The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-20

| on, nevertheless the sport is about TO open.
Tomorrow, at II o'clock, 4. ". Kinner-
son and Beorple enter their 5:ceds, for
contention r, the Thiriy.seconi street
course, mud or no mud We are not in
formed as to the colors of the contestants
or Of the qualities of their nags. even
whether they can run or not-but one
thing i certain--the race is TO come off at
the place and time mentioned. All that
want to be splashcd, can be on hand at
the hour named
A sociable at the Presbyterian church
on Thursday evening is said to have been
ore of the most njoyabe affairs in tn, his
tory Of that denomination. There were
many present out Of curiosity and for the
purpose Of business, and of the entire
number none went away without having
experienced entire satisfaction. As it was
in order for the annual election of trus.
tees and the renting Of pews, considerable
anxiety was occasioned that all should be
satisfied and all were The pews
brought the sum of Sl,70G, although all
were not sold it is thought that when
all are disposed Of, at least $4,000 will be
realized. Mcssrs. w. Hyslop, d. Hurd,
| X. II. Cunningham, j. b. Reed, ID. w.
Mum, John Wood and j. VI. Lansden
were elected trustees.
The following are the arrivals at the
Dclmonico hotel, VIM. Winter proprietor,
ending Q o'clock p M, Jan. 10Th 1872: j
Belts, Memphis; J 5 Harris, Ullin {;
Capt T w Sugar, Str. Huntsville Austin
Shirk, Metropolis J + Lay, T J Per-
;ins, st. Louis Thomas S Walton, Han
bal ; Judkins, Clinton; II Rca, Cincin-
natl; \ G. Warner, Englwood a Wash
6 b Allen, Mt. Ste Ring; g Babbett
w Hubbell, Cincinnati; NJ Pa,ten
river; g W Kendles, Charleston G "
Garrett Kansas City, james Clark; II
Walbrdge, Pulaski; 5 5 Mancurn
: Ashley; J w Phillips, Moscow Jane
T Cuff Metropolis; Capt. Sam Orr, City
!, Cola Massawner; Col. Terrell Thoma
Dyer, New Madrid; c Lipcomb II
Carter, Mound City p y Smith;
Houston, jackson; Thos. Wood, Metrol
oils.
Grand Tower possesses Lotharios a
G well as other places Of renown, Will
: Cairo contains its Imogenes and its Clar
n dias, its Lzzies, and Catrinas. ready I
If assume the roe. that the tempter, low
may assign to them. Not often do the
4 have to watt for the smiling eherub I
N pair them otf-their fates are always ho'
= ering about them, like winged spirite
"a ready TO beckon them towards each othe
as ignes futH do sometimes upproac
through the darkened night, and mingl
their decetful lights into a large blaz
cairo must not imagine that all the ga
i lantry within radius Of fifty miles,
= centerod hcrc-4or love and his attendar
G train of gallants and firts have no fxe
habitaton, no settled abiding place. II
: calls his followers from hither and 40
and laughingly aim, his bow when tn
: victim least expects to be the target. ii
/. summoned one Of his train from renownc
n Grand Tower, Of which We have Spoken
j and ms he turned aimed nm arrow at Cair,
d. which sped TO its mark, and the wor
y was accomplished. Tho twain me, an
= 10! they loved.
The glance Of her eye was brigh
The CLEAN of is gOli wa btlghter
r. The INST was 'autItul SIGHT,
the second a beau lful sghter.
- Lothario and Lizzie are not the first
Cupid's victims, nor alas are they the fir
who have been "mated, not paired &?
y But why should We linger? Even no,
the tale has buzzed abroad, how that lith
graceful and pretty she, met her fate
him from G.. 4. and "luvcd him M
wisely, but too well how that he froi
G. 4. already welded, forsook the 9th,
half of himself his home and all, an
went away with Lizzie of the dark eye
"Silently like Arabs, they folded the
tents, and sought some other oasis wher
to dwell, until the honey moon shall Sc
them awaken from their mistaken drear
of bliss. And Cupid, the cherub, is laugh
ingly bending his bow for another sho
May his aim be directed more ft,ing
the next time.