. Livre du bleu royal . son papier, avec le WINCHESTER, VIRGINIE. Véritable anneau de nos plus modernes conempleurs, est devenu un adversaire juré de son rival. La chivalerie de nos ancêtres est particulièrement mise en lumière par certains des annonces-vertisements dans ces papiers. Danser était le passe-temps le plus tendance. Chacun de ces articles contenait des annonces de minuets, d'allemands, de cotillons et de danses paysdes, pour être utilisé dans plusieurs des salles de bal publiques promi-nent. La première compagnie d'incendie à Winchestera été créée en 1787, composée de vol- des esclaves de couleur. Les anciens fichiers de thenewspapers cont

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. Book of the Royal blue . his paper, with the WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. true ring of our more modern contempor-aries, became a sworn adversary of its rival. The chivalry of our ancestors is particu-larly brought to light by some of the ad-vertisements in those papers. Dancing wasthe most fashionable pastime. Each ofthese papers contained advertisements ofminuets, allemands, cotillions and countrydances, to be lield at several of the promi-nent public ball-rooms. The first fire company in Winchesterwas established in 1787, composed of vol- of the colored slaves. The old files of thenewspapers contain many advertisementsoffering rewards for the return of certainpersons of Irish and Dutch descent, who, tired of their bondage, had run away. About the year 1800 Winchester had apopulation of nearly five thousand. Itboasted of several pretentious stores andchurch buildings, and the population werevain in their fine apparel of silk stockings, knee and shoe buckles, elegant silks andlaces and powdered wigs, and the people of. BATTLEFIELD OF OPEQUOX CKEEK, NEAR WINCHESTER. unteer firemen. The hostelries or tavernsof the town were very ostentatious and allof them followed the old English style inmanner of names. Among them were, TheHorse, The Black Horse, The GoldenBrook, and Winchester bid fair to becomeone of the most important cities of the newRepublic. A peculiar custom and law at that timewas in regard to the Indentured Service.This law permitted the actual slavery ofone white man to another, to say nothing the Shenandoah Valley, at large, set them-selves up as the aristocracy of the country.It is the pride of the descendants of Virginiaof the present day to point back to theirancestors as composing the First Familiesof Virginia. With the call for arms again in 1812, many of the veterans of 1775 buckled ontheir old uniforms and started again tothe front. Singularly enough a son ofthe famous Daniel Morgan led the volun-teers. WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA. After the War of ISl:^ and up t

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