Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-01-29
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Tho boldaand -dalhing, hoeaemanship
displsyed ~ shsIs6be6 aanaG AShAys, By.
jackson, 81 vARg ManV7nd otlzee1who
were tho bldi19 spirits 81 the Confed-
crate caysy sGki6SS duih8t ihe latsi
war, excited ~ wosdeeA a.de admiration3
even OF thd en1e sAd developed thu
fact that t6lX1g9eR ~ 1144ie
the most adbDptiahed md fearless riders
on American Soa| =. = .''.S ~.
Turner ABBY, ths r6ewer3o8 the Vir-
ginis troopers, who was cut of In tho
prime Of maahood svas spe1hapsl the
finest type u coufaga and manly grace
In that bracG Of the Confederate serv-
Ice, and h31an111e itedaN 10. y synonym
for chivalt5 In tho south. Ara ,paop2e
the virgilAas are i1eeainsdl TO outdoor
life, to wh6m the grecds sof1 physical
culture co1ke as easy and are 20 Inherent
in them = their oanA chak1AG and
warm hearted 'hpsTitG6ty. Th4.i youth
Of the Old Dominion WHO can sit q sad
die In fox chase, couch . true lance in
. tournament and take . i've rail fence
IN q steeple race co1nands the respect
OF his fellows and holds . peiSr hen
upon the heart OF the fairest girl in his
neighborhood.
Nowhere I'm tho south today can DO
seen more spsandid, exhibitions OF the
bona hide ~ hatbe ole time nmAAs
ment and esoss country ridane thes1 Az
given by the inhabitants OF little town
called Wa1renton, In Piedmont, Va,
situated among tho foothills OF the Blue
Ridge range Of mountaansl n the midst
OF beautiful pastoral region, which y
chiefly devoted to stocks raising ana
largely inhabited by the F. +. VS. Of
the old regime and their descendants,
who have recovered from the tinaneiss
and social 5distresses occasioned by the
loss OF their Slaves. and are reviving
many OF those de'lghtfuI customs and
pass'mes which Formerly prevailed
among them and rendered's outhern he
20 unique ana enjoyable
HISTORIC sEoIie"
nero " was tnat A,sn1y ana ,MosDy
We're reared and had' thelr MONIES, ana
tne :ateer msoo Snis rornanae country
OF NIL ana dale. OF stream ADA WOOD
iano. tno scenes OF those darlns RAIDS
winch =" cr1pNsa tne nofhern forces
when operating III ehat section OF the
state, ana falned Tor him the sobrlquet
OF "guerrMia.
The battles OF Manassas and Bul! Run
wero fought only twenty miles Away,
where thefgallant 10Y soldier, Quincy
Mari wasfhe sittsf TO lose h's hfe,on
the Confederate nde> Mc'owsns
splendid army, l0,a0 strong camped
within the limits OF the pretty village
and were so touched hy tho nobility
of the women. whose tfmes had been
Appropriated and turnfG INTO hospitals,
that they lett its 4n'et precincts nm
harmed and its 'nhAbasants unn'o'estod'
1t Is not remarkable then that people
who before the war were fond OF the
chase and during tho four years and
more OF that bloody conflict literally
lived IN. tho sadd1e should be the riders
and marksmen that they are today and
have IL penchant for tho sports Of tho
field.
The summer in that country is tho
season for tournaments, which are con.
t,ncted with all, the poSap and military
,aock Of q joust In the days Of "Merrie
England" when chisslsy ha5 it, sent in
tho hearts OF men and inspired them to
0eods OF romantic valor.
Young unmarried mon only are quail
ned 10 enter the lists OF these tourna-
ments Tor the honor OF scseentng the
queen OF love ana beeeg They Is.
sumo titles TOR ~ shich are
SuRgesave OF n6h1osAn1aa1e~ snp.
posed to ride tor. the vo nsx Who reigns
over Their anectlaAs 3 ploat be 70
garded Us sposs1 ID
A PICTURESQUE SCENE.
The picturesque costumes OF the con-
testants, their gayly caparisoned steeds,
the silver tongued orator and his gran
eloquent charge toatghts, tho in
SEPARATION OF the fair spectators whose
hearts palpltate with expectancy. ~
bearing OH OF the vteeordous rine and
the old fashioned coeenataon baAthat
follows ut night, which opens with tho