PATRICTISM IN DANBURY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 985, 4 March 1881, Page 3

PATRICTISM IN DANBURY.

They were to -et up a Lady Waoilin gton tea tor too boneut oi tueiC oooioiy. it Wile to UolllO oil* Oil too nlgut ui too liJ..d, and oil an aitonn.o.i a tow nays netore several mutes luol ut tho' house ot one ot tlio iiiiiujßi' to poi feci- cub arrangements, it Was determined to give a grand a it ail" —soul tulng especially designed to uanseesU tile tea pony ov a mat organisation las .year, id this purpose it uec.iuio necessary to Uevo.e mo most caioiui tUoa o ut to all tuo details, mid tins was uouo. in taot it would oo u.iuouio to mul a more eoiiCie.itioUs eoui.uittßß lo a iiaonoc tile s.zo ot Uaumny. Whoa all tuo pin ticiiiai s weld arraged ami tlie various stands auii minor oilioos assigned to me oidiuaiy menioers ot iho society —the important ipies'l.m as io wuo should tune ilio loaning cnarauier was bio.igut up. Wall a view lo Uo without tuo delay and toeilug ot ba.iotiiig, tlio preoidoutaiii'iiy ottered to ilo iiauy WaoiililgiOii uersoit. Olio said mat sue teit a a as not a tavouraoie selection, out she was willing to ta lie it. so mat Uieiß heed bo no discussion or ill tooling, it Sue thought sue ha i uoc plac-d a sudicloutiy modest estimale upon her qualiuoatious for tin: post, she was pieseutly set at rest ou that head, iler otter was received with silence. “ vVinit do yon 111111111” sue asked. ‘‘l'm willing to do it.” *■ aady Washington novel weighed 2olho," ominously hinted a thin mdy, with very n-htojes. “ due lilt enough on her to grease a griddle, which is uiore'ii sumo foiks can’ claim,” retorted the president, with anything but a dreamy expression to her face. Thb tall lady's eyes grew- a-shade darker,, and, her' Ups ■ shaped themselves as if they werq.siy■iug -‘.huzzy,” but it’Xu probable they, j'lveio not. “ As our two friends are iso. little likely to -agree,’V blwerved a i Miy who,so luce' sh’owbd diub - she was j:ii|o(lt C 0 lUehlm h'plliW: Inu'selt into a |billTo,r «.if prime oh, gud prpejplUUi liUisiif i.mi- ty..suet uautnoii “>Va • i Would suggest iudL i utile tjio' char-

iiQtef.” •*. “ iiu,mph 1” ejaculated iho president. “la .there any objection to my being Lady Washington ?” K aid the new, party, facie" abruptly tinpresident, and emptying out the oil and tilling up the barrel immediately with a superior grade of vinegar. “'I don’t know of any, if some one will demonstrate that Lady Washington had a wart on her nose,” replied tin president with urahletnished serenity “Am I to be insulted?'’ hotly demanded the proprietor of the wart. “ The truth ought not to ho insulting,'’ rep ied the president “ I’spose our president thinks she would be a perfect I ady Washington,” ironically suggested a weak-faced woman, who saw her chances for taking the character d'j ctedly emerge from the small end ot the horn. “ I don’t know as 1 would be perfect in that role” replied the president,” but as there will be strangers present at the party, I shouldn’t want them to think (hat tlte nearest approach Danbury could make to the dignity of’76 was a toothless woman down with the jaundice” And the beau ufficer smiled serenely at the ceiling. “ What do you mean, you insinuating thing? ’ hoarsely demanded the victim of the jaundice. *• Keep you>‘ m nth shut until you are spoken to, then,” severely advised the president. “I’m not to be ilin ated to by a mountain of tallow,” hissed the chromatic eelegate. flouncing out of the room. “ I think we hod better get another president lefme we go any fat liter,” said a sharp faced woman very ranch depressed by (he outlook for horse t ‘ It isn’t hardly time for you yet,” observed the president, with a rig nilicant look a - the sharp faced woma >, “we will have to arrange for Lady Washington and George Washington before we need the hatchet ” The sharp faced lady snatched up her muff with-ut the faintest hesitation, and rushed out cf the doors to get her breath. She was immediately fol lowed by the proprietor of the wart, the thin lady disastrously connected with a griddle, and the toothless case of jaundice. This left but the presi lent and a little woman who had yet said nothing. “ Has it occurred to you that yon would like to be .Lady Washing on ?” asked the president, concentrating both of her eyes on a wen just under the small woman’s left ear. “ Oh. no,” gasped (he small woman, impulsively covering up the excrescence with her hand. “ Then, I gnes* we’ll adjourn sine die” said the president, an i pulling on her gloves, she composedly took her d<‘p irtmv. And the tea party became the fragment of a gloomy memory.