Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-07-04

W oiaHii'S oi"iiuy, piiic upplc, aiSO, SputteT-
ing in the same flaming liquid, and many
other little wonderfuls, all to be washed down
with clarct and white wine. Then came cof.
fee and cigars, then any quantity Of wine Of
various kinds, including some choice Bur-
gundy, the like of which was never before
seen in the Territory, and over which the
Frenchmen parlavoud until they seemed on
eve Of going into convulsions. There was
Of wines alone, some five kinds, and of all
liquors about dozen kinds. No wonder the
tongues Of the natives were loosed! The
sitting lasted little over four hours, and du.
ring that time I think ate everything from
horned toads a la Washoe Injun to coyote
with bricS-bat sauce. Altogether it was q
splendid affair and was never better treated
in my whole Washoe life, than at the hospi-
table mansion Of NJ. Leon Levele, Of the Da-
ma. Not man but could have walked a
chalk line
'Nota man was seen to stagger,
Not a man was seen to stammer! !"
My motto is "Dan'l beware !" Of CHAM
pagn!-its good one find.
AMusEMsNTs.
We have had Harry Browns "Star ORA
matte Troupe" with us since last fall, and
they have done much toward rendering pleas
ant the long gloomy evening of a Washoe
winter. We have now n very passable thea
tire and it is remarkably well patronized-
being dead head" am, of course a reg
ular attendant. Mrs. Nellie Brown is a very
pleasing comedicnne, and what is more, in
her private character is irreproachable. The
ladies Of the town all like her--last night they
rendered her a complimentary benefit - which
is good sign; if she were not perfec ly cor
rect in her department on every occasion,-
how soon they would bc picking her to
pieces! Harry Brown is a very passible ac-
tor in almost any role, but his forte is good
natured bluster-makcs an cxcellent-"kind-
hearted, ferocious old tiger Of an uncle. ~
Jimmy Griffith is especially" heavy" on Irish
character. Nellie Brown is his equal in that
lrne and perfectly irresistible rs a Yankee
girl. Her Nancy Stoker' can hardly be
and her rendition of the new song
of the Rhalc- Rhode Kcer" is absolutely an
The old song OF "Bobbin Rcound"
can't come in hailng distance Of the "Rhale
Rhode Keer" here, everybody is hu,nming
it, and you hear in every part of the town
how" Suke Slapdash snickered right cout,
ridin', rhi-i.din', ridin' in the rhale rhode
KERR and how the old dad'--" Nodded
to Jeems to court that gal'--etc. The song
was written by Richard Cranshaw, one Of
the writers for the Golden Era. will write
down to the editors of the that paper, and
if possible procure the words and music,
which | will send forward to your--our--
Beethoven Band. The music | could get
at any time Of our Silver City band, but it
is worth nothing without the words. To-
night there is ball at the Eastern Slope
Hotel, and on the 2lst the Odd Fellows
give grand bail at the Chrysopolis Hall,
supper at Silver House" tickets $3.50"
They had the politcness to send me free
ticket, but my toe" is neither "light" nor
I" fantastic when it comes to good
square eating, Tine thar! most c.nphatcal-
ly, Mar-rH
A few OF the natives living in the lower
part of this city, n portion known as the
=" Blockade" assembled the other evening
for social dig" and friend of mine,
who hath music in his SOUL" was sent
for to do the fiddling He went, and for
an hour fiddlrd away with might and main
yea, cracked down ON 'er, Misther Ov-
erman! when dancing was thought too
" slow by some Of the ladies present--near-
ly all married--and nothing would do but
plays; in short they were determined to
turn the dance into a "bussng bee" At
this the husbands looked like so many "bears
with sore heads;" but the ladies carried the
day--as they always do, bless their little
souls and the kissing began. The hus.
bands were all "glum''-- stood back and
swore-inwardly time one of them saw
his wife get kissed. The boys were in their
glory-yea, exalted even unto the seventh
"waded in." The kissing be-
came fast and furious--somebody wife con-
stantly undergoing the blssful operation
husband frowned, shrugged their shoulders
and squirmed-" Great Moses would there
be no let upW "Smackl smack smack /!
pfeepl pseep! pfip!' - human patience
was inadequate to the endurance Of longer
torture Of this refined, yet most diabolical
nature. The husbands gathered into dark
and threatening knot--they put their heads
together, and from their midst came up
loud and deep. They began to
swear sutsoardly-from out their eyes went
two edged swords and most piercing dag
gcrs-yea, and sabre bayonet-all point fore
most at their nectar dispensing, better halves.
Women wouldn't see nary time had too
good athing-"spitcs somebody now guess!'
Kissing growing ferear and fiorear-abso-
lutcly ferocious!' Agony Of the husbands
amounts to frenzy--nothing can longer re.
strain them each makes rush for his wife,
seizes her and drags her to seat Women
all rebcl-declare if they can't play" Here
sits bold commander" " | am a brisk and
rowing Hade," " The needles eye that doth
supply or Snap and ketchum," why they
hold as cheap all the other joys this world
affords--so they do. If they can't play
- button" or "pizen" or poor pussy" they
amt going to dance there now hateful %
So the whole thing broke up in row, and
some OF our boys carry their pockets full Of
Derngers and meet the husbands with fear
and trembling, even to this day. Don't set
this down as a fancy sketch Il assure you
t is more than true, or rather, could have
'aid more without exceeding the facts. We
III had a good hearty laugh day or two
since over the discontinue Of bully Of
strong secesh proclivities.
Said bully had been staggering around
,ur streets for some two months and many
-four citizens whom he had threatened feared
hin and went armed in case of an attack
rom this blood-thirsty monster, who was
laily in the habit Of fourishing either his
snife or pistol over the head of some one
The other day he played the game once too
,ftcn and found to his great terror that he
rad caught Tartar in the person Of burly
cllOw whom he drew his revolver IIpon -