The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03
Mernlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
CITY INTELLIaEHCE.
FAIRS.

CITY MTELLIaKHcE.
Tho Fair at Odd Fellous Hall.-This Fair has
been pretty well sattended during the past
week, Sunday and Friday nights the number
of visitors being almost as great as could be
desired. Money, however, did not seem to cir
culate as freely as at most of the fairs which
we have attended in past years, owing proba-
bly,, to the great stringency OF the money
market. Most of the Investments seem to DC
made at the punch tables, the voting not YET
having commenced in earnest and lotteries
being evidently at heavy discount.
THE CHAPEL,
which is to be presented to the priest receiv-
ing the largest number of votes, has been on
exhibition at the Council table and e1cltes
general admiration. It is really splendld
piece of workmanship and worthy OF the Of
forts of the friends of the Rev. gentlemen who
have kindly consented to allow their names TO
DO used as candidates. The parishloners OF
g. Alphonsus have determined that the name
Of their candidate, Father Duffy, shall head
the poll, but as he has several very popular
competitors it will require good deal of hard
work before they cap accomplish their end.
Az we gave q detailed report of the many
beautiful articles for Sale and rattle at the
tables, in our last issue, in this We shall con-
tent ourselves with merely noting those
articles which attract the attention even OF the
most careless saunterer round the hall. At
the Annunciation table there is grand iom-
bola of fifty prizes, all of them beautiful, and
many of them valuable. AtSt. Francis table tho
firemen's banner, a beautiful specimen OF home
manufacture, is to be voted for, but our fire.
men seom to be very backward in competing
fox it. Philadelphia IA has entered the lists,
however, and is ready to battle against any
and all corners.
st., Alph onsus' table seems to attract great
attention from visitors as well as from the
habitues of the Fair. Here is offered splen-
did Catholic library, 101 volumes, from the
Catholic Publication Company, New York,
which would certainly be o great acquisition
to any family. A beautiful piano stool, which
is being voted for, is, however, tho principal
object to which the attention OF visitors Is
called. The voting has been quite lively
during the whole week, and, it is said, tonight
the friends of one Of the young ladies are going
to rally en- masse aud poll such q heavy vote
a. will distance all competition. The young
lady councillors are, Misses Theresa Cannon,
C, Dromel A. Goodwin, Rose Sherlock, Louisa
Kirkpatrick, Louise Bourk and Sallie Bourk.
A smoking suit is also to be voted for. The
card over the ballot box gives the names OF
the councillors as follows: st. Alphonsus
Offers Henry Green, of the N o. Times The
Hibernians run Ireland's favorite son, John
McCsffrey The Vincentians are determined
to win it for their we'll beloved president, DR..
K. bouncing. Independent Reform candidate,
r. A. Bourk. curious circumstance about
this contest, is the fact that one of the contest
ants, Mr.. Bourk, is working hard against him
self in favor of Mr.. Green, of the Times, who.
thus far, seems to be ahead.
At St, Joseph's table is the beautiful painting
of St. Vincent. st. Joseph's Conference Ia
ready to put their W heels in motion to win this
but the Council of the Society, assisted by all
the other Conferences of the city, will give
them q good fight. The members OF an
the other Conferences should remember tina,
this contest is between the single Conference
of St. Joseph and all the rest of the Society
in the city combined.
St. Patrick's offers the splendid prize O
horse, basket buggy and harness. Tickets 81
The Postofiice, Of which Miss Anna Narcotic
ia the Postmistress, and Miss A. Murphy ant
Kate Kernaghan, assistants, has been doing 1
furnishing business. No accidents to train
stop the mails, which always arrive on time
and bring sweet little missives filed will
beautiful sentiments and written in q beauti
full style, which does honor to the fair writers
Tie remaining tables, are loaded down witt
beautiful articles for rattle, have each most ex
cellent punch and liquors and are we'll pat
ronized. As shown above, our intention in thl
report was merely to call the special attentio
of the public to those subjects of general in
terest in which great number of persons ar
or ought to he interested, and not to give
detailed notice of each table as we did las
Sunday.
The Amusement Committee of the Fair de
serves praise for the amusements gotten u
by them. On Sunday last, Miss Theresa Car
non of St. Annes Church gave concert, Il
which she was assisted by her choir and sever
al amateurs AS at all her concerts, the mus
was excellent and the large audience was we
pleased
Thursday the Parlor Dramatic Associate
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