The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-14

All though the town, upon fences, bar.
posts, mile stones, barns, we'll curbs and
guide boards were posted the following
notices, III Il fair and ev,uently fe,ninin.
hand:
NOTICE. -'r!lcrc will be IA Dime Supper in the
s.sus q! the Baptist Church next Thursday
csy, N"s. "a. y good supper is guaranteed
! s. and 81 good tiue anticipated. Gentlemen with
ladies are particularly and urgently invited.
Per order committee.
The evening came, starlit, cool and
beau,ituI and brought along to the well.
heralded Dime Supper an immense thronk
| Of rustic beaux and bellies. Then the con
dr"n> OF the said supper were made
known. For every word uttered by IL
party while at supper fine Of one dime
was to BE- collected, and it was to be further
understood that the lady management
reserved to itself the right to question,
surprise and worry out OF every one at the
supper an unguarded and penal utterance.
Conversely, whoever succeeded in passing
the ordeal Of Interrogation in meritorious
silence, was to have his supper gratuitous.
y or as one spruce beau expressed it,
when belle informed him that there was
"plenty OF sufficient room enough" ayes"
he replied "see free gratis tor nothing"
The preliminaries settled the jovial
company fell to, and the fun was bolster.
"usly inaugurated- Very artfully tn.
ladies' applied their wonderful convcrsa.
tional powers, and strong men went down
one after another. giving vent to exclama.
,ions OF disnay and dispair, tor every on.
"f which the regular dime penalty was
duly imposed. Many man arose fiom
that supper several dollars In debt, addi.
tional to the announced price Of the SUD-
per-
IN due time every supperit. had fallen
before the arch ingenuity OF his fair ques.
ttoner, and there re,nained at the table but
one solitary individual, and who was he?
No one could identity him. Surely a
stranger and a gigantic feeder. lie wa,
great, red co,npexioned, stalwart fellow
with wooden countcnance about as ex
pressive as chestnut slab. His new
moon mouth stretched from ear tn ear an.
into this wide cash he was casting witt
1exterous hands all manner Of eatib|.,
and drinkables.. He wrestled triumphant.
y with the turkey and venerable COOS.
he tossed in slices Of tongue as IL the,
were loze'ges-he ladled out the Gran
n'rfs'>a''ce as it It were melted led am
he was moulding bullets, and he chcwcd
up the TUFTS OF celery with great gusto an,
Neouchadnezzarish relish of grass, bu
his lips gave forth no sound. One atlv,
another the now anxious ladies' assaile,
MI" with questions and quick surprise, bu
AL IN vain. The man was voiceless as III,
>phynx, ana positively the voracious crea.
ture was cleaning up the entire table
inere was nothing to do but to stand hac.
ashast' and See the awful work Of teyasta.
ton so ON. Many light hand was laid
on his shoulder and sudden question ask.
"a, but he never for an instant ,;f,.d III.
eyes fro" his task or once opened th,,
great cash but to admit an article Of f,,od
Al length when thr table looked as ;,
acyclone had swept over it. and h. h,,.
finished his fifth piece OF -cns,ard p;p h.
arew forth pocket.s'ate. Polished :,
slaoorate'y with his napkin, and in mipht,
Characters wrote upon it,
II AM DEAF AND DUMB"
ihe ladies have not as vet annon,..,
their second dime sup,er.
Inc difference between th.. ,;... ,:..,
'unday'school boy and the nice ,itt,.. ca,
"''a' island hoy is, that the former l..,.
! cent Tor the mission 'ry plate. and the la,.
'e' Plate ''" the missionary sent,
"lommy," said mother to her ..,.,,
year'old hoy, "you must not interim, ,o..
""e" ! am talking with ladies. W.,
mus. wait till we stop, and then 70, -:
boy. '0''eo the