The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-07-21

DoaEsrIc AND Social LiFEI GERMANY
In Que OF or rooms this evening the dance went
spiriiedly. Here, everywhere in Germany, the
dance is entirey different affair from what il is with
us at home. There is "A life and spirit in it which
contrast pleasantly with the solemn and measured Ger
emonials IN our parlors in America. For the fl, !:
time gained the trse idea Of the dance--a musical
joyous, child-like expression Of good spirits.
''What YOU dance'' said young lady to me,
whom knew well, in English, as stood watching
the merry groupe.
"No, never dance"
''Perhaps you are from the Piaes,ea, who think it
wrong To Dance
cob, no, like TO it very much"
Are your country people SO strict as the English
in dancing and Sabbath keeping?''
! tod her though, they were in tho last but that
a great many good people approved OF dancing. Still
we did not have that dance among us.
''So'' said she ''rhat is one of our prettiest
dances--a Hungarian dance. See, the gentlemen
Ilait-what call sou it! whistles.''
Hungarian was al the piano, and he commenced
a running accompaniment by whistng the air, which
had very enlvening effect
They say your people never play; they work al
Way" said she again
YES, It is too true" answered, ''we make our
play, work.
"But We poor Germans have nothing else than
play to do" said she with hale sigh.
GLOW should like to see America! The Nature
must be grand there-but then you Americans are 50
praoisch," (pactical.)
said, did not think we all were; and asked her
II she had read the volume Of Poems, (tio!mes Po-
ems,) which had lent her.
"Oh yes!" said she II arn 50 much obliged! There
is no other poetry Ike it. II is utterly characteris
tic--so fresh and orr naland how simple reinem-
Der you that Of the old mani"
And the mossy malbie rest
Ga the lips he pressed
IN their bloom!''
E'But then 80 practical! No German young gen
teunan would write so To his bride, that who
speaks OF has dollars and shi!ngs and has presents,
which he shall not again have!'
could not restrain good laugh. The poem VAS
that Of Holmes
"Ofmy cooings and my billings
] do not coinpa,n
But the dollars and the shlllings,
They will never come asain!'
| was obliged TO explain to her, that to US Ameri-
cans. that was the very joke.
II see. You are strange people," and she took
my and we walked INTO another room"
SfyGoLAR AFfAiR.--An old getleman was found
Friday evening, il the woods at W orcester Mas
sachusetts, lyn, the ground IN exhausted
dtipn. lie Vas taken Of, and when partially
res tored to consciousness, stated that his
Samuel Smith, hat he 20 years of age, and be
i"uged 10 Noble, VI ch'gan, from whence he started
several weeks since, for the purpose of visiting his
relatives and friends IN Acton and W orcester. Ii
was subsequently ascertained that Mr. Smith bad left
Michigan some four weeks since, for the East, in
corr auv With bis sister and sisters husband; and
Springfield, where the stopped ior dinner, the
old gentleman wandered away from the hotel, and
missed the train IN which hi, friends took passage;
and that supposa, him to b. the train, they pro-
cee.,d their journey, but not fading him in the
cars supposed he had gone home Acton, and
feeling te anNciy his behalf thy had concluded
their in orcesier and returued home. Ia the
meantime the I'D gentleman had been Wandering
about the country in partially defapged state. Tie
had over : 81 in his possession when louod. Ga
Saturday he was ielirous, probably ia consequence
Of his extrome exhaustion; but is now in charge OF
his fr,eads. Boston Journal.