LOCAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 63, 17 March 1869, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS.

WESLEYAN CHURCH BAZAAR. Tbe long talked of bazaar for the benefit of the Wesleyan Church has at last become a reality, and although we have been compelled to pay a very hurried visit to the Provincial Hall, in which it is being held, we have seen sufficient to enable us to pronounce it a most decided j success as far as appearance goes, its pecuniary result of course is as yet a thing of the future. We must not be expected lo give a detailed account of all that met our ey s during our very limited stay in the bazaar room, we must reserve that for a future occasion, aod in the meantime endeavor to convey to our readers the general itn- ! pression that was made on our mind by the scene that awaited us on entering . I tbe hall. Our first appearance was a signal for a rush in the direction of the door by which we had entered, of a whole host of the most delightful little fairies that ever burst on the vision of mortal man, and we must confess that it was not without some little feeling of self-conceit, that we found ourselves surrounded by tbe little elves. We began to think that there must be something peculiarly attractive in our personal appearance that had caused this sudden recognition of our appearance, but alas! for our vanity, the visiou was soon rudely dispelled, and the cry of " Please take a dip into the lucky bag," assured us of the mercenary intentious of our fair besiegers. However, as we had attended the bazaar for the purpose, not of being observed, but of observing, we were obliged to resort to a combination of threats and promises, ( promises, by the way, which we had not the slightest iuteution of keeping — Fairies please noI tice this — ) to get rid of the mischievous little army of blondes and brunettes by which we were surrounded. We now proceeded to take a tour of the room but, as wehavesaid before, cannot to-day eu ter into details. Sitting in our lonely office, we seem to have been in some kind of a fairy scene where there were lovely pictures of snowy mountains ; piled up dishes of the most exquisite fruits which on our bitiug them turned, not to ashes, but to wax; coral baskets standing ou the most elegant of tables ; shells of oceau arranged in forms tbat would have proved slightly bewildering to the fishes that once inhabited them; lovely dolls, some with liquid blue, others with flashing black, and others with closed eyes whilst there was the same remarkable difference in their dress and their apparent state of health ; some of them beiDg in deshabille, some iu the most elegant of_ dresses, with the most wonderful arrangement of hair, whilst with regard to their health, it is ouly necessary to say, that although tho majority of them, with ruddy cheeks and bright eyes, seemed to speak volumes in favor of the Nelson climate, y-et, ou the I other baud, there were those who looked pale and ill, and who, on being touched, would shut their eyes and scream as though

in the dying agonies of Asiatic cholera. All these things did we see, and many, many, more, amongst others there were pictures framed in leather work, of so delicate a description, that we shall ever hereafter feel thoroughly ashamed on putting on our boots iu the morning, to t.ink that we are degrading so beautiful a material to so base a purpose. But waut of space aud of time compel us to conclude our remarks for to-day, but before doing so, we must not omit to notice, that at this fairy palace there is also a refreshment room aud a post office, at the former the public can allay tbeir hunger or thirst, at tbe latter they may obtain letters of every description, from abill toa billet douK. We are reminded that we have but three more lines at our disposal, we will employ these in saying to each and all of our readers — Go to the Bazaar.