National Republican., 1882-08-11
OLD VIRGINNY." "
oRAPHIcALiTIEs FROM "THE PET.n
An Interesting Letter From the Vicinity OF the
Last Resting Place Of Thomas Jefferson
Tho Liberal uoyement-A Circus
and lis Surroundings.
Special Correspondence of THE nrpunr1cAN

Special Correspondence of THE REPUBLICAN.
NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Aug. S.-1he per-
son who once remarked THE rain, II raineth
every day" must have first seen the light some-
where in this immediate neghborhood. Nature
was dsmally lugubrious all last week. and her
lachrymose deposit has caused the country to as
sumo the appearance and consistency of huge
mud pic BY the way, there may be the germ in
that remark of new theory, that will knock eyo-
luton higher than the aspirations of newly
fedged politician. This vale of tears mny be one
Of the playthings of the Celestial kids who gambol
on the green in the The Elysian Fields" Ask
Mr.. Marble 10 issue n caveot regarding the dis
covcry. Next TO woman's suffrage convention
the most heart-rendiug thing in the universe Is
THE COUNTRY DURING RAINY WEATHER.
Mark Tapley might have considered Il nn ex-
tremcly jolly thing, and Neal Dow, with his pas.
sonnte regard for II o, might revcl i'll j., but
yours truly is firmly convinced that even High;
land Scoichman would have committed mortal
sins If he had resided in Albcmarle County, Nir-
ginia, last week. Yesterday and to-day, however,
have been blight and c'enr, and gave your scribe
an opportunity to study the quaint ceceiitriciies
of The muscular mortals who I'LL the he ds, Yes
tcrday was court duy, the day upon which every
farmer goes to town 10 trade horses talk politics,
and consume vast quantities of cheering lnds.
As 10 politics. there Is very little to say. Parson
Massey will undoubtedly be relegaed TO the calm
scqucstcrcd gladcs of private life, and John Pnuls
denomination aud reelection arc certoin. The
latter gentleman Is very popular, aud made q
stirring spcecn ut the courthouse Yesterday, full
of trilc tru his and blistliEg with points. His &C;
tiOn in Congress, which gained such material
advantages fnr the PSEpod os ng" ~ & e1 spnor nrs
nearly all the prominent men in this district, VINO
have become cternally
DisGusTED WITH THE BouRBoNs
and their tactics, and the others will certainly
follow before election day. The residents Of TINS
section, as far rs your correspondent eau learl
thoroughly recognize the fact that the Lbernl
party Lave thrown the rotten political fabric o
The Old Dominion into the sewer and have re-
placed 1t with n system that means eycr-increas.
ing Prosperity and wealth. The Readjusiers
should be more titly called the ReJuYentoTs
VINO tine Bourbons will nominate against Paul is
an open question, although the sentiment on this
lawyer, of this county. His rarticu ar quaiiica-
tions are unknown, a. he has never been promi-
ncnt in politics. Woods is young and handsome
but he will never jump up anh yell, -" Mr.
Speaker" in this decade anyhow. IT'S sad to see
young mans ambition blasted ht one iell
swoop,' but the word wags that way. To-day, TO
drop politics, is show day.
THE GREATEST OF ALL DAYS
in the country. circus exhibits this afternoon,
and every road leading into ChallOlte>flile Is
crowded with people, all intent OH seeing the snow
As an actual TACT, some of them have walked as
far as twenty miles, aud II more amusing coigre-
cation of humans never met these JOURNALISTIC
orbs. Farmers, with their entire tnmliles, down
in their Sunday go to- meeting clothes: Deautln
bellies, surrounded by blushing cavaliers, mud
dusky Dinahs, showing delight in the CLEAN OF
their shining teeth--Ull are Lere, II huge, good
naturcd thrung of nristOcrlts ami plebeians bent
on enjoyment, and getting it. For the greater por
ton OF them the circus TOR show, as II is univer-
sally called here, Is the one excitement OF the
year. They look forward to show dIy as the
school boys look for vacation. They carefully
husband their little stores OF money i'll order to be
momentury miillonaircS OH the great occasion.
Gowns of antique pattern ana unkn9wn age are
carefully Withdrawn from their hiding places,
and fOndly brushed until they renew
LITTLE OF THEIR FORMER spLENDoR;
trowscrs, which have come down as heirlComs
through dusty decades are donned with proud
delight on the eveniiul morning, and the lame,
the blind and the healthy, the firh and the poor,
the meniul and the master make their way town
wards. They may be tired aud worn out when
dream of the show, and for weeks it will be the
joyful topic of conversation. Every ancient
tlirendbaie joke of the clown will be repeated
amid laughs and outlaws; every antc of the trick
mules will be fondly remembered. The lions, ele-
phNnts. tigers, and hycnas will he diurnally eX-
| pitiacd upon, aud every boy in the country Will
| for The next six weeks The best things your Cor
respondent saw III Charlottesville to-day, how.
| hcmarle of the higher classes are nearly nl
| handsome with grand, even elegant, figures and
eyes, whose giauccs would make perdition para
| disc. Their waists are tortured into no unsyinne-
| trical smallness by French corsctS;
THEIR SMALL AND sHAPELY FEET
need no high hceled shoes to make them fScinat-
ing, and there is happy lack of huge Glisles and
| that fluffy stuff u woman gcneyaEty wears around
her neck all day to give her q cold when she
takes it off at night. They are withal smart
animated, and interesting, and dance like old
Tcrpsichore herself Bless their dear hearts, they
have made Nmultitudinuus mash on slender
| young pencil pusher who is agonized because he
fds not the graces of Jesse Sarvis to ascnate the
| girls, the wealth of W. II. Vanderbilt to make
| them comfortable, and II Mormon's disregard o
monogamy to marry them all. Albemarle mer
| ore fine fellows, too. Most every one of them car
res very singular article which Is known bylh'
| giggling appellation of "tckler" uskler il
not so ieariully or wonderfully made as william
| Dickson, nor as fierce-looking as Thomas Ochi
| tree, but it is imbuei with all the
GOOD NATURE AND CoEvIvIAIITY OF BOTH
1t Is made of glass and is about five inches i,
length by four in breadth and is in shape a sawed
off oval. There is All eXcreScence of glass upul
the sawed of end in which Is placed cork. Th'
| withdrawal of this cork gives the possessor Of
tckler the most exquisite delight. The tickle
when placed in the pocket is usually full of {
liquor that is called straight" because It make
n man walk crooked. Whcn the ticker is empt!
many empty ticklers around Charlottesville las
night. This morning your correspondent met al
elderly seedy man, whose general appearance IN
dicated poverty and iickler. He didn't smell Il
the reflection that he was
ONE OF THE DECAYED ARIsTocRAcY,
and the scribe remarked: How is Malone get
ting alone in this country, ,sir?"
gusted reply. "Good God, sab, gettin along He
a gettin' along ez fast as two lightnin' expires
| trains"
he slowly walked of with his wrath and his aroma
To- morrow-but to- morrow it will probably rain
1--WE will see about to- morrow" said Uncle lsaa
sOlemny; I'VE will see about morrow day aite
| Tomorrow" THE PET.
Death of Charles A. Stefson.
Charles A. Stetson, jr, the hotel proprietor, die,