New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-09

That il the bottle hAso had IN my cellar niOe
,ear,, and kept for . great oc sasion-ana there
never was a better time to open it !" We fol-
low ed his example: it genuine COns:antia full Of
Africsp Gun and FIRE, and from twenty 10 thirty
years old. "Auep,asr!" he again cried, :" l had
forgotten which was the true bottle, and to think
that it should turn up to day The Herr Iuspec-
tor Y gave j. to me for my birthday; but
thought to myself, Thou dOst not need any such
good vine for thy birthday-kep it for some
thing betierr aud as long as live shall be glad
that | did So"
BY this time the band had made ts appearance
under the mighty linden in front of the parsons
house, and Waiting couples began to wheel
around under the bough', notwithstanding the snow
and the raw wind. Presently deputatoD, con-
ii. ting Of the Kirmse leader, his adu ant and two
stost paidens, came into the room and gave Us
acrimonious invitation to join the dance. The
leader was a rosy, brgbt-eyed fellow Of twenty
two, and bis partner atal maiden Of great strength,
who stood firm upon her feet. Directly" said
the Forester, in answer, "but we must first have
our pipes. Ifevery one of you, ~ he added turning
to me, "were lying dead in this room, should
st down ard howl like . dog, but in fifteen minutes
/ should get up and light my pipe"
As our pipes burned slowly, the deputaton came
a second time and carried US of 10 the linden tree
The strong maiden, Eisabetha by name, was trans.
ferred to me, and we were soon whirllng around
inside tie ring of sdmiripg spectators. Elsabetha
was light on her feet, but very firm; she needed
no tuppoit; che moved like a revolving pillar,
around which IevOlved in turn, striving 70 keep
pace and to III, dera.e her speed, but / might as
well have attempted to regulate the earths motion
on its axis. The Forester, meanwhile, had brought
out The parsons daughter and bis gray mustache
occasionally whizzed past me. would have trans
ferred the strorg Eisabeha to him, but it was too
late: found and round we went, and the boughs Of
tie linden seemed to grow broader and to stretch
over vast spaces. Finally, there were lindens on
every side, and we were obliged to circle all Of
them; but at last voice roared in our ears,
"YOu are out of time !" aud the strong maiden
stopped The dances under the linden terminated
soon afterward, and the peasants went off to pre-
pare for the night.
We first visited the Heiligonstein, across the
valley-once a monastery, now tavern; but as
The maidens of Ruh'a, with their picturesque dress
ard their fair cOmplexOns did not arrive according
to expectation, we returned to Thai, where the
Krmse. boys had already collected in the dancing
hall. 1t was low room, opposite the village tav-
ern, with the orchestra on platform at one end
The floor was crowded with peasants, leaving only
a Iing.shaped space vacsnt for the dancers. On
our appearance there, about O'Clock, l was imme-
dately accOsted by the Kirmse-eader who con-
Quoted to me the strong Elisabetha. 1t was im-
possible to Decline for she was his chosen sweet
heart and one of the FIRST maidens in point of her
worldly prospects, in the valley. l resolved, how
ever, to let her dance fox both Of us, and cOnfne
my exertions merely to holding on. Ny companion
was furnished with rather pretty partner, named
Barbara HOrnshoe, and the manner in which her
feet battered upon the floor did justice to her
name.
The Kirmse-eader seemed to consider us the
guests of the villsge. We were consulted with re-
gard to the Dances and exempted from az obedience
to his rule. When he touched the other dancers
with his wooden baton, as sign for them to cease
be passed us over, greatly to the delight of our
powerful partners, whom nothing could tire One
of the dances was called Polonaiss, and consisted
in the whole company following the leader, who
was Schmidt's son. He danced us down stairs into
the street, across the brook and up again, winding
up with a rapid gsllop. After awhile the leader
came up with glass of some dark beverage which
he insisted on our drinking. l tas ed it, it was
schnops, the most villainous kind of brandy and as
strong as it was bad. One taste was sufficient but
it Was no sooner offered TO the strong Elisabetha
than she empted the glass without changing a
muscle Of her cOuntenance. The quantity of this
vile drink consumed by the peasant girls, without
any apparent effect, surprised me. 1t was a
stronger proof than l had yet had of the yigor Of
their constitutions.
Before leaving the daneing-hall gave the leader
what We should consider very triaing fee, bu. it
was so large in his eyes, that the munfcence of the
American guest was talked of all over the village
We were sere naded again the next day, and throueh
the harmless determination of the Kirmse, received
the most friendly and familiar greetings on all Sides
As for the Forester, who accompanied us mile or
TIVE OF our way, We parted from him as from an old
friend, and the days We spent under his roof and
beside bis campfire will not live longer 10 his mem.
DRY than in ours. RT