The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-28
sIRAGGLING sclNTlLLATIONs.
Rainy bay Re>crics of q Rambling Re
porter.

lsainy-Day Re,crics of a Rambling Re
porter.
The moon has changed. and when the
clouds roll by you will be able to see a
crecent moon. IT will be much the
same sort Of moon that mas been se' u
long before. She was called by cele'
brated pOetry-maker the pale. neon
slant moon In old times. sand an
old lady yesterday. whenever the
moon changed. the weather used 10
turn warm. now DAYS 1t IS ifeient:
the weather turns colder upon the
change of the NOON
The rain fell ut intervals all day long
Yesterday. gently at times. but at Others
i'm copiOus showers The ladies. for the
most part. kept within doors. 1t MIS- a
fine day to do SO. to keep close. read, OF
give attention to domestic matters That
had been neglected for some time. aud
following up the suggestiveness Of the
day-prepaIe for the winter campaign.
In some cases fires were kindiei, q
they really had cheerful look and
made things comfortable.
Some ladies brayed the weather. tut
on their stOrm-suits. went TO market
and did some shopping. BedraSgivd
csothing and damp feet was pant OF
the result of such outings.
Ii was also fine day for sora sho IT.
ing, and some sportsmon could 20:
Withstand the temptation, and went
a A. -, IA IA st
which is reported to have appeared III
certain localities. though very few OF
the birds nave rs yet been seen on the
market here. 10 few days, If this
weather continues. these mysterious
and palatabe birds will be found IA
great quantities, and the popping OF
shotguns on the marshes will sound
Ike the fusllade Of battalion OF IN
fantry.
1t is about this time of the year lard
Yesterday was a most excellent day for
i'll that the sportsman begins to hunt
ND his apparatus for the field, clean up
his gun, lay in his supply of winter and
fan ammunition, aud make such prepe-
rations for hunting rs may DO neces-
sary. There are a great many ksen
sportsmen in RichmOnd-mon who en-
Joy the burning of powder and the
bringing down Of game; and once
tbere was very good sport for them
within few miles of the city. But
that day has passed. The number OF
hunters. pot hunters and others. has
driven away the game or completely
killed it out. To enjoy a days sport
now one will have 80 so many miles
from the city and each year the game
is driven further back into the country.
One Of the neatest handlers of fowl
ing piece in the city is Mr. Thomas
Christian. The barrels Of his WInches-
ter rifle aud shotgun shine like the face
of a mirror. He uses a Winchester alto
gether. and can tell some very rich
uniting stories. He got of some Of
these few days ago in the presence "
Mr.. Samuel IL. Hawes, who subjected
Mr.. Christian TO a close cIoss-exsmlna-
ton for which he rendered the follow
ing apology You see, Christian. | am
little incredulous about hunting st0.
ries at this season Of the year"
The rain. the damp and cold rain,
had the affect Of driving away from the
gates OF the Capitol aud the street cor
nerr the Lazafones that daily are seen
in such localities. The poor We have
always with US. aud every true man
aud woman plies the condition OF ghe
blind. the halt and the lame, but it il "a
fact that there Is too much begging on
our streets. We have one OF the finest
almshouses in the South, well-regulated