Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-02


lr: Editor Next to having 3: good
time, comes, perhaps, the recalling, thinking
over, telling and hearing about it at least,
so thinks one of those nReps"S whose bound.
en- duty you claim it is to keep you posted
up on matters and things in general and
MAY festivities in particular. :, Accordingly,
iustigated by this thought, your hit, and the
intrinsic merits of the festival which he so
much enjoyed, he has determined to put
himself and. his, pen 4upder arrest" long
enough to give you some account OF quite
an original and successful May Celebration
at Winnsboro', on Friday night last by the
pupils of Mrs. LApD's school .r ...
Like the,energetic and efficient protector
and manager, he too had become quite tired
ofthe usual routine Of such things (enough
of which, however, was retained to satisfy,
we hope, all those irrevocably given up to
old fogyism) and was, therefore, all the bet
ter prepared to enjoy all the new features
one of the best of which was, that all. the
speeches aud songs were written by Mrs
LADD expressly for the occasion, He is the
more content to ignore for the present the
literary merits of these beeausey from what
the Register of Saturday says, we shall prob
ably have the pleasure Of seeing them in
print, and because her powers in that, as
we'll as in other directions, are already we'll
known to your readers Moreover, he, the
"Rep." aforesaid, could not hear them all
distinctly, (partly because he was too busy
with his eyes to do much with his ears) and
was too beauty-bedazzled to criticise soundly.
But to the programme First then was the
song, AThe Carolina State" (not Judge Gas.
toms, but one written by Mrs. L. and sung
to the air of oThe Empire State.") Then
speeches. from the Heralds, Canopy-Bearer,
Crowner, Scepter-Bearer, and Queen. These
the fair orators Gone of whom was even more
than fair, was a perfect. beauty,J will, he
trusts, and the old fogies may, if they chose,
forgive "Rep." for saying nothing about, for
the reasons above limited at.
But if he didn't hear the Queens inaugu.
ral, he saw, and, later in the evening, con-
versed with her, and could but congratulate
her subjects on their choice. Besides hay
ing beauty, her face has stamped on its'every
feature that rarer and far more valuable
ouality-cahracter. The shallowest, mostun.
conscius physiognomist could not look upon
it without teezing, even if he couldn't think
and say so, that its possessor has the ability te
plan, the courage to undertake, and the ener
gy and will successfully to carry out any
measure which the good of her subjects
might require.
Next we were treated to taste of Classic
Mythology; and in gazing upon Juno, We
nus, Diana, Ceres, Hebe, Iris, the Muses.
Graces and Cupids, one scarcely knew which
to admire most-the taste, tact, and ski
displayed in the appropriateness of the selec
tion of the particular Carolina diVinities wht
personated the several Greek and Roman
deities, or the hearty, grace and tastefu
"getting-up" of the lovely personators.
Then the little boys we're allowed to minglt
in the regal and divine throng around th'
throne-representing "Robin Hood and hi
merrie men :"-and really merry they look