The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-06-30
TRANTz AND WE AT TIE FIRE
MEMS BALL.
IL nARnY MOSS.

We were at the Grand Ball givel by
the Phoenix Fire Company III Hunts
Hall tuesday night and so was Frantz-
the jolly, Joyous, jubilaut Frantz--the
ample and commodious Frantz--the
spacious and broadguaged Frantz--the
flttest take" of tue Mississippi Press
A. ]. Frantz Of the Brandon Republi.
can.
Frantz represented the Press Of Ran
kin County at that Phoenix Firemen's
Ball and "we" represented the Press of
Vicksburg; and Frantz aud we and we
aud Frantz saw that ball through to a
minute FRAGILE. Yea! by the body of
Bacchus, we saw it through from its
IN Id aud cheerful inception to its tumul-
tuous conclusion!
Richard was himself agnin and Frantz
wps himself again and we were ourself
agair, and the bar keeper under Hunts
Hall was himself again; aud the Phenix
Fire Company hrd committee on bever.
ages in a little back room and the com
mittee on beverages was itself again, by
large majority.
Franiz and we we're feeling well on
that memorable night We had good
dead-head clothes outside of us, und we
ind numerous aaimating refreshments
iAslde of MS. and we had 81 and nine
bar room checks between us. Lizer
Jane depart from hencei All was indeed
lovely, and the goosey gander oscillated
far too high for poor folks TO reach him!
FranIz and we didn't get much interes-
ted in the ball until abont an hour after
it opened but we then corralled two of
the gayest sort of girls and let in; and
when we let in we danced with all our
natural and great deal of artificial
impetuosity. We danced aud Frantz
danced and danced Frantz aud danced
we, and Frautz was our Wis Wis and we
were Franiz's Wis q Wis and our partner
and Franizs partner we're our and
Frantz's partners Wis Wis, and we turn
ed Frantz's partner ana Frartz turned
our partner and FrOntz's partner turned
us and our partner turned Frautz aud all
of we and Frantz turned all of we and
Frantz's partners turned all Of we and
Frantz And then our partner turned
Frantz one more time merely to get bet
ter acquainted with him and threw
Frantz mp against post and Frantz beg
ged the posts pardon aud said be would
apologize more fully but for a press Of
other matter this week aud was afraid
lie had torn its dress aud was sorry he
Ind left all his pins in Brandon but
wonld send boy to Rec Lichardson's
who might be out of pins but Always
kept good article of seed tick pamshane
aud owed for six mouths quarter col
umn ad Then Frantz suddenly discov-
cred he was alone in the center Of an
cold Yirginny reel with everybody dan
cling all around him, and he tried to go mp
and down in the middle by himself, but
after three ups aud two and half downs
be sat down on the floor to rest aud wan
ted to know what in the Devil and Tom
Walker they we're all up to anyhow, and
that he didn't come here TO be insnlted.
Then tall usher with a big suuffower
on the lapel Of bis coat tried to persuade
Frantz to get up, and Frantz told the
usher not TO bother him any more about
copy because he had left enough copy
on the hook to last month. Al leagth
Ffautz pulled himself up by the post
and told the p st he was much obliged
to 1t and asked it to please exchange, and
then we aud Frantz and Frantz aud We
and Frantz's partner and all Of Frantz
and we aud all Of we aud Frautz and all
Of We and Frantz's partners, put especi'
ally we and Frantz, promenaded loving
Iy, and limberly. and zlgzaggedly t
supper bs melodious route and circuit
ons music. while the gas lights wigglet
and wobhled and the brass band squeak
ed and squawked. and the bail room
floor heaved and hoved like sassafrai
dugout N Louisiana creyass. But tbI