The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-17
The Festival.

MIDDLEBURG, Tenn, April 18th, 70.
1Ir Editor:-The festival for the benefit
of the church at this place which was duly
announced in your valuable paper, and to
which you had a special invitation, came
off on Wednesday evening, but the weather
being so very incIement it was thinly at
tended, and it was decided by the ladies to
repeat it on Thursday evening. AT an early
hour the guests began dropping in and cen
tinucd to come until the attendance was
very good. The church was tastefulIy deco
rated with wreaths, festoons and appropri-
ate notices The supper proper consisted
of three tables presided over by the contrib
utors and contained good things in great
variety-snowy cake, delicious custard, fra
grant coffee, all Of which the ladies dispens-
ell with their usual grace and elegance
while the meat tables were well supplied
with substantials in that line-thcse last
were presided over by Messrs. War; and
Shivers, who handled the carver in a skill
FIJI manner, and the best of all helped boun-
tifuily. a prominent feature of the enter
tainment was lemonade we'll beautifully
fitted up and in the especial charge OF Miss
Matte Cheshire, who dealt out the cooling
beverage with the grace and dexterity Of a
Hebe, and here we cannot forbear mention
ing our merchant prince, J. J. b., who in
dulcct tones, and poeticaI language drum
med for the lemonade stand. Long may he
wave and be successful tape cutter in our
midst. Another attractive feature was the
post Office, with Mrs Hunt one Of the most
Fascinating of Hickory Vallves' ladies, pest
mistress general with Misses 2. and c. on
her Stafi, who opened mails and handled let
ters with the rapidity sf any OF the profess
SIGNALS in Mr. Keys department. Many Of
the letters were interesting and some of them
afforded much amusement, and AT times the
excitement round the Office door waxed
high. Conspicuous among the missives was
one received by Sam Rose, another by Mr..
/ Prewit, and our genial tOwnsmdn, Col. Nor
row, received one Of such vast Importance
! and strict privacy that no mortal eve save
his own has ever been allowed 10 rest upon
it Then this Office afforded an opportunity
! for bashful -swains and timid maidcns to in
! terchange sentiments, and there is no telling
/ if a match or two may not result from this
evening entertainment. We were glad to
! see The delegation from Hickory Valley,
I whose Hberality was duly noticed and APP
prccia:ed. A!essrs. Aston, Gates, Rodgers,
! Scott and Robinson could not have been
spared, yet their presence gave rise 10 seri-
: UHs doubts among The ladies present a. 10
whether they had left any perfume within
{ the corporate limits OF their town. And tho
gentlemen from Bolivar brought up their
/ co.Hnn in good order and kept up a steady
I fire Ungil .Av engagement was over. Ia
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first order. u Ben they get to voting on q.
cake he understands the art Of making lei
! low come down with hi- last staHps l..
us not forget Air Polk the iuimitabIe Newt,
whom we thought did good service in the
postal department, besiues making himself
useful III other places, but he was not 30
perfectly at home-so entirely himselt-as
when seated at the table with all manner
of tempting viaHds before him-to say
that he did them justice does rot convey the
idea at a:l-had he not been so ably sup
ported by his vis-a-vis Capt. c., who never
yet "throwed" good thing over his sh,iuI-
der. Taking all in all the entertainments
was SUCCESS and WAS enjoyed lay all pres
ent For years after the war Middlebure
/ was pronounced defGnct--a thing of the
past; but in the language of our energetic
and fun Sovins fricHd VIII Newborn to
whom the ladies are under obligations
she Is still in the ring" The ladies of
Iijdleburg and vicinity deserve credit for
their energy and hearty cooperation in get
ting up the entertainment. and special
thanks are due Mr. Sam Rose for his untir-
ing zeal and valuable assistance. Regret.
were expressed during the evening that the
editor OF tie bulletin was not on hand. ex
tending hiIa a cordial Invitation TO all o
our future entertainments. We remair
Respectfully,
MATHY CARFEy6LGIIT.