Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-20
COLLIERVILLE.
A Letter from a Lady Describ-
ing the Ball There.
A Pleasant Time Generally.

Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal
C-oLLIERsvILLE, March IS, 1859.
On the 1Ith of this month, last Thurs
day, We had one OF the pleasantest little
reunions and dances here that ii has ever
b en- my good fortune to attend and II
will, no doubt, please many of our good
friends aud readers OF the APPEAL. to
hear al about it. You know, MI. Edi-
tor, folks read the newspapers ron va
rious motives. Everybody who was at
the dance will want to see something
about it, because they were there. Then
our friends who were invited, and couldn't
come, will like to read an account of
what We did, because they were not there
in person. Some who were not invited
and didn't come, will read just to see
how We got along without them and so
on, each reading with q motive, maybe,
directly the opposite of his neighbor.
So, with your permission, l will try to
tell you, whose paper is most generally
read in this neighborhood, all about it.
There were fifty or sixty couples pres
ent-nOt enough to crowd the ballroom
while comfortably filling it, gathered
from the country around, many also
coming from Memphis and the little
towns along the railroad, Germantown
being especially represented by a bril-
liant delegation. A string band from
your city was in attendance, and fur
nished some of the best dance music that
L eve listened to or danced after. 1 am
sorry now that l did not learn the name
of the baud.
l wish, Mr.. Elitor, / could describe
you the toilettes and all that sort of thing,
but l was not sufficiently acquainted
with the ladies. and didn't think of it at
the time. Suffice to say that the scene
was q brilliant snd beautiful one, and to
quote Mr.. Byron's oft misquoted verses /;
A hundred hearts beet happily; and wbsn
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes lOok'd love to eyes which spoke again.
And all went merry as a marriage bell"
All seemed to have DOTTED the cares of
life for tie time and to have given the M
selves up to mirth and pleasure. There
we're few of the Hso-eRlled" fancy dances
danced, the good old-fashioneG cotillion
or cORtredanse maintaining still It's old
place ia our hearts.
At supper time We were ushered in,
by the managers, to a supper that would
have done honor to a feast far more pre-
tensions than ours. It was ordered ex-
pressly for the occasion from Memphis,
and Was not only recherche bat substsn-
bAot oAN ooOA00AtJ OOAhS AOLOE W lnC
taste and Judgment Of the gentlemen
managers who got it up. l need not say
90 did full honor to 1t. 1t is curious how
does snect lie appetite even OF
the most delicate city demoiselIe. 1 have
seen some OF them ia LAY time who,
the ordinary life of inactivity
and lsnguor, would be cloyed with the
y wing Of g canary" play sac havoc
with such su~bstant!sls as cold turkey,
ham, tongue, chicken salad. etc. There
IS nothing like dancing, MI. Editor, to
the appetite.
But ! am stringiEg out my letter to an
lncOnsoiOnab!e length, and taking up too
much of your valuable space,
All night long amid flowers and music,
we chased away the joyous hours, and
amid the dulcet cadences of the violin
and hands across and down the mid
ile," day broke, ana We dispersed to our
Tired and sleepy, [ went,,to bed,
md to sleep, but amid my morning
ireams, L saw still the restless blue eyes, !
he eager, parted lips, the painting
0osoms, and round cheeks flushed with
ife and health, and heard the leader
ling cut Ladies chsnge." And 50
goodbye until the next bail comes off at
jollierville. SPECTATOR.