The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-30
lndiaa Wedding Am easements.

t""ss" Wsous"g Amese"s"ss'
From III. New aud Old
First OF All came the nautch girls. Arrsyed
10 barbaric drapery and jeweled in profu-
sion-bells on their ankles, and rings on
their toes, and bright ribbons Of silver
braided in their hair. confined by golden
bodkins, Transparent wells, dyed like the
mist when the RID sun goes down behind il,
enfOhied them from crown TO toe. aud pearl
and sapphire studded vests OF amber satin
fsshed through aud through. From their
delicate ears. pierced in tweaty places, were
suspended. soi,ly linking Ms many rings ;
and great hoop OF gold supporting u Gen.
trsl pearl, and two rabiss, hung from the
bose and epcircled the lips, 20 that the jewels
lay upon the chin.
When they began to dance Il was easy
70 forget the obdurate guitar. TIE absurd
tom toms. and the heart.wrung pipe, In their
poetry Of motion. the pantomimc Of tender
balladry--the devotion, the anguish. the
patience, the courage. the victory Of love,
related 10 curved lines ot grace and beauty,
10 the brown r0undedness and supplencss
and harmonious bindings Of soft, elastic
limbs. serpentlike in lyric spirals. II was
not dancing, speaking Elsslcrwise or Tagli-
onice--,hey neither leaped nor skipped, nei.
ther balanced nor pirouetted there were no
tours dc force, or pit astounding Rymnas-
tics; they glided, they iioA,cd, in the melody
Of action; and when ono sweet young sing
or lifted up fresh, but well trained voice,
In the artless plaintiveness Of Taxa Bn
Taxa, our hearts were filed with the lpdi.
an ditty that Sir Walter Scott Nd loved.
This done, the jugglers came on common
place fellows enough, with few and simple
apparatus, and none OF the awful and daz.
xling parapbernaIia Of our cockney Herr
Alexanders, and Yankee Fakirs Of Ava.
Squatting humbly on the ground, they
wait d for the word. The Baboo smiling
called one to his feet. and bade him show us
a tri Of his art. The man asked for bot
tles, ,Sempty glass bottles, whole or broken,
~ the Baboo pleased. A kitmudgar was
snt IN the reireshment rooms above where
champagne corks had been popping smarily
by platoons, to fetch few /" dead men"
When one was handed 10 the fellow, he
sounded il once or twice against another
and stepping forward, with maay salaams 10
the audience, passed il from hand TO hand
TO be examined, that IL might be perceived
the bottle was = good bottle. and 30 dcccp.
tion. Then returning to his place, he broke
the bottle 10 two. aud with fragment IN
each hand, cooIly bit of large slices a. one
would devour melon or a cake and with
no noticeable care. or any rScuiar'ty 10 hi.
manner Of mssticsting, but with seeming
satisfaction, as though be were enjoying u
repast, deliberately chewed then finely,
splitting forth from time to time large mouth.
fuIs Of glittering glass powder, sometime.
slightly stained with blood, ill the whole
was done.
Then. at sign from the Iiaboo, the man
approached the spectators, to display bis
mouth TO such anxious scientific iDqnir.rs
a. might desire 10 examine H. Plainly there
had been no trick-tbe fellow had in very
,ru'h nasticated the glass. and his lips had
suffered a lew scratches. II in the course Of
the performance be had spit out = formida-
BILE slice N tongue. We sdmiriDg nsw comers
would, no doubt like the sailor who at
tended an exhibition Of the Wizard oi the
North when be treated his audience TO a
trick not IN the programme, by blowing OIL
the roOf Of the house have bad 10 more
alarmed exclamation 70 utter than won.
der what bell do Dext"
After this gIsssiverous monster came
sone experts Of the more familiar sTt--tbe
sword swaiIowers, and the hre-eater., and
the tos~rs of balls, aud the posture makers.
We soon tired Of ,ben Then followed u
more startling exhibition. Some Nut, gip-
.ey. were led oat---s family Of four, being q
man. two women and q boy. They brOigh,
~iih them tall pole, which the man fixed
upright IN q place 10 the floor prepared ~
receive Il. They bad also two W three
bfsss dishes. sonc eggs. an esrthen jar or
wo. and a bottle. When tbs man had
plau,sd his pole, be began trot,ing around
Il, 10 a narrow circle, chanting q mODoto-
nogs soog. which every moment quickensd
~ith b's pace. One II tbe women sat on the
grosnd aud bea, with her hDgers on small
dram the boy drew . gathering scc0mpA.
ninsn, from sDrt of css,sbsts the other
woman remained for time silent and still
Bu, presently the man elspIs,d bis hands
With a smart dOvbis stroke, aod at the sigp
,ie soInan ro-s u ber isst, and ~ he pas.ed
hsr. sprsog With marvellous agility IN his
.tOaldsr and then 10 the very top u hi,
b.z.d-~hsre sbs stood With folded arms.
.ia,ae-like, add .ssrs,ngiy ss firmly plantsi