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lU-LUUllUW UiUVU iUI IUC ui » oc*lect committee on Printing and Reporting.The House then adjourned till Thursday at3.30 o’clock, p.m.FROM THE NORTHWARD.Editor Evening Telegram.Deak Sib,—The only event of importance here since New Year was the annual walk-out of the United Fishermen’s Society of Fogo. They visited Joe Batt's Arm and Barred Island and returning to their fine hall enjoyed heartily a capital luncheon. In the evening they celebrated a grand ball, at which over eighty couple tripped it merrily till dawn’s grey light took the romance out of it. It was one of the most enjoyable affairs I was ever present at. I was delighted to see an old St. John’s acquaintance of mine present in the person of Thomas Deady, Esq., now of Joe Balt’s Arm. He was out in every dance and went through polkas and waltzes with the grace and case that reminded me of his bachelor-days when he was at home in the ball rooms of the old Orphan Asylum. Ah! those happy nights of ybre with what pleasure we recall them. Then my friend Deady was the beau ideal of a gay cavalier as he glided gracefully over the floor with a stately sylph-like partner hanging upon his arm; the other night he did not, of course, appear to quite the same advantage ; his fair companion—the daughter of a wealthy planter down here—was a trifle stout and not quite as fast in the circling movements, yet still I am bound to say they didremarkably well, and were acknowledged to be the prettiest pair of round dancers in the room. Quadrilles, reels, cotillions and Sir Rodger De Coverly chased each other in merry succession, and were danced in the good old out-harbor style, amid laughter, and frolic, and vim, to the music of the accordeon.The Plover, on her last trip, went south without taking our mails. It was a gross imposition on the people here. She called at Seldom-Come-Byc, where she took the Fogopassengers and mails, only, aboard and then steamed away, though there was plenty of timeto collect the mails from this and conterminous settlements. In consequence, six weeks elapse before we can communicate with our friends, so that, so far as mail facilities are concerned, we would be as near to the capital if we lived in India. It is to be hoped that swift and regular overland carriage of our letters and papers will atone for the above-mentioned dereliction on the part of the Plover. That boat’s performance of the service requires to be reformed before she visits us next spring, and particularly in the matter of Sunday traffic, which is demoralizing in the sight of God. We wonder here how the owners of that ship can attend to Divine Worship while at the same time their servants are engaged in breaking ona of his most solemn commands.Yours truly, A FISHERMAN. Barred Island, Jan. 26, 1887.
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St Johns Evening Telegram
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Fri, Mar 04, 1887
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