The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-08


litiio eclas. is is ball ial Vas Gas cohsiderea
the very ball Of balls, and eclipsed every.
thing Of like character since tho good old
days. when G!onn's was better thqhght
OF than now, and better kept andfsap.
pointed and prepared for pleasant recep,
tlon and accommodation. According to
tradition once upon timo, and so fas
back that tho memory Of thhoo oldest ma,,
funneth not to ttne contrary, this was d
'4'''ooss place, but change has como
over 1t. Decay and ruin marks tho face
ana front Of everything now, and in q
year or two more, unless there 10 rad
ical change with capital, it will be howl.
ing wilderness. Even now tho wild
comics and the foxes arc finding places
there! But the ball, the bali, lot us
have something about that, say tho Ia.
dies aud mover mind, please, tho hotel,
lis inhabit tants, its bowling, hungry,
growing, impatient guests, tut "go on
mt do ball, mine gots" Be patient, Ia.
dies, no bescech, wo are not ball man,
and mover went to but ono in the whole
natural course Of our life, and then, but
but thereby hangs a talc, and long one,
oes - ob6'o hInh W HatIk up ny,
should 1t prove tirosomc, therefore That
narrative shall not DO inflicted on you at
this time. AS said, We are 10 ba,list.
nor light fantastic toeist. but thero is
music in tho heel, and there it will re-.
main; well, wo tried to procure tho
services of d spccial reporter, offered
70 cents and half of tho supper "the
chief cook and bottle washer, did
not promise TO send to our cabin, in con.
sldcration of The use Of our table cutlery
two days and nights. thereby forcing us
to either 60 without food or usc our fin
gers during that whole mortual period.
But it would not do. Tho money was
temptation, but the promise Of share
OF supper on tho ground named, only
called for sickly smile. Thnt would be
special had been round and knew the
ropes, he told us he'd be kccl.haulcd, or
devourcd by demnition set Of ficcs or
bed.bugs before he would work on such
doubtful chance. What to do, that
was the question. We secured him by
promising the worth Of the doubtful
chance, l2i cents in good cash. lie went
aud reported. 1t was rush, q crowd,
jam, % y 10 feet Of room, more or less,
filled with beauty, more or less. The
air vas tncturcd with hcaving brcaths
Of dancers, while from the open windows
there came ever and anon and all the
time, more or less, the disaSrccablc smell
of pcnny.royal weed, crushed by the
tread Of u crowd Of men and brethren |
with their wives and siStercn on the out. |
side, whcro the weed grows in rank pro-
fusion. 1t was simply nasty-thc weed
was. The dancing was delicious, round,
square, longitudinal, diagonal, diamctri-
cal. The music wAs soft, lively, insp'
ring. Did wo say soft well, let it be.
1t was manufactured on the spot, some
Of 1t, by three bald faced Ethiops, one
with stunning pair of German silver
specs standing up, the wcartr The first
liddlc was a professor Of both music and
dancing, and when it chanccd as it some
times did, that knight with much heel,
trodc upon lady'S too much trail, ana
then came n pause or break, is colorod
professor would imputc the stoppage to
ignorance Of the dancers, and vent his
Supreme contempt by stopping the med
ley aud saying "whcn | says ShaShshay
means shaShShay, and tree foot is
yard, yon ych; no" den, gentlemen, and
ladies, you has dc floor. proceed" and
such like. Tho specials notes Of cos.
tunes arc very mcagre and confused,
owing in part 10 tho crowded condition |
IF the room and the number of beautiful |
orn's and faces. and rich dresses, SO con.
ilantly and rapidly lifting past and |
around him. 1t reminded him Of bill
liant Kaleidoscope, colors and shapes
ever changing; at one time it carried
him back III fancy to some Sccnc in Eas.
tern clitnc, when pencil and note paper
would 6e forgot, and another Of sphere
more distant and not quite so familiar,
MS an angel in blue wings followed by n
morning in gauzc, would fit by on either
side, and send his ideas wool gathering,
only to be brought back by tho approach
OF some fierce moustache, or the two
sided, black and white man representing
tho Silivation Of the country. We gather
from his rough notes, taken on the back
of an old envelope which covered a dun,
that the lovely Miss 3. Smith, was in
character Of Zcuohia, the equally fasci.
mating Miss Kate Smith as Rowencc, and
the no less charming Miss M. Smith,
showing off Folly to perfection. Miss
Nora Zimmerman. as Rebeccn, attractcd
much attention, and was dressed in stri-
king taste then there was Miss Carrie
Zimmerman, as Shephordess, and Miss
NJ. Zimmerman, in beautiful cbarac-
ter rs Morning Miss I. Cate, as
Little Red Riding Hood, wns perfect,
as also Miss Jancy Smith as Glpsey
Queen. These young ladies oil repre-
scntcd Glenn's. Miss Sullivan, OF La9'
rens, as La Vivinndiere or La File do
Regiment, looked rs well MS sho could
without the inspiring music OF the beau.
tirul opera Of that name, and when as
a principal part Of that character. WIN
n charmed look At Miss Rodgers as Night,
our specials notes abruptly closed, Tor
just then tho grand Mogn', q man VINO
comc all tho way from tito foreign parts
of the low country, announced thet sup
per was ready, and II being high time,
going on to two o'clock in tho morning.
and many of tho people having had no
early supper, the 'annouttcetnene was re-. re-
ceived with applause. and Immediately
the ball ceased, while the supper went on,
and tho "spccial' after he'ping sixteen
ladies TO two pieces Of cake, 8 oysters IN y
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