Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-29

Tue LADIES GUSBlAr FAIR AT COLUNsIA.-A ceres
pendent OF the Charleston Mercury thus describes this
Interesting kTAir. Read l.:
Ny friend and Walking do IN Main street, Co.
lumois on rnursday week las. 'Wnst babbie IL that
across the way 10 that lighted ball l. sounds II ten
thousand sckdaWs had Assenb ed there with the deter
mina,ion try heir utmost poHer Of noise mzAing.
Why that IL the Ladies Guuboa. Fair, now going on,
replies my companion. "Lets 90 aud the ee-
phant heu" We leave twenty f'e cents sbinpiss.
at the dor, ard enter the ha-st least aemT
to. Bat what Jam men aud women girls and boys,
puck together ike sardines on end For my pari /
i.el c5ls derAbly fusefed-my mojesty is shocked
Pushed forward by the crowd women in ftoat AID
men behind /. Is too Eueh lock for q corner But
suddenly am confronted by oil the sis SEX TAKE
@ chance at a biby, sisgn "A baby, Midau; M t.
chance At baby Gever, surely assure you, Aadsn
b ,bes are quite Ut OF my lne" Arc theyY 500
smiles, 81 an tnov H." ard disappears il ths crowd
When will | &c: to that O1rner, sigh 70 mys 1! -
an Haylsid again. Buy oebJ cap, sir -
"a b4by cap! Why, Ey dear Mss, have No
bls Via .Cui do vita the caPy AryihiDg bu
babies Psha~l sIys the FAR damsel and iurls quick
on her heel Bl lh.Ok | saw tE:nAl- Ia her eye
Ny nerV are gs;tag q1iIe shEk!; uut near the Coz
nsr Toeso pr ~ oid iaIy just N ront OF us.
az dn an asssu ed Bay baby wrapper, ST. -
',raos Of BitqLol q aimee; "rha eN. thing ave
. Done thl saluli be aus M cleo 2 Fac yoang
LAZY Jok, A. me in ss,onih nent, eyideudy thinks au
ID .sc,B TINA q th- La ale Asyur. Buy Gzb'
appsr ST. = she rcp-ate. S,k a. bor flU lotk'
ne lock A. tbs ursppe aud che lock Al the ~ral
pr. Ny nerves are glu,; ay knees ieel v,rJ vel
lock at the ana tie eorntr looks az N sooi
like friend. Modest gives way iesl ar eud- 'ong b,
utter 70 a wCr.; rusl ;hruuSh tbs c.oEd and d.
appear suosds in chair away back in tue corIvr
nlnI a curtain Ny breath com-s AID gees by jerks
tel Tor my FibS-l feteo .-scnty stroke NY NOUS
tIche-aId very gIs iuAl my new ase soo,h d. and
AVaa ook on. upon The b-bble. Lucky rora,r, Kind
eoruer-I spy q fresh lie tuce--hoW refreshing. Aud
there il tu. KEY and Why now an lie hrppytheIe
a whole supp,r table. Ie:cg1 z,t o tair hostes
and what Is b,itef, size rcogtiz,s me. Whist
VII yeu haves' 90! any.hing-everytbiug." Soon
the hail. FIX my CHAR as to KEEP oil the crowd and
with knife and fork, and st, and ell sorts Ct tbrgs
good for the inner man. tn.iely recover M trsagG
:ain venture into the ihrolg. "BIy bd ich OF
DIV 80 BIZ al means" Take Iipef' Most
certainly AMI so l wade forward ''Hbst tall, Fl G
l1Okiug girl is thai iilg 'wer, y IL is e face
There s something Ike eRtl usasm in it, II ms aks
not /; is pleasing flce. And there 10 another pretty
gtl-A regular Virgin face-5rit ht a1d amia5s. Ard
mo- lotk at that hi viX.n b hin hat table. An ex
quite fgprs isit moi, 50 gIA;eiul aid ditingWs-s
MI pretly nervous looking had, tee. Aud look al
thlss eyes; see hev they sphke; how quick they
gla zee from side to side Al a rikh. ard sly youug
lisa that Prews gards prem gI,de. you' 6 man -
Ubseiv. what 10 that fair, calm regular
face be-ds Il.
Blu mu,t stop wish ceu'd 90 m. Icou!d write
you pIges. There were some iunny things csma tn -
Bat eau only tel. you the Fair was great tue
cess md very pl tsa1t understand firm one Of the
fif Managers that they had real re 10 two dsys nc
s. than twenty .tlrse kundI, dyllars. TIE aeis o
" unbla epsk also Of hayi:g ano her Far very soon
Ny T. re a. sdu as last