Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-11-12
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point to steal upon tho unsuspecting ma
lures Of othcrs in q Surprising manner
There are but few (indeed, we doubt wheth-
er there be any who have not been taken by
surprise at some one period Of their exist,
ence, And thefefore, albeit we are not Of
avery surprising nature ourself, we are al
ways prepared for the emergency; that is to
to say, we hold ourself in readiness to un,
dergo the ordeal Of anything and everything
which comes TO US through the medium Of
"nuze papers" or which steals upon us in
dividually in the way of 'surprisep II
this is a fact age, why is it not "sur-
prising age9 "Aye, there's the rub But
il don't require many rubs or scratches, oith-
er, Of the most ordinary Uranium to solve
this query te tho satisfaction Of even the
most skeptical Some are surprised at the
smartness Of others, while they in turn be.
come surprised at something else; and twice
versa" This, then, is surprising >
as well as progressive age; an age which
surprises everybody with its progress it is,
most emphatioally, Surprisingly" fast agel
Apropos of surprises, is the ruling mania
of surprise parties now prevailing around
and about this surprisingly beautiful city
OF ours. We now have the surprise system
"a very peculiar institution, by the way,)
permanently established in our midst The
"borning' Of these little vagaries seem to
occupy the thoughts Of the fair ones by day,
who are supposed Interesting creatures, as
they are,) to have inaugurated the system =
While their thoughts are thus occupied,
they occasionally give hint-just merely
lisp ito soae of their aoquaintnnces of
the sterner sex and the anticipated surprise
haunts them like night-mare; they 60 to
bed to dream upon it, and wake up in the
morning filed with enthusiasm over its
advent, with all the fun and frolic attendant
thereon. Well the appointed hour arrives;
the ''surprisers" marshal their clans, and
proceed noselessly to the home of the.person
to be surprised. Arrived at their destination
after various turnings and twistings through
high ways and by,ways, narrow ways, and
various other ways, too numerous to men.
tion, in the progress of which the cross
bridges and ridges, through dark passages
md circuitous windings, they proceed to
IN ro their presence known by a light rap at
tLc I Or Of the domicil, The door is opened
and the party are ushered in; the occupants
are amaEed-completely surprised On
being made aware of the arrangement how,
ever, they soon simmer down, and proceed
to assist in the festivities of the surprise,
and the surprisers and surprised begin to
enjoy the thing hugely,
Last night ushered in one of these parties;
it was very "big" surprise; had a surpris
ing effect, and was carried on in a surprising
manner. The recipients of this surprise re.
side upon an elevated slope which overhangs
the western bank of Eye gurgling Miami"
which served to lend charm to the osca.
sion that was truly refreshing. Music was
in attendance, which was dished up in ap,
propriate style, The strains of Orpheus
soon awaked the enthusiasm of the ever
giddy Terpsichore, and they went in on the
nerves of the assemblage in manner that
was most surprising to behold (so says
our diabalorum, for he was thar,) The light
fantastic was prolonged until about the
"hOur when churchyards yawn," when sup
per was announced, and the viands having
been discussed until all had quite suficiency
enuG' to use the phrase of sable" friend,
the surprisers again relaxed into their rev.
elry.
Momus then seized upon some Of the
party. whose wont it is to be Surprisingly"
funny and had surprising influence upon
upon the balance. 1t is related, however, that
Morpheus (the blamed lazy cuss) stole a
march upon the more "fati gu.ed" ones, and
persuaded them to take a snooze. At this
juncture Melpomene began to manifest his
presence in such emphatic strains, from a
remote corner, that the efforts of old Morph.'
were for a time set at naught.
Well, the time finally arrived for tho re,
turn of the party; but de inclemeucy of
de heavens rather surprised them
The rain had been coming down freely, and
the appearance of the horizon gave no cheer
ing prospect of cessation. Here was a
fix Something must be did; what was III
A voice, supposed to be that Of our diabo-
lorum, answers, "Turn and face the musicf
This nerved them for the undertaking, and
they started for their respective homes,-
which they reached in a style (says the dab.
olorum) calculated TO surprise any one sus-
ceptiblo of being "surprisedl'