Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — A Unique Entertainment. [ARTICLE]

A Unique Entertainment.

At a corn social lately given by 7 the Methodist Protestant Endeavorers of Princeton, 111., the lunch consisted largely of preparations made from corn. There were blanc mange, cornstarch cake,popcorn balls, loose popcorn and coffee. Each guest found at his plate as a souvenir a cornplaster tied with yellow ribbon. Each lady received a small one, and each gentleman a large one. Among the amusements of the evening was a guessing contest, the contestants striving to guess the number of grains of popcorn in a small dish. The successful guesser was rewarded with a wall rack made by screwing three toilet hooks in a great ear of white corn, hung by 7 a silk ribbon. It goes without saying that at this interesting festival no one Was “corned” in the popular use of the word.