Smyrna times., 1878-02-27

Town ELECTIoN.-Npxt Monday will be
town election day, when our municipal
omcerS Tor the ensuing year will be chosen
MORE RAIsINs.-The TINES of last wcek
contained an item with reference to the
iertlllty OF certain Ruisin family. Here
are more facts and perhaps stronger. Hal
,eh' tne distinguished surgeon, knew fami.
| lleS VINO had sixteen, twenty, twenty-pipht
ana thirty childrPn. DR.. Ryan, fifth Royal
College OF Surgeons and Physicians, London.
knew lady of title, who had twenty.seven
children, had patient who said She had
had thirty-two and another woman who
stated she was the mother of forty children.
Sir Geo. Tutbill is reported in the London
Hedtcal and Surgical Journal for 1886. to have
stated that an Asiatic Russian had by his
hrst wife sixty.nine infants at twenty.seven
hlrths, by his second wife, eighteen at eiuht
nirths,-eighty-sev~n children. Madame
de Htael asked Napoleon who was the
greatest woman in France? Heanswered-
she who has had the most children" X
IHE Observation-Disclosures who entered
INTO the Masquerade irulic on "Wednesday
evening last Tor an evening of exuteranl
Iun, We're not dIsappolnted-lt was all and
more than they expected. The mas,,uers
numbered about seVenty-five and those who
Went us lockers ON in Venice" uunasked
but VINO enjoyed the fun nevertheless,
Swtlled the company to over 100 persons.
he participants rpndezvoused at the resi-.
dence OF Wm. A. FAIRIES and proceeded Tn
lhe residence OF DR.. j. w. Clifton, where
the spirit OF carnival ruled and WAS pnioved
Tor some hours.
lhey were dressed in indescribed cos.
tumeS,-long pointed cOmical head.rcar
That could hardly be called a hat. will,
iohS noses, blg noses, grOtesque faces and
HSureS, negro women, black costumes he.
decked with glItterlng stars impersonatinp
might, Texas Ringers, Paul Pry, Paddy
wlth his pipe, shlllhlah and bundle, happier
th'h King, nuns, Quakereoses, laborers,
and other masks of all shades and cond,
tiohS OF llie. Last but not least were the
ll"ritqulns' and " Big lngins,' in complete
costume OF the noted chiefs who have been
GIVING our government so much trouble
ana looking quite as terrible. Wherever
these parties were, there was fun: first =
general greeting with their deem ruttprL
"u5h'. and this through with they went
tor victim. Some consternation wa.
created among the ladies by a general
search for their "squIws," and a fat mn.
masked lady WAS surrounded 10y the tribe
and only escaped after the most str.nu,u.
eAP"stuIationS, from being captured A
certain money.changer in their eyes. of
unlimited resources, and not yieldln,, to
their dsmand OF "wampum," "wampum."
was next set upon, held a helpless victim.
AMI alter much pow wowing," if he WA,
not scalped, looked as if he might bav.
been, Tor there WAS little hair left on the
Top OF his head in the "place where the.
halr ought to grow Next they esnied :,
certain Doctor who handles the "pullikinS'
rs sklllIully as they did the tomabawk
The scent OF blood brought forth the "war
whoop," he was seized, born nlolt throuoh
the halls, and being placed in the middle
OF Il room, alter war dance, were about tn
take his scalp or pull his teeth in r.talia
ton tor the many lie hal pulled. but hi, |
eyes, which spoke louder than words
melted the hearts of the Savages, and he was
restored to his wanted liberty and the re. |
freshrnent table which by this time was dis, |
covered, suffered all the dire consequence,
threatened on the innocents above named |
and, there is no telling the destructive |
hahlts OF an Indian for some time derived |
OF his buffalo meat.
lhe Harlequines were not i'm the least |
hehlnd the red men in their pxhuberance |
and mIrth making, and like all such charac |
ters, were the "iOolS for fun and frolc."
Alter about two hours, the company un. |
masked and many were the mutual sur.
prIses among the participants at recognizing |
thtir associates who had concealed their |
indIvldunlltles and remained incoqatto.
After the refreshments, which consisted |
OF Ice cream and variety of choice cakes.
oranges nuts and confections, the rest OF
the time until the company separated,
between twelve and one o'clock, was spent
in social converse.
II was in every way an evening of play.
tul humor and enjoyment, and ms such b1>
not perhaps been surpassed by any former
occasion of the kind