The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-14
THE DAILY HERALD TUESDAY MORNING April. II, 1874.


personal friends In addition. An ar
rangemont N made with one Cast
Elnus or inn 10 furnish n certain num-
her Of courses OF meats, vegetables,
bread and "mehl spelsen," l. Q. cakes,
on any food made OF -four except bread,
and u thin sour wine for u sum amount
ing 20 about one dollar aud half per
person,
To eaoh one thus paying, n seat IL
assigned at the table and a plate, knife,
fork, spoon and wine glass aro given.
This plate remains In its place all day
ana all night, and each course, as II 10
brought IN, r. piled promlscuously
upon the plato, the owner leaving to
dance and returning TO eat ny lncllnn-
ton pr lmpts, or II generously disposed,
he may share his plate and fork with
auy of his friends who have not paid.
SOFT IL not uncommon 10 see two, or
even three, eating from the same dish
or drinking from the same glass, q
community Of feeling more pleasant to
behold than TO participate In,
The food Is usually all prepared and
brought In before o T.. NJ, 80 that those
who do not remain all night can have
their share, ns each one Is expected to
take home all that he does not cat. o..
The wedding which we witnessed
was not the highest kind Of n time, for
IL took place on Sunday, one bright
Sunday In July.
Early In the morning the road was
filed with groups Of peasants In h0ll-
day attire, the old men with leather
breeches, the young men IN jackets of
dark grey, faced with green, knee
breeches of grey and long green stock
ings, and tall, pointed hat trimmed
with green, and frequently bearing n
buckle feather such as children often
pick up In q barnyard to adorn their
hats with. The old ladies were "smart-
lyn attircd IN dark blue or green skirts,
long black silk aprons, black cloth
has1ucs and ench wore, without eXcep-
ton, II black silk handkerchief tied
over her head. The maidens were
not dressed 40 uniformly, many OF
them looking quite fashionable,
but most OF them wore dark blue skirts,
high necked and long cleeved white
skirts, With corset worn outside, and
on their heads.
These people all Went to the church,
and after having performed their reli-
gious duties, felt prepared for the hi
larty OF the occasion.
The arched doors of the church and
the gateways were wreathed with flow
ors and evergreens, and sentence of
welcome or good will was suspended
over each. The ceremony in the church
occupied but little time, and was evi.
IDENTIFY of little importance, il being the
eating, drinking and dancing that con.
stltutethe high time.
AT about III A. NJ. the priestly ble9.
sing was pronounced and the fun at
once began. The inns were all open
and throgned with guests, even more
than is usual on Sunday, and the whole
village seemed to be- in state of festivi-
ty, little parties being seen In front OF
many Of the dwellings engaged in the
general amusement of ministering To
the inner man.
AT the principal inn dancing at once
began, and during the remainder Ofthe
day and all night the merry company
We're tripping II to the discordant notes
of brass band, whose brayings were
almost deafcning in aroom about TWEEN.
ty feet square and eight feet high. But
add to this the tramp of the heavy
boots and the yells and whoops which
emanated every minute from some eX-
cruciatngly happy individual the
dim light which was scarcely able
to penetrate through the thick clouds
of tobacco smoke; the fumes OF
wine, the Odor of food, the eXhalations
from the persons of the perspiring dan.
GERS, whose forms could be dimly seen
through the haze and smoke in q va
riety of uncouth twistings and contor-
tons, and 1t would take no very lively
imagination to fancy that one was get
ting glimpse into pandemonium.
Occasionally the dancers overfiowed
into the dining room, but there was
no one present squeamish enough to
raise any objection, indeed what objec-
ton could there be? The dust was kept
far too active for any of it to settle
upon the food. The dancing has no
variation except the change of part
ners. 1t is an evercOntinuous turning,
not like our waltzing, but jump and q
turn, Il jump and turn, and SO on ad
infnitum.
Those who were very expert would
twisted moment toward the right,
and then bringing the foot down with
a stamp, UNFINISHED toward the left, but
those unequal to this artistic feat kept
ever on in one continuous twist until
poor human nature could hold out no
longer, when they made matters
straight by a liberal allowance of beer
and other good things. After a few
minutes rest and an exchange of part
ners, the furious fun again began. So
during Sunday and Sunday night the
revel continued, and even on Monday
work throughout the community was
almost entirely suspended, and during
the day little groups of peasants could
be seen returning home, with tagging
footsteps. carrying little bundles of
wedding delicacies done up in their
handkerchiefs, and with the freshness
of their holiday costume considerably
diminished by the night of revel. The
dim eye, the faded wreaths, the soiled
finery and, in some instances, the tor
tuOus course, indicated that one and
all had been to the wedding and had
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