The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-08
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| ~ 4uauri'e, dancers III tnelr places, lad
corn and Miss Pork together; Padcorn
sees a column advancing towards him
wishes to beat a rapid retreat, but Miss
Pork seizcs his hand, and both advanced
towards the column. lie goes through :.
series ef evolutions, and at length finds him
self in a dreadful perspiration, back in his
former position. At the right hand across .
Padcorn advances to meet the coming gen.
tleman, who holds out his hand, Which
Padcorn cordially shakes, and next finds
the opposite lady's left hand extended,
which he also shakes very cordially, and
finally tells Miss Pork that b" they ought to
call that a shake hand all around" The
quadrilie breaks up, and Padcorn is de-
lighted with himself and Miss Pork. And
now the polka commences. Padcorn and
Miss Pork look on. To his virtuous as
tonishmcnt and Indignation, lie sees Il man,
in the garb Of gentleman, before all the
guests, deliberately put his arm around Il;
'a'ly's waist, who, SO far from resenting
it, lovingly places one of her own hands
on his shoulder, while with the other she
clasps the gentlcman's left hand, and then
both whirl around the room together. Re
fore he can give vent to his feelings, several
others follow suit, until finding it universal,
Padcorn himself becomes infected with the
bad example and places his arm (as he had
seen the others do) around Miss Forks $
waist WHO Indignantly repels him, and says,
"Why, Mr.. Padeorn, what do you mean,
sir"
Padcorn-I was only doing as you said
a little while ago-"Do as tie others
do
Miss Pork" Yes, but this is very I'M
proper conduct-thcy are dancing and we
are not"
Padcorn-But if knew how to dance,
would you go out with me in the middle OF
the room and let me put my arm around
your waist?
Miss Pork-(delightcd)- )-Oh, yes! you
do then, really dance! how charming! let
us 60 out instantly.
Padcorn-(severcly) Miss Pork, do not
dance! But do yoa mean to tell ME that to
put my arms around your waist here, where
but very few people would see lis, is more
improper than to do so out there, where the
whole world is the spectator, and there
make tcctotums of ourselves, till we both
seem but ono object whiring around
through space.
Here an apparent combination Of hair
and ncck-ties interrupted the conversation
by asking Miss Pork if lie can have the
pleasure Of poking with her, who drops a
courtesy to Mr.. Padcorn, and is next seen
whiring around in answer to the last qucs-
| tion.
Padcorn much recruited by supper, feels
ready for anything, cordially accosts an old
friend whom he sees standing absorbed in
deep thought, but receives, to his astonisl,-
ment, very cold and constrained reply,
and the next moment, finds himself alone
in the centre Of the room, having been dis.
gracefully "cut" by Ills old friend. For.
gives him afterwards, on seeing him en-
gagged in what lie finds on inquiry, to be
the "German Cotillon." The party finally
breaks up, and Padcorn, in somo unac-
countable way, reaches home-wakes up
in the morning with dreadful head
ache, and resolves that his first party shall
be his last.
Pctrifed iShip.-Tho Bearlstown ILL
noisian says: While visiting friend in
Sahgamon Bottom, in this county, short
time since, we were called TO examine a
specimen of stone which lie had lately
taken from neighboriug quarry: Tile
curiosity consisted of two sandstone rocks
which were found joining each other in
contectual form, Which, when separated
the face of one presented the appearance o
having been part of the side of vessel
near the gunwale. There seems to have
been an overlapping Of the timbers, in the
form Of moulding, around tho vessel. The
work, Of: art IA n piain to be seen on the
stone as on the foating vessel The holes
formed by the nails are very distinct, as
well as the lossiIiaed texture 81 do wood.
! There are also pieces Of iron with the speci.
men, which seem to- have Leen used
instead of cauikihg;S Between ths strips n 4
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