Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-25


the dancers. One tall specimen was 10th
to retire to suitable distance, when a
floor manager quite as tall, and if any
thing more robust, impatient at the con-
tinued obtrusiveness of the other, pro-
ceeded to apply force, when there was
every likelihood of regular
ARKANSAS scRIMMAGE,
but friends interposed, and the matter
was adjusted, or postponed to a more
convenient season. The dance went on
uninterruptedly, till the dinner call was
sounded, the rich meats which had been
cooked over huge trench in form of a
crescent being placed at convenient in
tervals, hanked by abundance of capital
homemade bread. Around the broad
square the hundreds soon clustered, and
the keenest appetites were shortly APP
peased, with a plenty left for the colored
assistants and their friends who graced
the second table. Through the courtesy
and attention of Colonel Williams and
his efficient aid, Captain Robson, who
had for the moment left the enjoyment
of the dance, where we envied him his
partner, Mrs A., and in which he was
graceful participant, huge trencher of
savory meats and bread, with a vessel Of
ice water and suspicious looking bottle !
of something good was conveyed to a
contiguous shade and convenient logs, |
where the invited guests were regaled to
their hearts content, for they did ample |
justice to the viands, not to mention the
ice water, etc. The ladies and their I
beaux resumed the dance, and the table
being cleared of the remnants Of the
feast, at convenient point, speeches
were called for, and Colonel Williams
nade brief but eloquent speech, in
which he enumerated some of the vast
benefits of railroads in general, and
spoke of the superior advantages of the
railroad and educational systems of Ar
kansasin particular. Hewas heard with /
undivided interest, and concluded amid
cheers and applause. 4Aa
EDITORS WAXING ELOQUENT
Col l.. j. Dupre being called for, that
gentleman mounted the table and enter
tanned the audience with some spirited |
remarks, assuring them he was no speak !
er, his forte being with the pen. He ex-
planned why facile writer is seldom a
speaker and was proceeding to make
felicitous speech completely upsetting
his finely spun theory, when an individ-
ual known as old Roland, who whipped
the bear" presented his hand for a
hearty shake, and taking advantage of the
interruption, the Colonel abandoned the
temporary rostrum Col. Marshall was
then called for, and reluctantly took the
stand, assuring his hearers that his re-
luctance grew out of neither Indifference
nor diffidence. His friend Dupre had
already explained why writer could not
be speaker, which he would not gain
say, as he belonged to the former class
He, too, had to shake hands with "old
Roland who was very friendly, and
after declining to further interrupt the
for he saw many intent on
the further enjoyment of the dance, and
promising on some future occasion he
might endeavor to entertain them, he
beat timely retreat.
THESE EFFORTS OF ELOQUENCE
being concluded, and the crowd still
wearing their hair" the dance was re-
sumed A speech had been expected
rom Colonel Brinkley, but in his ex-
RENE modesty he hadyretired with Colo
lel Owen to make inquiries about the
'oad, and the preparations for progress
ng rapidly, it being expected to reach
3rinkley, FIVE or six miles further on,
" the Sth of August, where there is to
,e grand jubilatinn, it being seventy
niles from Memphis, and with connect
ng stages to Clarendon, and boat, the
Usage, to Devall's Bluff to place our {
ity within fourteen hours time Of Lit
lie Rock The sun was declining to-
'ard the western horizon when those
nost eager for the train were seen leav-
ng the ground. Although they reached
he starting-place on time, they were
here informed that a tie-train loaded
18th ties and railroad iron had inter-
ened the returning passenger train,
hich was compelled to await the slower
rogress of the other. AT last both
aims came in sight, and when a halt
as called, the passengers were soon W
attributed through the cars, the ladies
ccupying the sole passenger car, and =
ith right goodwill, after day of fair no
ljoyment, to which our fEiend, Colonel
Obj, of the Memphis and Springfield !.
,ad, greatly contributed, We were fairly,
hen the sun was low, L
HoHEwARD DOUYp,
Getting with no accident OF contretemps,
we the loss of a hat to a gallant Colonel,
ho was taking a siesta on top Of the Ra
lssenger car and enjoying the delicious clio
eezes that played through the treeses.
ight speedily shut in the outer world,
We the myriad stars, and the numerous
e-fies, scarcely less bright, that flashed