Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-18

est and most substantial citizens were pres
ent. and bestowed their Charity freely,
cheerfully and generously 10 the great Joy of
the ladies engaged IN this noble cause.
Many new and attractive articles have
been received and displayed upon the diff.
ferent tables, which are noticed in their
proper places Among these we may no.
tice lblackthorn walking cane presented
to the Eageield ia lie by Father Sheehy.
This cane was formerly the property of
Gen. Jackson, and possesses rare value
on that account. We were glad to see Miss
Collins at this table last night, having suffi-
GENTLY recovered from her recsnt Illness to
venture out. These ladies are also indie b.
ed to e. 3. McClannahaD, ESQ.,, Mrs
NJ. Towers and the State fnsur-
ance Company for liberal donations.
- at-tbo Or,Ste-,- ~ ~
AZ the Or r,.s..s . oavio we see MISS Deila
Smith and the Misses Naughton, in addi-
ton to the other interesting and earnest
workers, all of whom present thanks to
Mrs. Barney Hines for q large and beauti-
full cake. The splendid articles ON this ta-
BILE merit general attention. svaaaN
The table of Mesdames Mccormack and
BYrne had around it a swarm of beauties,
with bright eyes and persuasive eloqpence.
We rejoice to hear that our young friend,
T. w. Sexton, Ga younger brother of P. j.,
"of happy meInory,") now in Chicago, has
not forgotten the orphans or Bis sweetheart;
through the latter be sent lib, raj donation
for the Fair. These ladies' are also indebt-
ed to Mrs. McGayock for a fine cake
The Refreshmept Tables and Miss Re-
bscca were kept pretty busy last night. The
latter looks 50 sweet in her pretty grotto
that one is tempted to call upon her for o
lemonade whether thirsty or not, and the
ladies in the resreshment room tempt us to
palronizs them, for the sake of being wait
ed upon by such good ladies. They re
ceived yesterday generous donations from
Mrs. John Lumsden, Mrs. E. Ottensille,
Mrs. Thos. Farrell and Mr.. Gennett, be-
sides further installment from Mr.. Park
er, fer all of which they return thanks.
Miss Mary Meyer, of Edgefield, and Mrs.
Fanny Vessel rendered valuable assistance
at this table last night.
Mrs. j. e. Barry knows no such word as
"fsil." She is a remarkable lady, when
engaged in charity. Yesterday she visited
the capitol and the penitentiary, and re-
turned with apccket full of money, the gen.
erous donations of Gov. John q. Brown,
Col. A. Cox, of Pulaski, Ga second dona-
tion,) Col. Gibbs, Gen. Whitthorne, Col
Sam. Murphy, Col. Hobson, Capt. Maurice
Egan, DR.. Wright, Maj. Thos. O'Connor,
W. Matt. Brown, Maj. A. r. Hume, and
two or three others whose names we have
forgotten. Though late in the field, Mrs.
Barry and Mrs. PrendergastIwil be hard to
beat.
We dislike very much to make our read
c,a ,ofr Il br1f
we ought to try to tell them Of the pleasure
we experienced in receiving from the hands
Of the lovely Miss Narcissa P. Ssunders,the
annual donation from classic Melrose for
the Orphans Fair. As the donation Of
Mrs. Brown we received a magnificent vol
ume on the ssY Zoology Of the United States
and Mexican Boundary" the mammals,
birds, and reptiles, being by S. F. Baird,
and the fishes by G. Girard, NJ. D., The vol
ume containing several hundred life-like
illustrations of animals, birds, reptiles,
aud fishes, which would be an excellent
study for an artist, and are exceedingly in
structive and amusing to the general reader.
Also pair of card-receivers, beautiful in
construction, costly, and substantial. AS
the donation o. the fair young lady, we re-
received pair of elegant Bohemian vases,
a Glove" of a bridal fan, and bottle of
genuine cologne. If we should attempt to
describe these beautiful articles, we would
certainly fail in doing justice to them; we
will therefore invite pubic attention to them,
on the Sunday-school table, where we had
them placed, according to the request of the
kind good ladies of Melrose, and in
the name of the Sunday-school teachers,
and of the orphans, tender them sincere
thanks. In addition to these generous do
nations, Miss Mary Culnan placed il one of
the vases very handsome and fragrant
bouquet; Mr.. A. Jonnard, of the Maxwell
House, sent a magnificent cake, which
made the hearts of the ladies beat, and their
eyes sparkle with joy and gratitude to the
donor; Mr.. John Long placed upon this
table very handsome fan, of white satin
gilt. For all of which, aud to the donors,
the ladies express thanks. TO the list of
charming ladies belonging to this table, we
have to add the names Of Misses Julia Far
rell, Teresa McKeon and Josie Ryan.
Mr.. Lawrence Brennan was well patron
lied last night, requiring the assista ace of
Mr.. Il. McCabe, and the team will pull to-
gether until the close Of the fair.
Mr.. McKeon, at the Shooting Gallery,
was kept busy the whole night. He has
two of the best guns in the city, and him
self being very popular, his friends flock to
his support. The cup was not won last
night, two of the parties making tie hav-
ing gone home before tho tie was shot off.
Another cup will be shot for tonight.
The St. Joseph's Band play number of
popular and favorite airs every night, ad-
diDglgreatly to the effectiveness of the fair.
The Annual Ball will be given in the
school house, on Vine street, on Thursday
night of next week, aud will be one of the
best ever held. --...- .-..
The members of the Association are great;
ly indebted to Mr. James Bergan for yalua-
BE services rendered every day aud night
during the week.
Orphans Table = (Mrs. I'D oin's) "A
pitcher, by Ellie Shea; tidy, by Annie Ford;
silver butter dish, By Jane. GiVln; pin
cushion, by Annie Dolin. .--
Mesdames Mccormack and Byrne-Pair
of vases, by w. j. Nolin.
Edgefield Table-Pincushion, by W. T.
Norman; watch case, by Steven Duggan.
Refreshment Table-Music box, by Viii
lie Sheetz.