Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-06-29
An Editor on Dancing.


The editor of the vicksburg Herald gives the
following humorous account of masquerade
ball
On account, perhaps, of the manifold duties
always pressing upon us, we have never learned
to waltz-we have never placed our arm around
a fragile, fairy, feecy, huttering form. and
whrliggged around loose, but at the grand
masquerade and fancy dress ball on Tuesday
night, we happened to express our regrets at this
deficiency in education to a young plump,
fresh and closely domipoed Injun girl, while we
were promenading the vast hall with the lucious
lumpsy- -dumsy. She sweetly intimated that the
hubbub of such occasion, when faux pas
would scarcely be noticed, was the very best
time in the world to learn. We would not ac-
knowledge our name if we had backed out of
such offer, and, as matter of course, we
shyly requested her to afford the sublimely
perpendicular pleasure of q small lesson, merely
for the purpose of getting acquainted with each
other and giving us relish for our victuals at
supper. Sweet and gorgeous aborigine-with-
out swearing she'd ne'er consented-to do so.
Gently, delicately, fastidiously and timidly we
placed our arms around her plant waist, and al
most wasted away. Her long raven locks tickled
our elbow. Thousands and millions of spotted
beads vibrated and tinkled around her fairy
form, as her bosom rose and fell to give them
melody like an 4Eolian harp upon the heaving
sea. Her hand was in ours-as soft as pussy
cats back, as she silently watches mouse hole
at the soft and wtching hour of twilight Her
left foot was against our right boot. The gaudy
feathers upon her moccasns tickled our manly
knees. Our eyes met. Two soft and melting
glances shot out from the holes in her domino
and coming together in the middle emitted
sparks like the r. E. Lee rounding to at Will
liam's wharf-boat a dark night in the latter
part of December. Music arose with its voluptu-
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with our voluptuous swell and drew near unto
the female red one Her warm breath was upon
our fingers and her long raven hair went fippy-
ty-hop over our left shoulder. We had not yet
waltzed an inch, and we didn't care Confeder-
ate bond if we never moved from that spot TIL
the editor of the yicksburg Herald joined the
Sons of Temperance. We shook back our yel
low locks, and Immediately the odor of Martha
Washngton's s Hair Restorative, for sale by Hard
way & Co., and all respectable druggists, filled
the room We bowed our editorial head, ant
whispered in voice whose dulcet and mellifiu
Gus notes would have melted the heart OF dep
uty constable" Gorgeous child o. the forest
whose ancestors discovered Columbus, would WI
were glove upon that hand, that we NIGH
touch that cheek; would that we were pair O.
moccasins upon those feet that we might caress
thy corns; would that we were hank of yarn
strung with spotted beads that we might encirce
that form would that we were long bunch OF
hair that we might flop around that neck would
we were an open barrel of golden syrup that
thou might dip thy finger in us and lick it would
we were O coronet that we might rest upon thy
brow would that we were roll of greenba cks
that we might stay in thy pocket would we
were brndle Watchdog, that we might guard
thy wigwams would that we were q big black
ROSTERS tail that we might dangle meath thy
face; would that were an Indian chief" Thus
far VIC spakc and she sighed. Her ruby lips did
part and speak: " If you are done wocding
up, we'd better let in, for the music is wasting
away We let in and we wasted away. Our
two hearts beat with such responsive throbs, that
a creased case knife would not have entered be-
tween the throbs. 1t seemed as if ten thousand
caterpilars were emigrating up our back, and
turtle doves were picking meal bran out OF
our ears. Huge sighs of the size Of q rutabaga
turnip escaped our lips heard !murmuring
brooks, whispering boughs, and warblug birds,
and tinkling cow-bells, and we floated away on
a feecy cloud of one hundred dollar grcenback
bills. The music ceased, but the Washington
Hall kept on waltzng. The Indian maid sought
her native forests, and we were carried by our
friends to the Times office, with cramp in the
bottom oe our feet, and our eyes turned wrong
side outwards.
A PRoPHEsY.-The editor of the San Jose
Mercury, who was on the slate for State Printer,
writing from sacramento, june Ilth, say
~ Gorham thinks his fight is made; and his
conclusions doubtlessly correct-they most
certainly are if the Short delegations from San
Francisco and Sacramento are both admitted.
His nomination will probably elect Democratic
Governor, for it is extremely doubtful if the
Union party will be able to carry him through.
Owen, the editor of the Mercury was strong
Bidw ell man. His delegation was also for Bid
well. lie would have been Printer if the Sauta
Clara delegation could have been induced to
support Gorham Santa Clara county was Bid
we'll, and would not exchange Bidwell for Owen
Men who go into n State Convention as Over
and Smith did, are sapheads s.-NaryspiHe appeal
Yes, but Owen said, rather than support Cor
ham the printing might go to pot. He could no
be purchased for that rpose.-Saeramento Bee
That is true.
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