The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-03
OUR PROSPERITY LETTSR.

OUR PROSPERITY LETTsR.
Our CORES Pondence Has Big Time at
"Tackey Party"-Hot Supper-Grippe
Business Changes.
Especial to Herald and Newsl.
PROSPERITY, January IA happy
New Year to the readers Of The Herald
and News, and to all mankind 10 gen
erai-even to the fellow that reduced
the other fellows salary and permitted
his own to remain of life size.
| Among the numerous moves and
changes which naturally occur at the
closing of All old year, are Mr.. J. P.
Wheeler and family who go to Char
lotte, N. c., Mr.. D. I. Shelly, who for
long number Of years has been chief
clerk for Messrs. Luther & Hawkins,
has identified himself with Beden-
haugh Bros, as a partner under the
firm name of T. B. Bedenbaugh & Co.
Capt. Whites has vacated Prosperity
Hotel, and his friends now find him in
rear of Moseley Bros. store in the house
| vacated recently by w. A. Moseley.
Prosperity Hotel is closed for the pres
ent.
The holiday trade here, while not as
lavish as usual, has been fair; and the
merchants exhausted their holiday
stocks to satisfactory remnants. Santa
Claus paid his accustomed visits and
all the children and young folks along
these coasts are happy and serene. The
| ancient folks were glad also, and for
awhile forgot all about their trials and
tribulations and short crops, and short
purses, and servile legislators, which
are incident and appertaining to this
mundane sphere, while the little ones
we're crawling aud capering and enjoy
ing Santa Claus visits. These annual
festivals are good institutions: They
serve to give Us relief from the severe
every day tension of life. They offer
great opportunities for doing good to
our fellowman. They are like green
oases in blightiDg desert. They give
hope. and cheerfulness, and peace, and
Joy. and glad tidipgs to US all.
The grip has been holding high car
nival in our midst and on these shores.
Qsite number of persons have been
forced to bed much against their wishes
and desires. Among the number, Rev.
T. O. Keister has had particularly
rough voyage. For two weeks he has
been unable to fill his appointments,
but he is again up. Rev. E. q. Kohn,
of Norfolk, Va, who has been on a
visit to bis relatives here, filled Rev.
Keister's pulpit three times and Rev.
V. Y. Boozer twice. Both of these
young men preached most excellent
sermons, and it is putting it lightly to
say that Grace church is proud of her
two worthy young servants of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Rev. Kohn left here to-.
day for Philadelphia where he will en-
gags in the mission work Of that great
city. Rev. Boozer returned to-day to
the Theological Seminary at Newberry.
Success to you, young gentlemen.
The Christmas Service, which was
announced, and for which a programme
was arranged for Grace church on
Christmas eve, did not materialize on
account of sickness of some OF the, lead
ing characters.
The hot: supper, for the benefit of the:
Prosperity Orchestra, was Q decided
success. The ladies Wed with each
other in furnishing edible and sweet
meats in the greatest abundance. In
fact, there was too much of good
thing. Not half was eaten, and the
remainder was sacrificed at auction.
Had the gentlemen been as liberal in
their bidding as the good ladies were in
their furnishing, the financial result
would have been different. AS it was,
however, about thirty pieces Of silver,
large pieces, the size Of q dollar, were
realized. The orchestra were entirely
satisfied and felt that their efforts were
certainly appreciated.
The joyous Christmas festivities
closed on Saturday night with a.
"Tackey Partyn at Mr.. l.. S: Bowers.
This was the funniest party imaginable
this "tackey party" Allthe young
people in town were invited. Your cor
respondent, an exceedingly modest
young man Of most amiable DISPOSE
ton, was there too, and if we young
folks didn't have o jolly good time, I'm
no Judge of a good time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowers know exactly how to fix up
fnice things for ''tackey party" 1t
would be useless to attempt to give an
account or description of the young
ladies Ia "tackey" costumes. There
were the strangest antagonistic blend
ing, or rather non-blending of colors of
ribbons, and short overskirts, and long
loverskirts, and ancient sashes, and
unique headgear, and neckwear, and
side pockets, and bandauas, and flow
ing sleeves, and tightsleeves, and sheep
- eloar,ao on1 INnc c1ooUpl QnG
short sleeves. and ancient sleeves, and
skirts too tedious to mention. Two Of
Newberry's fair daughters were pres
ent, and they too put OF airs and were
lust as pretty and "tackey" as "tackey"
| could be. The host himself arranged
in ''tackey" costume, was presented
with corporates limits extended, and
brought down the house. The whole
affair was replete with Joy and mirth,
and everybody laughed and laughed at
him, and herself and at everybody else.
Miss Lizzie Fellers, arranged the tan
gled threads" for the young "tackey"
gentlemen to follow to the end, where
they could eaeh find partner for the
table. One dudish s.tackey'' got left.
His tangled string" lead him to large
rag doll. This young scribe found two
beautiful blondes Il come mighty near
writing that brunette, and then Ia
been in trouble) at the end of his string:
Jolly good string that. We "tackey"
hoys took our ''tackey" partners to the
dining room, where was long table,
which fairly grosned with the good
things of this mortal life. The bill OF
fare was that of wedding feast. we
ate and laughed, and then laughed and
ate. Mr.. and Mrs. B., were all atten-
ton to their ''tackey" guests, and never
was party of merry young people more
sumptuously entertained. And now
Mr.. and Mrs. B. allow all Of us young
"tackeys" to return you our sincere and
heartfelt thanks and congratulations
for your generous and bountlful enter
tainment, and May you live to see many
more merry Christmases and "tackey
parties" Yo'6E'