Seven
Hind city from their dreamfu siumoers,
through all the struggles Of political faction,
and amid the crash Of words, and the wreck Of
matter, Fairfax still stands serene. | mention
this. because Fal!tux has DOT been heard OF
iately-and most people have arrived at the
conclusion that there is 10 life LIT 10 this an
ccnt old county; but people are mls,aker-
though Fairfax does not count amoDg her
sons Mr.. Geo. Washington, OF Mount Vernon,
nor Mr.. Geo. Mason, OF Guastou, and other dis
tipguished men-yet still old talrtax is klcklDg
aud independent as 40 iceberg. About toe
beginning Of every year there Is ball here,
none of your ci;if.d affairs, WHEN, city ladies,
fresh from the haod: Of their mllliuers, dance
the German, and city youths, with c!aw-ham-
mer coats, tight. pao-, | mean br-c-no-wel
contound it all, tight pants and hair parted IN
the middle on taelr empty heads-sluper
idiotical!y, and do the only thing they can do
we'll, daoce aud support a lady during a
half hour dance. l make some notable e1.
captions to this ruie-b but, alas II Is ru.e
and We grieve to write it. Now, our tail Is
meeting Of people who etjoy themselves natu-
rally, laugh joyouSly, dauce gracefully and Dot
languidy, aud the men, are men indeed and
they possess the things that the Spartan
thought every maui ) man ought to have-three
virtues which the Spartan youths were edu-
Gated 10 do. To ride, to shoot, ADD TO tell the
truth. Iu style they may DOT come UP TO their
city friends, and - but comparisons as Mrs.
Maarrop would say are odorous, and take
back everything | have said.
john Thomas said we'll i. don't make
any difference what Johu says-but the ball
here was worth ride through four miles Of
uuaguire, behind one Of john Thomas mule
teams, to witness it. All the beauty, and man
hood of the country were present. aDd-and |
really cant do justice to the SC ne. | ought
to say sumctung about "Chivalry, quote
"rEere was sound oil revelry by night, and
end By "Jocund day stand!og uptoe, tut to
tell the truth have leti my qu>tatlon book
behind, and so will have to coh6ue myself TO
bare reality, and be ike Mr.. Gradgriud, strong
on facts.
There are three things necessary to good
ball, music, muStc, music, not the machine
music one frequently hears at a parry, bu;
baud which pays with SO much spirit that tn
cuntagion SEXES all alike. Now such band is
Cook 5 of Was 2ing,on, aud 1t is sucn tuue> OF
his violin, that would make Tam . Shanter
witches dance, even beyond the magic hour.
There were maoy ladies who deserve
the highest mention Of beauty, loreineS>
aud simplicity. There was Miss KITE
Kate Graham, lovely blonde, as sweet as she
is fair, ADD as honest as the sunshine. Her
sister, Miss Title, is deep contrast in APP
pearapce, but all alike 10 the cardinal virtues.
Miss Kate Gunn,l, another pretty bloude, IS;
suubeau that makes light wherever she goe-.
Miss Maggie Malone represented the old North
State, stylish bruoette. Alexandria Was rep
resented by Miss Susie Swaun, winning aud
traciye blonde. The daughter OF our Leu
tenant Governor, graced by her presence ,be
.vsivi,y. Miss Madge Richardson, graceful
as poets dream Miss Burk, fair as lily,
and Mss j oslo Campbell, a sweet young du
baotee aud many others made scene worthy
of ao artists pencil My poor pen cannot paint
and | must fam end. May the happiness Of
the ludieS Of Fairfax be extensive as their erlno-
line, and their lives as long as their tongues, |
mean as their tones are mcodouS.
MALVoL1o