Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-08
Fashionable Dancing.

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" Look look !" said hulf dozeulady vol
ces one pretty night. as we sat leaning a.
! gHinst the outside of the ballroom. We did
look--alas for our poor modesty, We ought
not to have done so. :" If my children were
among them, I'd whip them well for it. Yes
II they were full grown, I'D give them the
hickory" So said the wife Of ono of our
| princes, rs she turned away in utter disgust.
Doctor let me describe lttle-if the pub
lie may look, certainly it may read. though
It run. a group of the splendid ones is ON
the iioor, and lovingly mated. The gents en-
circle their partners waists with one arm.
The ladies and gentlemen stand closely face
to face. The gents arc very erect and lean
little back. The ladies lean little for
ward Music.) Now, all wheel and whirl,
circle and curl. Feet and heels of gents gn
rp-rap, rip-rap-rip. Ladies' feet ~ tipty-
t'p tiPlty.tip-tip. Then uli so rippty. clip
Ply urpity bippity, skippity, huppity. jun
tringal momentum. Geuts pull ladies hard
aud close. They reel, swing, slide, Slug,
look tcnder, look silly, look dizzy Feet fly,
trcSscS fly. hoops fly, dresses fy, all fly. 1T
looks tuggity, huggity. pulhty. squeeaity,
preSslty, rubbity rip. The men look like
cross betwcenstcely and "limler Jacks"
beetles and iuintcd KS. The moidons tuck
down their chins very low, or raise them ex-
ceedingly high Some smile, some grin,
some giggle, some frown, somo pout sumc
snecr, and all sweat freely. The ladies' ia
ccS are brought against those of the men, or
into their bosums brcastagnnst breast, nose
against nose, and toes against toes Now
they go again, making n sound like Georgcy-
porscy' dcrcy-pcerey, ridey-pidcy, coachcy
p0achcy.
This dance is not much, but the extras
arc glorious" Ii men were women, there
would be nc such dancing. But they are
only mon. aud so the thing goes ON by ,co-
mo,''s lore Of it. When boy. we used 10
visit these Dutch dances, and trip the whir-
ling beer barrels, as they passed our feet,
and then run for dear life We still feel the
instinct of tripping in our tues. A secular
writer says " There is no established STAN
dard of propricty about this matter. i'll
were lady, might object to these dances
but, being Il man, do not We certainly
ought to bc satisfied, if they are"
LET ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MOTHER"
The editor of the New Orleans Advocate
has this incident about the ravugcs of the
yellow feverin that city, related to him by
one of the methodist pastors: "The preach
er was caleda few days since to attend the
funeral of a young man, Before his sickness
he was stout, buoyant, manly youth. He
was from the State Of Maine, and had been
here but Il short time. He was attacked
by yellow fever and soon died, with no
mother orrcativc to watch by his bedside,
or to soothc him with that sympathy which
none but those of our own dear kindred
blood can feel or manifest He died among
strangers and WAS buried by them. When
the funeral service WAS over, and the strange
friends who had ministercd to him were
about to finally close the coffin, an old lady
who stood by stopped them and said Let
me kiss him for his mother" We have
yet to find the first man or woman to whose
eye this simple recital has not brought tears.
AND ITEMS MY OPINIONS v-'Don't
you tell me, sir, said Mrs. Spitfre, with
IL face burning like kitchen-fre "no
man has a right to be bachelor It's his
own fault if he is, and serve him right, too
say | ! An old maid. poor creature, is fire.
qucntly an old maid from compulsion; but
when ii man is bachelor, | mean to say
that, nine times out of ten, he is a bache.
lor from choice; and pretty choice it is
It's all the difference between making yonr
own bed and having it made for you. And
thcm's my opinions" :" and here Mrs. Spit
fire folded her arms la Napoleon, as though
she were ready to receive the combined
contradictions of the entire world
land Disraeli put up at the same Ia
vern last night said dlndifcd snub at
must have been house of accommodation,
then, for man and beast" replied bystan-
| der
MATTHEW Henry says "Woman was
made Of a rib out of the side of Adam; not
made out of his head to top him-nor out
of his feet to be trampled upon by him-
but out Of the side, to be equal with him
under his arm to be protected; and near
his heart to be beloved"
IN a Jolly company each one was to ask
question. If it was answered, the propo.
ser paid forfeit or if he could not answer
it himself, he paid forfeit Pats qucs-
! ton was:
" How does the little ground squirrel dig
his hole without showing any dirt about
the entrance 7"
When they all gave itup, Pat said
Sure. do YOU see he begins at the 9TH
or end of the hole !"
One Of the rest exclaimed But how
did he get thorc 2"
All, said Pat, CHATS your question,
can you answer it yoursef?"
! DON'T design to say ayaDything against