The herald., 1837-03-02
BALL.

city:
Wf BALL.
as sn-yoa and your partser are res
ss. pectslly is,ited 10 attend BALL, TO 10
held at the house of Patrick nj hanus,
No 30 Orange street. THURSDAY
EVENING On the and March. 1887, fsrthe
hcseftof BERNARD PLUNKET.
Managers.
owen Reilly John McAIanus
Richard ou ems John Shannon
John MLoughlin, Printer, 60 CsatrestrseL ,It.
This card has already created nconsiderable
emotion in every kitchen in town, and, like sapient
being, as we are, tracing things from to effect
we meditated upon the forthcoming bali unil our
fancy invested it with papable reality, and, as we
were musing in our chair acted before the proceed
ings Of an affair yet locked in the womb of time
We give the vision as we saw it.
An humble apartment contained three persOns-a
man, woman and child They spoke thus
80 Jim, now, we're going to Orange street."
"Ye may say that"
Thin yen jist give me green ribbon"
Faith ye shall be decorated. . Jenny darlint, jst
put bit of patch into the safe Of the garmin, that
Its daylight Until it, and I'll go and git pair of
pumps"
Jlm dear, don't be after buying them there bits
O things whats no good no how; don'i ye remember
how We kicked them of last slime, and lost the odd
one? Besides, if the Murphys the PatricSs, the Roo
neys, the Ftzses should kick up shiady yer
feet will be soft as the chders hand. Buy SEN
sble pair, what II dsnd you and lave its mark be-
hind"
80 ye angs ye spike like priest, bless ys:'
"And Jim, don't forget the cliders shoes, for ho-
nor of the masser that bears the saints name"
"What s the saint?" chimed in a voice from the
childsr in question.
"Thunder and turf! Is hat tbs way we eddicatethe
darint, and tache il polite minners2 Come here, ye
bonn devil, I'll tell ye all about Sk Patrick Tnke
drap Of the crater-,here-"
'Jim ye II choke the by
"Divil bit now. drink il up, every drap-there
sly--now ye know alA about sa Patrick, and as much
as yer father"
Away went Jim ts get tlIs adomments. Jenny
took the unmcniionahie garment, and the prettiest
piece of patch work flied spthe rent. If the
piece hadnot been Of different color, no body would
have known the difference. TIE chikaer, drunk
pig from. the Cow of knowledge had imbshed Of the
saint, rolled on the floor
The scene became ind stnct; end thea thousand
scenes AXE tise dissoving views Of the phantasma--
gsria, rose befsrs me. III the persons within them
were preparing 6Dr the ball Some lad ncscosts, some
new vests, some new gowns, some now ribbons
whilst some had new drcascs-all new, from top to-
bottom Itwas n strange sight Inendn,g, making,
buying and fitting.
This parsed away. and then Orange strsss uprosal
before
The stres. was sIled win the very perssas l hads
seen before-a she coors+of the rainbow decorated
Ihem Asfar as yaesy goas, they bsre the palm from
all the entm,ainmen,s of fasaiOn. One of the CONF
aany in thepsocessson said aidsomehing-Idd not hear
it-but il mus, have been rdsvelstsgood hing for
laugh long and lsad rewarded it.
Ye gods what q laugh! Meme Of your mere titeIsy
but down right earnest, Jolly, has! hs ha! taken
up by the wh0e-pezl aftox peal-unnlevnry piece Of
orockery, wihn,h three stree 81 tnmbe the shelves.
This passed. and then 'sas. by sone nsgic, in the
nom itself-convcrsation nat my esvs, cried
mike, by ths powers, Lhavcn't seen. pe since to-
a drop"
"Here's t'ye-may ye live ill yc die and sia
that"
"The same Z ys, Mke-saere d yo keep7 dye I've
IN that hoass thaa was burned down, siiglr'
"Och tosbe ssre-Moll, said shsd wait all t irad
20, up agns fos she nvcr he'd lveshnt in that house
since she Rim the coun,ry, and she nSer would if
it were bssned down rer so often"
"Ho, here's s,slhvan When did ye aome?'
aOch, hy de powers, when the Tennessee b,ought
me"
"Anahow s all in BallyporecnT'
aTo BIZ sure it's mighty change in that same
there's cid Ftz you know, he was hat In the head by
big blaskgusrd Of stone at the fair; poor fclowi he
died, md we walked hiua."
Nhrshacrsew
"Them there's Heean got sin, cut Of the country
for making the rae poihcen."
Sure the laws is athundern shame"
uAnd Mary wint almost mad about it, and so some
of her friends give hes drink to drown her
row, and il drowned her ins,ead-she Cell from the
plank bridge. o she was beautiful corpse Y
Talkines dry-,ake drop Bad luck 10 ye all
round-heres sullivan just come from Ballyporccn-
drink all of YOU and welcome him."
"Ballypsreen for ever"
"Saint Pa,rickp
Hsuah"
oTo be sureW
Now heard the notes Of fiddle; the gentlemen
jumped as though they would have gone through the
celinp-and then lead the ladies out. then hej jgs
no mincing matters-Dancing something hike
dancing--he rale thing, and no mistake. l was
greatly interested The dancing brought out whiskey
-whiskey gave animation to the dancing until al
were in motion like mad. The increased dancingcaE
edfor increased potatons. The whiskey engcndered
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