The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-06-01
GALA DAY IN PIKE.
Laying of the Cornerstone of
the New COurt.IlO use.
Grand Reunion OF the People and a
Magnificent Dinner.
A Pleasant Town and Whole -Souled
People.


4 Day Long TO be Remembered.
Saturday last, in company with several
friends from Brookhaven, we took passage
on Capt. J. Q. Travis special train, and
went to Magnolia to witness the laying OF
the corner stone of the new Courthouse
for Pike county. Arriving at ten o'clock,
the passengers on the excursion train we're
welcomed by the citizens of Magnolia in
the most hospitable manner.
BY twelve o'clock, when the procession
formed, an immense throng of people had
assembled, estimated at from fifteen hun
bred to two thousand. The procession was
headed by the members of the Masonic
Lodge, who oficiated in laying the corner
stone. Underneath the stone were placed
copies of the county papers; a list of officers
and roll of members of Sincerity Lodge
No. 2l4 f. A. NJ, and the Constitution and
Bylaws of the Order: one nickel, United
States currency, valued at FIVE cents; one
Prussian silver coin, valued at twenty
cents; one five-dollar note, Mississippi cot
ton money; one ten-dollar note, Confeder-
ate money; one silver coin United States
currency, valued at five cents; a list officers
and roll of members of Company F, Third
Regiment United States Infantry.
After appropriate music, Mayor Garner,
of Summit, in behalf of his constituents,
presented Mayor Collins, of..Magnolia,
a bronzed Ratchet as a token that all ami
mostly between the people of the northern
and southern parts of the county had ceas-
ed. The Ratchet was buried with the cor
ner-stone.
Hons. J. S. Lamkin, Z. Packwood and
I. Applewhite, afterwards delivered short
but appropriate addresses, and the best of
feeling prevailed.
At two o'clock a bountiful and magnifi-
cent dinner was served on the Island, in
the rear CT the Central House, and to
those having it in charge the thanks of all
that were present are due. The Island
grounds are beautiful in location, and a
more suitable place for a picnic or barbe-
cue could not be found in the State.
Magnolia, as its name implies, is a love
ly place, filed with educated and intelli-
gent citizens, who exert themselves to
make the visitors stay agreeable. w.
never passed a more pleasant day than
that Of last Saturday, and hope to have the
pleasure of again visiting Magnolia and
learning more of its whole-souled people,
Being near the centre of the county, and
easy Of access at all seasons of the year,
Magnolia seems to be the proper place for
the Courthouse, and it is believed the
vexed question is forever settled. The
Courthouse, to Judge from the draft, will
he one of the handsomest in the State; as
is also the Jail, erected some time since.
In conclusion we adopt the sentiment of
Mr.. l.. w. ConneIly, editor of the Herald,
that for "order, harmony of action, good
feeling, plenty to eat and general s~atisfac-
ton among the people, the occasion of the
9th of May, 1876, can safely be said to
have had no equal since ante belnm days,
and il is a forcible evidence Of what can be
accomplished and the satisfaction that can
be enjoyed when thore is a common object
in view and common purpose among the
people. May they ever work together"