The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-06-30

( Nio CELEBRATION AND BALL AT CENTEpv1rrp
iiday last June 24th) the Masonic Fraternitv
oivine' In this county, celebrated the ami
assay " OF. Jonn the Baptists DAY. bv a nuhl;o
pooession ana ADDRESS, in the afternoon and ho,,
- VIC evening, which we Of the compositors, ora
proprietorial department attended in comnarv
our esteemed friend James Judge of this CITY or -
maze our story short, "Eph and /" Barnav,, uouo
Ii attendance The day was, Fortunately a ra.,a~
cioudy' cool and pleasant one, and made +ho 81.
over tnere OF eight miles delightful one The MI,
nc procession was formed at the Nr.son,o nv
about O'Clock P. NJ, and consisted 80 49, -"
City and Centerville bands Of mns;c oon.o,,s,
and Of the officers and members of tho Co.,.eS'.,,
Looge A. 4. A. NJ, and officers and rnembere 90
- oaoi Aioii ELSEWHERE. numbering some seventy
OF eignty arrayed in Masonic regalia and costume
.Ao piooession' after forming conducted by
- i"t snA's w. W. Thatcher and G. W. Paul through
80 io main business street of the town to near
u'iues creek bridge, and thence back to the lower
s.o's VI the building, where some one hundred and
my otners' including very respectable number If
laoles mad assembled, and with appropriate rnns;c
rom the band and ceremonials of the Order an al.
aress was delivered by the present Grand Master NJ
the order In the Territory, Jonas W. Brown E,o
winch was well delivered to an attentive and;tor,,
ana was very able and an eminently practical ad.
dress. AT the close of these ceremonies the nroco
sion reformed, and after short march retnrned 70
the upper story of the building, or Masonic Hall
proper, and there at about O'Clock p NJ. concludad
the strictly Masonic portion of the days PROCEEDINGS
In the evening we, in common with about one humid
req and nifty others e. Barney" included), attended
the masonic Ball. given in honor of the occasion in
the lower story of the building, which had been most
tastefuly and beautifully decorated with
ooughs, wreathes, and festoons and with mirrors
paintings and framed pictures and other tasteful or
namcntatlon, making the room resemble some loyelv
Sylvan grotto or greenwood retreat in midsummer
"here one might indulge in most delightful enid
summer nights dream " and enjoy an equally DELIGHT
iu midsummer nights reality of real pure innocent
unmixed pleasure. There were about fifty ladies'
and one hundred gentlemen in attendance comnris.
ing very respectable proportion of the beauty and
best society," not only of Cenerville and Immediate
vicinity. but of all parts of Boise county and in.
Guiding "purty muchly eff you please" our editorial
friend John McGonigle and our old friend 7 p
Oldham. of Boise City. Placerville and vicinity we
thought especially well represented. The ball lasted
until about O'Clock Saturday morning. and taken
all in all we doubt if more pleasant and really good
one was ever held or gotten up anywhere The SUD- |
per was prepared under the supervision Of Louis |
Bourgeois and lady, and all that the most epicu.
rean palate could have wished in both solids and
duids. The whole arrangement is highly creditable
TO our neighbors of Centerville. all of whom. il
seemed to us. without exception We'd with each
other to make the occasion the most pleasant and
agreeable possible to every in attendance We
shall long remember it one of the most pleasant
lays and nights of our yet mundane experience
and when they next do give ball. may we be there
% see" and enjoy and participate generally.