The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-07-28
CHARLOTTE-ITs IDIES-ITs
FESTIvA4
From our Charlotte Correspondent

fESIlNAA1 sH
From our Charlotte Correspondent
For lpme time past our friends from the
|country have not come in 10 see us as usual.
The corn and cotton must be worked Out,
and there's nothing like good dry spell
for killing grass. il little hoe work be
thrown in 10 help ous. Charlotte has been
IT no loss however. lftimes ever seem to
be little dull Up hde Charlotte throws
herself npon her own Resources and publish
es festival. AIisely time may surely be
counted on then. sn ssA.
THE MASONIC FESTIVAL
The Masons fought i. out Oh this line 8
nights last week md pouched more, than
$4,000 of clear money. Il is hardly worth
while TO give you detailed account Of the
matter. OF course we had any quantity Of
cedar work fancy articles; the preitiest
imaginable cake ice cream soda water !;
wine punch and sherry cobbler; and natu.
raj wells Of lemonade aud other ct ceteries
| ii that kind.
yAcpB's LADDER.
We had Jacobs ladder too. 1t rested
upon terra firma and reached upwards at an
angle ol about rs degrees. On The ladder
were angels done up in war and illusion.
am not sure thar they we're descending or
ascending. hut they seen 10 have been
SO struck BY The tair spectacle below that
they couldn't gen any further than mid
heaven. Aati itak~
WHERE MAS JAcoBf
II Is said that Jacob had been engaged
for the occasion but failed 10 come 10 time.
The strength ofthe enterprise however did
not lie ia bodies celestial bur in certain
other bodies more suited to human natures
daily wants. Just how they dispensed vi
ands. of every kind. Hos certain matron-
Ily locking snes displayed their ham and
turkey and chicken salad. and seemed TO
have their patrons chiefly aiming those who
had past the romantic age. And how GER
lenough 10 est--~oald ply fellow with
cake and punch--snd kinds Of ice cream
and various kinds oftito oits--noi remittine
their efforts till they had made Him shell
out bis last item Of fractional corrency and
i feel sorry that he had no more 10 she'll out.
These things--f ssy--it 10 not necessary
that should mention particularly. They
only differed from the same performances
in other places. in being done in Charlotte
style, and you can appreciate thai only by
seeing for yourself I
THg LADIES.
i Success 10 sny enterprise, Mr.. Editor,
depends upon having that enterprise in
pruper hands. Did you ever think Of that,
Ior hear any one advance the idea before
Ii Is 50. sir, and oor qeopie understand it.
One ol our cardinal principles Is to enlist
the ladies. whom we find to be foremost in
every good word and work. Since last
Christmas they have engineered no less
than 0 festivals: 4 Tor The churches, and
this last for The Masons. Each was sue
cess and some Of them beyond the calcuIa.
tions Of The most sanguire. during thii
lass Spring some Of our men tried 10 get
| the people 10 vote 100000 in aid Of rail,
road. The women had nothing TO do with
Il aud IL fell through.
THE JERSEY WAGON.
j Now, Mr.. Editor. there is Jersey wag
on which frequently moves along our stree
At the heels of some Oh The best stnrk il
Wadsworth's stables. Whose turnout shi
10 IL is needless 10 say. II is we'll knowr
In this community, and il such an enter
prise as festival is on hand and this es
iablishmeat IL seen moving in that direc
lion while the preparations are making--ws
uon't ieeI uneasy ss 70 the result The
only question il how much will be raised
Nothing like . utilizing" the right sgenl
as the insurance men wouId say.
H the CIRCUS.
1 We have just had circus here, with
few animals. 10 catch the church people
Col. Ames, the Master Spirit. There was
the usual display Of band wagons--ponie'
with superintendent mnnkeys--ihen two
camels and an in6nitesimal elephsnt--lher
Ia cage with no animals on the inside. but
on top with aoman ss supervisor--thsn .
considerable interval of dusl----and---
another cage and any quantity Of Alrica
and youag America 10 about equal proper.
ions on Ihe flank and the rear. Idon',
know what success ihe show had but
rather think that 50 far as most Of our yonus
folks are concerned, the masonic festival o