The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-07
SENlI'r EIIT EKAT.
Rosin Hill DOTS.

We make you our new years bow
and congratulate you on. your good
fortune in again falling intothe hands
of an able and experienced quill driv
er.
One of our most popular and
charming little maidens, Miss Caro-
Belser, of Summerton, assisted by
her many lady friends. gave a leap
year party at the handsome residence
OF her kind and hospitable parents,
on the 29th ultimo. The feminine
grace anl beauty OF Summerton, Pa
nola. and Packsville, for which Clar
endon is especially noted, were here
combined and supported BY the most
charming and f;.scin ating Misses Ba-
ker and Spann, from Sumter, and
Demorest, of New York.
Mr. Editor, if you have never at
tended a genuine leap.year party, our
advise to Mrs. Editor is, to never al
low YOU to attend one at least not in
Summerton: OF you will, no doubt.
fer tie first time in your life expe-
rience. Tie unpleasant cbaing Of your
matrimonial yoke. Our esteemed old
friend, James Douglas Deas, of Cam
den, certainly reisned as belle Of the
evening, but ai< rife ,rosn'thrTv. The
sweetest music we ever heard was the
silvery voice Of Miss S-,a sweet six
teen, WHO shyly approached US and
said, VIII you please give me this
waltz? For moment we were COM
pletely nonriased, the world swan
in sea oil molasses candy! After our
swoon, we found ourself threading
the mazes of the waltz, in possession
of the fair "Haidee
Whose hair was dark brown, but her
eyes
Were black as jet Their lashes the same
hue,
OF down-cast length, in whose shadow
lies
Deepest attraction y
We were next approached by Miss
B., who as modestly and charmingly
asked for quadrille, followed by the
bewitching Misses R. and H, who
asked for waltzes, etc. We felt to
them so grateful that, ove1oyed, We
almost exclaimed: "Grace i'll all your
steps, heaven in your eye; in every
gesture, dignity and love- But this
would have been considered imperti-
nent tafy at a ]eap-year dance. Our
hearts now had become so intoAi-
Gated with its leap year nectar, that
the remainder Of the evening passed
like dream. Have faint recollec-
ton Of being led by one of the fairest
of our fair enchantresses into an ada
cent room, where sweet and enjoyable
refreshments were being served from
large center table, by fairy-ike
maidens, who seemed to expect fel-
low, already gorsed on sweetness, to
eat everything sweet that was handed
him. We we're next led captive by
our sane charming escort into the
fascinating mazes of the German" !"
where our old heart ebbed and flow
ed the remainder of the evening, in
accordance to our Sights and COM
pliments.
The many exquisitely beautiful and
attractive costumes of the ladies de-
serve special mention, but space nor
time will permit.
Tue entertainment advertised for
the Panoia Academy last Friday eve
ming was indeed rare treat to alarge
and appreciative audience. AS Your
esteemed old veteran correspondent
"Iom" was there, we will only skim
the surface. The exercises opened
with instrumental and vocal music
(piano and violins), by Mrs. Deas, Of
Camden, Mrs. Jno. G. Manning, and
NIessrs. H. B. and R. G. Richardson,
of Fulton; 2nd-Vccal duet (accom-
panied by piano), Misses Alice Rea,
and Gertrude Houck, of Pennsylvania;
3rd-22nd Reg. march, instrumental,
Mrs. Manning and the Messrs. Rich
ardsou; Authorization, ''The Dying
Soldier" by Miss Gertrude Houck, a
very handsome young lady of rare
culture, who exhibited as an elocu-
tionist the self possession and ability
OF a thoroughly trained artist; 9Th
Instrumental and vocal music, Mrs.
Manning and the Messrs Richardson;
6th-9he leading feature Of the occas-
ion, lecture by Rev. John Kershaw,
of Sumter. TO dilate on the happy
style and ability of this distinguished
lecturer, would he like an effort tc
refine pure gold-simply a loss OF
time. His sketch Of school-boys
life during the war WIS indeed famil-
lar to US, as we, like he, having no boy
hood, being in childhood at the COM
mencement of the war, sprang into
manhood, 6lling the places as gallants
TO the yOuno ladies al the brave vol