White Sulphur papers; or, Life at the springs of Western Virginia

SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. 139
Styled, " The Billing, Wooing and Cooing Society."
The articles of the constitution were written on a
long roll of pink paper, manufactured for the purpose,
and signed by no less than seventeen hundred
gentlemen, from all parts of the United States. It
hung in the ball room on the wall, (even on Simdays)
where its
advocates would be constantly reminded
of their faults, whenever they went amiss ; and it is
said to have had a very beneficial effect on many
young men.
Many will remember, when during the summer
of thirty six, then late in the season, when the ladies
had given up, from fatigue or their own reasons,
attending the ball room every evening; how the
Colonel, in despair at not having a dance,
gallantly
placed himself at the head of the band, and went
round and serenaded them all. This last appeal
was irresistible, and the attendance was large so
long as the Colonel remained.
We hope to have the pleasure of again meeting
the amiable Colonel at the same agreeable place,
superintending and providing new pleasures for the
fair, and in restored health and excellent spirits.