Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-17
The Masquerade.

u = hA' q" 'd>l iN">iiti evening. Al al
early hour ii became evident that thor,
w"U.! be 4 WY large i iru.I.nrr. an,i hN
lhe tliir IA" procession arrived from Li"der'
hfhh@ Hal the room VA, thrnngci. a
4 '"ut hall past r!-ht O'Clock tue nisk"ra az
rived headed by Hing I;rX.on a crimson pal!
aIqnim. norne lay :uur OF hi, noble Lnf.h :
Ait"i h:m came MephIstopheics, proving
MAJ Tor "n'r. but for what motive non.
Could tell. wheeling Ills grandmother III i
barron. Alter marching ar"uui the hall
several times, liir PROGRESSION halted, aud the
hsng was escorted t. ms throne 10y his re-
lainer>. ana aiutL,; the ptaudil, OF his faith
i"I subject, aud the burning Of hIu lights.
MS majesty aru>c and delivered his procla-
.Iatl"u - follows:
".E.y fiatif.i sat ectS' ryt,-We appear in
N"Ir midst this evening for the purpose OF
Si'riiy.ng tai, grand !rtr. You viii. OF
course. all fe~eILiShli gr4tiii"d that | confer
rcd ihi> race upon you, and | hope tn At
nunr II NUn Viii iri,r lh'> hail before your
Prince amd sovereign shall have returned IL
itl> palace. l"u arc All familiar with tho
rank and spIcnd"r ct olr house. Kings aud
tImp"rrre w.rr "ur amrr>l"r, aud blue blood
rtn IA their VEINS The same ns II Goes III ours.
oar ancestor. who has rrIgme,i over the
wuriI.!or time l~mnrInor!ll. ore tins Crown
OF Honor, the crown of all Tools. Every
where, Is far a, civilization reaches; evcry-
whrrr, where good iu,I merry people live.
our .rrptrr has rei-nr4
What would the World be without tool, :
What would the wise people do i: there
were no fools: What would our masuurr-
adr be II only dry and sensible people be
PRESENT: Nothing. IAv nothing. What
Would food he without salt: What i, lie
without pleasure and JOY: Nothing. no
nothing What wnuli Lexington b. WITH
OCT her Lirdrrhr.nZ: Nothing, no nothing.
Therefore,. my wei beloved subjects, lie
always merry and jolly. Enjoy HE; Ill the
Guy the OF JOY and pleasure 10 It, brIm and
drink 1t To The bottom. sorrow and grief
W. hi."W not. ptil uui sadness lr forever
hlmi-i.'i from ar midst. Here. only iIi.ni-
eLiP, love Iui rAcrrrn.nr-s must reign. He
VII" VIII he the most atE among You thin
cNrnin- stands unt.r>1 to NV throne. H.
WI" wi! Laugh. Joke, sing at! dunce the
most. wIi he AWARDED The order o! the Red
- -'' NJ . NI" "a " ~ WIZ III
tIir hts gathering may IL. assured OF NV
wrath. IL Il" t.nI>u~', from our midst, and
Lave th.> place At once, "r ~ -hlti set our
lnp.Ot Darkness OH hun. Amusement and
m"rrlmr u! IL Our motto Tor M evening.
Snw tnrn. throw ,nur-"If n-ri- over head
lat" thu mrlIy liie, VIII - yuu good
example"
W nave attended several III squerA !e
h,,- aud parties IN lexington. "u, lhI, one
eNc,t ed them 81 for variety OF characters.
and genuine ~euJrymert. While thu COS
tHri'- were liz: costly. which W. especially
approve. they di>piaycd a great deal # taste.
We cannot - into i detailed description Of
a. tie antics of the towns. monkeys. old
women. Ac.. ~, nor Of the bright gtlrcr,.
shot from hCtuty's eyes. through MASKS
which !tli"d to conceal the Youth aad love-
iIEes- "i tue ~rarrr>. - = d.tNir ,t~>cTip-
ZION al al! that W saw whicI was worth Y
space Everybody -crnei bent on pleasure,
tre music wn> god, hearts hight. and King
RVS commands w,rr ubry-i 10 The letter.
ihe following Irs the names AMI ctiIrdcieT.
represented 30 tar IL We could ascertain :
tht"i> -tlrLry >iHauer, King hex Ed
W4IH Meyer, Mephi>torhrie>. Miss Bette
tiIInNlr. Swiss @jri: Mis-. Rosa FRITZ, tiIp>y
Pr'ncr.> Mss Maggie Berg. snow Mrs.
Cha Weber, Polish lady Ms. ANrl Emt-
berg. Spanish womlu Mrs. john Dahler.
Frost Mss >cdonIA Weber. Gip-y queen /;
Mis-, Minerva Jenkins. 4tI,ru OF The night;
Miss Louise E.ie, Scotch girl Mis-, Emma
EAvhT, Valentine Josie Mott. bIby Rosa
silver. TurA: Mis-, hattie krIcan. daughter
of the rrgin NJ: Nl,> Carrie Mcirrer. ram
b"": Mis- Juilt iiagtn. Chinese XII: Miss
julia Mehi, peasant; Miss Miami Mi.cuVu.
nLrse =jri: Ms NINA hirc. lie Riding
Hood, MS Matte tm'Ir, sIilpr sIri; Miss
iiutine Marx, grauscT CIR: Mrs. Frank
hTcinn. daughter Of the regiment; Mss LIZ
Hr smith. black domino; Mi. Ida Guuther.
81 .ch 1%olniuO; Ms, Emn. iIaiuAel. Queen
Elizabeth Mrs. John Gorhurr. Marie
stuart; Miss Emile Emdr. Hanover ;.eas-
ant ( ri; Miss Emile AlchI, Hungarian peas
AM girl: Miss Carrie Baehr, Motnvr Goose;
Miss futile. Eilrh, Miss sophie ktst.
chess girl; Miss LizzIe Ripple. . good for
nlu-ht; Nj, Eta Mott, coming iHiu' the
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