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

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pointed and prepared for pleasant recep'
tion and accommodation. According to
tradition once upon time, and so far
back that the memory of the oldest man
runneth not to the contrary, this was O
famous place, but change has come
over it. Decay and ruin marks the face
and front of everything now, and in a
year or two more, unless there be rad
ical change with capital, it will be howl.
ing wilderness. Even now the wild
comics and the foxes are finding places
there! But the ball, the ball, let US
have something about that, say the la
dies aud never mind, please, the hotel,
its inhabitants, its bowling, hungry,
growing, impatient guests, but "go on
nit de ball, mine gott." Be patient, la
dies, We beseech, we are not ball man,
and never went to but one in the whole
natural course of our life, and then, but
but thereby hangs tale, and long one,
without a single kink to hang up by,
should it prove tiresome, therefore that
narrative shall not be inflicted on you at
this time. AS said, we are no ballist,
nor light fantastic toeist, but there is
music in the heel, and there it will re-
main; well, We tried to procure the
services of a special re, ,orter, offered
Is cents and half of the supper "the
chief cook and bottle washer, did
not promise to send to our cabin, in con-
sideration of the use of our table cutlery
two days and nights, thereby forcing US
to either 60 without food or use our fin
gers during that whole mortual period.
But it would not do. The money was
a temptation, but the promise of a share
of supper on the ground named, only
called for sickly smile. That would be
special had been round and knew the
ropes, he told US he'd be keel hauled, or
devoured by demnition set of fees or
bed-bugs before he would work on such
a doubtful chance. What to do, that
was the question. We secured him by
promising the worth of the doubtful
chance, l25 cents in good cash. He went
and reported. 1t was rush, crowd, a
jam, 90 40 feet of room, more or less,
filled with beauty, more or less. The
air was tinctured with heaving breathS
of dancers, while from the open windows
there came ever and anon and all the
time, more or less, the disagreeable smell
Of penny-royal weed, crushed BY the
tread of q crowd of men and brethren
with their wives and sisteren on the out
side, where the weed grows in rank pro-
fusion. 1t was simply nasty-the weed
was. The dancing was delicious, round,
square, longitudinal, diagonal, diametri-
cal. The music was soft, lively, inspi-
ring. Did we say soft; we'll, let it be.
1t was manufactured on the spot, some
Of it, by three bald faced Ethops, one
with stunning pair of German silver
specs standing up, the wearer. The first
fiddle was professor Of both music and
dancing. and when it CHANGED as it some
times did, that Knight with much heel,
trode upon lady's toe much trail, and
then came pause or break, this colored
professor would impute the stoppage to
ignorance of the dancers, and vent his
supreme contempt by stopping the med
ley and saying "when | says shaShshay
| means shaSbShay, and tree foot is a
yard, you yeh; no" den, gentlemen. and
ladies, you has de hoor,. proceed" and
such like. The specials notes of cos
tunes are very meagre and confused,
owing in part to the crowded condition
| Of the room and the number Of beautiful
Gorms and faces and ,ich dresses, so con-
stantly and rapidly fitting past and
around him. 1t reminded him Of a bril-.
liant kaleidoscope, colors and shapes
ever changing; at one time it carried
him back in fancy to some scene in Eas-
tern cline, when pencil and note paper
would be forgot, and another of sphere
more distant and not quite so familiar,
as an angel in blue wings followed by a
morning in gauze, would fit by on either
side, and send his ideas wool.g gathering,
only to be brought back by the approach
Of some fierce moustache, or the two
sided, black and white man representing
the sitivaton of the country. We gather
from his rough notes, taken on the back
of an old envelope which covered dun,
that the lovely Miss B. Smith was in
character of Zenobia, the equally fasci-
mating Miss Kate Smith as Rowence, and
the no less charming Miss NJ. Smith,
showing off Folly to perfection. Miss
Nora Zimmerman. as Rebecca, attracted
much attention, and was dressed in strl-
king taste; then there was Miss Carrie
Zimmerman, as Shepherdess, and Miss
NJ. Zimmerman, in beautiful charac-
ter as Morning; Miss I. Cate, as
Little Red Riding Hood, was perfect,
as also Miss Janey Smith as Gipsey
| Queen. These young ladies' all repre-
sented Glenn's. Miss Sullivan, of Lau-
rens, as La Viviandiere or La File du
Regiment, looked as we'll as she could
without the inspiring music of the beau
tiful opera of that name, and which is
a principal part of that character. With
a charmed look at Miss Rodgers as Night,
our specials notes abruptly closed, for
Just then the grand Mogul, man who
came all the way from the foreign parts
of the low country, announced that sup.
per was ready, and it being high time,
going on to two o'clock in the morning,
and many Of the people having had no
early supper, the announcement was re-
ceived with applause. and Immediately
the ball ceased, while the supper went on,
and the especial" after helping sixteen
ladies to two pieces of cake, 5 oysters in
soup, piece of gelatine sweetmeats. 2
Beche du mers and some conglomerate,
left without touching, or rather without
indulging in morsel of the cold Vittles,
and took his bed like decent man.
The ball broke about four, and from