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Show A110LND THE ('(BIT. Breezy Letters North, East, South and West. JOTS FROM TIIKKE MILE, COEIWE. Mantua, Park Valley and Collinston that Will be of Interest to Our Readers. Eutok Jlna.Klt: To the wife of Ephnii.n Dunn, i tine daughter, ''that j. tine in quality." Eph. lias recovered from the shock and will likely survive. On Friday, March 17th. the scholars of our district schools entertained en-tertained a delighted audience, it being the close of the term. An elaborate program was gotten up and arranged hy their competent teachers, Miss Lucy Perry anil Miss Lvdia Walker. This of itself bore testimonies to the parents ol the children present, that the latter were making all the progress that could be desired, and that nothing was lacking on the part of the teachers to implant in the minds of their students the rudiments rudi-ments of a thorough education. The program concluded at ' noon. In the afternoon a very enjoyable dance, for the studenls, was indulged in-dulged in. At night a free dance fur all adults was given, that is, after paying a quarter uf a cent per pound for our well-fed lassies, who were weighed, turning the scales all the '"weigh" from 90 to 1 00 pounds net. The bnchelors were out en vias, their eyes beaming with the satisfaction satis-faction that their opportunity in life had come at last, if by no other me:i ns, their partners could he bought at a price, bedrock or selling out, 1U0 pounds, both quality and quantity, for only '10 cents. The idea of building an institute in-stitute for old bachelors and mauls has entirely fallen through; there will be none remaining. A difficulty dif-ficulty having arisen, providing fractions remain, was satisfactorily settled by a suggestion from one of the fair sex that the fractions of change can be taken out in nose rubbing. "Rather Moorish, eh?" JniiMINA. Three Mii,e Creek, March 18th. |