Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-24
CABBAGE MEEK.

W. ssii III our last that We were thinking OF
a'F!ns d neck-iIe party on the li'h Inst. We'll.
We thd hav. II. al the residence u: Mr.. RuLer,
Gyod!Oe; and since tha; lime It has been the
cL!rf ippIc III thought ami cunversat!on. And
No wonder tor though tho weather was 2 oouy.
The n1sht mIsSTAtly dark, ami the roads dread
MY bad, there was a good crowd present, and
the result e1cre ted the expectations Of the most
saugulnr. There ~sIe necl-iies and valentine.
Tor sale. i pos'oiiC-, and Two cakes which were
to oc '"tri 81. The necktirs were all sold, and
then TAR" were not enough. as there were not
As many iai1es present H. s-ntl-fneu. Adtiuty
t"past II cakes, ice cream and yIus-appir Ia!
been prepared b! Mrs. Gooilve uni several
oil"r ludI-s Of The b-Ighborhoud. which, OF
course. vas 're-- Kt-': h"r- 49, ~"nl.t "a. thu,
I'"ch !it.=s d, VA" Mr. tuoiio.'s family, Mrs.
Lou. iVurHUy, Mrs >hytw"ii., Ms, Annie
>Aoi"t!i Mr. Graves ant Mrs HlckIin tor the
ACTIVE parts The TOOK III getting W. and assisting
10 The aha!r Hut TO proceed with the dr.crIp-
''"" 81 'e l"iiE- Alter supper the po-tofice
"Ls opened aud the postmaster and pn.,u i,,rrss
vi M"sh! Lee ami Miss ANNE shotwell-hxd
n! "ey c"ul,! do Tor some time The supply of
Valentines '!ld not near meet The demand for
them, ami we ver. sorry thgt we dIa no, bay. q
""shei !nIie A,s""n as thr p~ostofice closed,
the cake that had Utcn baked nv Mrs. Graves
to BE- voied 10 the ~pretiiest lady Ia the hous-. wus
iut up, an! for II while the excitement was
aim rqna! u THAT of The p occidental election
Inc 'oies wee fv" cents each. and many "A NICK ,
c. zen! !OT s"niebois lu,i, love that night
some votes were cast lot other young ladies'. bu,
Tie chef competitors. were Mas Fannie Whit
i.'y from near Lexington. .ud Mi,. Minnie
hIckl!n. OF cabbage Neck, amt resulted MS fol-
i"ws Miss Whitley "a; Miss Minnie HIcLlIn. |
al Mr. " itrp,,rb..i ~. ,,. =
tt- young rrnii-mru "i Cabbage Neck. present
ed the cake to Mss H!CklIn, who cam. forward
BRUSHING. and gracefully acknowledged the coin
pllInrnt. The cake wa. Gu. and u,.,rl ,rourd
that all might see how nice itw as Il wa,uG,n
Lee cake. and III our opinion was delicious II
Drought SIS 20 Inc other cake was then brouxA,
CAT, ani WA, voted 10 Mr.. Mahlon Hall, - tn.
hnr'i looking gentleman present. He received
J. Win a houTish. and seemed highly eiated that
lie should get It. when there were so many good
'"VkIiS single men present. But when the cake
WAS cut, and hr stuck his tooth into 1t, his
irAlh"fs Tell, Tor instead OF Il lusclou. pound
CAKE. IL was a Common Johnny cake, iced ana
trimmed Of. It was intended Tor n jul., AM:
most OF The isii-' wsr- aware OF the fact. We
ie!t Ike there we're II dozen or two young gem
i!enen VINO richly deserved II handsome cake.
not only tor their good looks, bat. tor their man
~ department throughout the evening, among
whom were Fred. AMI Walter Martin. Ephr.im
ifyaIt' Beatty sHnborn, john DuVull, Milton
rrice, Wills CoIss, Milton Gooiloe. Jimmie
'ad Jsssa Warct.r, T. W. Carmichael. William
Randall. Mo,by and Lonnie Lee and 10 Warner
jerry Butler slso was on hand, aud gave us
4 few of his due.t songs. In. procecd. Of the
JArty were us follows
s.s on
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