Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01
A Good and Beuntifui Dinner

llcatlon OF the order OF exercises
had awakened a correspondent,
interest, and from early in tn
morning until 10 o'clock the It'd,
of humanity flowed in continuous
streams along the thoroughfare
to the Hill. All manner Of We
hicles were pressed into service
and horse and tootmen 6ocked t
the common centre, until the lar
gest multitude known in Lincoln
county since the war was assem-
bled, the number being variousl,
estimated at from 2,UO0 to 1900
people.
The days exercises were opened
with declamations and the read
ing Of compositions at the Insti'
tute. We heard them spoken
of very highly, as being an ex
ceedingly interesting portion of
the proceedings. These conclu
ded, the procession, consisting of
five Masonic and seven Odd-Fel
low lodges, was formed at Hebron
Church. The membership Of the
two Orders was about equal, and
aggregated about 500. The pro
cession passed up the principal
street, and on to a beautiful grove
in the rear of the Institute, where
half dozen long tables tounti.
fully supplied with barbacued
meats, light and corn breads, cake,
pies, etc, were spread. A blessing
was invoked by Rev. D. C.. KEEL
ley, after which the work of de.
molition began. Large as was the
crowd and hearty the eating, yet
there was an abundance for the
thousands present and to spare.
The meats were well cooked and
rightly seasoned, and all the edi-
bles indicated culinary skill
Dinner concluded, the immense
crowd repaired to the comfortable
seats that surrounded the stand.
And here there was a display of
female loneliness, that we wish
the whole State could have seen.
Lincoln county is noted for the
beauty of its women. As one OF
the speakers observed, starch may
be occasionally used, but the paint
box is unknown. Nature has
painted their cheeks with q beau
ty and perfection that would
eclipse the master strokes of art.
About l o'clock the exercises at
the stand were begun, with ex-
cellent music by the Shelbyville
band, followed by Prot. G. l..
Randolph announcing and regret
ting Gen. John G. Browns ina
bility to be present; after which
he introduced Rev. D. G. Kelley
as the literary speaker of the In
stitute. His address was one of
the quaintest, ablest and most ap-
propriate efforts that we ever lis
tened to. The character and life
of Saul were the subject of his
discourse, and graphically were
they handled. He thought that
Saul was chosen king because he
was country boy, humble, and
willing to work. Showed the
dignity of labor, said he was glad
for q whole year after the war,
net because the side that ne es-
poused was defeated, but because
he saw many young men WHO, be-
fore the war, lived in affluence,
being reduced to penury by the
issue OF the conflict, realized their
situation, harnessed a mule or a
horse and grasped the plow han
dies, determined to wrest a COM
petence from the earth by honest
toll. But maDy of them, he said,
lacked resolution, land after the trial
of one season concluded that hus-
bandry didn't suit them, and they
sought other occupations where
a living could be bad without hard
work. In consequence, now in
Nashville, where the speaker lives,
there are ten applications for eve-
ry vacancy that occurs in clerk
ships. If there was a greater dis
nosition to engage in manual To-