Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-11
QUIET, BUT PLEASANT
A SLIGHT LULL IN THE GAYETIEs
AT ALLEGHANY SPRINGS.
FIRESIDE WIT GENERATED.
Turning Logs and Cool Weather Are
Responsible for This-Long-Dfs-
tnnce walks With Objective Points
in View.
Correspondence Of the Dispatch.)

ALLEGHANY SPRINGS, September 10.
This time of year at the Allegheny, II
not wildly gay, is certainly very pleasant.
AS many OF the summers guests are now
going away to take up the piece Of their
city life where they left Off wearing II
last spring, those still left behind gather
In the parlors and on the lawn more like
one large family than a crowd Of the
inmates of hotel. And departure is not
altogether the order Of the day. Guests
still continue to arrive, looking at first
as IL they had each one come by way Of
a keyhole, and then as the change and
waters benefit them, Frightening up till
you might think each one had just re-
ceived a legacy. In the past week tho
newcomers and the old inhabitants of
the Allegheny spent much Of their time
around the wood fires in the office and
reading-room, and ii was well worth
while being near TO hear some Of the
conversation that went on.
PRESIDE WIT.
Some one. some good authority says
that II IS easier to be brilliant before a
bright wood fire than before hole in the
floor called a register. or in any other
situation. Being one OF the brilliant kind,
he must know what are the most favor
able circumstances for the raising Of
wit and wisdom, and accordingly, as the
cold spell, with attendant fires, is to last
for some time we are expecting n con-
tinued feast Of reason and flow of soul
for the next week or more.
The fruit seems TO be quite fine here
this summer-fruit meaning peaches and
| watermelons. The watermelons and
peaches are az abundant as the pigs. The
darkies must have to brace up their hon
esty by frequent repetitions Of the eighth
| commandment The farmers about here,
| though, don't seem TO trust altogether 70
| the efficacy Of the commandment for the
! safety Of their fruit for in every water
melon patch stands a man with gun.
| In passing one Of these protected
| patches the other day, an old darby said:
| II never does lay my hands on a water
| melon that belongs to that man. jes
! winks at them"
| LONG-DISTANC9 WALKS.
One Of the occupations Of the Allegha-
| mans now is going on long walks. always
with an object in view. A favorlte aim
| is TO reach the top of mountain, and
so succeed in occupying the position of
that city that was set on a hill And re-
| Gently one party went a walking down
long mountain path TO find some apples
| The apples, when found, proved another
| illustration of the saying that prophet
| Is not without honor, save in his own
| country because those apples were Ger
tainly every inferior fruit" as the man
| said Of sweet-potato that he had eater
in too great hurry, while some others
| nearer home were very fine. Yet the mem
bers of that walking party declared thai
] they were fully rewarded for their Ions
walk after Ewes favorite fruit, since the
| fruit they discovered was the best they
had for many a long day.
Probably the best object for walk
the most generally useful object-wa
that chosen by one party of athletics
who started off down new path, sayin
that they were going out with the inten
ton of finding out where that path wen
to- Speaking Of paths, a lady stoppin
here the other day asked an "unsophisd
Gated" countryman, "Where does tn
path at the foot of the hill yonder go 20?
1T STAYS jess THAR"
The countryman scratched his hea
awhile. and then said. solemnly "Wel
| have lived here a long time, and 1t ain
gone nowheres yet. It's always stage
jes' thar"
The entertainments OF the past wee
have been chiefly informal card partie
and games In the bowling alley. Besides
brand Mrs. X. Il. Styll, of Petersburg
one evening gave fruit supper on IN
upper gallery of the hotel building. IN
| presence of a number of charming guest
and Of the sprightly hostess herself mad
| the entertainment a very pleasant one
| The guests were Mrs. Lloyd ana MIS-
PAYNE. Of Norfolk; Mrs. j. Herbert Clal
borne. of Petersburg; Miss Lucie Wat
son. Of Petersburg, and DR.. Tompkins, c
Roanoke, Va.
A WINE SUPPER.
| Another entertainment--a wine supper
was given Monday evening by one OF IN
very popular ladies here. Her guests Wer
Mrs. Lloyd. Mrs. r. It. Styll, Miss Payne
Miss Watson. DR.. Styll, Dr. Tompkin
Dr. A. S. Priddy, OF Keysville; Mrs. Ga
borne and Mrs. Lejeune, Of Portsmouth
Mr. T.. o. Zadek, Of New Orleans, Jolf
ed his wife here last week. Mrs. Zade
is one Of the most agreeable or the man
| agreeable women here and soon ate
his arrival h6 husbands popularlt
eaualled her own. He has an UNUSUAL
fine tenor voice, which some years az
| made him a leading member In one or IN
best-known amateur opera CLUBS Oh IN
country.
Among the Virginians registered fC
this week are Mrs. p. ID. Calhoun
Lynchburg, Va; Mr.. ]. 7. Ergleb, Roi
noke, Va. Mr.. J. T.. Peck, Jr., Logan, "
Va; Mr. David Chalmers, Danyille, va
Mr.. III. G. Davis. Roanoke. Va; DIR. a.
Priddy, Keysville, Va; George W. Gavol
Virginia; Mr.. C. II. wilkins; Lynchbur
va; MIR. c. b. Turner, Isle Of Wigi
county. Va; Mr. s. NJ. Lloyd and Mr.. v
II. Payne. Norfolk. Va; Mr. ID. w. Ia!
Tor. washington, d. c.; Mrs. sheppar
Richmond, Va; Mrs. Fry, washington
d. c., and Mrs. Garnett, Madison count
Va.