Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-03-11
THE En1WNfNG
eLus'S MEETING
Met With Mrs BARTLETT
In the Elegant Parlors
OF Union Female Col
lege.

TIE Hro~ainx Cub net vita srrs.
Bartlett IN The elegant pzrtors %
T. r. College March er1-
TEE Attendance vas the largest IN
the history of the club. seventeen
Aa1les hing present Ms Stone
7fte-7 E1rg a5serce, caused fru-s
sickness. was with rs Az gladly
complicated her On her improved
sezlth- The eiub gave Mrs- Deu-
prec a 1e1Tty welcome into its cir
c.e- We @iS1 had most Interest
Iax VISITOR. Ms. McLen1ore Of NASH
VIE TsBa-- an attractive and cal-
tivzted scu7g lady A. her visit
xii be OF sezse length IN cur E-1le
e5sy- =e nope 10 have the pleasure
" having ae- with u again
At haf past two O'Clock. the
Pre- sldenf called the hoEse 20 order
ami al rad chcics responses as the
roI wz- called.
TIE suSjsct under Gs-scssion for
the evening was the brilliant writer
Alexander Dumas. a criticism and
synopsis q one Of his novels. and
Impressions oy the way-"
The program was full and one of
TIE best.
The work for shs evening xzs be-
gun by Mrs. Smith who prodzeed a
vel writSeu paper On the popular
writer Alexandra Dumas He VA
barn near Pzr1s Ia Isos- For skill
o. fzFenti0n and hriIlzz1cy Of i'm
prevfSafion he has no equal His
famous Monte CEristo, has excited
universal interest, and i enjoyed in
almost every country os the sorA
He remained nea-iy Up 30 his death
the most popular ~ vel "a the
Eloss productive Of French novel
Iss=- Over twelve h1ndred volumes
bear his name But sad 10 saw.
this yenias died IN extreme poverty
At tire close Of this paper we hai
the pleasure OF listening to Mrs.,
C-cxton Ii n shOrs b11 pointed dis
eUssIon OF the merits and dement's
Of the The sThree Guard<nen-'
After establishing the authorship
Of thLs work, for il seems that one
Of his Numerous assistants tried 10
claim H. shs gave u the plot Of the
romance Il i aid in the tire OF
Louis NH Of France and Charles l.
Of EESi2ud, and tire scenes shift be-
tween tire two courts The plot l.
based on court I1trsxae- loose nor
Atty and soue sparks Of chivalry
Il i full of dramatic and romantic
situations We enjoyed her origi-
Hl CONNECTS On the romance, for
il showed careful study The
! Eree GaarSISz1Sn- vii probably
cu.lye al D1Ia7s' other works. n
some respects Il ray be Considered
n masterpiece.
the theue Of Hrs B1rtlet.'s grace
full paper She opened her saAies.t
by drawing our attention 10 the
near close OF the 18Th century
How re we're harryirx down the
decline AMID luxury. extrzv2xazce,
brutality ard tyran1y. that We we're
noz IN the s-hey DAY ard holiday
Of our glory She touched on the
Bradley Nsrrin ball and th@ wlg.e-
spread comments K b1s excited
On tEe w-ld exEr1wl=zEne Of other
nzo7ied ar1stocrarS. which threatens
this country with anarchy See
a. ~s142AE 49,
ruuorS OF wars Ttz- ministers
were warning rs OF tie approach q
the millennium. that Ee eerS1-nly
had al the sixnz. Tazs nszn I'D al
most reached the i1fini-e In knowk-
edge and the time WIS surely rear
II hand when God wozla Essue the
command s-th1z Tar shcu Soess and
no farther
The club then ensoxed sozze DE-
ugttful urSic, contributed ~ cur
two r1usieszrs-
NiscellaneoEzs b0<flexs came nexr-
under this head re place n nao=x IA
show "a she had nos b<en sxi- d.
ring her absence.
TWAS eriEicssnz 1nz1 syzopszs of
the beautiful h<fEe story .D~Ep1ln@
By Madame De S.AeL sh~ prepzr-
ed e several weeks sSs b1x hza1 not
been abe 70 coms and read & %
Account Of Sickness
work w1s assigned for nexr zz@@s-
ing Bsfors the pr~s&3ent could
2n1OuneS the Ad9sG-unrs-< q the
club, the most smrrz1ring Ezxse
reached cur ears fr0zn an ADJOINING
roozn- On investigated Z wz-
foansi 20 BE an egenlzx serSnEse b.
fo1r hsxsAy xirts Of she soAAsT~- For
hzh an boar w~ Izerzlfy Toasted On
sweet mEsie, they thsr Suis<lg wiz1-
drew we lake this opportunity -
extend - them cur sEsc~r~ th4Eks
fer tbs mExsczl treat.
The Pre@i3en1 thea znnouzceS1
thz1 we lad An izyGfasioE 20 sp~nsi
the evening s-from home- % Maria
I fssh, With Mk~s u ohllenes- Al
gladly accepted the invft2sson fo-
we know from past sxp~raenee
shat an invizafkoz - .kl= kind
means.
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