NP, ASCY 5/5C/1863

From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Ga.)
 
May 5, 1863
 
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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