The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-08-30

| On account of space we can not mention
but few of the articles that her hair was
] taken from One of Mr.. Green's Shet-
land ponies died the day before, and she
without any respect for the dead, used
his name and tail, the hair from one of
Mr.. Green's fine Augorior goat rugs and
hair mattress was destroyed by her for the
sake of the curls that it contained. As
she gracefully walked down the long
| hallway her hair waved in the breezes
from Miss Bessies cabbage leaf fan.
Mr.. Willis Green was the gentleman
Of the evening, representing one OF the
cold guards He carried an old musket
nine feet long that no doubt his uncle's
grandfather used as a handle to a white
wash brush to paint the ceilings OF third
story houses. His dress coat resembled
the flannel shirts worn few years ago or
rather fit that way after the second wash
ing. 1t was not large enough for wash
rag. His pants were evidently cut by
some fashionable jew tailor during the
great flood of 1884, for you could plainly
see very large margin OF rusty shanks
| between the bottom of his trousers and
the tops OF his worn out shoes. His
pants looked very much like old con.
| federate flags that had been shot at and
hit from the rear His haversack consist
ed of one old black vanished satchel that
Mr.. Green uses when traveling) wrapped
| in one of his mothers finest camePs hair
| blankets; his shirt was tattered and torn,
open in front to reveal manly and
brave bosom that had been powder burn
ed for the sack of his country in lively
| battle.
Miss Jennie Green had most beauti-
full costume from Worth; that of Jap
anese, made of rugs, lace curtains, table
spreads, napkins and the lid of a cloths
hamper to represent the fiat straw hat
of that country. She looked as if the
Emperor had dressed her regardless OF
the ''price of corn" or (which way the
wind blew" Her accent was perfect
to the japanese speaking crowd.
Mr.. John Dean was the richest sub
ject at the party, that of bawling babe
of 6 months old. He had on long dresses
of pure white, with baby blue ribbons
and very pretty little lace cap tied
under a chubby little tan colored chin,
with pink ribbon. In one hand he had
a long rubber tube attached to little
nipple with large button on it to pre-
vent little jennie from swallowing it.
In the other fat little dimpled hand, was
a piece of lat meat for the baby to suck.
He would take turn about sucking first
one then the other. The fat lady kept a
motherly eye on jennie to keep him
! from being hurt or kissed to much by
the young ladies'. He was especially
bright on this occasion, laughed and
showed his little tooth as nicely as could
be expected, Notwithstanding his bash.
| fulness. He cooed like little dove for
the young ladies lone at time under
the stair case) until it was time to retire,
then the little fellow acted very badly
and cried as if his little heart would
break because he could not stay longer
The cold guard" is going to take him to
the Worlds Fair Wednesday. jennie is
good boy.
Mr.. Marshall Morris, Jr., was splendid
as an Irish gentleman from Cork. He
wore full dress coat, knee trousers and
white stockings where he got them no
body knows a straw hat evidently in.
tended for kid OF about three years old
his shirt was of flaming red flannel with
large blue green bow tie. He had q
nice black eye, he said he got it by run
ing into an open door, but his mother
thinks he got it at O'Harrigan's saloon.
Mrs. +. b. Staines wore one of the 10th
Century crinOlines. When she passed
through the large halls the crowd would
have to stand back. In her hand she
carried large turkey wing fan and &
beautiful bunch of flowers (dog fennel.
Her hair was done up in the net and
mittens TO match. She had to be intro
duced. to her husband.
DIR. Z. G. Blackwell, of Henderson, wal
the lone fisherman, dirty, hayseed lac
of 10 summers, also one galus and bare
feet, with black flannel shirt and trous
ers that had been used before in the ac
of sitting down. One leg of pants roll
ed up to the knee, the other partly so
showed off pair OF delicate feet tina
had been washed the summer before
his face had the same expression, Will
Dan old tonlatoe can and hickory fly rod
he related stories OF fish he had caugh
and some he had not. His hat wa
about three sizes to small, with red rib
bon streamers, tied under his chin will
shoe string. His luck was that o
"that lone fisherman" O
Mrs. Marshall Morris was grand mast
er OF ceremonies, rendering some beauti
full pieces both instrumental and vocal
such as "Iittle Annie Rooney" tiara
Boom-de-ay" "Down went McGinty'
and white Wings"
Miss Jessie Staines represented music
Miss Margaret Griswold as peach trees
Master John Morris as grandpa.
Master Robert Green as Dick Dea'
Eye.
Little Miss Lois Morris as the cutest O