Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1885-02-12
Entertainments.
Reported for the Beacon. |

On my FIRST interview with daylight Friday
morning last, did not expect to be able to
furnish an account of the party which came
of that evening at the residence of DR.. J.
Felix Morgan in Medley's Neck. The wealth
er improved, however, as day advanced and
at about 1880 p. m. having gathered up a
very good supply Of beauty of the feminine
gender myself and another very difident
youngtn with rather sleepy expression
furnishing the said In the masculine) we start
ing along at the rate Of about eight miles an
hour, taking our chances for missing the bad
places, for it was too dark to see them and
overlooking the fact that our necks were 10
danger at every turn Of the road, when an
eTeat occurred which served effectually to
draw our attention to the fact. l suppose It
was purely a ease of Jealousy on the part of
the ESQ far as locomotion was concerned)
main tongue of the party at aot being invited
to join in with those Will were so busy be-
hinl it, and taking the ground lit did that
words" played us q trick, which had we
been anywhere other thaa 90 perfectly level
piece Of road, might have furnished q few
more subjects for discourse on the uncer-
tainiy OF human life and OF retributive justice
which never fails to overtake eyil-doers, party
goers In particular. can't tell exactly how
IL happened, but our tongue was, so to
speak, jerked out by the roots and rendered
entirely undt@or service. No one was burt,
however, and my friend went OF with the
horses for another wagon, which he soon OBJ
tained from very kind and accommodating
friend who lived not far from the scene of the
accident, leaving me TO console the ladies
which duty performed with so much salts
faction to myself that felt that, in future, I'd
like to have breakdown" for every party
attend. Having transferred our party to the
newly engaged vehicle, we went on our way re-
joicing and soon arrived at our destination. I
was particularly anxious to go to this party,
as it had been many years si-ce had Partici-
pated in one in this, once the gayest, section
of our county: Indeed, at the time Of which
write, could hardly claim to have been a
participant, for was the "sma,l boy" and
thus, Of course, a very obaoxious individual.
managed, however, to obtain q good many
glimpses ofthefun indulgedi in by my elders and
those were, In reality, gay times During the
whole of the frolicing season it was sleighng
or fox-hunting, as the weather suggested,
during the day aad early part of the night,
followed In either case by turkey and oyster
supperS, music, dancing and cards aad one
night to determine where they should hold
forth the next. Right here, yousg people, let
me call your attention 10 something. When.
ever, in future, you hear that hackneyed piece
of cant about the degeneracy of your day and
the Projections of the good old times, " don't
be deceived by it. 1t is the favorite theme of
all our elders and, no doubt, the day will
come, when for the edifcation of your young
friends and to cry down the pleasure 10 which
ysu no longer feel the inclination to indulge,
you will also take up the cry. Those were
the days when the man who rode hardest,
drank deepest and sat longest at the convivial
board, was the greatest favorite. But, be
that as it may, it has little to do with the
party in question.
The hall apanAd Immediately uPoa onF az.
rival, and ever thing was done to make us
have an agreeable time. Indeed, a PROPOSE.
ton was made TO knock cut n portion Of the
wall to make more room for the dancers and
when man offers to tear down his house for
the pleasure of his guests, ! think he has
about got Ito the length of his rope" Hax-
ing had the misfortune to lose my dancing
pumps on my way down, I missed dancing
with several charming partners, for dancing
ia my heavy boots soon rendered me unit for
service and compelled me to retire from active
enjoyment. managed, however, t. be on
hand, whenever refreshments were. Every
one else seemed to be In the humor for fun
and before two sets had been danced the
sleepy expression had lett my friends face
and having danced down every one of the
younger partners with whom he could get a
sett, finally wound up with a racquet with the
lady Of the house. cannot sufficiently thank
the managers or our host for the pleasure
afforded, but think voice the prevailing
sentiment in assuring them that we all left
with the impression that in the business Of
administering to others pleasure they are
adopts and that though years have brought
changes, There's life in the old land yet"
N.