Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-15
X CHRISTMAS PARTY.
A Stir n the Society Circles or Daalsyvnle-A Merry Christmas Gathering Went Kome wlth the Girls in the Evening

DUDLEYvmLE, San Pedro River, De-
 cember 26--We have had a nice dance
 at Mir. Cunningham's ranch. The entire
 population, both up and down the river,
 for a distance of fifty miles, were on
 hand early in the evening to commence
 the fun. Nr. Cunningham and brother furnished the supper. It was as nicely gotten up as any l ever ate. Thirty
 couples were amply provided for. and
 many who took no part in the dance
 were invited to eat, and there was plenty
 left after all had gone home in the morn- ing. Mrs. Cunningham and MT. Patter-
 son got up the San Pedro feast, and
 much credit is due them. Mir. Patter-
 son is an old-time cook ahd can make as
 good a cake as anybody. We will not
 ask you to take our word for it as we send enclosed a cake for you to sample
 not with this document, however, for
 the quantity could not be got into the
 mail. We have a postmistress here that
 is too light for the business of tsending cake to editors-TucsOn editors-where there Is such an abundance as We have here. While l think of 1t l will just mention that l am certain that whole sale liquor business would do well here. ! My efforts to get a drink were all in
 Na1n. Mir. Geo. Scott and the Putmans, from Riverside. got in pretty early and
 gave me a couple of drinks, which ex- hausted their supply, and we had to put
 in the entire night without another smile Mr Windmiller's store, about
 one mile from the place where We
 danced, should be put on the list of fail
 ures. Nothing in the shape of stlmu- | lants could be got there-nOt even a | camphOr bottle. If a storekeeper wishes | to keep his patronage l should think 1t
 advisable to keep staple articles on hand
 especially at this season of the year. NIT. Rhodes, the manager of Mir. Mur- phey's cattle ranch, came in a little late,
 and as scOn as I learned that his party
 were cowboys 1 felt relieved, for l was | certain that on being introduced to them | I would be asked to take a drink. got | the introduction but nary drink. l apologiZed for not being able to offer them something, thinking by that means ] to put them in mind of theirs, but soon learned that they did not drink. Find l ing that 1t was of no use, proposed to ] the proprietor of the house that We take | a cup of hot coffee. We did that and ! the dance went on as if nothing had | happened.
 | Mir. Bates and family were present | The two young ladies are very pleasant and a party on the San Pedro river with out them would be drag. MT. Bates
 was the owner of the Queen mine that sold the other day for a nice sum to some | Illinois parties.
 Mrs. Hyde and sister, the wife of Mir, Whitlock, came Tn among the first and
 were at once taken on the floor and were
 the last 10 ledvsit
 Young Miss Harrington and brother a5e as pleasant people as any l ever met 1 The young lady, after dancing every set
 when told that day was breaking said | that she was sorry that it got broke SC | quick.
 Young Tweed, Finch and Bates dPnced until broad daylight and went home with l the girls in the morning.
 | There were many more l could men | ton, who went home alone, but they are not worthy of notice, and 1 won't trouble | you with their names. J. H. M.