The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-02

Tho Bow NJ the White sulphur.

The following extracts are from letters
written by Richmond boy to his parents
in Richmond:
When ii rains here we can not see the
mountains at all, | saw an artist up here
finishing up the portrait OF a girl. There
Is Spanish professor Of dancing here, he
wears silk nectie and his collar button Is
a circle OF about twenty diamonds. with a
large pearl in the middle. The ladies and
gentlemen play lawn tennis all the time,
Charlie Peyton SAYS that some one told him
that they were going to bring seventy five
race horses here. DR.. Talmages' daughters
dance evry night and play lawn tennis evry
day 1t Is wonder that that they don't get
tired.
killed snake yesterday with my gravel
shooter, he was near Mrs. Peyton's cot
tagc, he tried TO get away from us, but
we hit him with q rock so that he could
not.
My appetite Is very fine. Other evening
as 1 was about to charge into q saucer OF
huckleberries 1 found a fly in IL. 1t took
away my appetite. The bugs are always
around the electric light. About a bushel
get killed every night. / heard DR.. Tai
mage preach, his text was: "The statutes OF
the Lord are right" every one said it was
splendid. / am no Judge. Miss Lily
makes me go to church every Sunday night.
drink the sulphur water about three times
a day. sunday drank six glassed.
They will dance the German to-day at
eleven O'Clock, the children have the ball
room until nine o'clock, there are all ages
from four to sixteen. The gentlemen here
are mean as dogs, every night when we
[the boysl get a good seat in the ball room
they make Us give it up.
Ii is delightfully."- cool here, we are about
to have storm now, sometimes when it is
raining here the sun Is shining on the
mountains, then again you cannot see them
at all. Other day we found a young bird,
we took him and put him IN a bird cage.
stuck fly on broom straw and he ate
il, he afterwards ate twelve flies and two
grasshoppers, IN the evening he died.
Gen. X. +. Lees grandchildren are here.
Every boy up here has watch, nearly all
Of them are silver, mine keeps splendid
time. could not do without mine when
| go fishing. Gov. Matthews has bought
his children beautiful little spotted pony
and dog cart, the pony is not as tall a.
am. We have been over TO Dry Creek
several times. NY shoes do not hurt bit.
W = IdAl HOlllt ufNlitu tIdDS OliltI utl. l
was afraid 10 eat a whole one for fear
might get sick.
Tend my chickens ITO his motherl they
will certainly pay you. is the young rOOs-
ter's voice as melodOus a. Baby's. | knew
that grandma's pullet was laying. | said
so i'm my letter TO her. the next time you
catch that Satan OF hen eating any eggs
you take big stick and break ii across her
hasE T atforI 10 food har bi.rhls-
besides she will teach the other hens to do
L. The gardener over Dry Greek is very
kind. he said other day As we were eat
Ing green apples that he did not mind us
eating them but he was afraid they would
make us sick. he has got about fifty chick
ems. He must make great deal Of money
off the flowers for he sends basketful over
here every evening. There are plenty Of
birds here to shoot at but one thing | sadly
miss is cat The Talmages have LETT here
[2sthl. the White has about seven hum
dred and seventy visitors. seventy came
other day. One young lady here wears n
hat Just the size and shape Of a coal scuttle.
Evry evening the walters 20 back OF the
stables and play ball. T1e gentlemen have
a large foot ball. they play nearly all day.
Dry Creek is now being repaired. We are
gong 10 nave Il masquerade Dali soOn. l
learn that SIgnOr Hazazer charges five dol
lars for the Use Of his costumes for one
night. he has several beautiful pictures in
the ball room. one is an oil painting OF the
empty saddle, which you thought was so
pretty. the horses are not shaped very
well, but it is a beautiful picture. he has
some pictures that look like they are
painted on glass. Yous, aft, EVE.