Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-04-24
A DONKEY IN A BALL ROOM

Mr.. KENDALL, writing from Paris 10 the
New Orleans Picdyune, describes the follow.
ing scene in Paris ball room.
IA highly ludcrous incident occurred a
few evenings since at the Casino Paganini
a large ball room located at the head of a
passage leading out of the Chaussee d'Antin,
and which is much frequented this season
by mixed and most miscellaneous crowd.
The orchestra had just struck up The Galop
du Chenin de Fer, (Ral Road Galop,) and
the merry dancers had taken their places,
when into the room bolted donkey, snort
ing and braying at the top Of his powerful
lungs, and, joining in the gallop, went round
the large sale with perfect rush. Never
was such stampede seen in a ball room.
The row affrightened dancers scattered in
every direction, and ''sich a gittn' up
stairs" such jumping upon chairs and ta-
bles, and such climbing up pillars, mp to
that moment had never been witnessed in
the Casino Paginini, or any other casino
The police were struck dumb at the strange
appaIitlon, the musicians dropped their in-
sruments and fed in terror, while the dom
key kept galloping on in his mad flight,
careenirg in circles around the room amid
lhe wild screams of The hundreds of wo-
men, all only bent upon seeking places of
safety.
"What could have brought such an intru-
der into a dancing hall no one could imagine
but it was afterwards asceriained that the
donkey had been left by his master standing
before door in Chaussee d'Antin, and that
struck by one of carriages continually pas
sing through that noted ,horoughfare, and
frightened by the ratiling of Others, he had
suddenly started off at the top of his speed.
The more he ran, as is always the case, the
more frightened he became, and in his
flight, seeing the passage leading TO the
Casino, he bolted into it for refuge. But
poor refuge did he find for he now had 10
run a gauntlet of at least fifty coachmen, al
ways stationed in the passage on the lookout
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 admission, but kicking over the as
tonished door-keeper in his headlong career,
! the poor brute made his advent among the
dancers, as already mentioned. ''Soltary
and alone he set that ball in notion" and
commo,ion too. Without stopping to select
a partner, he joined in the grand gallop, and
at stride which soon disanced every thing
on the track
CATER half dozen turns round the sa-
loon, and TO music of his own composition
and performance, he finally cooled or tired
himself down, came 10 his seuses, and quiet
ly commenced survey Of the premises
From this out he is said to have been the
pet of the evening, the female portion of
the crowd in particular pressing around
him, and regalng him plentfully with
cakes and other notions When the ball
was over he was sent by the commissary Of
police 10 the public pound, and thus ended
the dongs of donkey in dancing saloon.
The adventures of the celebrated bull in the
china shop were as nothing in comparison /;
iha, animal simply confined his operations 10
breaking plates, cups, and saucers, but
the hero of the Casino Paganini for space
broke up ball"