Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-07
DESCRIPTION OF A WALTZ.

When we got into the place, we found q
great large room, as big as a meetin' house.
lighted up with smashin' big lamps, covered
all over with glass hangings. The ladies
looked as nice as little angels, their faces are
as white as if they dipped them into a -four
barrel such red cheeks I haint seen in all
Sleepy Hollow their arms all covered with
gold bands. chains, and shiny beads; such lips
you never did see-they looked "cOme kiss me
all over" their eyes looked like diamonds !;
their waists drawn to the size of pipe stem :;
and made TO look like they were undergoing
a regular cuttlng-ln-t too operation by tyin' a
string tight round EN-; and their bosims-Oh,
Lordy! all covered up in laceS and muslins
they rose, then fell, then rose again, like
Oh don know what il was like, exceptin'
the breathin' of snowy white goose, chucked
in tight bag; with his breast Just out
After the gals and youngsters had walked
round for considerable spell, the music
struck up-and such music 1t was big horn
and a little horn, 4 big flute and little fate
big fiddle and a little fiddle, and such a
squeakin', squallin, bellowin', groanin', L
never heard before it was like all the rats,
pigs, and frogs in Christendom had concluded
to sing together. They called it German Po.
ker. 'spose it was made by some of them
Cincinnati Germans, in limitation Of the
squeal1n at pork packery, and guess it
was pretty good limitation.
So soon as the music struck up, such a sight!
The fellows caught the gals right around the
waist with one hand, and pulled them right
smack up in kissen' order, with the gals
bosoms agin their bosoms, and gals chins restin'
on the fellers' shoulders. At this the gals be-
gan to sorter jump and caper, like they were
agoin to push 'em away; but the felIers' Just
caught hold of the other hand and held it off
and began 10 jump and caper too, just like the
gals.
l swon upon a stack of bibles you never seed
such sight There was some two dozen gals
held tight in the arms of them fellers-they a
rairin' and jumpin', and pushin' 'em back
wards over the room, (as thought tryin' to
get away from them,) and the fellows holdm'
on to EN- tighter and tighter, the more the
gals jumped and capered, the tighter they
squeezed the gals, till at last begun to think
the thing was being carried too far for fun. L
was little green n these matters, and seein'
the gals tryin' harder and harder to get away,
as l thought, and the fellers holdin' tighter
the part of the gals. So my dander kept
risin' higher and higher, till 1 thought my
biler would bust unless 1 let out steam, 1
bounced smack into the middle of the room.
I" Thunder and lighting! everybody come here
with shot guns, six-shooters, and butcher
knives" bawled I at the top of my voice
" for will be shot if any dad d-blasted, long
bearded feller shall impose on gals that ar
way where am J" and was just goin' to pitch
right into 'em promiscuously when my mer-
chant caught me by the arm, and said, 7" stop
Ben" "Tn be ceased" says 1, "if will
see the wimin' folks imposed on Look what
them fellers are doin' and how hard the gals
are rarein' and pitchin' to get away from EN-
Do you 'spose L can stand still as a mile post
and see gals suffer so?'' "Look," saws /.
there is a gal almost broken down, and ready
to give up to that rang otang Of feller!
Yonder is another, 50 faint her head has fallen
on the bosom of the monster!' tell you
was ashy, L felt like could jump into 'em
like catsmount into pig pen.
When looked into my merchants face
thought he would have bursted. He laft and
laft, and squatted down and laft. why"
says he, Ben, that is nothing but the red war
waltz they are dancin', and them gals amt
tryin' to get away from them fellersethey are
only caperin' to make the fellers hold 'em the |
tighter, kase they like it. The more the gals |
caperSthe tighter they wish to be squeezed. |
As to layin' their heads on the fellers bosoms |
that's very common in this city. They expect |
to be married some of these days, and they |
want to be accustomed to it, so they won't be |
q blushin' and turnin' pale when the parson |
tells the groom to salute the bride. There is |
nothin' like bein' used to such things"
"You may take my hat," says to my
"I was tuck in that time''
l tell you though it was the first time 1 ever
seed the like before. 1 have seen the Indian
red war waltz knocks the hat crown out 0f
everything ever seed. fsi s-r. 4
Arter had got out of the way and every
thing commenced goin' on agin, the music got
faster and faster-Oh, it was as fast and -
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