| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| May 5, 1863 |
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| Amateur Soiree in La Grange |
| Editors Confederacy, |
| Last Thursday morning your
"constant reader," rising before was heard |
| "The earliest pipes of half awakened
birds," |
| hastened to the Car Shed, (Passenger Depot,
as Mr. Hull justly, and some times indignantly, insists that the
people should call it,) sought out the {Atlanta
&} West Point train and tried to get a seat. A seat however
was not to be had, and not having a lady companion under our charge,
we were debarred of the satisfaction of riding in the ladies' car.
Standing up for a considerable distance, we at length, through the
courtesy of the officer of the guard, were invited to enter the
ladies' car. We obtained a seat -- with difficulty however, as many of
the ladies occupied two seats, and were by no means prompt in offering
one in answer to our solicitous though silent appeal. Arrived
at our destination (La Grange {71 miles from
Atlanta}) about ten o'clock a. m., we found quite a number of
the "last best gifts" at the depot, with bright eyes and
smiling faces. We almost forgot our baggage in the rapture which such
a sight usually puts one in. Made our way to the hotel, to the dust
from our eyes and took a stroll over the town. |
| LaGrange is noted far and
wide. The houses of the citizens are tastefully built. The flower
gardens, now in full bloom, are among the most beautiful in the State. |
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