The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
A GREAT BANQUET.
How the Peni,eauAry Conv,,,s Enjoyed
 Champagne and Snipe.


 Champagne and SniPe.
 Immediately after Walkers election to the United States senate. the members ot the legislature who had been mos, earn es, and " unterrihed m hls behalf bot- ro~ing an expression from the democrats. decided upon rendering thelr d,sun- gu.shed fellow ettiten banquet so elegant in all of its appointments that he would feel as fl his pas, life among puncheon floor dances. sorghum s,ret hung and lean shoa, bArbeeues had been only small affair and that his real existence was lust about to dawn. \ committee ~as ap. pointed to raise by subscription the sum necessary Ia the institution of the stately debageh. and late m the afternoon preceding the event. Colonel Zeb Ward. lessee ot the ArkansA~ penn own physle al exercise. was sen, for. ha.- ing been chosen, when the enthusiasm seemed To be dyng. as the redeeming keeper of the banque,al elephant, When Colonel Feb found the committee in a sc chooner house, he was shocked Tn the discovery tha, only sisty-t,ve cents had been subscribed and that only three ,ar tickets and d dunk cheek had been col lected When he fio~Eed ~lth disisvof E. chairman of the committee. m an auemp, to smooth down the ruitled feathers winch he saw ris,ng among his colleagues sad
 Boys. you needn', wonder a, the Colonel snii'in' the ar m regard to the amount ,ha, has been raIsed. for town people are esifavagant In the country this amour, would bc enough but here reckln Il Ii take as much as A dollar any how
 The supper. costing eight hundred dol lars. had been ordered by a c,ty member of ,hc committee. and when the Iegisla, ors received thus iuiotmA,i ou. therr ~ss a general murmur oi discontcn,
 Etgh, hundred dollar {" exclaimed the member from Bonese' county You mean eighty cents. don' you =
 mean eighi hundred doilars
 "6fea, Lord :" and the member from 5oneset sank to the ground and ~as taken to his room over 4 llsefy stable
 Then Colonc, Ward became d,sgus,ed. He tore up the subscription ls, and sad "lll pay for the supper myself ~ ou are very generous, observe one of the mcmbers
 So, so devilIsh generous A you may ,hlnk I'll pay for the supper. bu, no, an internal member of your persimtnon puck cred assembly shall suck hlA tooth m the breas, of A sn,pe. or swallow spoon i ful of the wine.'
 i Wha. arc you goIng to do with |, v
 Take il ou, ,o the penlienuAry and 1 give |, 10 the convicts "Why. colonel. that would be a dIs- grace"
 Makes no difference The stuff goes 
 there"
 1 So persuasion could induce ham ,o alter his decision. and when the supper vas resiy, several prison wagons drove up to the hotel, secured the si&nds and drove away The convicis were hled in 10 the long dining-hall where the elesan, repas, was spread Colonel Ward had taken great pains 10 render the affair enjoy able, and ,o relieve the o-czsitn of l,s eoeentncity. had Af :. ranged the folIo1ing programme
 foAsIs
 Hog Stealing Rs.poeae by BtoeA sra i Corn 1sl.sing.
 sesp.ss, oy Bench ,s D4ss. Mzns4ggttsr,
 kssponse by Hofntss iixgie-or,h. 1 Ths AfsAnsa. Les.!s,sre,
 R-sponA~ by f4n Bars Dsekiisor. chies.n Lif,mg
 ksspsase oy fafsou Jackson. Elgt.sy Robbery
 Eesponse b, ia3.-f Haas<f Das Now, gentlemen sad Colone. Ward when they had all taken their place. Il van, you to enjoy yourselves. IL has been some time since you sat down to spread ike this. and II IS we'll that you should no, stand On the order of resere Brooky Ben, pass the angels food ts the len year man. So1ety owes you bent ting testimonial. gentlemen, and this evening 1 stand here as a representative