The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-12-13
FROM LANCASTER.
THE LEAP YEAR rARTY.

,sr;s ,lc,sant through the loopholes II re-
ircs.t.. poop out at the world. To see the
ga af'he r-cat Babel and not feel the crowd"
we "gler~~ith Cowper usually very we'll, but
must uiiler 'r'~~lim whom We say that there
are occasions wheH>.~e.'s.m II peculiarly re-
freshing 10 "fcel The crowa'e a-d particularly
crowd like that which was gathe..d a, the
City Hall IN Lancaster on Friday evening last.
70 enjoy leap year party given by the yqp's
l~lies Of that most hospilablc town. -
Man Is 81 many mood, we we're moody,
when W. received our ticket TO the party
couldn't aserd-had become ton practical Sur
good spirits sad hown-wc were Of thyenrih,
earthyi hut w reasoned thus with lodrselfi
Men ana wome, are cregarioul aDie.als; am
a man, and Il viii not be founJWoll To- get out
Of the way pf sch gregariouss'-s. II is most
convenient y ktp in the wsfld, a. ono tends
to grow carelesfsnd rusty by being out Of it.
We struggled rom "csrly morn till dewy
eve" undeiormintl whether or noi to go; but
thrice happy ard t,ose who can put Of their day
troubles With thee day clothing, and as they
assume the horizoaal, forget all the annoy
ances hat belong to perpendicular life.
We "reoiccd in our joy"-next morning our
mind vas made up determined that 40 trivial
acciden shouldde.troy our purposc, nd hoped
the tsncr Of our reflections would not be
changed by any unexpected incider. BY the
tain we reached Lancssterat 3 r. NJ, Dec. 6th).
AZ the depot, the "Lincoln party" we're the re-
cipieH.s OF unexpected honors. Thfe met US a
pceial committee consisting Of he gallant
Misses Hyper, and Smith, who gav.us a kindly
greeting, by a hearty shake OF tie hand, and
escorted % into the city. BY pleasantly chat
ting with numerous friends, tie afternoon
wore AVA rapidly.
Then peci-ely at seven, our company---and
most excellent company it was--called for us
in the parbr at the Carson IIouse. With bash
/ ful modes, we took the arm profered us and
proceeded . the Hall BY way Of psrenthe-
sis, we woud remark, that there being super
! fatty of mel, few of the ladies were gallant
enough to tke two-our company had to do
this; howeveithe fellow wa fossil" (Ja little
awkward, AM said he had been hete since
"Adam delvel and Eve span" but tht "parg'
rcjuyenated hun. lie is now "set outInpon the
carpet" in eapes;ness becoming bachelor,
ready to receive either sealed or oyen rropo-
sails. We found the Hall handsomely Lted,
I the walls fcs.oned With cedar snd baati.ul
pic,urcs, giving the house an ain ofpl@sant-
ness and cheerfulncss exceeding anything we
have ret Tor many DAYS. The appoint aents
being complete, all ives Happiness and conent /;
"where eyes looked love TO eyes thai Flako
again, and all went merry as a marriage bdl."
For promenade and concert purposes, thel.n-
caster Hall is not excellcd by a like inssitu'
ton in the State. To promenade" was the or
der of the evening, and il is an croosdiHgly mic,
thing until the gastrSneomii become yJSIf,. :.
when, then We wOald Ike to! 70 la esspe-' earle
nn mad, .sS charms laa, our with such un.pcaI
unbap,v and neFiety, that some count bin
80 la Jfi;y his case, that never peregri
.,,uiASith his sweetheart. We do tool Tn
evenings entertainment was varied with bot
brass and string music. The iirst piece. al
overture by the hsud-a counterpart Of th
cold band, '--"the Light of Other DAYS" wa
elegant, and would have delighted the ear
and reoiced the heart of Mr.. Richards, a. il di,
that of oar own. "Pat" the soldier, firnishe,
melody for the small amoun, Of 'tripping" tina
was done on the Light faTssic,-as II va
not a'regu'ar dancing party. IL there be an,
elonds, dn'N or drcgs Of cares lurking in one'
thoughts, "Pate' playing will wine them al
away. The gen:lenea from this community
I though some Of them considerita most admir-
able thing and worthy of confederation thai
can 50 molly the mind, and stay t.ose tom
pestuous affections of Il, took but "Htas soc,r n
the stripping -whetheriheir pedestal iipit,'
were SO encased in tight and heavy boos OF
large aches which little toc-corns produce. VA,
the cansc Of it, we are not prepared to say
However, in every other particular they com
pared fdvorably with the gentlemen Of III
boau-mondc with whom they came in conflict
Civil and sensible, polite and gallant;a reGe!
compliment to the town and community whicl
;hoT represented. 'Onoe upoa time" the
may have had natural repugnance to "leaI
year" parties, to women being their own mis-
tresses, and independent of them; but the.
have silently and mutually agreed to look Of
the 'rfro'ut'on' without any thought of actiy
opposition.
The supper was the most SUMPTION
and recherche ever seen in Lancaster. N
/ - Il. a
wonderi Inc rule was that every lady shoul'
contribute one dish. she, OF course, tried t
distinguish herself, and out Of tae fifties VIII
contributed, there were necessarily many mis-
treSses OF The culinary art. Everything wen
we'll The cakes and ices were delicious; th'
oysters ard coffee hot and well cooked, ans
their fragrant steam assembled to heaven, lik'
mighty cloud OF incense, beiokening th'
profound joy OF the masculine stomach, ant
proclaiming 10 the universe that the nationi