The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-02-10
Elkader..Leap Year.

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Elkader--Leap Year.
On Wednesday last a hattering in
vitation was extended to the senior of tn
TINES to participate in Leap Year Ball a
Elkadcr. About 9 p. m. our lady escor
called at the office, handed us into cutter
tucked the buffaloes round US, threw he
muff to our side with request to be a
comfortable as possible, resumed the lines
and with "get away there y the colore'
ponies of Pearsall & Co. took us out of tn
valley of pork and wheat, known as Nc
GREGoR, in time far ahead of doublc.quick
Three hours drive through fields, owe
fences, among snow drifts, with an occa
sional section Of good road, brought US t
the County Seat, and landed US at the W ash
ington House, Geo. Mahoney, ESQ.,, Prop
Here We found nearly everybody in thu
county ready to engage in the "mazcs o
the giddy Dance" With pleasing ant
grateful obedience to the request Of GU,
cstimable escort, we passed to the Dancing
Hall, and began at once to indulge in Terp
sechorian pleasures. jim. Williams Col
ored Band, contra band some called it,,
was there, and music such as Orpheus
played to lull the triple headed dog Of Hades
was furnished the party. There were 80
to 80 pairs Of dancers present, and If that
old hall didn't wake up little under the
combined pressure Of Jim's band and the
lovely influence of our female escorts, there
is nothing in this world that can wake it
up till Gabriel himself blows that celebrated
horn. Well, we had gay time. Bass,
Stoneman, French, Clarke, Hannahs, Pow
ers, Hopkins, Eibeck, Peavy, "Wash,"
Townsend, Farnsworth, Whine, "Met,"
Obey, Dickey, Giles, Capt. B., "Thad,''
Frank" al" Ivor, "Will' B., Knapp,
Burns, Church. Coroner Brunson, and sun.
dry other gents whose names have escaped
US, did their parts admirably in the dance,
and justified the high character their lady
beaur had formed of their activity in shak-
ing "the light fantastic toes Noble, Gran.
ger, Dickey, Judge Rogers, Nicklaus and
some more serious ones, like the writer
hereof for instance, contented themselves
with witnessing the happiness of the others
and remained tolerobly quiet admirers Of
the happy party! At IL o'clock supper"
was announced, and such supper! Oys
ters from Baltimore, as fine as ever Chesa.
pcake Bay yielded, Turkeys, equal to "B'lp'
Paul's best We do not remember in five
years past, Gf ever,) to have sat down to
so well selected, so we'll cooked and so
tastefully arranged supper as Mr.. and
Mrs. Mahoney, Of the Washington House,
favored their guests with on that evening.
George has fixed that House up in style,
and attends to it so admirably that those
who call on him imagine themselves at the
Briggs Of Chicago, the St. Nicholas Of
Lansing, or the Ne1 York Aston. 1t vas
universally RENAL ed that the hos: and
hostess of the Washington could not be ex-
celled on this side of Jordan. May they
live forever, and then aoiM their tact and
urbanity to pair who will keep hotel.
The ladies present, as gallants to the
gents named, were Madams Peavy, Free
man, Bass, Noble, Granger, Framework,
Hopkins, Rogers, Culver, Amsden, George,
sain, Dickey, Ozmun, Clarke, Knapp,
Hunt, Mamie Benton, Maria Benton, Fl.
beck, Salisbury and Misses Durham, Cole,
Mary Cole, Finch, Baird, Groat, Amsden,
Stoneman, Burlingame. There were others
present whose names we did not get. In
fact the domestic relations were so much
pied, as printers say, that it was scarcely
possible to remember who composed the
party. If it was not happy one there is
no use in attempting to attain pleasure in
social life. The Elkader folks welcomed
us as cordially, and treated US with q
friendship that almost unnamed US on the
County Scat question. II McGregor ex'
poets to get straight vote against Elkader
an ordinance should be passed at once for
bidding any more "Narrow City" parties
at Mahony's Washington House. N. B.
The CORONER was the best dancer of thu
pantaloon persuasion in the hall. Ease
and Elegance" forever.
About next morning some of the'pa
ty started home. Owing to business en-
ga cement on our part with Treas. Nicklaus
and busiacss engagement early that day
on the part of our escort, we were "exchang
ed" as prisoners are, and came home with
Mrs. Captain well no matter who-he il
at Little Rock and reads the TINES! Start
ing at II and having fine roads the time
passed pleasantly.
About 8 P. NJ, after sundry adventure
we were landed at the TINES Office in goo'
order. With many thanks for the atten
tons bestowed upon US by two Of the hes
looking ladies of this City, we drop tn
quill.
P. Sit is said that few pairs Of tn
Elkader Leap Year folks got lost comm
home and followed train of straD wagon
to McGregor, through the woods. W
have no particulars except that our info'
mant says he distinctly heard that popula
refrain, faint I glad to get out of tn
Wilderness ?" as the wanderers struck tn
Prairie road this side of Burnett's!
E We are glad to receive as exchange
the NORM Iowa TINES and McGrege
/ NEWS. Intelligence from the stirring
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