Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-05-01
Misrttta rs.

A DONKEY IN BALL ROOM Mr. Ken
dali writing from Paris to the New Orleans
Picayune, describes the following scene in a
Paris Ball room:
"a highly ludierous incident occurred a few
evenings since at the Casino Paganini large
ball room located at the head Of passage
leading out of the Chaussee d. Antin, and
which is much frequented this season by a
mixed and most miscellaneous crowd. The
orchestra had struck up the Gulup du Chenin
de Fer. (Railroad Galop,) and the merry dan
GERS had taken their places, when into the
room bolted donkey, snorting and braying at
the top of his powerful lungs, and joining the
gallop, went round tine large saloon with per-
feet rush. Never was such stampede seen
in ball room. The now affrigted dancers
scattered in every direction, and sich gettin'
up stairs, such jumping upon chairs and Ia
bles, and such climbing up pillars, up to that
moment had never been witnessed in the Cas-
sino Paganini, or any other occasion. The po-
lice were struck dumb at the strange sppartion
the musicians dropped their instruments and
fled in terror. while the donkey kept galloping
on his mad fight careering in circles around
the room amid the wild screams of the5hun-t
dreds of women, all only bent upon seeking
places Of safety.
"What could have brought such an intruder
into dancing hall no one could imagine, but
it was afterwards ascertained that the donkey
had been left by his master standing before a
door in Chaussee d. Antin, and that, struck by
one of the carriages continually passing thro'
that noted thoroughfare and frightened by the
rafting of others, he had suddenly started of
at the top OF his speed. The more he ran, as
is always the case. the more frightened he be-
camesnd in his fight, seeing the passage lead
ing to the Casino, he bolted into it for refuge
Poor refuge did he find for be now had to
run guntlet Of at least fifty coachmep, always
stationed in the passage on the look out for
customers, who yelling and cracking their
whips at him. further increased his terror and
his pace. The saloon is on the first floor and
without stopping to procure ticket of admis-
sion, but knocking over the astonished door
keeper in his headlong career, the poor brute
made bis advent among the dancers, as al
ready mentioned. SOLITARY and alone he set
that ball in motion and commoton, too with
out stopping to select partner, he joined in
the grand galop, and at stride which soon
dislanced everything on the track
"After half dozen turns round the saloon
and to the music of bis own composition and
performance, he finally cooled or tired himself
down, came to his senses, and quietly commen-
eed survey of the premises. From this out
he is said 70 have been the pet of the
evening, the female portion sf the crowd in
particular. pressing aroand him and regaling
him plentifplly with cakes and other notions.
When the ball was over, he was sent by the
commissary Of police to the public pond, and
thus ended the doings of donkey in a dan
cling saloon. The adventures of the celebra-
ted bull in the china shop were as nothing
in coDparison; that animal simply confined
his operations to breaking plates, cups and
saucers, but the hero of of the Casino Pag-
anini for space broke up BALI