Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-01
Central College Festival.

The festival entertainment al tentral temslc
College came % according 10 programme last
FRIDAY night. As soon as the announcement
was made public that there would b- su enter
tsinment AZ the College, the pleasure seeking
portion Of Our people !eit sure O! All opportunity
OF spending n pleasant evening. But when they
knew that II WAS TO he \ festival entertainment,
under the care OF the la,.les OF the school. as
sisted by the ladies' OF the Methodist church,
every one knew there was ii u-Ai IN store Tor
those who should attend The night WAS rather
dark snI cold, and the roads ONT of tOwE were
amply horrible. So that NO one from the coun.
thy could attend. and We know there would have
pseI. quite z number from the country had the
rOsIs been good. However, there WAS about
as large ID crowd present as the building could
comfortably contain. The two large halls were
continually luil OF premenud-re The parlors and
CLOAK rooms We're full, aud ladies and gentle
men were to be seen everywher-. The large
dining room was crowded all the time, there
being he vacant space 1T the tables, and scarce
Is standing room any wherr. such = crowd OF
beautiful ladies Is seldom seen IN Lexington,
anG never seen anywhere else. a large number
of gallant young gentlemen were present. OF
course, anu a. the ladies were numerous. sOcIa-
bic and pretty. the gentlemen enjoyed The eve
n!ns.
THE BISISG HALL
presented all animated and attractIs. appear
apce Aside from the IaTye number nf beau
tItul ladies present. who would have made any
room attractive, there was a Inc display OF fruit
and flowers, and the tables were crowded with
large and handsome cakes. Tne most ia.,.diDu.
taste could not lind fault with the display Of
good Things which were the. to tempt the az
petite. ON the wall immediately in front OF the
entrance, was "A canvas. Containing. in large
letters, 'WELCoAE. {. + c. In the southeast
corner OF he room stood
REFRE-HMEST TAHLE No. /.
under the care OF Mrs. Z wIn,or. Mrs. Eobt
Taubmau. Mlss Laura pay!-, Mis- N-tte Win
-or. Mis- Fannie Porter aud Ms Kate Graham
We have not space To- give u minute description
Uf the tables. The stand dealt in Ice cream,
cakee. canay, &c, and presented very hand
some appearance" The cake wrr. Nil la!gr.
pretty and good. and the cream WAS AL thai
could be desired. Tn receipt. we're SlS -. In
:he northeast corner OF the room WA.
sHEFKE-HMEST TARLE No. .,
Kept by Mrs Chas. Alistp3t. Ms. Rub,. Davis.
Mrs. Lizzir Ciowd-iey AMI Mss Anna Hays.
MS wa. also d beautifully decorated table. An
leak In ic.-creaiI. cake, candy, &c. BDih Ties,
ttoirs were We'll pat.Unized. butinere WAS a lack
ot sulail tables iUT parties wi=h!ng 10 SIT Down
and rHi"y rrIie-hrnemts 1t was, prrhais. Il
mistake 10 allow ANY tables IN the room. -.
without them, every gu. wOHld have been salts
h-d to stand. We are certain tina, much more
cream would have h, en- sold had there been uIur-
tables, or none at nil. II ~ mistake vas maize.
WAS ma'te IN favor Di the comfort OF the pee
lie ihr receipts III table humber TWO weT.
81 81 IN til north side o. the room WAS
TIE POsrOFF!CE.
which was under the care of Ma. SUSIE Esjr
H. Dixie " In.Dr ami Miss I.rIIc Grrism Tie
''fNcc was run III IL st-class STYLE. aud whcn an,
one went there FOR Il letter he was surr To- got il.
We rather IKE that kind Of postotdce. even II tn,
ordinary POSTAL rules were reversed. and letters
sent on credit. bat received for cash. The Ger
ttini: OF getting LETTERS, anu such sweet ones,
pverbalances all drawbacks. Inc r"c.Ip,s were
sia5 In the center oil the room stood
TIE FRUIT TABLE.
which was under the charge Of Mrs WIN Nor
ri,ou. Mrs II Macy, IS. h ,tie Kramer and
Miss Alice Fletcher. This stand was quite pretty,
the orange tree being something new Its crop
OF orange SEEMED ine2hsustIble. THE stand was
.rapes, which were very tempting, and solo
readily. \ wreath Of pretty flowers ran entirely
rnnized l., shown By the receipts, which were
SIS IS. In the west end OF the room were the
OYSTER y MAT TABLES,
presided over by Mrs Susan BAR, Mrs. jacob
Price, Mss Emma Adkisaon and Mrs {. + Pot
ter Insse ladies were kept very busy waiting
On their numerous patrons. They kept two Ia
bles-ons where they served d regular .upp-r,
and the other where they served fresh
oysters. Their oysters were excellent, and
tue coffee was what II should have been. The
receipts At this table were $40.
BoCSUE1s.
A bouqus. was voted to the prett'est giIl pres
emit Nj, Eddie WInsor received IS votes and
the bouquet There were msny other votes
cast for different Young ladies, and the bouquet
brought S: 20 INTO the treasury. Other flowers
were sold FOX smaller sums, bringing the sum
up TO $40.
RECAPITELAIlOS
The receipts at the door were s3l. From other
sources, not named above, ~ 30 The total re-
ceIpts. from all sources, were 1874 Is; total ex-
ptnHcs, g. IS; leaving u balance of sls4 43 rs
the net results OF IN. entertainment, which, IN
these hard tunes, IL doing remarkably we'll.