Eastern times., 1852-04-22
A Donkey in a Ball Room.

MIR. Kendall, writing from Paris to The N
y. Picayune, describes the following scene
in a Paris ball room:
highly ludlcrous incident occurred a
lew evenings since at the Casino Paganini, n
large ball room located at the head of a pas
sage leading out of the Ct,ausse d. 'Antin, and
winch is much frequented This season by a
mixed and most miscellaneous crowd The
orchestra had just struck up the Galop d,.
Chemin de Fer, (Railroad Gallop,) and the
merry dancers had taken their places, when
mo The room boted donkey, snoring and
braylng at the top of his powerful lungs, and
joining IN The gallop, went round the large
sale with perfect rush. Never was such
a stampede seen in ball room The now
affrighred dancers scattered in every iirec-
tion, and 'sich girtn' up stairs such a
jumping upon chairs and tables, and such a
climbing up pillars, up 10 that moment had
never been witnessed in the Casino Pagan
mi, or any other casino. The police were
struck dumb at the strange apparirion, the
musicians dropped their instruments and
fled in terror, while the donkey kept gallop-
ing on in his mad fight, careeriDg in circles
around the room amid the wild screams of
the hundreds 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 thai the
donkey had been left by his master standing
before door in Chaussee d'Antin, and that,
struck by one Of the carriages continually
passing through that noted thoronghfare, and
frightened by The ratling of Others he had
suddenly started off at the Top of his speed.
The more he ran, us is always the case, the
more frightened he became and in his flight
seeing The passage leading to the Casino, he
boiled into il for refuge. But poor refuge
did he find; for he now had TO run a gaunt-
let OF at least fifty coachmen, always sta
toned IN The passage on the lookout for Gus
toners, who, yelling and cracking their whips
at him, further increased his terror and
pace. The saloon is on the first floor, and
without stopping 10 procure a ticket of adj
mission. but knocking over The astonished
door'keeper in his headlong career, the poor
brute made his advent among the dancers,
rs already mentioned. SOLITARY and alone,
he Sc: that ball in notion and comm otion,
100. Without stopping TO select partner,
he joined in the grand gallop, and a; stride
which soon distanced everything on the
track.
After half a dozen turns round the saloon,
and to music of his own composition and
performance. he finally cooled or tired him
self down, came TO his senses, and quietly
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 regal.
ing him plenriiully with cakes and other no
tons. When the ball was over, he was sent
by The commissarY of the police 10 the pub
lie pound, and thus ended the doings of a
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 Paganini fora space broke upa ball.