The Placer herald., 1859-03-19
French Mobs.

judgment, Will not listen to reason, and
commits acts which in cooler moments
strike even the perpetrators with surprise
and horror. OF all mobs French one is
usually the most energetic, and most SAN
culinary. The first visit of the cholera to
Paris presents some strong proofs Of the un
governable character of the Partisan popu-
lace, when once aroused 1t was reported
in Paris, as our readers will probably .e-
member that there was, in reality, no chol-
era but that poison had been poured into
the fountains of the metropolis, and had
been mingled with the wine ard the flour;
and thus it was that the people were dying.
1t was dangerous to be found with pha in
the hand, or to be seen sitting, without any
ostensible cause, near one of the public
fountains. A young man was looking into
a well; he was massacred. Another met
the same fate, who was leaning over the
door of dealer in wine and spirits. in Or
der to see what o'clock it was. A Jew in
the market-pace was thought to have sin
lister laugh; they searched him, found a pack
ct of white powder-it was camphor-they
killed him, and set on the dogs to tear the
body And then that instruction against
the ud-carts-what an insight does it give
into the wide spreading and tangled inter
ests Of a modern capital. 1t was impossible
to touch the mud of Paris without pering
the subsistence of eighteen hundred persons:
What more fit what more innocuous to all
parties, it would seem, than to clear away
it away as soon as possible, tha: it should
not lie there, eyhaling pestilence during the
heat of the day? But stop there are in Paris
some eighteen hundred persons who gain
their bread out Of this mud, CROPPING in it,
and extracting from it every article of the
least commercial value. With basket
slung upon their back, and a crook in their
hand to facilitate their search, these chiffon
iers are to be seen in every quarter of the city,
congregatng wherever there is dirt. And
now, if all that is thrown out of the houses
of Paris is taken off before these indus
trious persons have had time to search
it, what is to become of the whole profession
of chiGoneriG The new mud carts, with
their ruthless sweepers, travelsing the city
at dawn of day, must be broken up and
thrown into the Sene and it was done so
accordingly.
Dancing.
We copy the following true and harmoni-
Gus description Of modern dancing from the
pen Of ready writer, who already enjoys an
envabe reputation as an author:
look! look" said half dozen lady
voices, one pretty night, as we sat leaning
against the outside of the ball ROOM We
did look-alas. for our poor modesty, we
ought not to have done so. "lf my children
were among them, I'd whip them well for it.
Yes, if they were full grown, I'd give them
the hickory" So said the wife of one of
our princes, as she turned away in utter dis
gust:
Ioctor let me describe a lttle--if the
public may look, certainly it may read,
though it run. A group of the splendid
ones is on the floor, and lovingly mated
The gents encircle their partners waists with
one arm. The ladies and gentlemen stand
closely face to face The gents are very
erect and lean little back The ladies lean
little forward. Music. Now all wheel
and whirl, circle and curl. Feet and heels
of gents go rip rap, rip-rap-rip. Ladies' feet
90 tipity-tip, tipty-tip.tip. Then all 90 rip
pidity, clippidity, rippidity, bippdity, skip
pidity, hoppidity, jumpity, bumpity, thump.
Ladies fly off by centrifugal momentum.
Gents pull ladies' hard and close. They reel,
swing, slide, sling, look tender, look silly,
look dizzy. Feet fly, tresses fly hoops fly
dresses fly, all fly. 1t looks tuggity, hug
City, pulity, squeezity, pressity, rubbity, rip.
The men look like cross between STEWARDS
and climber jacks" beetles and jointed KS
The maidens tuck down their chins very
low, or raise them exceedingly high. Some
smile, some grin, some giggIe, some frown,
some, pout, some sneer, and all sweat freely.
The ladies faces are brought against those
Of the men, or into their bosoms, breast
against breast, nose against nose, and toes
against toes. Now they 60 again, making
sound like Georgey porgey, derey peerey,
ridley pidey, coachey poachey.
'This dance is not much, but the extras
are glorious" If the men were women,
there would be no such dancing. But they
are only men, and so the thing goes on by
aoomans lore of it. When a boy, we used
to visit these Dutch dances, and trip the
whirling beer barrels, as they passed our
feet, and then run for dear life. We still
feel the instinct Of tripping in our toes. A
secular writer says: "There is no established
standard of proprety about this matter. If
| were lady, might object to these dances;
but, being a man do not. We certainly
ought to be satisfied, if they are
Eg Good nature is more agreeable in
conversation than wit, and gives certain
air to the countenance which is more amia-
BILE than beauty. It shows virtue in the