Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-14
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THE INFECTION GENERAL.
The infection even reached Front row,
where the merchants closed two houts
earlier than usual, and the whole popu-
lation turned out on the streets. Every
n wac sstoniEhed at the qrick growth Of
tomfoolery. It may be said thai the
Carnival was trsnsplsnted In full bloom
from Naples, and found as eongenial
q home here as ever it did under the azare
skies of Italy. The turn on on tbs part
OF the eelebrants was numercuss hearty,
whole-souled and 3 thorough sucesss-
Nothing that ever occurred 10 New Or
leans or Mobile ever eQualled our Mem
phis carnival. The caYalcada of about
hfty horsemen that passed through b
streets at four O'Clock made q great sensa-
ton on account of the variety OF ohassc.
were Bsitish officers In full dress, and two
devils. with forks tor holsting sinners.
One Of them Wss mounted on an elephant.
FIRST CLASS.
The masks were all firs5-elsss and
showed to great sdvantags. A show
man leading q huge monkey made
plenty of fun. Several family groups
were out also that succeeded In
creating laughter to al immOdeTste
extent. Those old ladies' were inva-
riably blessed with tremendous big
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looking husbands. One old man walked
down Main street carrying 3 baby with a
fearful and melancholy expression Of
face, which he wiped every now and then
with q yard of bagging, which he carried
for a handkerchief. Soma well gOt-up
INDIAN BRAvIfs,
on foot and on horseback, was 3
marked feature Of the days fun. A
man about fifteen feet high created much
fun on Main street In b neighborhOod of
the Peabody hotel. His head, which was
intended to represent Ben Butler, was
three feet sercss the front. He stretched
out and ''tncked in" ct pleasure. Several
others of the same sort were mounted on
low-bsck cars and W~heel-barroWs. A
hack, containing two ladies en- IgGsQEe
and q buffalo, drove mp and down The
street several times, and amused the col
ored people nightly. In fact, the cOloEed
which is impossible to describe. Cody"
said one, Emancipation day Is muffin TO
dis. Molly grsw beat Mssss Lincoln sl
hollow" They were 50 infected
with the fun that they left their
drsys and other sorts of emplOyments
and mingled in with the crowd, taking
things in more general good humor and
uproaFous hiiarity than the makers
themselves.
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Rip Van Wrinkle was well imper-
sonsted by sOme artist at mimieTy.
Jefferson might have looked with pleas
ure and perhaps profit on b make up of
the party who took the character and
gave occasional speeches from the play so
naturally IS to delight the crowds that
gathered round the old miIn. Adozsn or
so girls appeared in costume st the square,
each armed with q stuffed bladder, which
they managed to conceal; in marching
along the bladder would be deity drawn
out and some old codger would get a welt
on the jaw or on the top Of his stovepipe
so suddenly and neatly that he could not
tell where il came from, ard by the time
faces Of the msskers, the bladder was hid
again, Some
GAY FELLOWS
assumed the character Of ladies' with
CREST success, and made Infinite q by
their grace and urbsnity when escorting
some ststly beau of their acquaintance.
The snobs were taken OF too. Chey gen
orally wore an eye-glass and vary tight
fitting pants; in paying their obsisancs
to the ladies they shone TO great advsn-
tsge. An old lady done in black with
specsseles, solemn of face and slow of
motion, came out of Adams street with
an article Of DELPHI commonly found in
chambers hanging from her neck, care
fully covered, with a lsdl9 In IL. When
she met 3 groups Of particularly nice Poo
pie she grzvsly removed the and
invited the crowd to help themselves 70
Gle Wss filed. she eres!sd = storm OF
laughter wherever she spgesred.
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