The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-06-24

Asylum. Here was assembled a bril-.
liant thFong II tie elite tha beauty and
the ChiValry OfthiS' city famous for
beauty sud gR!lsMry, The evening
vas spent most p;raNantly in social
intercourse and exchange Of friendly
GREETINGS, and even prolonged into "the
We smA' hours Of mOrn" by many, whO
Eith laughing hearts and fyiRg fsst
kept time tO the swest strains Of inspir-
|ing nusic.
One Of the NEST interesting features
FSf the evening, to 8 practical and un-
sentimental nanlike myself. was the
elegant Lunch about IL O'clock
This ives good, We tried it and We
know.
On Friday morning we had another
session Of the Press, aud at onS. o'clock
accepted Nh Invitation to visit the Cath.
Ole and Protestant Orphan Asylums.
We found hOtA VI these Institutions in
'a'hSst excellent condition, under ed
nirAble miaage@eat, and ioipg q no.
pie work. They are living monu-
yeats o;the generosity aud charity Of
The OittaSns OF Matches, At the Pro.
teStaRt Orphan Asylum Va were served
With , most excellent lunch. TAiS
fdRRti4VatoR offers y. hOMS to orphan
children from any part Ut the State.
EI,vss6Tk founded BY tue good ladies
Of Nascho1, long yeara ago, aud sup
ported by.their Inaidsd oEOtts, until
T4VEte FecORtlY, tue MasoNs generOusly
Catae to their assistance, It deserves
the attentiOmsE the people of tho entire,
State, but IS l. propose to say more
about this at another time, for the
present I'll be BRIEF. d.
Meeting again ut Protection Hall
that evening, We elected oflOsrs for
tAeensWins year, and selected COlWn.
bus as the place fJr the next meeting
OF the association, changing the tims 70.
IAAe 6FsS Wednesday, in July.
Pi'O1r labOrS now ended and free to.
We repaired to the Bluff to Wit.
meas the parade Of the Adams Light
Infantry. The city was out in full
force and in its gayest mood. The set;
ting sun shed u lRnllOw light DER the
laughing waters Of tue Mississippi, and
everything bid fair to make this, our
last evening. IN NatChez, one OF the
post pleasant, Whel down went the
bridge aud with it all enjoyment 70 r
thaeveHing. Fortunately no one was
very seriously hurt, soM1 thirty we're
bruised and wounded. Mover shall W
forget the shock given to our fair
Young friend who MAS With us al the
rttae and saw her mother go down with
flat sUrging MASS of Helpless beings.
|WetruSt srGtbi that She With The Jth.I
ar'upfoftuIates have all fully recovered,
from their wsundS and sre again in the
enjoyment Oftheir WO1ted health. -.
=. This closed the 18th Annual MeAting.
OF Abe Press Convention in NstChex.
one OF the most pleasant and most
memorable Ia tw history Of the Asso.
EqiANlOa. Macy are.the pleasing nlemo.
IEiss carried away ald long will the kind
hearted hospitality II lie citizens 1T
Matches be treasured up By the mem,
hSTs' ofthe Press
Friday night = large number Of tAc
Press lett for hOlAe by steamer Yaz0O.
Next morning sonnet ty took the train
0nsths NAtcAsA, JaeksUn and Colu,n.
bus road. These we're Asain honOroA
With : least vt raymond aud 1t Boil.
tn. s4our Local, with some halrdozen
Otliers, took the spleWJid steamer Jnv.
,CaAnOH, aud returned SSAOlpe BY
New Orleans, completing tue FOuMd.of
NeiIlOy nent W = vislt4tO thu Paris VI
T'Alicrica. Some day when tie wealth,
CT gets cooler. Ill tell yol sahethinv,
+HtH4S ,MOllAcrEnl baslAesS enterprise If
NStOaez, vi Hcr cotton factory, Ice tao
t9ry, wOOlca tactory,' oil mill, aud
1A4Aroad bViIkLy Matches capital, bus
3QF tnc present Adieu. -,
"s* X. Q. PREWITT. ,