The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-15

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O'Clock last night, the large hall improvis
ed over Shapker q Bussing's store, was
densely packed with beautiful women and
gallant gentlemen, and, up to midnight,
there was but little elimination in" the
crowd. b AS thiswas positively expected to-
be the last night of the Fair ftdrew out
many OF the most beautifaE ladies in the
city, and the gentlemen's gallantry, and,
as consequence their Iibefality was uni
bounded. Money was spent as If green
backs were as worthless las Continentalao or
Confederatemoney,l and the fishing pond
was reduced to low sebb by the constant
Investments and ventures. One gallant
invested a quarter and fshedy out the
smallest quantity of goldfish, neatly done
mp in highly perfumed paper.,i His inamo-
rata promptly declined the gift, but all
were gratihe1, and the freaks of fortune
served to Keep all in the most excellent
humor.-e ee,a ,f.- ftsd t~ya am s,sre,ff
We wrote on Thursday night . q beau
tiful lady drew a handsome picture, I" but
our type setter put the /" handsome pic
turen into a nsilver pitcher" which he
hadn'tought to have done. The refresh-
ment tables show no signs of exhaustion
or diminutiopa of excellence, but some, of
the ladies who have devoted themselves
too attentiyely.to the duty of serving, are
beginning to show signs of WEAKNESS, and
we think 4tswo1ld have been q kindness to
them to, have closed the Fair last night at
all risks. But the excitement around the
polls as the h0ug of twelve approached.
became so intense, that it became plainly
a necessity to. continue the Fair another
days. in order to close satisfactorily, and
dispose Of the unsold articles, There will
therefore be a grand lunch this morning
ycommencing4at 10no'clock, and Tonight
will devoted to the sale of articles sre-
manning on hapd.i Ioi bsion eaa bug cod
81 The excitement in regard to the dispo-
sition of the beautiful silver pitcher ex-
ceeded any thing Of the kind we ever wit
messed, The contest all evening had been
between Miss Carrie Venneman and Mrs,
Kroener, and now one was ahead and now
the other, The respective parties, rallied
with extraordinary, zeal, and no October
election ever presented such intense lex- /
element, though it was scarcely SO bolster
eous. 1t had been given out for effect that
new candidates would be wrnng in at the
last moment with 1000 or 1900 votes to be-
gin with. Spufred by this expectation,
tIle f1rleHOS OF Jne Id1r young maiden
and OF the beautiful young bride rallied
with unwonted zeal, and 100, 80, ana even ]
400 were east BY a single elector In the
excitement for the pitcher the cane was
forgotten. At the close of the polls the 4
vote for the most popular man in the city
was so meagre thatit4is doubtful W neither
or not the result may be considered a.com-
pliment.s b But the fatal moment arrived
the fingers of the clock were passed one
over the other, and the polls closed with
the following results: " s.i.fy ,1lHaBaM H.
.noFoB THE HANDsoarEsrDADYl s5oa (. 4
Miss'C. Nehneman, 3,2l1; Mrs. O. Kros-a
ner, 2,46l.ngsis nBf3fsF lis aIG sJs5dio I3G d
FOR THE MOST. POPULAR GENTLEMAN! ni
W., B.. Menifeeb $40; VIM. Gather, 1906
Dick Wilmington, 2O6.i Ola .aoL ,18d51A
Tohal cost of cane, Szl 6Os total cost of
pitcher, 1867 20.ils4 gaII .S9sb no ebgAalm
Il Certainly, a most beautiful pitcher, but
not to be compared with the fair damsel
who. was voted its happy owner. A mo-
ment longer and the result would proba-
bly, have been changed, as we are told that
gentleman was standing by with 500 to
expend in votes for Mrs. Kroener. AL
though the excitement was great, the best
of feeling prevailed. Shortly after the
voting ceased the assemblage broke up,
The music last night by the Crescent
City Silver Band was Incompatible.
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