The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-24
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If this is read from right to left
beginning at the bottom and mount
ing line by line to the top, it will
be seen that it is an invitation to 8
| New Years festival in the Chinese
style. The Sunday school of Trim
ity Baptist church includes thirty
young Orientals, and it was they
who last evening entained their
friends and fellow church members
at q Monaghan tea.
I he Sunday school is divided
into two rooms by q row of frosted
windows, which may be raised
throwing thus the two rooms into
one. The young Cinnamon sat il
a partitIoDed place In one ot the
rooms at y O'clock last evening.
| Fhe rest OF the room was filed with
a numerous native company of both
sexes and vary ing ages. The frost
cd windows were closed, but behind
them could be heard a ciatter oil
crockery. Upon a little platform
adjoining the chinese PARTITION sat
Mr. E d. Jones of Wall street, the
Superin tendent of the Sunday
school. and the Rev. j. b. Simmons,
the pastor of the church Against
the wall at the back o, the platform
hung two sorrows bearing printed
Chinese characters, and two other
scrolls covered with painted birds
and flowers of an unusual sort.
The tea was preIaced by brief
ceremonies. Four of the young
Chlnamen stood In q row on the
platform anu read one of the
psalms OF David, and Lu Gin Gong
said an English PRAYER. An Wing,
the leader of the school, made an
address, and the Lords Prayer was
reclted by the whole class Hop
Ling led off the singing. The Sc
lection was a hymn set to one Of
those good old complicated tunes
which abound in minor notes and
tax the voice to its 'ull compass.
The Celestials delivered it with a
wiry SWING. one Of their number
playing an accompaniment on the
small organ. When they had fin
shed Jhey looked litt Ieverish
and tired The Rev. Alfred lay
lor, who was called on to make an
address, noticed this and said,
Plenty of speechee speechee-
eatee, eatee,"
The frosted windows went ny
with a whirr just as the reverend
pastor was saying that tue China
men were a long-suffering race, snd
that the meek should inherit the
earth. Two long tables were dis
closed. spread with ite cloths,
and bearing double rows of Leacups
"Will the young people let the
old people go in tirstT said the
Rev. Mr.. Taylor.
As the result OF this request all
the middle aged ladies kept them
selves and their escorts where they
were, and there was plenty of room
at the tables for the others. The
guests being seated, the thirty
young Orientals marched in IN sin
gle file. bearing each teapot and Il
milk ever. The tea was liKe any
tea. When it was served the Chi
namen disappeared an speedily
recntered, bearing each a vlst
earthen platter and long pewter
spoon. Fifteen different kinds oi
CONNECTION were then tossed with
marvellous dexterity over the shoul-
ders Of the guests upon the plates. b.
A beautiful young woman who
sat by the reporter had just pushed
aside her Jeacup, Inasmuch as she
did not like tea, when diamond
shaped piece of fruit cake Tell a
though it had dropp d from The SKY
exactly III the centre Of her plate.
She stretched out her hand to AK,
1t, when there was a fash of a pew
tel spoon and the back oi her haud
was struck by wedge of pale col
ored jelly with streaklngs OF scarlet
As she looked in some Confusion toI
a napkin, the central piece OF cakc
was surrounded by an oblong tart
an orange filed with tri-cOloreJ
marmalade, 8 tissue paper rosebud
crescent-shaped substance that
resent bled a section Of tailow can
die stuffed with bleached carraway
seeds, seven other kinds of remark
able confections, and a shower ol
Chinese plums and prickiy nuts,
This variety of food was ap.
preached by the guests with great
caution. Actions indicative o.
doubt and not IN accordance with
good breeding were observable on
every hand At the table at which
the reporter sat he counted no less
than fourteen at one time who were
smelling of the crescent shaped sub
stance. Que of these, II lady, sale
audibly that she thought it wa
made of lard, and as = consequence
no one at the table ventured to eal
of this confection.
The stuffed oranges, the cake, the
plums, and the nuts were capita
and the tissue paper rosebuds
looked very pretty In belts and but
tonhoies.
The supper was served all al
once, and there was no further cere,
mony. The Oriental hosts, contra.
ry to what one would suppose
seemed delighted at the fact thai
their guests could eat only frac
ton of what was set before them
As they looked at the matter thi'
was evidence that their hospitality
had been ample.
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