Arizona citizen., 1875-04-24

Centennial stock and 20 of these shares were the prizes raffied for during the eVen- ing, by the holders of the tea party tickets, the remaining 5 shares having been pre- scented to the young ladies who sold the tickets for the entertainment.
 The court house was entirely metamor- phOSed and not a vestige of it's generally gloomy aspect remained. The hall was brilliantly lighted by a large chandelier, suspended in the center, and lights ar ranged promscuously. The walls were festooned with flags, interspersed with pictures of Washington, Landing Of the Pilgrims, and others. The cOzy, patent spring benches which generally are ar ranged across the room, were set back around the walls, but even there they wore their customary anti-sOap-suds ex- presSion of countenance. The Recorders office was used as the ladies reception room and the Recorder has worn pensive look ever since. The Sheriff>S office was the gentleman's room, while delightful supper was spread in the jury room, and the unanimous verdict of all aSSem bled was that the supper, the most difficult and labOriOuS thing in an entertainment of this kind, was a perfect success. It is very easy saying this and it was a very easy thing to attend the party, but if anybody thinks that the wholly gratuitouS labor which these charitable ladies gave to this occasion, wasn't real hard work, and plenty of hard work and vexatiOn he is minimizing and ungrateful. About D. m. the company com menced to arrive and all hands went in to enjoy themselves with out stint. There was no stiffness about anything. There was dancing and music, furnished by the Tucson band, and sing ing, and dancing, and eating and toasts and responses, and dancing and eating, and drawing of shares of Centennial stock by raft1e, in which there was only one instance of the drawing of more than one share by the same person, and more dancing and eating. The ladies would partake of half of q goose or some other trif1e of diet and then go to dancing as if it were 8 Christian virtue. Among the most pleasing features of the evening was the singing Of the "Star SpangIed Ban ner," and "Yaukee Doodle,n as ptibIisbz ed in last weeks CITIZEN. joined in by the whole asSemblage and accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Dr. Barstow. It really did one good 10 hear this congregational singing. ToaSts were proposed, at inter- vals. to "The women of the revolution" ;" The men of the revolution" "The Gen. airy" and 1.-The lady guests" These toasts were responded to respectively. We cannot give these speeches, unfOrtu- nately, as we have no reliable report and the speakers wouldn't let us have their manuscripts. But as showing, perhaps, the general impression of the kindly res ponses to the different toasts, we will say : A perfectly reliable gentleman told us, under pledge of secrecy, that towards the close of the entertainment, young lady with whom he had been dancing said to him in a moment of feminine confidence, that while she admired the speeches of Judge Dunne and Messrs. Farley, Titus, Hughes, Toole and Cornyn and others, and while she thought their general style and Icatter was very chaste and elegant and Instructive, still she must say thai the remarks of that Lieut.. Forbush were "per- fectly sweet" We promised not to say any thing about this, but what's the use of being mean.
 The company separated about 2L a. m. .. and the citizens of this vicinity owe n debt of gratitude to the ladies who origin ated and brought to successful close this pleasant party. We are apt to forget the struggles of our ancestors, in the cares and life of the present. These celebrations refresh our memory. We are apt to be- come careworn and selfish and cynical in the unceasing struggles of every day. These unselfsh efforts in aid of worthy objects recall us to the fact that there is a vein of pure gold in human nature, after all, And so the cloud is lifted