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the course between the years 1 794 and 1836. Since 

 that time, the club has been remodelled, the time of 

 meeting changed to January, the subscription in- 

 creased, and the club now ranks among the most 

 respectable in the State. 



Before we quit the subject of amusements in 

 Pineville, it is meet that we conclude by showing 

 one of their most natural issues. Let us take you, 

 reader, to a wedding. The spirit of improvement 

 has pervaded every portion of the State, and a 

 country wedding differs now very little from one 

 celebrated in the city. A Charleston pastry-cook 

 provides the entertainment, and Brissenden's band 

 the music. The company is invited to assemble at 

 a late hour, and no one is expected to stay over to 

 breakfast. But it was not so in days of yore. It 

 was not so when we hailed as a resident of Craven 

 County. The events of 1836 have entirely changed 

 the aspect of society, and the difference between the 

 period before and that since that epoch is as great 

 as is generally perceived in the course of a century. 

 Before the wedding, a visit to Charleston was in- 

 dispensably necessary. The bride-elect could not 

 think of getting married, without making in person 

 the arrangement of her trousseau. Then, a visit to 

 Charleston was, by no means, an every-day occur- 

 rence. An annual visit was common ; but there 

 were many who let years pass over without seeing 

 the metropolis. The preparatory visit being made, 



