The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-24
KEsWrCK. BALL.

TUNES DESCRIBED BY AN 0BSERvANT GEM
TLEMAN-ANoTHER THUNpER-CIAp OF RHET-
ORIG.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
AUGUST 90, 1876.
Seeing N your columns, rs in other pa
pers, many reports OF the gayeties and d.
versions among those who have collected
about the mountains, and finding such re-
ports to be OF much interest to most read
crs, deem 1t but due to your subscribers
in Albemarle county to give you short
sketch of the ball ut Keswick on Thursday.
At it some OF the fairest OF Richmond's
many beautiful daughters appeared in en-
viablc taste, together with other charming
ladies from the several southern States rep
! resented in this section OF the mountains,
vieing with the fair maidens of Albemarle
for the gallantries of the knightly beauX
resident and soiourning thcreabout. Having
just stepped down from the White Sui
phur. where had witnessed the elegant
Custer and leap-ycar balls, which were said
to be equal to any ever given there, / feel
qualified to speak by comparison, and am
satisfied that neither OF these grand colleC-
tons of society stars brought together
fairer or more elegant representation of no.
bic chivalry and brilliant beauty than as
sembled ut keSwick.
| The young ladies were received and cha
pcroned by Mrs. DR.. Bocock and Mrs. Wal
lace, whose commanding dignity is ever
magi wand to guide the events around.
McSSrs. George Shackelford and Thomas
Duke. OF Charlottesville, led respectively
the first and second German.
Among the ladies present were the fol-
lowing:
Miss Sue Morris, OF Green Springs, Va,
wore gas-light green silk with trimmings
and ornaments to suit, which, in consonance
with natural grace and beauty, made her
one OF the chief attractions.
Miss Minnie Chewing, OF Albcmarle,
deliberately dressed in black silk, with dl'-
mondS, gave grace to the occasion.
Miss Lille Brown. Il graduate the last
session at Edge Hill. was tastcfully dressed
in white grenadinc, with emerald trimmings
and icwclrv to suit. She bore off laures to
her inviting home mt Fredericksburg, Va.
Miss Estelle Turncr-the lovelieSt, be-
witching little brunette i'll New Orleans
appeared in pink silk with muslin overskirt
and pearl necklace.
Miss Charlotte Macon, OF Albemarle, adj
: dcd charms TO the occasion with her bright
smiles and flowing speech, in lilac tarla-
| tan, mosS-roSc buds, and appropriate orna-
mcnt>.
Miss Annie Anderson, OF Richmond, ar
raycd beautifully in white silk and trailing
mystic love about the hearts OF I'LL D! hei
grace.
= Miss Sallic Lathrop, winsome, black
eyed beauty, was admirably attired i'll ca
; narv-colorcd silk, with black velvet trim
mlngs; diamond iewelry.
Miss Minnie Anderson, OF Savannah, Ca,
was becominSly dressed in Nlle-Sreen SILK,
, with exquisite margueritcS. Her merry,
winsomc laugh and tersely-Spokcn SEN
: fences pierced the hearts all around her ;
pearls.
, Miss Marguerite Randolph, OF Albemarle.
. fair representative OF her illuStriouS an
, ccstry, appeared in cnyious light IN blacH
silk, with white kilt plaitinGS and ostrich
; tips; diamond icwclrv.
; Miss Lizzie Swords, OF Richmond, taste
fully dressed in white tarlatan with gold
trimmings and long wreatls Of flowers
: much impressed the admiring bcauX that
l. sought her.
, Miss Mary Clark, OF Baltimore, was con-
; spicuouslv beautiful in blue silk with white
lace trimmings and iewclry to suit.
i Miss Champe Peyton, OF the Virginia Uni
A versity, in white tulc, with soft-blue rib
= bons and appropriate floral decorations, won
a host OF admirers.
q Miss Gertrude Pond, graduate from
: Edge Hill, and modest blonde OF sulrpass
G ing beauty, made lasting impressions in
4 delicate rosc-colored silk with pearl trim
c mings and iewelry.
:. Misses Annie and Olivia johnson, OF Rich
G mond, were tastefuly attred III buff ant
IS brown tarlatan beautifully blended, will
, ornaments to suit. Both were acknowl
g edged favOrltes.
Il Miss Virginia Randolph, OF Albemarle, il
i exquisite white tarlatan with lilac morning
le glories and attractive iewelry, gave bril-
/ liancy to the occasion by her piquancy.
,c Miss Peachie Staples, OF Richmond, il
70 white dotted muslin and floral trimmings
h was generally and specially admired ant
loved.
. Miss Violet Pace, OF Richmond, was beau
tiful in mink tarlatan with tilagree ieWelry
e and won By her attractive grace much al
p miration.
II Miss Sue Neal, OF Richmond, was Lowell.
y in white tarlatan with turquoise trimming
p and floral wreaths, with appropriate Jewel
!. nv: and her eyes made merry dance to the
# music OF her aptly spoken words.
T., Many other ladies OF the Surroundin:
h country were 1itly attired, and gave Srac
n to the occasion, but whose names the write
y could not get. But I will not fail to men
;, ton the presence OF Miss Rose Cabell, o
d Richmond Though mentioned last, not tn
e least in the writer's cstimatlon), the lover.
~ DrOtOtN0c OF an plutG SlSltE NSil lCulCiipCi
J. ed as the former belle and beauty OF Viz
ginia. She was neatly attired in whit
1t muslin, with Sarnette trimmings, flora
c wreaths, and pearl jewelry and is indeed
q an improved type OF Byronical Ideally
l. with truly the eyes Of sazcle.
- That win where they wander
- And dazzle where they dwell
e But sadly for the merry fairies, Auror
ROW creets them with the smiles OF ap
Is preaching morn, and the grand convoutio1
/ OF brilliant maZes must dissolve into part
4; inc bows, and away to mystic homes spec
Il the spirits Of the evening, only to remem
/ Der by retrospective dreams the gorseou
70 scene gone by. CASUAL.
q \ WOUNDED MAN IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE
e PosI1IoN.-Last week negro man, ALLEGED
to have been stealing Il ride" was throw
e from freight train OF the Chesapeake ant
= Ohio road while in motion. He fell unde
II the car, which ran over his ankle and GU
o his heel and the whole bottom OF his foo
& of. rendering him entirely helpless. ii
!. was placed in the engine-house and left t
Is the tender mcrcies Of chance. The citizen
is of Gordonsville are exempted from genera
6 road duty on the condition that the corpora
ton take care of its poor. We do not know
: whose :.poor'' this wounded negro may be
C but it is clearly the duty OF the authorize
here to see that he be provided with all tn