Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-13
Letter from Orkney Springs

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Letter from Orkney Springs
| Correspondence Of tho Alexandria Gazette.
ORKNEY SPRINGS, Va, Aug, 9, lSII.---thc
tournament at this place yesterday was one OF
the most brilliant and successful affairs OF the
season. About three hundred persons plrlcl,
dated in the festivities Of the dag, which we're in
the highest degree gratifying to all. nothing
whatever occurring to mar the galclg and en-
joyment appropriate 10 the OCCASION. The States
of Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, lnaiana, Ken
tuckp, Tennessee, Maryland aud Virginia were
wcllrepresened among the Attendance. Learned
iurists. eminent dvinea and sEiiIful physician:
were to be found in the crowd Of spectators.
The Young men vino entered Tue lists to con
tend for the prize were nearly all residents 81
the Valley OF VirgInla--a region which boasts
foe riders-and had been trained to horseback
exercises from their earliest youth. They Ell
rode we'll and did themselves high honor in the
contest of the day. But the great feature OF
attraction and admiration Vas the crowd OF bril-
| liant Young ladies who, with their hashlog eyes
and smiling lips, their graceful forms, beautl
! full features and elegant costumes, displayed q
superb array of female loneliness, which dazzed
the beholder. Long will the spells OF their
grace and beauty be felt by many Of those
| whose lot il was TO come within the magic Grcle
of their attraction
spells Of such force Do wizard grave
Ere framed 10 dark Thepaliau cave,
| Though his could drain llie ocean dry
And force the planets from the sky.
Major ". j. Richards, Of the Indianapolis
| News, delivered the charge to the kplghts 10
an admirable address, which, though brief was
appropriate aud handsome, and the city OF La
idlanapolis and State Of lndana had just reason
to be proud of the gifted son who represented
them with 80 much ability and eloluenco upon
the soil of the Old Dominion.
MIR. Morgan Moore. Of Shenandoah couaty,
Va, and Knight Of Idewild, az the victor in
the tournament, crowned Miss Mary McFalls
of Washington city, Queen of Love and Beauty;
MIR. VIM. Siberi, of Rockingham county, Va.
and Knight IF Rockingham, selected Miss
Viola Gordon, of Indianapolis, Ia., as First
Maid of Honor Mr. j. s. Bradley OF Rhode
Island, Knight OF Calvin Hill, designated Mis-:
Katie Heatop, OF Clalks county, Va, Second
Maid of Honor.
At night 10 the large bail room, brilliantly H.
Illuminated and tastelully decorated for the oc'
casion, the Rev. Julian f. GrammeT, deliver.
ed the coronation address, of which ii would
be difficult 10 say too much in cOnlnlenuatlOn
1t was admirably conceived, delivered with the
case and self possession OF the accomplished
orator, aboundcl with ielic;tous quotations
from the Eoglish poets aud was greeted with
rapurous applause by the reLiacd and delighted
audience.
Attic close OF the coronation ceremOnlcS,a live
~ dance commencad which was kept up With
spirit unti the next morning, when the gay
crowd dispersed and retired to seek. in the
arms OF
mature sW3c. re5tortr,
tho reposo which their active pariicip atlon 10
the pleasures of the preceding day and night
rendered so essential.
Miss Mary DIcEals, 0? Washington city,
whose good fortune i! WAS to be crowned laeeo
Of Love and Beauty, was cnlnently worthy Of
the distinguished honor. She is 2 youog lady
Of not more than sixteen or seventeen years 0!
age whose rare beauty, winning sweet Dess and
modest demeaGor must command universal al
miration and esteem, and take all hearts willing
captiyes. 1t is as true OF her as Of Ellen Doug.
las in the Lady of the Lake, that
Never did Grccian chisel trace
| A nyn phi, naiad or grace
OF finer form or lovelicr face.
and surely never lighted on this orb, she
hardly seems 10 tOucb,a more delightful vision.
with every joy and pleasure gay,
May all her hours roll swift along,
And life 10 beauty glide away
Like the rich cadence Of q song.
| MAY Friendship shed its gentle rays
TO mako the path before her bright,
| And Love serenely gid her days
With more rich and brilliant light.
According TO present indications the season
at Orkney, though late, will be full and pros
porous The management gives general salts
| faction. The mineral waters cannot be surpassed.
The rates of board have recently been consider
ably reduced. l do not believe there is another
summer resort 10 Virginia which offers both
to invslids and pleasure seekers attractions 10
all respects equal to those which Orkney pre-
sents.
Among the visitors now here mention the
following Miss NJ. +. Eby, Miss 0. Go!lbart,
Mr.. r.. B. Gordon and lady, Chas. G. Wight
and lady, B. f. Cootis and lady, John A:
Thomas wife and child, Dr. }. r. Page and
family, Miss r. Barrett, Baltimore, Md; Mr..
Nj. E. Eveletb, Miss Mary Eveleth, Mrs. W..
R. Woslow, Master Eveleth Winslow, Mrs.
Lou hlcta5, MISS Mary mcE ans, VII. Dluce
Metals, Mr. Philip A. Tracy, Miss A. Tracy,
+. G. Beckwilh and daughter, y. 7. Garnctt,
Washington city; Gen. Robf. b. Patterson,
Miss NJ. II. Patterson. ". A. Hopkins, PhlIa.
delpbia; Mrs. Judge Neale, Col. VIM. A.
Stuart. Noble Lindsey, Alexandra, Va; Mrs.
VIM. Palmer, Mrs SalIie f. Palmer, Miss
Emma Palmer, Mrs. Fl. a. Wise, jr., and son.
Richmond, Va; MIR. Charles $. Almond and
lady, Miss V. A. CroeI, Norfolk, Va; Robert
Prout and lady, Miss NJ. Gray, Maryland; Gen.
w. w. Voolfolk, Louisville, Ky; Mrs Dr.
]. R. BUST, Nashville, Tenn. Z.
John Mccain, captain Of q boat, who lives on
the canal few miles below Sir Johns run, had
his leg smputated Friday at the thigh on ac-
count of scrofolous rheumatism resulting from
| exposure.
How can have clear and brilliant com.
plexion? Simply by using DIR. Bulls Blood
Mixture and observing the rules Of health.
DIED.
In Washington. on Friday, Aug. 10. Of chol-
era infsntum, ROSE, youngest son of A. NJ. and
Rosa VI. Tubmsn.