The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-03-08

'A>soA"Yo %ooo' r D S..r. y > =, h!l
T. w, Irwin to o. Patrick, 65l
acres in ,towhship no. 8; tohsiderd.
tion, $4,000. ,:,
. Arch. I'D. Hamilton to county com
missionefs of Fairfield, / acre :n
tow,iship no. }; consideration, $25.
Ellen Cathcart to H. L. Elliott, s
acres ill., the,t town of Winnsboro; con
sidorGtion, $3.50.
Saml.. Cathcart 70 John G. Mobley
portion of lotno. II i'll the town of
Winns6oro consideration, $500.
james A.. Simpson to Israel
Hoyne, 200 acres in township no. 7,
consideration, $3.50. H..,. .,.
THE TouRNAMENr.-Tho anticipa.
tions. Of everybody Interested in the
tournament on Thursday last were
fully .realized. It,was ut first feared
that tho weather %otlld be disagree
able, The shower which set in on
the evening before had all the up
1cara'ices of " slow, lingering, con-
tinuous winter rain, and maliy hopes
were doubtless darluned'by the I'M
promising signs. ,Btit Th httrstlay
morning dawned bright, and by
ten o clock there worc few clouds to
be seen. ....
. The knights, tw ehty iiya in num-
bers? asscmbled,' acc9rding to tho
Programme, near tho A seociuto Re
formed church, and proceeded in
coltinn to the fitting ground, being
joined at the Courthouse, by tho
Citizens Silver Cornet Band. The
procof'sion presented very hand.
soma and pleasing appcarai;co.; ,fhc
costumes of the several ,icnights
were all in good taste, II cat md
attractive. The Centennial ls.1iislt,
who brought up the rear, Attracted
much comment and WAS tho sourcc
OF much amusement. Mounted
upon M antiquatel but very active
donkey, attired in costume which
was at once unique and comicai
with flowing white board anil tall
white hat, II black cotton umbrella
gracefully clasped under his arm,
he rode along us ono reared in the
y&ry homo itself of chivalry and
gallantry.: I'VE have been mt some
pains to learn the pedigree of tho
animal, and find that le is of aristo-
cratic origin: and just ono hundred
years old on hrst. Waafiiigtnn' q
Birthday. The umhrclla is aa;5
to have been used by Washington
whan he crossed the Delaware and,
the hat by Patrick Henry just
after he delivered his famous speech
III which he uttered his patriotic
sentence, "Givo INC Liberty, or givo
me Death !"
Arrived at the ground, it took but
little time for tho knights to make
ready for the tilt. NIcssrs.: W. NI
Dwight, w. D. Aiken md u. II.
Flenmken acted as Judges. The
herald SOON called to his lance the
first on tho list, the Duke of Bir-
mingham, who acquitted himself
handsomely, taking all threo rings
The knights srlccessiyely went
through similarly, with varied sue
ccss--taking from ono to three
rings each. The Centennial Knight
took his turn, of course, and worry
deftly took all the rings with his
umbrella, but WAS ruled out for not
making the run in the time prc
scribcd-cight seconds. The report
CT Of the News and HERALD succeed
CO., by an improved process patent
applied for), in noting to tho frac-
ton of second the timo consumed
by tho old man it was Just ono
hundred and forty-four and nine
teen-twentieths seconds. Being
ruled out on this run, the Centennial
Indignantly declined to run any fur,
thcr. The tlltihg went through the
three rounds agreed upon, AMI lit
was then found that the Duke of
Birmingham, tho Knight of the
Lonc Star, Rob Boy and the Knight
of BlackstocS had each takon eight
rings, and a new contest between
them WAS necessary This resulted
in the Duke winning the first prize,
Lone Star the second, Blackstock
the third and Rob roy the fourth
The prizes consisted OF four very
handsome silver cups, varying in
sizo sod finish with the mort Of the
winner. The prizo for horsomans,,ip,
q fine bride, WAS awasd8d by the