Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-28

past is subsiding at last Only a few
scattered cases are left now, and these
will probably be cured by January lsS
String, paper, paste-board and wooden
boXes-the only remedies administered
have been at a premium in country
houses.
Christmas-cve was bitterly cold here.
y light fall of snow during the night and
a clear sky with a crescent moon. made
an ideal Christmas morning. There was
the usual blowing of horns and explosion
OF terpedoes on stairways to anluse the
young and pranky members OF house
holds There were some family gather
ings and fireworks at night, but the day
passed III comparative quiet, and now it
is over and one is ready for something
else.
BEAUTIFUL SIGHT IN THE SKY.
The condition Of the atmosphere and
the position of the sun relative to a
cloud on Thursday afternoon, made q
pretty spectacle in the heavens In the
southwest was a vertical rainbow with
the violet edge towards the south. ana
the yellow orange and red growing quite
brilliant for a few moments. 1t remained.
in the sky about quarter OF an hour
altogether, widening at the top, and at
one time shooting Nout long horizontal
streak of yellow towards the south. The
sun was nearing the horizon and the
rainbow had the appearance of Il second
sunset. AS the sun Went down, it too.
gradually paIed and died out.
\ gentleman of Buckingham, after en-
joying an egg-rog one day this week,
repaired to his ice-house and there found
q strange reptile. Said he 1T was like
q lizard-only larger--and striped, with
a mouth as big as the end Of Your finger.
1t had four feet, the front ones having
five toes, and the hind ones four. I stuck
a pitch-forl1 through him, put a. rock
on him, and left him over night, but
next morning what was my surprise t.
find him still alive. Some scottsville
whiskey finished him. however. It fits
where others fail. He must have come
up from warmer Cline to cool his
head"
On Thursday night mink in Para
disc" cut the head off Of a chicken and
was shot at three times, before he was
killed.
There was no insurance on Brown Cot
tage, which was burned on Tuesday
night. The property was part Of the es
tate owned by the late Mrs. ]. a. Doll :.
"A TRIO OF GLOBE-TROTTERS.
On Christmas Day, so dear to the heart
of the Ensiishman, in whatever part O:
the globe he may be, there gathered
around the hospitab!e board OF NJ:
Frank Parkinson at this place thres
wandering Britons, including the host
Messrs. NJ. r. Best, and j. v. Pereria,
being the other two-making a trio of
expatriates from the mother country. One
had lived in Vancouver Island, San Fran
cisco. and Kansas; another had visited
ali tho northern ports of Europe. been
il every portion of the United Kingdom,
travelled in Canada and been in every
State of the Union. Between them they
had crossed the Atlantic over nifty times,
and finally drifted to the heaven of rest
-Scottsville. Mrs. Parkinson. the hos
tess, and Mrs. j. Y. Pereria, were also
present.
Master Devereny Lanshorne. who has
been guest at General Hills, has re-
turned to his home in Lynchburs.
Messrs. Walker Giln1er and James Dor
rier are at home for the holidays from
Esgieston Springs.
Miss Carietta Tomplsins left on Tues
day for Richmond to visit her sister,
Mrs. Samuel Tompkins.
Miss Bowles. Of Fluvanna, who has
beer, the guest Of her brother. Or. a. e.
Bowles, has returned home on account
OF illness ID the family.
DR.. Alfred Pinkerton, Of Covesville. has