Did you ever see a Barbecue? For fear
You should not, I’ll describe it to you exactly:—
A gander-pulling mob that’s common here,
of candidates and soverigns stowed compactly,—
Of harlequins and clowns, with feats gymnastical
In hunting-shirts and shirt-sleeves—things fantastical;—
with fiddling, feasting, dancing, drinking, masquing
And other things which may be had for asking.
Southern Advocate, July 1827
