Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-17
A Donkey In Il Ball Room.

Mr. Kendall, writing from Paris to the New
Orleans Picdyune, describes the following
scene in a Paris ball room:
A highly ludicrous incident occurred a
few evenings since at the Casino PIganini, n
large ball room located at the head of pms.
sage leading out OF the Chausscc dAntn,
aud which is much ireguentcd this season 10y
n mixed and most miscellaneous crowd
The orchestra had just struck mp the Giop
du Chenin de Fer, (Railroad G llop,) and
the merry dancers had taken their places,
when INTO the room holted donkey, snort
ing and brnying at the top of his powerful
lungs, and, joining in the gullop, Went iound
the large sale with n perfect rush. Never
was such II stampede seen in n ball room.
The now Nllfightcd dancers scattered in eve
ry direction, and 'sich giltin' up stairs,
/ such jumping upon chairs aud tables, and
such climbing up pillars, up to that mo-
Incnt had never been Witnessed in the Casino
| Pagnnini, or any other casino. The police
were struck dumb at the strange apparaion,
| the musicians dropped their instruments and
! flel in terror, while the donkey kept galop-
! ing on in his mad flight, careering in circles
around the room amid the Wild screams ol
! tho hundreds Of women, all only bent upon
seeking places of safety.
"What could have brought such an intru-
| der into dancing hall no one could Imagine,
but il was afterwards asccrtained that the
donkey had been Left by his master standing
| before door in Chaussee d'Autin, mud that,
struck 10y one of the carriages continually
passing through that noted horoughiarc aud
frightened 10y the railling of others, lie had
suddenly started off at the top Of his speed.
| The more hc ran, as is always the case, the
more frightened lac became, and in his flight,
seeing the passage leading to the Casino, he
bolted into il for refuge. But poor refuge
did he find for he now had to run gnunt-
let Of nt least fifty coachmen always station
cd in the passage on the loohont for custom
ers, who, yelling and cracking their whips at
him, further increased his terror and his pace.
The saloon is on the fist floor, and without
stopping to procure ticket of admission,
but knocking over the astonished door keep
er in his headlong career, the poor brute
made his advent among the dancers, as al
ready mentioned. SOLITARY and alone he
sat that ball in notion and commotion, too
Without stopping TO select partner, he
joined in the, grand gallop, and ut stride
which soon disanced every thing on the track
"Aitcr half dozen turns round the sa-
loon, and TO music of his own composition
uHu pcIlOIUluHCti Ht llhulIy Voolcu VI HIcu
himself down, came to his senses, and qui-
city commenced survey Of the premises
From this ont ho is said 10 have been the
pet of the evening, the female portion of the
crowd in particular pressing around him.
and regaling him plentilnny with cakes and
other notions. When the ball was over, he
was sent by the conlnssury of police TO the
public pound, and thus ended the doings OF
donkey in dancing saloon. The adven-
lures of the celebrated bull in the china shop
were as nothing in comparison; that animal
simply confined his operations to breaking
plates, cups and saucers, but the hero of the
Casino Paganin for space broke up ball."