Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-04-09
DANClsc n oLoEN rms.

In the old paritanie days Of which Mrs.
Stowe wrote Il - srti.ls in The hearth and
Home, dancing vas regarded - sn ianocen,
amusement, 10 which even The minister coult
join. She says:
q IL sisislnsss Of dancing sross in New
England, know not; Il . cersaia fact that
q Old Town, at this time, sAe presence o,
ths uinisAr and his lady vas nos held to h
u shs slightest dseres Incompatible sith hi,
souse0ent.
We appssl TO he memory Of ma.y Of on,
readers ii hey o. their psrssta could not re-
call tins 10 New Englsad whoa 10 su the
large towns dancing asssnblies sssd to b
stessdly held, q which he minister and hia
lady, thoagh never uniting il the dancs, 81,
wars gsve IN approving attendance, asd
vhsse all'the deeososa, vsepeesatls "a church
@sabsss bessgAs sAsir e6esdF9n, asd said
thsasslvss 70 watch an amusement 10 which
hey 20 longer actively psrsook.
No one looked on with more placid and
pstronising smile, - one after smother be-
gan joisine the exercise, which commencing
with the children and young people, crepi
gradually npwari among the elders.
Uncle Bill would mast on leadioe out
Asas Lois, and the bright color rising 10 hss
Thin cheeks brought back . 6usterine inags
Of What night have been beauty IN come
fresh, early day.
aad among TIE single sisters aud maiden
euats, whifling them into the dance - If be
had been ths Gttls black gentlemaa himssli.
With tAss true spirit OF ehristias charity
which marked all his actions, be invs srisbly
eAsss out Of the homelieat and most neglect.
ed for pertnsss; and thns worthy Aunt Ks.
Eiah, dear ed soul was for . time made
quito psomissnt BY his attentions.
OF course, ths dances in those DAYS were
Of strictly and moral nature. The very
thought Of ons Of the round dances Of mod.
ssn times would have sent Lady Lsthrop b..
hind hee big ian in helpless confusiou, aud
arsenal Of Indignation.
Az Il va. che stood With her broad pleas
ID lace radiant with satisfaction, ~ the wave
efjcyousnsss crept higher and higher around
hes, till Tie slder1, Who stood keeping time
With their hsods and feet, began to tell how
they had danced with their sweethearts in
coed Cd days gone BY. AID the elder wo>
msa began % blssh and blindle, and TO
boast Of sleps that they could take 10 sheir
yosth, ill ths music finally subdued them,
ssd iato ~ dance they wess.
"wsll, wsll," qaoeh my graadaother,
"thsy'rs ell q il 40 hearty l don't zee why
] sheslds't " il myself 5" and into The vir-
ginie rel she veat, amid screams Of lausA>
ter f!ea all ths younger members ef The
popuiatios.
Bot ] assure you my grandnoiher was not
Q vomsn 70 b laughed at for whatever she
osee - on foot she @pss throsgA" with Q
sssrdy energy be6tting . dsughtsr Of The
puriians.
"Why shoaldn't I dance p che aid, vhea
she arrived, red and respIendent, st the bot>
ton ef ~ ~. "Didn't NJ. Dependency,
Esd 4iss 1ueh>siraid, and NJ. Rssdy.toe
halt, oil dance together il the Rlgrim's Re
gvsss~ And The minister in hia anpls
Rowing Wig, and ny lady, - Der stie bse>
eade, gavs 70 my mother . selsns tvinkle
Of appreciation.
AZ rins o'clock struck The vhols scene
dissolssd and nsllsa lae what wsll.ssRala>
ted village would thisk ef carrying lsstivi>
ties bsyoad that hour
AID - ended our Thaatsgiviag Il Old