The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
LOUISA COUNTY, COURT 1OUSE EEAeS

''clique!" When the capitals. court
house yillage) sovereigns were agreed
upon a man, some rural citizen would
sing out .'clIque!'' But 1t wns humor
and not malice. Tho old court day, the
general holiday meet and exchange day
that marked the coming together of nll
the people, was too firmly rooted an
Institution to pass away with the ELM
nation OF the county court system, and SO 4
y a market and exchange day now hold
f sway of the second Monday IN rach
month. stly 3a
All Louisa is agog over the country,s
coming gala day Auguat lIth, Ih ms d Gnd,
has been set apart as "Unvelling ana d ~
sa,ea day. e. the n nnyednie of
( III new courthouse. Elaborate prepa IA,
lions are In progress nd the occasion WI
be one Of great interest SIT, 70 t ssa thc
eoanty eG natye nov now ffesidns elsewhere:
pha w Is ron
delivering the Grafton and Judge ;st ID a. a.
Monument Association VIII ntori,n q Pr
sent the statue to the goodly old county.
Rev. John WIN. Jones, the peerless list TO-
Ran Iian Of the Confederacy and one Of the
o oGElaa mouisa str usn days
cali TO arms summoned these boys to
the front. In the afternoon the corner me- +,
stone Of the new building Gail oe mn i Is!
Aod i inSiot the New Gourthouses, 8 and the
long anS lnt' M h,s Weil.EnoWn
ability as a speaker, guarantees tnat ms
efforts will greatly enhance the pleasures
OF the day. a brassahand VIII pc. on name mans
TO make martial music. and several mn,
e {lry vii be Present inc hospltabe
people OF old Louisa viii pToytide q su r.
pretty sFoYTs1 1 fs'Msf'o9kS u }sf sSgn.
The monument has heretot ore !. been &c ~,
mnoniais. in that Instead of being q figure
mounted on pedestal or COVERING a. u shaes
and and the entire monument Is choice
specimen Of art. rejecting circuit upon me ne
officers Of tho Monument Associatlon
are Mrs. J. j. Porter, president; d MISS
Ellen Kent treasurer. MIS-, F' ny r n,nt
OF efforts OF Louisa's fair daughters OF
the Confederacy History has no brlghser
page than that which reG9rds th re- hs soyth.
land in the days that tried mems Souls.
and the loynl-hearted memorla llsm %
the same ken since 1.-THE cruel war - -
Louisa I': $ far-falned fortune. Although no
monument in stone or hroze has rs yet
been reared to honor the women OF the
Confederacy q more prld &C. Sst aI hnn Gn
Is thelrs--the love and veneratlon or tne
good and true Of every land and elmo
and age. ! ~ 4. . - -
the monumept unwilling, 1t should be
stated that the dust of So southern SOL
d,ers lies IN Oakland Cemetery ,at Louisa,
dicnted by hcad-hoards that marx NE
graves len are Vrgnlan,s ro fGmr Nofa
G 4iiE iMM iof PIi Lou1sA BLUES,
As the survivors Of the Louisa Blues,
Company .. Thirteenth Virginia ReGi-
iliTtth of August, over four score years
viii have passed since that memorable
day April II 1861 when the the company ANY
em6arlsd , for Liappe nae end MANI yhe
heart was saddened and many fearful
goodbye spoken, as the hoys boarded the ne
train for the front-7but there WAS MS mo
war war would be quickly oyer, but others
foresaw long years Of strife. Alas! Many
never returned to home, sweet home
and he' gsavetYh e are suas %are eaFy 10
lie front, being at the capture OF Har-
pers Ferry, Leaving Louisa, Courthouse
on the afternoon Of September y lSGl,
10 strasburg, and from that point march
cd TO Iarper's Ferry a distance OF eighr
teen miles. This company was known
as "''stnart's Foot cavalry 50 quickly
could they always move on march.
They were In Early's brigade' Mweils
Army ,rys' Of Northern Virginia, The record
OF this company for true-hearted loyalty,
bravery and endurance was prcbab not
exceled by that of any company IN me
Confederate army 80,
q on the 18th day of September, 1861. In
the battle between Generals Early aud
Sheridan near Winchester, almost = ne en-
William Jones. who was a member Of this