Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-26
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From the Southera SsaF.
Ben Jossing's Description & : Waltz.

From the Southern SsAf. +
Ben Jossing's Descriptiaa : Waltz.
When we got into the ass f5ayg
great fine room = BIZ IS ';n house,
s. Ia # s1.II ii. tssv-i-
cred all over With glass @h3bgings. The
ladies looked as nice as little angels, their
faces as white as if they lad dipped them
into -four barrel such red cheeks hain't
seen in all Sleepy Hollow their arms all
covered with gold bands, chains and shiney
beans; such lips you never see-they look
ed 'come kiss me all over. their eyes look
ed like diamonds their waste drawn to the
size of pipe stem, and made to look like
they were undergoing regular cuttDg-n-
two operation by tying string tight round
them
After the gals and youngsters had walk
able spell the music struck up-and sich
music! It was big horn and little horn,
big flute and little flute, big fiddle and
a little fiddle and such squeakin' squallin'
bellowin and groanin | never heard before.
It was like all the rats, pigs and frogs in
lCristenlom, had concluded to sing together
They called it German Porker, suppose
it was made by some of them Cincinnati
Germans, in imitation of the squallin at
pork packery and | guess it was pretty
good imitation.
So soon as the music struck up what a
sight The fellers jest caught the gals
right round the waist with one hand, and
pulled em smack in kissin order, with the
gal bosoms and the gals chins restin on
the fellers shoulders. Atthis the gals begun
to sorter jump and caper, like they were
agoin to push them away. bat the fellers
just caught the other hand and held it off
and began to jump and caper, too, just likt
the gals
I swon you never seen such sight
Thar was some two dozen gals held tigh
in the arms of them fellers-they raril
and jumpin and pushin them backward
over the room, as | thought tryin to git a
way from EN- and the fellers holdin on t
'em tighter and tighter. The more tn
gals jumped and capered, the tighte
they squeezed the gals, IlI at last bega
tesfhipe the thing sd too. far fo
fun.zl was alittls : - i - - ssStesa satsers
and seeing the gals trS9Ig tsTs harder ana hal
der to get away, as | thought, and th
fellers holdin tighter and tighter, it wa
very natural / should take the part of th
gals. So my dander kept rising higher
and higher, till [ thought my biler woul
bust unless got out steam. I bounce
smack into the middle of the room. 'Thur
der and lightning everybody come her
with shot guns, six shooters, and butcl
, er Knives bawled I, at the top of my voic
! 4 will be shot if any dad blasted, long bea
ded, monkey faced fellers impose on ga
that ar way where I am And | was je
agoin to pitch into them promiscuously
when my merchant caught me by the arm
and said, Stop, Ben sPll be ceased
says |, if will see the winmin folks ir
posed on Look what them fellcrs are do
: and how the gals are rarin and pitchin
git away from 'em Do you spose l ca
!" stand like mile post, and see gals suff
So tLook, says L, there is gal almo
! broken down, and ready to give up to th
:. rangertang Of fellow .-Yonder is anot
= : er so faint her head has fallen on the b
! som of the monsterv I tell you I W;
! ashy. l felt like [ coulp jump into e
! like a catamount into pig pen.
= When looked into my merchants fat
:. I thought he would have busted. He |;
and laft, and squatted down and laft, WI
says he, Ben, that is nothing but the +
!, war waltz they are dancn, and them G
4 amt trying to get away from them fellC
!, ! they are only caperin to make the fell'
= hold 'em tighter, kase they like it. I
: : more the gals caper, the tighter they wi
- :, to be squeezed. As to laying their hea
: : on the fellers bosoms, that's very comm
= = in this city They expect to be MARI
some of these days, and they want to
= accustomed to it, so they wont be blu
Z in and turnin pale when the parson te
M = the groom to salute the bride. There
: nothing like being used to such things.
- You may take my hat" says to
:" merchant, 81 was tuck in that time"
= tell you though it is the first time e
~ ~ seen the like before. have seen the
- dian hug and the Congo dance, but
- you this red war waltz knock the hat Gro
= out of everything | ever seed.
- - Arter I had got out of the way and e
= - ry thing commenced going on agin
~ -, music got faster-Oh, it was as fast and
y furious as north wester! The gals ra
:. again, the fellers hugged tighter, and
% music makers puffed and bowed T.
II the gals and fellers spun round like so
~ ny tops run mad. The fellers leaned b
. and the gals leaned to 'em; the gals
-. -, frocks sailed out and popped ip the air
~ ~, sheets on cloze line in windy day,
!! the fellers coat tails stood out so strai
40 that an egg would not have rolled off; Il
faces was as fixed as sarmint-Aro
~ 81 they went;it makes me dizzy to think o
ay1 Pop went the coat tails, crash went
=. music, and pity patty, rump dumple
'py thump went the feet of ALL By-and-by
beautiful craft as ever you seed in
hape of woman, laying cloze upon a
at oeen pole of a looking feller, come s;
tile at the rate Of. fifteen knots an hour d
sui our way, whilst fat dump should'
ilts beef eaten sort of feller, at the
and D eed went up the other. l seen thar