Richland beacon., 1875-11-27
The Concert and supper last
Friday Night ut Delhi.

! lai The pleasure oi an invitation to the
concert and supper @ivcn by the ladies of
Delhi. for the benefit Of tho Sabbath School.
and truly ii more enjoyable night was never
-prnt Everything went off en Jesie: bright
eye. and sunny shiles the cl arming lets of
tire ladies. the contagious hunlor of the sieruer
srN, the joyous movements Of the rising gen.
e'arion. the many lights, that changed night
into day. The music, that charms and cxhier-
ale>, aud the dclit JOS viands, enough to
e"oihc Il rutficd temper, all were enough To
make the most cynical man overflow with the
mir OF human kindness The busy cares
"i day were torgotten-nobody cared how
how tie price of cotton or how the elections
went, or whether school kept or not. 50 they
. enjoyed themselves, and Everything went
, merry as a marriage bell
The tables were gracefully presided over
by ,he following ladies Mrs. Irwin and
Mrs. Montgomery, cakes and sweetmeats-(n
was constantly crowded). Mrs. Wells. cakes
and oy>ters-what 4 hungry crowd thar table
drew around ii! Mss DolerlIde and Mrs.
Fontaine, cakes, etc.-weIl, IL. no wonder
they could not keep supply on the table, for
the glance Of the eye and the sweet sunny
smile was enough the most bashful Of men to
be2uile. Mrs. Bishop. mcats-here Is where
, hungry mor,als most did congregat-. Mrs
Grubbs AMI Miss Williams dispensed cakes
and goodies and sweet smiles to generous souls
The postofice was presided over by the
most charming of postmistrcsses, the Misses
Barns and Upton no apPointers of L. s.
Grant. Here beauty shone resplendent ard
Wit scinriated like diamonds. As a sample Of
! one of the letters respectfully refer you to my
friend J. w. Won bachelor life. Would
You accept it As applicable to your case, friend
John!
We wanted our fortunes told so were di-
rected to Miss Maggie Bishop. There's a
, fortune in Miss Maggie without fortune told ;
she is gem Of rays serene; she is silver. she
i, gold.
/ Towards the close of the evening il was
agreed that the two large frosted cakes should
be voted To the handsomest and most popular
! young lady and gentleman present. Every.
one was on the qni rice, and young ladies' and
! men We'd with each other in casting the great
est number OF votes for their iavortes. Miss
Jessie Murphy received the highest number
Of votes as the handsomest young lady, and
was, therefore, awarded tie til ct cake. !,
: was difficult task for the Young men to de-
eide on their votes, in consequence Of 50
moay handsome young ladies being present
Truly Delhi is blessed with beauty; and
every young lady there deserves fine cake
or good husband-if beauty he the magnet
Thos J. Behen, the famous sewing machine
agentOt Monroe, received the highest number
Of votes as the handsomcst young man pres.
ent. Now, ladies. here's chancc-the hand
soonest young man, with sewing machine
thrown in, is n prize worth several cakes
especially the-sewing machine.
II the young ladies (and majority of the
older ones tool are noted for beauty and intel
ligence, the young men deserve mention fol
stalwart beauty and manliness and the entire
community of that thriving little town are no
only social, witty and gay, but clever and
generous as well
l must not forget to ention tlIat friend
Wiley Mangham, Of the BEACON, was not for
gotten. A haadsome cake was sent him by
hdndsomer ladies per the handsomest man
Twas truly handsome deed, eh, Mr. Editor
The total receipts were over one hundre,
and thiriy-six dollars, proof of the liberia
spirit pervading DelLi Hope the good
people will keep up this liberal spirit, espe
ciaIy when the object is a CHRISTIAN one
Without Sabbath schools and churches We
would grow up ignorant OF the Word Of God
OF the teachings of the Scriptures, and oul
cities and towns would degenerate into a per
feet chaos. Schools and churches are tn,
salvation Of the world; and what pleasan,e
way to contribute to them than by concerts
snppers tableaux, ETC.! You contribute Z,
yours and your children's good, and yet ge,
your moneys worth Of pure, unalloyed pleas
ure. SIS. NJ.