The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-05-18

Picked Up and Dotted Down for Jour.
nal Readers.


Mrs. Sneed, Mrs Yancy and little daugh>
ter and Miss YaEcy OF Richmond, Va, are
at the Gartrells.
QUITE number of our citizens attended
Walter Damrosch's grand musical in st.
lanta last Thursday
Ladies Parsonage and Home Mission
Society will meet at the residence of w. S.
N. Neal Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. j. a. Wynne, of Marietta will
preach the annual commencement sermon
Of the Hightower Baptist College, Cum
ming, Ga May 18th.
A BEAUTIFUL monument has been placed
over the grave Of M. George NJ Manning
at the city cemetery-a wite's tribute to
his memory.
Cards are out announcing the approach :
ing marriage of Rev. c 7 A Plse, Rector
of St James Church, Marietta, to Miss
Ida. Allison, to take place at st Andrew
Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, on
Thursday evening, June the first, o clock.
Ka;rs Clover Root the aw Blood Puri>
fer, gives freshness and clearness to the
Complexion and cures Constipation. Zoe,
SOC, and $l.0O. Sold by II NJ Hammett
Agent.
Farmer Jolly, near Adairsville, formerly
of Cobb county, who always maEes good
crops had his barn blown down recently
Inside of the building was all of his farm
ing implements mowers, binders, etc., anC
they were ruined by the storm, loss aDou
$500
The literary party. given by COL anc
Mrs j. 7. M. HARE Thursday evening
last, complimentary to their nieces Miss
Margaret Niles and Mrs. Will Trammell
was ore of the most original brilliant aud
enjoyable in recent years. The attendance
was large, and the mirthful mingling OF
fair women and handsome men presented
a scene of gayety. The hospitabIe host
and hostess deserve praise for getting up
so unique and pleasurable literary enter.
tainment. Each person represented in
some manner book, its author, or char.
acter in book, either in actual dress or
some suggestion of the book worn on their
dress. Each one was then furnished with
a pencil and card, and proceeded to guess
and write down the names Of the books OF
characters opposite the name of each pei
son. n this way curiosity was excited, &
free interningling Of the guests was had
all self consciousness was forgotten and a
royal good time had. Some of the charac
tiers represented we're quite striking. For
instance one young man had the character
Don Quixote lie had a picture of a
donkey on one lapel of his coat, and on
the other the letters 20. T." making when
correctly read and pronounced Donkey
side and "A" on the other, representing
"Pope's Essay on Man" Another had a
pane of glass fastened in his shirt front,
end as his name was tom" he represent
ed Tom Paine One had toothpick, a
lampwick and piece of paper, represent,
ing 'Pickwick Papers, One had green
leaf pinned on card and written uuder'
meath, Ever dense" representing Green
Leaf on Evidence" One had lottery
ticket pinned on his coat, representing
Great Expectations. The inventions OF
the ladies were equally striking. Prizes
were offered for the lady and gentleman
guessing the most characters and Tor the
twc guessing the least. Prof Sanford and
Mrs. Walter Sessions won first prizes and
Mr.. Tom Thompson and Miss Lena Ses~
sions won the other two. Delightful rer
freshments were served in the large dining
room and at late hour the guests took
their departure.