The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-08


bali per night
This conclusion contributed maseri-
ally to relieve the minds FROM an anxio.
I Il eoueeruing the possible results Of
The tnp 70 Everilt
When | entered The room. drawn
thithcr, as have said By the tones of
the violin. the company we're in full ca
reer The intrieacies az the Virginia
reel we're being threaded ont with a ra-
pidily which. wlth ladies for partners,
woold bayo been rather embarrassing
After the qusdriae, Spanish dance, and
several others hai been gone through,
the hoor vas clsarol flr injrduu ex-
hibition Il SAN. Their was the doubio-
shuttle executed Sith an ouorey never
excehed. Gentleman and eailos CON
tended in friendly rivalry Evoritt was
IN a prime condition, aud drew the bow
with vehemenee which, if long con.
tinaed, would have sent him ont of The
woods lighter ia flesh BY several pounds
than wheu he came III At last The
h5or was a gam cleared, partners chos-
EN-, aud with every rule of etiquette OBJ
served, good Old mouey-musk was hou-
ored, --partners as gallantly sautel rs
il they were ladies, ieweiied aud fair,
and the eanpany seated.
At this point the proceedings assum-
ca new character The conversation
might be reported thus:-
Guide. Il suppose you folks down
in the settlement don't dance as We
do 2"
E0eriA "Weil, no, not exactly. Our
dances are largely French"
GUIDE. "Do tell Well, nov, how
is that ?"
EuerM. Il do not think l could give
you correct idea Of them; they are
very peculiar"
GUIDE. Come, now, couldn't some
Of you give US notion about it We
would like TO see how you dance down
in the cities"
EcerA "Ihe fact is, we have more
action in our dancing than you have in
yours. 1t would make your eyes stick
out TO see a French dance"
Guides. "Come, now, they all said,
"show US how it is done; we all want
to see. Give us one of your tip-top
French dances. Come, now"
"Well, fellows" said Eyeritt, giving
Us the wing as he tuned his violin,
what say you, shall we show our
friends how To dance real, swinging
French danceY II 50, shall We put
Hubbard or Southwick on the floor ?"
80, Southwick by oil meausl" said
Burns. "No disparagement to Hub
bard, but Southwick is the man; es-
pecially il he will give Us the dance he
danced last summer on our fishing trip
Down East.
So it was arranged, and Southwick
took The hint and the floor
Now Southwick was the best dancer
there; that is he covered the most
ground. His performance was the
thome of universal remark. His style
was superb, Thee was certain
abandon in it, which few Americans
could rival | know Of but one word
which can at all describe Southwick
when dancing, it is omnipresent.
This epithet is moderately accurate
The room was some thirty-fye feet
long, bat he was often at both ends Of
il OF the same time. Ii to riYet the at
tention Of the audience is success, my
friend certainly achieved it. There
was but one thought On the part Of the
whole company whenever Southwick
danced; il was To got out Of the way
Greater unaninity IN this respect was
never seen. Never, before that eve
ming, did ! desire that room might
have more than four corners, but I
more than once deyoutly wished that
that room had had sixteen. Sixteen
would not have been one too many,
with my friend on The floor / called
Uncle Palmer's attention to the terrible
lack Of corners in his house. At the
time l made the suggestion, the old
gentleman was trying to force himself
in between the door post aud the
sheathing. He appeared to appreciate
it After few preliminary fourishes,
Everitt shouted the word go r. and
Southwick struck out / saw him com
ing, and lodged; / escaped The neT
time he swung round,I vas prepared for
him. There very several wooden pins
driven into The logs near the ceiling
such as our ioreiather were wonl to
season their beei-hams on. Spying
one Of these just over my head, as /
stood flattened against the wall, vault
ed from the floor and ciatched ii. The
scene from this point Of view was very
picturesque. Tie fellows had observ-
ed m y movement, aud followed my ex-
ample; II affected them liEe an inspi-
ration. In an instant the whole com
pany were suspended from pins around