On last Monday night and the Wednesday night following, the young ladies of Bolivar, assisted by several gentlemen, gave at the
Female Academy for the benefit of the Monumental society, most pleasing and entertaining exhibitions of beauty and art. On the
evenings mentioned above good audiences greeted the fair debutants, and, save the rudeness of a few thoughtless boys, all went as
“merry as a marriage belle.’ We learn that over one hundred dollars was made clear of expenses, and that the amount has been placed in the hands of the secretary of the Monumental society.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 29 Dec. 1866, Page 1. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.