Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-30
ARaEVlL.E p0TS.
Nav ., 1859.

s0iae 7 wishing q uuptn-
for rain and still 10 comes not.
The gardens in this part Of the
county present tie appearance
Of midsummer, there being some
exception to this where the soil
IS composed OF clay and the
situation low or where they
have been well cultivated. We
bear also OF complaint in regard
To- The poor stands OK cotton on.
where the seed was put in carly
enough To get the cotton Gp be
fore dry weather it is looking
well aud growing rapidly. Corn,
although small. las been cult
waited and has . good color. aad
ii we can get a rain any time
will soon remedy the defect Of
being small.
Notwithstanding the very dry
weather and the consequent evil
flowing therefrom, AbJeville
came To the front again On Fri.
lag evening last, the occasion
being a Lemonade given by the
ladies' OF this place for the bcne
TT Of tie Methodist church
There was a large number OF
people present, but those who
were there had a splendid time.
We wish you could nave been
with us, you would have enjoy.
ed yourself better than yen did
since yoa bad whoopiug cough
aud measles. There were pres
ent people from College Hill.
Moab, aud other portions of this
county. while Marshall county
lent US for the occasion three
nice gentlemen and a quartettc
of young ladies that you wou.d
have to search long before YOU
could fad their equals in beauty,
intelligence aad every other
charm that goes TO make up u
lovely woman He are sure that
this statement viii be vOuched
Tor by nc least two Of Olr boys,
fer We know of one who SO con.
Quoted himself while she was
here as to be accused OF losing
his mind, while another of our
boys was up and at the depot
two hours before the arrival o:
the tain which bore the fair
one back to her home was due,
Tor fear he would miss seeing
her once mOre. And Il Il eur
rently reported that this Is the
only time during the year 1SS!
he has been up in time 20 see
oh Sol make his appearance
There were also present SIR
JeG Hines ami wife. Of Texas
who are visiting his father, Cap
tain J. " Hines. We also no
tIced Ar. viii f Lambert. Jr
formerly OF This place. bui now
of Memphis, shaking hands with
his fEieEds. y good deal Of en-.
was derived from some
t%ahieaux and charades together
with recitation by the young IA
dies, all of whom did well, bu.
Sc think that Misses Jenui,
Hines, Johnnie Hale. she Ferre,
and llrs. Matte BaraId are de
serving especial mention ON &C
count of the most excellent
manner in which their Fecita
tioas were delivered The re
ffeshments consisted OF lea
cream, cakes, strawberries. Sher
bert and lemonade, all Of which
were up to par.
Although the young men Of
Abbeville are Numerically weak
they make up for it in liberaliiy
la the latter of which they are
well sustained by their marriee
brothers, consequently the Ii.
naneial part OF the entertain
ment came up in proper proper
ton to everything else The
ladies realized thirty five dollars
by the enterprise.
Guessing at the number o!
lemon seed contained ina dist
afforded the Juvenile portion ol
the audience, as we'll as some oil
the older ones, a large source
OfamuSement. There were three
prizes 10 be awarded to the
three persons guessing nearest
the number OF seed in the dish.
which were won by Miss Minnie
Nlneen, hT John Logan and
hrs. ". Il. Graham The bOobv
prize was captured by Miss Sua
Terrell. The music was furnish
ed b- Nessrs. Joe Robertson.
HUE BOgard and Willie Good
nan and was highly enjoyed by
every one. The entertainment
vas under the immediate con
troll of supervision OF 2iss VI.
+ IVY, aud she was greatly in
sirumeat.l in making it 4 sue
cess, although she hal a large
number Offa:thfal aids in the Ia.
dies who took part in II.
We regret 10 say that Mr
frank Cornelius, who arrived
from Florida a few days ago.
where he has been spending
several months for his health. Is
still qc'te sick. Mr.. Cornelius
Is a goo- man aud citizen. aud
stands h.ea as q railroad alan.
and vas holding the position of
assistant ra,~oad master on the
| q. IL. II when taken sick.
The newly elected town off,