Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-12
MOLLY COT TON TAILS
ARE NOW EXERCISING TEE At EN-
TON OF scoTTSvILLE URCHINs.
GETTING THE TRAPS READY.
What a Snndny-Schoo1 Boy Said In
Reply to ouestion-A Pet Butter
fly md Its Diet-General News.

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cial)-Once-this5s a true story-there was
! a lone boy. who attended a boarding
school full Of girls On Sunday after
Moons. as is the custom at such institu-
| TONS there was Bible class. The gray
haired professor. with eyeglasses perched
on the end of his nose, would expound the
scriptures to a horseshoe of young misses,
whose thoughts. as q rule, Strayed far
from the lesson. The boy mentioned
formed one Of the heels of the horseshoe
One afternoon the lesson CHANGED to be
the Parable Of the Vineyard All the
questions in regard to the three SER
wants were answered satisfactorily, but
when the climax was reached, not. one
young lady could remember what the
husbandmen said on seeing the son ap-
proach The boy, at his end of the semi
circle. was the last one to be reached.
Can you tell me-" asked the professor, in
despair, what these wicked men said?''
Yes, sir" answered the young gentle
man, excitedly, ''yonder comes the hyar
(hare). Let's kill him"
And that is what many of the little bows
in this neighborhood are getting ready to
do. When hammer and saw, board and
nails, and bit Of apple or onion have
done their work. there will be fewer "old
hTars' left to scan1per so blithe1y over
brier patch or through back garden
fences.
A PET BUTTERFLY.
People have all sorts of queer pets, but
the newest one in this neighborhood is
pet butterfly: Some of the pupils at the
Graded School gave a lady of Scottsyille
a beautiful chrysalis a week or two ago,
about an inch long, delicate green in
color, and closely resembling the bud Of
a carnation in shape and tint. A chain
of tiny gold beads extended half way
around the larger end. The lady placed it
on the sideboard in her dining-room,
where it was warm, in a glass cup, so
that 1t could be seen on all sides, and
awaited developments. Between 8 and 10
o'clock one night it split open, and few
mornings ago. lie Papillon'. had burst
his bonds, leaving nothing but trans
parent film behind, and emerged in all
its gorgeous array of orange and black,
with his body and the edges of his wings
thlckly studded with white dots He was
too weak to fly at first, SO was placed on
the curtain of a south windew, where he
could take a sun-hath. For several DAYS
he was fed by the ladies of the household.
his favorite bill of fare being morning
glories, nasturtiums, and cosmos When
eating, he would use his bill. no longer
than a fine black silk thread, and when
blossoms, would curl it up like grape
tendril under his chin He would some
times cling to a neck ribbon or some
part of the dress. Fearing he might die
In close confinement. he was put out on a
cosmos plant and has not been seen since.
The weather is delightfully."- cool now,
and fires are quite the fashion.
GL1TTERING GENERALITITEs.
The meeting at the Methodist church
closed on Tuesday night.
Mrs. c. Fenton Day is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas S. Martin, at
"Schotlands"
Mr.. Will Lewis, of Nelson, is boarding
at the home of Mrs. C. B. Harris, and
attending the Scottsville Granded School
Miss Margaret Leckie left last Monday
to teach near Savannah, Ga.
Mr.. Frank and family will reach here
on Tuesday, and will board with Mr..
Randolph Peasants for several weeks,
while the house which they expect to &C.
cupy is being repaired.
Mrs James P. Holiday, who has been
visiting her mother md sisters here, has
returned to her home at Lewiston, Spot
sylvania county.
Mrs T. S. Martin and her mother were
in Scottsvil1e Tuesday.
Mr.. Dan Lewis is boarding at Mrs. A.
P. Bowles's and attending school here
L. L. Edwards. Esmont; M. H. Watson,
Chicago; F. I. Greeber, Lynchburg: J. T.
Lloyd, Arvonia; A. B. Ballard, Lynch
burg; c. R. Odor, Lynchburg; G. M.
Wigington, Lynchburg; H T. Baker,
Richmond; have been at the Home Hotel
this week.
Mr.. T. W. Heath has been awarded the
contract to put plumbing through the
house Of Captain Cleland. near here.
Mr.. D. H. Pitts visited his relatives here
this week.
Mrs. r. I. Wade and daughter, Emilie
who have been summering here, leave for
their home in Richmond Friday.
Miss Bessie HILL who is teaching at Mrs
D. A. Langhorne's spent last Saturday
and Sunday at home.
Mr.. r. I. Wade spent last Sunday here
Mr. L. T. Hit and wife have located
here permanently, and will live in the cot
tage near Belle Haven"
Mrs. a P. Bowles expects her sister |
in-law, Miss Bowles. from Fluvanna, to
visit her shortly.
Reeds circuH will be here on the 18th
with his horse stsd dog show, and win re-
main a day and night.
Mrs. D. P. Powers and Mrs A. G. Bell !
will visit Richmond Next week
Messrs. Frank Parkinson and William |
Moon will conduct a livery stable here |
soon. |
Miss Annie Dunn will be at Mrs. J. c.
Hills on Saturday.
Mr.. j. Taylor Morris was In town on
Thursday.