The Cecil Whig., 1872-07-27
LETTER FRNORTH EAST.
THE-NIC.
NORTH T, July 25th, 1879.

sS"iSo'y e'"y ohi"S Soui PoPuial P"POi
from here, with Exception of d" Items -
by your regular cspondent, l take this
opportunity to wa "letter not fol
the purpose of wing certain class OF
individuals, or to- any reproach on our
village; nor yet, I'll at any of your cor
respondents; butnply, (if you should
adjudge this letterthy Of publication, }
to such of your 1igent readers as ad-
mire such thingaccount of our " last
sensation "-saidsation being a select
Ball, held at " Pavilion" ON We'd
nesday evening, inst.
Every day, fonut a week preceding
this eventful daylr correspondent had
noticed several boys" of the male
persuasion, groupbout, and apparently,
engaged in low alrnest conversation
Seeing this, can the conclusion that
there was sonnet, i'll the wind. From
some remarks let n my presence found
that it was to ball, though of the
exact locality inch it was to be held
l was not certaint hearing "The Pa
vilion" mentioneveral times, con-
cluded that it wabe there.
So slowing aw;me necessaries of life,
and gearing up rown spotted "match-
es," l, without nvitation, notification
or molestation, me away to that, to
me strange andtorical spot. went
there merely to lon; because my talent
for dancing is hi up to the average of
q broken iumpinck.
"The PavilioT situated near a small
stream called BrCreek, and is about
mile and half west of North East,
on the road lead from this village to
Charlestown. las built by the old
"Fire Brick Co.store clay in, but since
that firm exploit has been used by
parties, at differtimes, for both public
and private "ho 1t was from these
that it derived ipellation of Pavilion.
The building, it.cannot be far short of
20x40 feet-oper all sides, but with
pretty good tloorr roof. 1t could accomo-
date four "setslt, on account of ir-
reguIarities in tying of the floor, not
more than three dance at one time with
any degree af sa
When / got e, on the evening in
question, none parties had yet az
rived; but 1 ha long to wait, for, in
less than twentnutes, all the elite had
arrived, and "Pavilion was lighted
up by lanternsung from the cross
beams. With preliminary ceremony,
partners were cafor the first quadrille.
Then came theitable "pling- -pling,'
"tung-tung," ring from tuning the
instrument. E, thing being declared
in readiness, tht-gut began to squeak,
and, the Floor lager pronounced the
words, "forwarour!" At the mention
of these magic Is the proper couples
began to skip t,d fro, betwixt and be-
tween with thickness of poodles The
"set" concludee ladies were escorted
to seats, (commoards ranged around
the building,) avery one joined in pro-
nouncing it "rtly delightful But
there was one dback: the exertion had
rendered the rs engaged very warm
and thirsty. one of my gentle read
ers that has edanced when the ther
mometer stood2O and no breeze going
knows how it isIelf or himself. Now
what remedy be applied, in such a
case as this, am ladies and gentlemen
of thorough terance proclivities p
Why, ice cold lade, to be sure. Act
ing on this ideaccompanied by white |
man and two an gentlemen of color,
proceeded to thggage wagon, and TAX
ing there-from lemons, fifteen lbs. of
A white sugame ice and large, new
wash tub we .eeded to spring Of
water near by, there, by the light of
the silvery mt began the brewing of
this time-honolnd refreshing beverage.
Having negleto bring squeezers, and
being in hul9 assuage the thirst of
the terpsichor we were compelled to
use our hands, ething after the manner
of the house WI mixing up dough; and
the way we med and "squoze those
unoffending les would have been eau
ton to all ladi,d gentlemen of fastid-
ious palate. ont mean to insinuate
that we were dy about it, for we wash
ed our hands n aud were very careful;
but the idea o. thing, you know.i At
length, Maj. l mean that aohite man
aforesaid, pronced the decoction COM
plete and theored men seized the tub
and bore it inlmph toward "The Pavil-
ion.'
But an acdt occurred, on the route,
that came nelaking "spilt milk - of it,
and causing elites to depart for home,
in the g wepa' hours" with dry and
parchcd whis. 1t was after this man
ner: in climl fence, with the tub, the
fence gave {; but /" the colored troops
fought nobl and succeeded in rescuing
the beveragen "watery grave With
opt further dent, we succeeded in get
ing it to t,lsoards;;" and the way those
lilies crowdeound .Lat PUB reminded me
IF lot of fliaround drop of 'iasses.-
There beinglt one glass in the place,
resulting fl an over sight on the part
If the manr, and the blind confidence
Vi hi humbtrvant,) one of the gentle
men, had rerse to tin water bucket
Which he fill with the ttuid and went
ound prese'g it to the ladies alter the
manner of astler watering his team
ome drank I'M the novelty of the thing,
rh;le othereing of more fastidious dis
osit1n, wo only drink because others
id. We hat ,seard the medical faculty
ay that it Ieaithy to im0tbe this LIQUID
1S o'clock, in the night time, but as
o one was 1red by it, the presumpti on
J, that it isite wholesome.
The comp, being now much refreshed,
'ent again dancing, and, after a few
,ore daaeetoth round and square, sub
ded at thespectapio hour of o'clock,
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NJ, and drted for their several ho,aes.
he party composed Of pretty much
AZ - the ysh aud beauty of our town,
ID ;mmeds vicinity, and everything
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