PATRIOTISM IN DANBURY.

Evening Star, Issue 4235, 22 September 1876, Page 4

PATRIOTISM IN DANBURY.

They weregoing to get op a Lady Washington tea party for the benefit of thdfrsociety. It was to oome off on the night of the 22nd, and ,of an afternoon a few days before several ladies metratrthehause of one of the number to perfect the arrangements. It was determined to give a grand affair—■Omething especially designed to trahMend the tea party by a rival organisalaisfc‘y|ar. To this purpose it be'’to devote' the .nvofet cadrful thought to all the details, and this was done. In fact, it would be.

difficult aP s: mse conscien- ■ tious committee (< in a hamlet the size of Dahbury. When all the particulars were arranged and the vatibus stands and minor offices, assigned, to the ordinary members of the Society—who were not present—the important question J as to who should take the, leading character was. brought up. With a view to do without the delay and feeling of balloting, the - President, kindly offeredX. to do Lady Washington herself She said thah-ehe Jfelt itivwas ' notr- a. favorable she was willing to take ho thah, there njeed be no discussion 6c ill-feeling. If she thonght she had fibfc/placed a sqmCaently modest estiraate, nphn her" qualification? for the post,? she was ■ presently set at rest on that head. Her offer was received with silence.

‘•‘ What do yon think V she asked. “ Pm willing to do it.” “Lady Washington, never weighed ■ 350 pounds,” ominously hinted a thin ; with very light eyes, “ She had fat enough on her to grease a griddle, which is more’n some folks can claim/ 11 retorted the President, with anything but a dreamy expression to Iher face.. The tall lady’s eyes grew a shade darker, and her lips shaped themselves as if fhey were saying “ huzzy,” bat it is probable they were not.

“As our two friends are so little likely to agree,” observed a lady whoge face showed that she was about to Imetamorphose herself into a barrel of prime oil, and precipitate herself on to the troubled waters, “ I would suggest that I take the oqaracter.

1 “ Humph ! ” ejaculated the President.

“ Is there any objection to my being Lady Washington 1” said the new party, faping abruptly the President, and emptying' out the oil and filling up !the barrel immediately with a superior grade of vinegar. j “I don’t know of any, if some one jwill demonstrate that Lady Washington had a wart on her nose,’' replied ithe President, with unblemished sejrenity. | “Am I to be insulted T hotly dejmanded the proprietor of the wart, 1 “ The truth ought not to be insult* ling,” replied the President. “ I ’spose our President thinks she j would be a perfect Lady Washington,” [ironically suggested a weak-faced woman, who saw her chances for taking the character dejectedly emerge from jthe small end of the horn. “ I don’t know as I would be perfect !iu that rdls,” replied the President ; but as there will be strangers present .at the party, I shouldn’t want them to : think that the nearest approach Danjbury could make to the dignity of ’76 jwas a toothless woman down with the jjaundice.” And the head officer smiled serenely at the ceiling. “ What do you mean, you insulting thing I” hoarsely demanded the victim of the jaundice.

“ Keep your mouth shut until you are spoken to then,” severely advised the President. “ I’m not to dictated to by a mountain of tallow,” hissed the chromatic delegate, bouncing out of the room. “ I think we had better get another President before we go any farther/* said a sharp-faced woman very much depressed by the outlook for herself. “ It isn’t hardly time for you yet,” observed the President with a significant look at the sharp-faced woman, we will have to arrange for Lady Washington and George Washington before we need the hatchet.” The sharp-faced lady snatched up her muff without the faintest hegita* tion, and rushed out of doors to get her breath. She was immediately followed by the proprietor of the wart, the thin lady disastrously connected with a griddle, and the toothless case of jaundice. This left but the President and a little woman who had yet said nothing. “ Has it occurred to you that you would like to be Lady Washington ? ” asked the President, concentrating both of her eyes on a. wen just under the small woman’s left ear, “ Oh, no,” gasped the small woman, impulsively covering up the excrescence with her hand. ! “ Then, I guess we’ll adjourn sine die” said the President, and pulling bn her gloves, she composedly took her departure. And the tea party became the fragment of a gloomy memory.—* Danbury News.’