White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-07
A Secession- Ball.

A Secession- Ball.
They gave Ball svsr in Oregon. on
the .nnivsr.ary Of ths birth Of George
Wasbingtos. Il w 10 arranged that
tvo Of the manager sas ssesssionists |;
and - the election bed 1T taken plses.
and said sscsssionists vas - "hot" viii
patriotism. thsy eosld ses II ths eppse-
tunity pen 70 tusn ths satal day of IL
father Of our Unioa. into . searsusins time
for thsss who wore attempting il dssts.e-
tion.
To begin with. the genius Of secession
ism exhibited itself in the Ball tickets.
the Pbrassology Of which conveyed the
impotsnt information that the birth Of
Nashinsto6 sccnrsd 'as Walters 4 No.
lands Hall. in Oregon. No.. February
%. 1851. st seven o'clock in the even
ing !"
A warm hearted and chivsirous pro-
mulgator Of Yanesyism. hailias from
somewhere in the region Of Possy Coun.
ty. Indiana. and having ths Interests Of
the South 1t heart. pusslsd himself sx.
ccssivsly in getting up .uitsbls flags for
the occasion. At length b succeeded.
to bis utmost satisfsetien. He finished
the Gags. and submirtsa: thsm to the in.
spsetion Of tha, Committee. who pro
nounesd ,.hsm "all hume" and it .was
agreed that they ,sbsuld b. t.p. dark un:
til the night Of the ball. when the crowd
should be astonishsd. "all ofs suddsnt. u
There were to BE- seven small flags-some
containing seven stars. to represent the
seven seeding States :: others with 6f.
teen stars. to represent The number oI
States in the prospective Southern Con.
fsdsracy; while one. containing bls'
zing star set in desp blue ground. wa,
to represent the glorious State Of South
Carolina. Then. two large Aag'. having
each palmetto tree with = rattlesnake
around it. were to sncirels the portrait
of Washington Bet alas the thing
got :..blowsd." and general commotior
ensued. The citizens generally swor'
they would not patroniss such an affair
and the generous and liberal Committee
fearing they would -hsssto dip their hand'
into their pockets .ad haul out tn
"skads." to pay expenses. permitted
their patriotism to simmer down. ant
discarded the fruits Of the genirs Of Po
soy County!
The Ball came of. The refreshments
were magnificent. There was ics-sream
consisting Of couglomsration Of snow
salt, brown sugar. and buttsr.milk, thick
ened with shoe.strines and tow rsgs.-
There was pound-caks -smphatieall,
pound cake. as every square inch Of i
would weigh fully pound. There wa
jelly.ea consisting Of pan. cakes. will
molassss spread on very thinly with
brush. Thsn. there was half bushsl o.
apples. for the purpose of handing reunt
to the ladies. B4 when the foregoing
costly satables were being erammed down
the Committee got to counting over thsi
receipts. They found they had taken il
only about s25. and If they didn't scone
mise. they would come ont in the "shor
rows" Accordingly. when some on'
suggested that the apples bs passed reund
to the ladies. one of the managers, in Z
ralodiously squeakiug voice. announced
that "it wouldn't pay to hand then
round. He could make more by taking
them to the store. and selling them thres
for q dime T. ~
All who were present. left satisfied
in horn. The ball. like everything els.
managed BY secessioni.ts. va. an impo.
sitien.