Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-04-07

hand into her mutt. An uptown mcr-
chant was CARRYING a washerwoman' ba
bv, while dandy in patent leather boots,
r was holding her bundle Of dirty linen. \
uews-bov, stealing ride, was smuling a
Connecticut cigar, and putting the smoke
into the faces Of the incon-tuous assem-
BY.
A negro woman was sustaining her po-
s,ion Oh tie edge Of the slippery craft, by
holding on with one arm round tie neck
of clergyman in blue coal, with brass
hook and eye at the neck, who had bas-
ket Of potatoes with leg of mutton in it,
which sailor was using for shield to
protect him from the shower of snow
balls, fred by the boys on the corner
naughty hoys-one hil one Of our ladies'
on the head, she made very pretty faint,
bat was soon revived by piece of ice,
which | slipped down her back; one black,
ed the drivers only eye, and particulars
!y and solidIy unpleasant one, hit Sandie
in the mouth and walked him up.
Began to be sensible to the pleasures OF
my situation; felt as if my boots were full
| of ice water, my nose a Croton water
| pipe, ends of my fingers carrot-shap"d
icices. Each leg seemed perpendicular
iceberg, my feet good sized snow drifts,
Imy head frozen pumpkin, and the inside
OF ine felt as if bad made my supper on
u casl-lron gardcn.tcnce.
Got to the hotel at last, walters rescued
us, and got us into the house, which was
full of parties ahead of us. Burnt the
skin off my throat trying to thaw my con-
gea!ed digestive apparatus, by drinking
brandy aud water boiling hot; ladies I'M
blbod hot Gin sling all round dd HJitUna,
gentlemen ditto, and da copO-ready for a
dance; got into the ballroom, which was
so full already that each colilion had only
a space about as big as pickle tub
"balance four" and You stepped on some
body's heels and tore off the skirt Of some
'lady's dress-''iorward two," and you
Iroked your nose into the whiskers of the
gentleman opposite, and felt his neck tie
IN your eye, and "promenade all'' was the
signal for an animated but irregular fancy
dance upon the toes of the bystanders.
But this quadriIIe was voted by most of
the ladies to be too energetc--the truth
IS, city dancing is TO more like a country
Jig than dead march is like Il hornplpe
in thC one case the ladies slide about
with a die-away air as if one lively step
would annihilate their delicate frames, and
/ in the other, they dance as if they were
made of watch springs and India rubber.
/ The only way TO get an ordinary CITY
/ girl really interested in 4 dance. is to have
some moustached puppy put his arm
around her waist, hug her close up TO
him, spin her round the room till her head
swms and her stomach hoaves; the veloc-
. ily Of the motion giving her dress an eIc-
valion which affords the spectators fair
opportunity Of admiring the embroidery
Of her under-clothcs. She meanwhile,
laying her head upon his shoulder, that
he may fully appreciate the model artistic
cut of her low neck dress--ihese same la
dies who would faint to see mans shirt
on clothes line, will in a waltz lovingly
repose their heads upon the bosom of the
same garment when the man is in It. al
lowing him to take liberties with their
persons, for which country girl would
box his ears till his cheeks lingled.
Towards morning the music got tired,
the leading violinist was hddhng on the
string on the wrong side of the bridge, and
the opAclide man. unable from sheer eX-
haustion, to convey his potables to his
mouth, vas pouring them into his insiru-
ment, which be had regaled with four
mugs of ale and brandy smash, and the
little tifcr, viii! his foot in the big end of
the French horn, was wasting his precious
breath trying 10 coax quickstep out of
drumslicE he mistooL for a tl1geoie..
Compelled TO stop dancing, ladies went
to private room and repaired their DANA
ged wardrobe with pins and other extern
pOraneouS conlrivances, known to them
alone. Gentlemen pnt on what hats and
great coats the preceding parties had left
paid the bill, woke up the driver, and all
started for home.
Shower came OF, making the ladies
look like kaieiio>copeS, and taking the
starch out Of the gen!iemen's collars, the
gum out of their hats, and the color out
oftheir whiskers; upset, females got seat
tered around loose; (horses didn't run
away, not a bit Of it, One young lady
had her foot in my overcoat pocket, and
both hands clinched in my hair-got out
Of the SNAIL at last, and found that | had
traps enough hanging to me to manuIac-
lufe smal-sized new married couPIe--a
sci of false teeth in my fur glove, two
pairs Of patent mouslacheS, with the
spring broken in my hat-band, half head