Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

was an appropriate representation OF II
kind, and caused NC little mirth.
was also not forgotten, this name being u
large letters on the blsnketings of whit
| horses that drew q wagon on which stoot
limber-jack clowns, whose performance
and grimsces we're quite clever.
THE COACH OF STATE
! contained ,seversl distinguished characters
the feet OF one being remarkable for thei
unusual size, neatly encased in brogans No
49,. s' a
A VENERABLE AMENDMENT. AZ
One of the best get-ups of the day wal
that of Ned White, the porter at the house
of Cheatham and Kinney, an old darkey
about 10 years of age, whose attractive
trappings were made Of coffee sacks, and
illustrated to suit the occasion. On the
back was a picture of bottle and glass,
and underneath which was this inscription:
'The remains of an Ill spent life." Billy
Dougherty was the accomplished artist,
and right well did he embellish his subject.
Among the characters taking things coolly
was red faced blonde, whose selfish feel
ings induced her to occdpy alone crazy
buggy pulled by lame, fea-bitten horse,
for wkom no green pasture had given its
products. ,- as
- THE ROCK CITY BAND
headed the second part Of the procession,
and was followed by horsemen dressed in
every conceivable garb. The wagon drawn
by four white horses covered with blankets
on which were large figures of frogs, was q
novel feature. 1t contained the employees
Of the Express office, whose costumes were
truly of the most comic kind.
The next wagon contained draped
platform, on which wild, whooping Indians,
with glistening toifiahawk and glittering
knives danced around large black bear,
which could not escape, because it was
chained to post. This was followed by q
large furniture wagon of Weakley & War
rem, containing drowl persons and strange
ly dressed clowns, who had their own fun;
with large white bear that was made Sc
cure on the platform. A crowd of horse
men, footmen, ETC., followed this wagon,
and the last vehicle was drawn by six oxen.
This was q dance wagon, and on its
broad platform, a regular " Virginia break
down" was being enjoyed by the fantastic
characters. But we have not the space to
give complete description of the many
vehicles that engaged in the procession.
Among
THE CHARACTERS
represented by costume may be mentioned
that of Aladdine, Armor, Chinese, Prince
Albidier, Daughter of Erin, Arab Boy, De-
mons, Bears, Black Princes, Yankee, Green
Prince, Mousquetair, Green Greek, Indian
Chief, "Crow Foot" Prince Como, Folly
Girl, Indian Princes, Page, Macmillan,
Harlequin, Fortune Teller, knight
OF the Golden Cross, Don
Gear De Basan, Clowns, Humpty
Dumpty, Jack Sheppard, Swiss Brigand,
Mazeppa, Emerald Prince, Shepherd, Mac
beth, German Peasant, Duke Alexis, French
Chassepot, Mobiliers, Brigham Young,
Amazonians, Gold and Silver Showers,
Emerald Princes, Turk, Arabs, Greeks,
Spanish Ballet Girls, Tristan, Alvine, High
landers, French Zouave, Peasant Dairy
Maid, Tommy Dobbs, Tombstone, Fall
staff, King of the Cannibal Isles, Gill of the
Period, etc.
Altogether the display was most credit
able and astonished those N ost sanguine of
success. Next year Nashville will not be
eclipsed by any city in the celebration Of
Mardi Gras festivities.
A MARD1 GRAS DINNER
was given by Major Crockett, the genial
proprietor of the st. Cloud Hotel. The
walters, fifteen in number, were dressed in
fancy uniform and afforded much amuse-
ment for the large number of guests, among
whom were a bevy of beautiful young
ladies from Murfreesboro. The dining
room was handsomely decorated with flow
ers and the tables, in addition to the varied
and excellent fare, were adorned with cake
pyramids. A great many enjoyed the din
ner, and are earnest in the expression of
their thanks to the popular proprietor, who
certainly knows how to keep hotel.
The Grand Carnival of yesterday closed
with balls at various places last night.
AT THE CONCORDIA
a more brilliant festive scene was never wit
messed. The characters represented were
numerous, and there were delegates from
all nations and tongues. Some of the COS
tunes were gorgeous in the extreme. The
festivities were kept up to late hour, and
all seemed TO enjoy themselves finely.