Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-03
THE ORPHANS FAIR.
How 20 Spend an Hour aad a LIItIe
Money Pleasantly.

Masonic Hall was all alive last night
/ bright ewes, rosy cheeks. Brilliant Jewels
/ dazzled the eye, and partly s'tUrned the
/ heads of numbers Of young gentlemen.
/ We strongly suspect that some Of them
! have lost their hearts.
| Among the new assistants, last night, We
| had the pleasure Of meeting Mrs. p. ByTne
/ and Mrs. kemhGE, Miss Julia Farrell Miss
/ Clara Whorley, Miss Willie Mallory, Miss
Ellie Brennan, Miss Mary Madden, Miss
/ Mary Tansey. Mrs. JOnnard, Miss Lou Ann
! H0gue. Hiss Magic Collins, Miss Kate
| GilrOy. Miss Joe Seiierle, Miss Maggie
Hines, Mrs. Jane Lynch, Miss Ode Hamil
(who brought pretty picture with herr.
Additional contributions were received
yesterday from the State Insurance Com
pauy-SJ t0each Table; from Jerry Buckley
- for the PUSt0liice; q. w. HeUGershUtt,
perfumery, for the ;. :. Table; a vest from
j. Ellis, for the Orphans Table; to Mcs-
danes Dolu and Wand, a set Of fine
iGwelrv, from DR.. John W. Morton; 10 the
West Nashville Table-dOnatiOHS from j.
Drugen. Diehl * Lord. Miss Kate Sleman,
and the Sisters and young ladies Of ST.
Cecilia's Academy: from Mrs. Mary G.
Ramaee, "a very elegant basket Of good
things" to the table Of Mrs. Kelly and Hiss
Feehan. And Ms. DaugheTty was the
happy recipient Of donations for the Re
freshm nj tables from Mrs. Tbos. Farrell,
Mrs. Freeman, Ms. John LumsIen, Mrs.
Brady, and Mr.. Y. Castillo. Ms. p. keaT-
uey, of Eig5tied, Teud red valuable assist
aucs in collecting previous TO the Fair.
Visitors shOuld examine more carefully
than usual the numerous articles on the
different tdbles-the pictures alone are
worthy Of critical examination, and the
various works Of ait and mechanism form
quite an interesting feature. The sewing
machine, at the Sunday School Table, IS
enc Of the finest made, with all the modern
improvements. The set Of furniture be-
longing to the Orphans Table is worthy OF
close examination. Mrs. Kelly has on her
table q large number of articles, both
useful and ornamental, well worthy
attention. SiTs. OBrieu, also, has
many beautiful articles, among them, the
-Slllie Davis a full-riCgeJ ship .unier
way The fish pond contains q great va
ricty Of "hX.ugs and things and the
angler draws prize every time. Miss
Alice LlG0ue, Is EebsCCa, resembles a little
fairy in LeT bower. After taking a lemon
aie and same COnfecti Onery3 step upon the
stage, ard test the choice viand5 provided
by hrs DaugheTty, and as y0U step down
stake q chance from Miss Maria Tyrone
mus, and find yourself in charge of Mes
DANES DOIin and Wand, whose table is !
gTOaniEE under the weight OF beautiful |
and costly articles. Now bottle Of min
eral water from Malachi Mccormack, and |
finish the night in company with the genial |
gentleman Of the shooting gallery, Mr.. |
Ncke0u.
We a.6 informed that the voting is be- |
coming rather DTisE.
TIE Prizes.
Mesdames Dolin and Wauds Table |
Pair Of shoes, by Agnes DOYLE.
Mrs. Kelly and Miss Kate Feehan's Ia |
by K. r. Piummer; set |
Of mats, by Bessie Sawyer; wine set, by /
Fannie DUunaTd; pair Of shoes, by Katie /
CounCI.
West Nashville Table-Haud5orne ian,
by Mrs. IhOs. Murphy; silver spoons, by |
Bessie McGOveTn; cut glass tumJiers, by |
Mike Hayes; pincushion, by Ellen Ryan; /
DiEcusliOu, by Mary Powers; window /
shades, bv Maggie FogaTtv.
MesGames Mccormack and Vessel
Cake ha- k5t, 10y 3. Ford.
SUndsysCb0Ol Iable-8oy, by Mr.. Nc
CouuacKi picture, by ellen GwiU.
South Nashville Table-ParlOr ottoman,
BY Willie Sein.
SHOOTING GALLERY.
The gallery was busy until q late hour !
asst might. Three ties were made on u,
5y u. :. Kirby, J. =. Byrne, and McMur-
FAY, when Byrne tied again and made GO.
Kirby tried his hand, and finally tied on |
he 80. In shooting of, j. Z. Eryne scored
y, Kirby 4, ByTne winning the pitcher.
Another pitcher viii be shot for tonight.
The hall viii he open at > p. NJ. today.
when ladies and children viii be admitted
rec OF charge. We a,e requested to state
hat no children viii be admitted tonight,
IS the hall viii undOubtedlybe crowded.
The PGst-Oilice did q good business last !
li-ht, bat the ladies sadly miss Mr. Jerry |
Buckley, the indetatigable and atlable let
ercaTier. Mss Mary Bustard procured
wO assistants last night, however, who
worked faithfully, and deserve honorable
mention. though nOvices; we allude TO |
Masters john ALeu and John GRAY.
NOTICE.
The undersigned respectfully informs Is
lis friends aud the community generally. |
hat he is not a candidate for tie gold
hahn, nor for anything else. lie is quietly
attending TO his duties as Secretary Of the
orphan Association, and only desires 20 be |
let alone until the close of the Fair.
I. L. JONES.