South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-08-25
Our Picnic.

| Saeioh W ueNotc 10 pleasure and rccrea-
ton during the hot summer months can
find no pleasantcr place to visit than
komney-ansling and cunning are ex.
celient and the sociability of our people
still deserve the far.famcd reputation of
"Old Virginia hospitality"
On Tuesday, August 22nd. at ''Pan.
cakes White Sulphur Spring" was as
semblcd the beauty and !chiyalry Of Old
Hampshire and her sister Counties. At
about . o'clock tie concoursc started
from town for the Spring. To Captain
Hess the praise is due for the team Of
six dappled greys which drew the Rom.
ney Cornet Band. and following them
carriages Of oil description and Knights
on horseback. Ten o'clock found us Mt
the Spring five miles above Romncy ut
q shady glen in full view of Brcakncck
and the mountains lying west, mention
cd by Porte-Crayon in Iarper's. After
some time devoted TO various amuse-
mcnts, among which was sociable hop,
! tho party repaired to bountiful repast
such as it is customary to have in the
Pancake settlement. After dinner while
the knights were preparing for the Tour.
nament, Mt the sound Of sweet music by
the Governor the platform was filed
with dancing pairs, who 80 conducted
themselves as to lead us to conclude
that if oil dances were directed with
such order and good feeling, there would
be little opposition to them.
Next came the Tournament at 3 O..
clock, thirteen Knights in riding Co.'S
tune commanded by Capt. Isaac Par
sons, rode gallantly in line and listened
TO the soul.stirring remarks Of Colonel
White.
The Queen, Miss Maggie Wilson, was
| crowned by tho knight OF Golden Star,
Andy Pancakc-Ncxt came Harry Van-
meter. the Knight of Hardy, with Miss
| Mary IIcisllcll rs LIST Maid OF Honor
Miss Jennie Daley was crowned End
Maid by T.. o. Wirgmsn. Knight of
Hampshire Guards-Will. Cunningham.
knight Of Brighter Days, crowned rs
3rd Maid Miss Edith Parsons-Miss
Jennie Parsons was crowned 4th Maid
by John Pancake, knight OF Hard Times
alias Crazy Horse. Mr.. Flournoy, in his
humorous style. made appropriate re-
marks at the coronation.
Our comfort was grati6cd-wc started
home about six o'clock, feeling that
should another chance occur we would
surely visit spot where there IS 80
much to please and so little to find fault
with.
10 Debt is prolific topic for writer's
ut all times. Horace Greeley advised
young men to avoid it "a they would n
plague. The man who believes in debt
and cites plenty OF men of genius who
run in debt is either silly enough to
suppose himself genius or to mistake
folly for genius. Men who write wise.
| ~ against running in debt may also,
like many other preachers. fail utterly
TO practice their own preaching. Thus,
| Lord Bacon wrote on the wisdom OF
business, and ran desperately in debt.
Men of genius nrc not always ninnics
in their expenditures, though we can
| recall thousands who arc, from Bacon
to Webster. Men OF genius may also
| be able, like Pitt and Webster, TO have
the most correct ideas Of public Gnan.
ces. and yet fail utterly in managing
their own affairs. Pitt received never
less than equal to $50, 900 year, some
times equal to $4,000, and died equal
TO 100000 in debt. Sheridan was an.
other spcndthrift. and spent all Of his
| first wife's fortune in six weeks, and
| tho fortune or his second wife in a few
months. Fox was n great gamcstcr,
and at one sitting OF twenty -four hours
lost equal TO $4,000. II is just this
kind Of genius which should have no
mitators, and which has proved the
misery of thousands of families and the
disho1or Of oil the men who indulge in
such personal extravaganza and plumber
of other peoples propcrty.-Er.
! FATAL DIsEAsE.-Thc Abingdon Tjr.
g'nion says that disease similar to
diphthcria is prevailing in the ncighbor-
hood Of Clear Fork, TazowolI county,
to an alarming extent. IL battles med
ical skill, and some fifteen deaths &C
Cured, mostly children.
t1'Thcrc is now 20 tho credit OF West
Virginia. at Washington, the sum of
| SIS, i05.l9. which can he drawn in arms
and CouiumCutq t,uon uutiicntioo ol