The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-19
ENTER RpAINMENT AT ,NINETT-SIX.

ENTERTAINMENT AZ ,Nl&EIa-SlA' =
Bounteous Supper and Brilliant Array
sef Beaaty-A Good Time 6 nerally.
Esdstor ,Ab5cwlze, Press and Banner:
IT was our good fortune, to be present
on the occasion of the hot supper al
Ninety-Six, given by the ladies of thai
place, on the night of the 14th inst, fol
thesbenefit of the Academy Of which
Prof Il r. Blake Is Che Principal.
Hfhe announeemen which appeared in
the Press ana Banner, tothe effect thai
the ladies. of Nmety-Six proposed giving
a hot supper on the 14th; came quite op
portuaeiy 10 US, as we had been thinking
of visiting the place for some time. ano
were only waiting for an, appropriate
occasion all occasion that would likely
call together the young ladies. of the
town, Of whom we have heard so much
from our young friend of No. 2, Granite
Range, Tho had been down in that
country before. Thinking that this was
our time, we acted accordingly, and the
morning of the l4th found US, in compa-
ny with our aforesaid friend, passenger
on train No. /, with baggage checked,
bound for the city Of Ninety-Six.
Nothiug, of. moment having ,transpired
during the trip, in due time we reached
our destination, and took quarters in that
6eservedly popular hotel knowh as the
Sanders House, Niuety-Six, S. G.. In
this connection We would state, WITHOUT
fear of contradiction on the part of any
one who has ever stopped the, that it is
the best kept public house. in the up
country. We are emphatically of the
opinion that the Messrs. Sanders are
clever fellows, and also know how to
Keep hotel. We spent the time from
the arrival of the train until the enter
tainment commenced very pleasantly,
in calling upon our old acquaintances,
and i'm forming new ones.
Not being acquainted with any of the
young ladies in the place, our friend, J..
4. NJ, kindly consented to pilot us
through, and, accordingly, about I
o'clock, he having taken charge of us,
we sci. ont for the Academy, the building
in which the entertainment was given,
apdwhich is quite large wooden build
ing, situated in the northeast portion of
the town, sufficiently removed from the
business thoroug h fares as that the pro-
'cess.of teaching the young idea how to
Shoot IS not interfered with thereby. On
entering the room we found quite a rush,
and it was some time before we could
cast anchor; but after drifting around
awhile, we got a position where we were
enabled. somewhat to take in the situa-
.tiop.S We are convinced that to, have
seen the rows Of tables ranging the whole
length and breadth, of that spacious
building, each fairly. tottering beneath
the weight of huge roasted turkeys,
boiled hams, delightful rolls, colossal
piles Of cakes. .custard, &c. &c.-to say
nothing of the jeHies,' ice creams, lem
onades, ct id onane. genus, anu to have
beheld the beautiful young ladies who
presided over these, arrayed in their
most lovely attire, with their .counten-
.ances radiant with happiness, as they,
by their irresistible power, caused the
Young gallants to shell out their green
'backs,-to have seen this, the most de-
spondent in our midst would have been
forced to acknowledge that "there's; life
in the old land YETI AT the suggestion
of our friend having us in charge, we
worked our way as best we could to the
far end of the building, where seemed
to; he the greatest amount of attraction,
especially for the young fellows. After
reaching this point we were not long in
determining the cause for this, as there
before us stood two large center tables,
each loaded down with tempting dis
play of nice things, but to particulaFize
which would be too great an undertaking
for the present. But the attraction did
not consist in these, but in the beautiful
creatures who presided over them. At
table No. was the vivacious Miss F.,
the. blooming Miss c., and the gentle,
sedatc Miss. L., and at table No. 2 was
the stately Miss S, the unassuming Miss
H., and the amiahle--, a double
trio, hard to beat, and who can come as
near getting all fellows pocket change
at hot snpper, as the next hali-dozen.
There was post office or mail deIive-
ry, (under the management of the beau
tiful young lady who received such q
conspicuous notice from a correspondent
over the signature of IA Baptist Minis
ter" in his account Of the Commence
ment exercises in the Williamson Fe-
male College,) which was prolific
senrce of income asweu us amusement.
There was from ten to twenty-five cents
postage on every letter and as almost
every one present received from one to
q dozen, it brought in quite snug little
sum. sometimes thous hit I could tell
from some of the young mems counte-
nances that they were wishing that
they were not quite so popular, as letter
after letter was handed out to them by
the post mistress-of course they
couldn't refuse to pay the postage. Our
young friend WHO accompanied us was
the recipient OF q couple, one of which,
written by some fair Angelina stated
that if he would address her, she
wouldn't treat him like Miss. The
other contained some words of good
advice, which were to the effect that
hereafter when he went sparkling and
happened to get Tilted. not to tell every
body all about it, but as Burns advised
his young friend -'t'still keep something
Ito yoprsel you'll scarcely tell to ony."
The total receipts amounted to one
hundred and fifty-siX dollars which was
livery well in. view of the fact that a
great many, who otherwise would have
been there, were kept away on account
Of the wretched condition of the roads
and threatened inclemency of the
weather. $500. ..' 80. - D.. e.. -.
In conclusion we would congratulate
the young ladies under whose auspices
this entertainment was gotten up, upon
their brilliant success and would assure
them that SO pleased were we with it,
that we will ever regard our visit to
iNinety-Six on that OCCASION as an event
to which in the future we will revert
with unmingled pleasure. .., -.
.ar' Yours, ,ij - ..,. .j..... HEX.