The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-08
THE BIG BALL.
A Cool Account Of the Inauguration
Rete.
Hsrald Correypondence

ioaed into q ball room. As ball room
in the temperate zDne it was a success
as a ball room, with the thermometer
marking no end OF degrees below zero
il was a skating rink. 1t began, as al
balls are given to do, at ten P. N, aud
by one N an efficient police was car
ryiug out CT Crpses in q stitfened condi'
ton. A pine board one inch in thick
ness is not warming; no amount OF I'm
acination will draw heat out Of pine
board when pulverized ice mountains
are blown in great guns on both sides o.
it. The enterprising management did
its beast to heat up by assuring one
and all that it was mCdsra'ing; but II
d d not modeate, au coatraire,, as the
Frenchman remarked when asked II be
liked German bavonets. The weather
got wore. At ten o'clock NJ the tail
o. the brass Jackson's horse In Ltfay-
cite square had TO he padded to preserve
it, and at eleven door knobs dropped OF.
What WAS the use then OF striving TO be
CAV aud restive2 The poor woman in
short necks and low sleeves-(thaw that
out. please) did their best in the "Bos-
ton" but you can't make dip with the
tallow frozen. ! am pained to write you
thrs Tor
THE EFFORT AT AN INAUGURATION BALL
in JUDICIARY square, next the jail de-
serves success. To the eye the effect
WAS magnificent it was supurb; 1t WAS
wonder ul: It beat Byron and the Bridge
OF Siyhs | remember balls at the Tulle
rles and balls at the Hotel de Vile in
their better days, and | say now, thawed
ont and duly sober, that those festive
occasions small before the vast g litter
the fl lds OF light one saw when, look
ing from the Presidents plat orm, one
gazed along the interior OF that vast ed.
ifce.
The arched roof, rounded up hun
dred feet above, WAS tar enough away
TO have the effect OF the finest gothic
carving, although very rough work,
while a million OF gas jets, 10 all sorts
OF .,ncied shapes, gave the impression
OF a fairy scene Add to this three or
tour thousand people, the ladies IN ball
dresses and the men in uniform or eth
er the conventional swallow tail or
cadets dress, or volunteer patterns and
gold, and one can appreciate what It
might have been had Divine Providence
smiled on our patriotic efforts and Civ.
en- us warmer weather. As 1t was,
f ancallv. the ball was not success.
At ten, as have said, the guests began
to put in an appearance.
THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE PERFECT.
Hats and coats were not only checked
hut each conner had q box TO himself or
herself wnere these articles could be
found without confusion. True the
colored people in attendance lrozs to
death in rat numbers, hut the man
agrment with great wisdom, ioreseelng
snch a fatality, had relays OF fresh hot
darkres brought from some VAIN local
itIes (rhe all perhaps), so tnat at no
moment were the festivities Interrupted
by the casualties RE same nay be
said OF the arrangPm 4nts for supper.
The table running the length OF the
building on one eide, was appr0acha-
bic At all bours: but what WAS the use
OF all this when one had 10 break the
ice to gel at the srewed oysters and the
chicken salad so hard that fifty SETS OF
new Congressional teeth we're broken
| in the attempt TO eat the samef The
article of teeth in Congress is hid under
the name o. Stationery, spttoons, fuel
hair brushes and all sorts OF articles
allowed by law: but it is. then, all the
same. The fiat thing 40 average Con.
gressman does after elecuon on arriving
N Washington is to have his hair dyed
and a new set Of teeth inserted, and there
he stands in his caIfskin, human hand
spme, and liable to the lobby. 1t ls q
little awkward, then, under tho-e cir.
Cumstancps to erCOubter frozen salads
or 10 have valuable teeth Set cuatterIDg
by the intense cold.
WHAT THE BRITISH MINISTER THOUGHT
Sir Edward Thornton, the British
Minister assisted by his entire legation,
expressed an opinion for the first time
sir ce his arrival IN Washington. He
said, with cons dersble emphasis, that
it Was "blarsted c,ld, you know, and
the drnughts were mu'trrudiuous AMI
yery di-agreesble. The ball was
made up mostly OF strangers to Wash.
ingron. We had representatives. from
all parts OF the Republic, whose ex.
ample, under Heavens guidance, a.
the President tells US, all the nations
OF the earth are now following. One
Ian nyuage, says HIs ExCelIenCy lfours
ia accs ped, Just now that We have got
into these Investigations, there will be
C ms derable profanity in it But that's
not about our ball. The bellies gather
ed into the nstionol capital from eyery
section OF our free land were dressed
superbIy; at least so | sm assured by
Mrs. Gruudy, who had de-cri ptions
gwen here 10 advance. All | saw was
general assortment OF wraps that
were not superb. AteItveD o'clock The
Administration arrived, accompanied
by a sut OF militia generals and kind y
disposed Congressmen and number Of
the diploma &c corps. EnterlDg by the
main entrance, this funeral procession,
by rapid walking, managed to keep the
blood IN crcu auon. 1t was observed
that Secretaries tish and RJbeson
Duffed like steamtugz. AS We had !
never beore noticed any lack OF wind
in these public iuDcroDsries, the sur
prise was general. The baud played.
"HAIL TO The cHIEP
On reaching the stand, or platform,
Governor Cooke Informed bis Excellen-
cy that the guests wi-hel to shake bic
hand, whereupon Ulysses remarked
that not only his hand but his body |
had been shsked Tor some time. As
thls is the nesrest approach TO joke
ever made by the Prrsident. let il be /