Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11
The ldlsr WhlTlin6 Among The Pulltts
Of Allegheny Springs.
LIVING pIcTuRrs-rEN SKETCHES.
An Entertainment at Which Not An
Egg Was Thrown-Thc Prettiest OF
MANY prettx ruIIcts-Iugubrious
Chirps OF Lille while.
ALLrGHANY SPRINGS. VA.

are scratching up the lawn and oluckIng
20 The pulIAs. who are cackling in con-
tinuaI JOY. Everything is gay. The old
hens, sitting in the sunshine with their
feathers ruiIed in quiet enjoyment are
cheerful and COSBY. while the antique
male fowls are blatant en- politics ana
sound money. JuvenSe chicks are wiplng
their feet on the grass, and the "broliers
and "fry1ng- sizers" are making eyes az
each other Peace, happiness. and appe-
ti;e reign. Nought breaks the harmony
OF our feiiciteus hen-roost. and gal!!na-
cooes society l. at its gi5diest whirl. Next
week We shall fairly rcyci IN sport'yeness'
but OF that, more anon. for Wis-.J AAs
Puck said: Tho producer Of p9H4ttJ
should postpone the census u the JuFenhs
fowls until the period &c Incubation IS
fully accomplished" In other words, we
mustn't count the chickens before thy
are Matched. And so, In this letter. / shaii
look forward into cur past, l-nl with my
characteristic p-thC1. detail these tHih-s
which have already been spread upon the
minutes Of the Alligator $ rings. Incl
dentally, / shall throw few bouquets
at myself.
One Of the novelties OF the place last
week were the church services we held
IN tho tSll-ro0t1 Many venerable s-ln -
ATTENDED. They said they had never seen
anything. Ike nth fore. ani tcve reason
10 believe they spoke truly. Everything
went on smoothly. except the choir ana
organist 4 5sQker attcr novelties who
attended Informed me that q little frio-
ton vas produced when the OrgaDist
tried to coax the choir 70 sing From
CTeeniaad's 10y Mouatains' 70 a Rock
OF Ages" occor7fa Idnnent This difficulty
was quickly rec1Rc!!ei BY arbitration. and |
the music was prriucet b. ne sort Of !
patept-adtu st1ent plan. Fortunately, 81. /
Cecilia. vho he's been q al FOR savera! |
hundred years. was spared the aEgrava- !
ton OF hearing the hymn. OF course, |
bitches OF this sor, VIII occur. The vistst /
man viii sometimes mistake pepper sauce !
for Worcestershire. but whcn - tackles /
the soup containing tn juice " his er-
roneous decision he viii quickly become 1
repentant. !, even !. have erred. once .
] kicked an iuofeusive. pacnc-lO2klug /
dog. The next day / IWcAas-d new
trousers.
on course. We have mobile our local
talent 20 produce an entcrt.irpent ana
OF course It was u success. At ffrt WEE
contemplated the rendition ~ lic- Jar
ley's WaX-WoTks, which was lT3t given
In Noah's ARK but various ThiLlatatspists
decided that this wouldn't DO. I was E
have been Mrs, Jgr1ey. tut when I heard
about the unidentified hr.rity Of ny pet
ticoats and WHOM. nor over. ] reflected
upon tho slcinleFness ~ my limbs mot
legs. / rejected tie p,0G@r.d invitation
with blushng Indication. Ny father was
Justly inceused that zach proposition
should have been broachel 10 me. TO
make a long story as short as my skirts
would have been Pad J assumed the title |
role In the above tragedy. We decided 70 |
have Living Pictures alias Animated
ChromOs. Never have / seen a more
gorgeous entertainment and / have been
20 circus concerts. too. Everybody went.
Those who didn't went took part IN II.
and ! was not a bit surprised when IT
was announced in m awe1 whisper that
We had made 50. The thing commenced
with trigmUhai march by the whole ag-
gregation Of our Alligator Springs chicks,
who were dressed In Scottish costume,
with lots g red tape wrapped around
their iegs. DON'T believe In red tape,
but verify. ] have never seen Il applied
70 better advantage. Ny little stepping
STONES" acquitted themselves beautifully.
ono. 2S-yos know l always designate
them Numerically on account OF their
multitudnOusuess-rem me OF Rob
Roy, and NO. s. W. as good a Lochin-
var az you can hope 20 find outside Of
poetry.
But what shall ! say OF the animated
Chr0mos.' Who doomed UP when the star
spanglpd curtain was pushed aside. ana
the fun sheen Of the kerosene lamp flick
cred on thor faces. Really, positively
and seriously speaking. the pullets eX-
hb!tcd were az iine ana as pretty as
any I have ever seen, and / have fire.
quently made a study Of poultry at agrl-
cultural fairs. Some OF them looked
beautiful | will not state who. but your
Reporter can quote me as saying that |
some OF them were beautiful. How the
managers Of The affair could have fixed
things SO nicely considering the dry-goods
material avaiLlble. IS more than / can
see Really. the weaker sex are won
derful. especially when one considers how
weak they ara II Va didn't have 'em In
this world. l would forthwith make Il
motion 10 adjourn sine die But, TO re-
turn 20 he Living Pictures" and my
lucid, Vivid, and phosphofescent painting
thereof. OF course. the cockerels, who
had sweethearts IN the entertainment.
were Immensely interested They tapped
their wings with delight. and crowed when
their fav0rites were exhibited. Many bOu-
quets were tossed and al times tie APP
plause was "a great as when IN orss;Or
mentions Lee and Jackson, ana the in
usual. there were many old ROSTERS IN
baid-headel row. While It IS naturally
embarrassing for me 20 write my own
obituary notice, / feel II but Justice to
your readers that ! should TN them
how cunning" / looked az Cupid. and
how hens. rooaters. pune,s cockereis,
"brDilcr-A" frying-sizes ana chicks. all
united in bowling fheir appreciation Of
me. Not an egg was thrown Curing the
entire perfOrTn.HcA
see from the letter Of the correspond
ent Of thls charming resort. the Blue
Ridge. who kicks Ike a government mule
because the editor "blue-pancns" him.
that communication addressed 10 the
"prettiest girl" at the place has readed
his springs. We got similar lctter-a
letter addressed 20 The Prcttiest Pullet
at Allegheny Springs" Goodness me!
when the postmaster announccd the frct
never heard such "A cackling The old
Domin.cker hens the silver spaneled
Hamburg puyeis. ana inc brown I.oghorn
"fTying-slzers," tho Cocnln-Chlna breilers
and even the bantam chicks. were ali in
a futtcr and each one thought the letter
was for heT-especially those supers-
nuated pullets. who up 20 this time have
not succeeded IN getting q rooster 10
scratch Tor them For a time 1t looked
Ike we would have internccine warfare
here. and confusion was confoundcd. In
the midst OF all this chaos, a giant spirit.
Ike Thomas jefferson. arose and mst the
difficulty. He proposed that the eusstS at
the springs should exercise the universal
right OF suffrage by voting upon the
md tit4 tlfsl rraayattaF |