Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-22
THE NAN FROM PULASKI.
His BeWiIdeEiaE Antics I'm the French
Quadrille at Long Branch.
Pulaski Citizen

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Pulaski Citizen
A practical humOriss from Pulaski has
been doing Long Branch. He gets off a
good burlesque, but the fashionable tOdies
don't seem to know it. They think he is
a greeney. Who is be? We clip from
Olive LOgan's Long Branch letter to the
Chicago Times, written July 26:
Mollenhauer was slashing away at Girofe
GiroAa quadrilles, and six people had
struggled upon the vast floor and were look
ing disconsOlately around for another
| couple to complete the set. They were
about to give it up in despair and return to
their seats when middle aged man who
had arrived that day, and who somebody
said came from Pulaski, Tenn, stslked in
to the parlOr with an elderly woman a-hold
| of his arm. he made a bee-line for the
fourth place in the quadrille, the six peo-
pie locked more satisfied and held their
ground, and the music grew triumphantly
louder.
TIE MAN FROM PULASKI,
He was a middle-aged man, this man
from Pulaski, and tall, and slim, aud long
legged, and if there was a living persOni-
ficatiOn Of the pictorial newspaper idea Of
Brother jonathan, it was ne. His trOw-
sers were fall short, and pair If troRser-
straps were plainly discernsble on either
side his boots; lOng-tailed coat and very
high standing collar, figured satin vest
and an undue pcepOnderance Of plaid silk
in a huge necktie, were the other most
striking articles of his attire.
No one knew where his companion came
from. IE was enough, perhaps more than
enough, that she was there. She wore a
Al,
trimming, and white handkerchief laid
around her throat and fastened with hair
pin. When say hair pin mean not a
pin fer the hair, but one Of those touching |
and very ugly mementO-mOri brooches, |
made OftSe locks of the dear departed.
IRE minute The man from Pulaski reach !
ed his place IN the quadrille, he clapped |
bis hands violently together and the lady /
couple; and after performing very low /
waited patiently till the others went /
through he opening PAGES.
Then they began. The man from Pu-
laski grasped his partners hand, and with
step ike a cradle under full rock he waltz
ed himself over to the other side; landed
there, he faced the old girl, and, the music
flvOring the movement, ne executed She
heel-and-tOe step which the Niger min
strels use for the polka. This served him
nicely to place agsin-and then he got
ready for the next movement.
sIladies chain,n be cried out. all in a
teeter, and seizing the extended hand Of his
vis-a-vis he gave the astOnished young lady
"a we'll known belle) such a Whirl that her
very boot-tOps were disclosed, all tied back
as she was. To finish the figure there yet
the "set to partners and what he
himself called out "dOsey doe" His set to
partners WIS a very vigorous breakdown
and in the ardOr Of the dOsey doe he came
into collision with the back of the woman
in alapaca with such al unexpected bump
hat she calculated "Myr'
The music now ceased for a minute and |
he man from Pulaski reposed. Little
groups had gathered around the windows !
10 look at him, for the word had gone from !
mouth 70 mouth that there{ was a man in
he parlOr who was doing
SOME TALL DANCING.
Then the music was resume :, and ''fOr-
ward four" and "hands over the ladyp' was :
OllOwed by gentlemen forward"
This, Of course, you know, is nothing
more nor less than the cGUdlieT SeW Of the {
French quadrille, and on il the ParIsian
lavishes his EXTREMIST execution;
md for il, too, the man from Pulaski had I
seemingly been reserving all his ener-
,ies. Gathering his cOat-tails under q
lis arms he started forward with q
lop, skip and jump, and having arrived {
n front Of the three who stood Op- I
DOslte, he began, so to speak, to dance E
lem down. lie swung on one leg then |
pa The other; skipped backward and cut 2
he pigeOn-wing three times; be lifted his
light leg and hoped on his left; finally be
Fhiled around till everybody but himself '
vas dizzy, and then seiZiRg his partner by s
10Th hands ne annihilated space with her C
Up and down the whole length Of the Y
lOOr. lie was off now for good. b
The music waxed fast and furious U
nd the nan from Pulaski was aroused. f
,weat poured down his forehead, and his J
osOm heaved; NJ matter, this was his mo- c
lent and he improved il. One by one the
ther quadrillists dropped away; with awe
epicted on their cOuntenauces, they stood
nd looked a. the man from Pulaski. The u
who could hardly draw their !
OWs, or tOot their horns for laughter, en- 1
sred into the spirit Of the thing, and, q
Though the quadrille was finished, cOntin- G
ed to play for the advantage Of the lone h
ancer from Tennessee. One familiar o
Melody after another fOated on the f
7ening air; the favOTite mOrceaUx Of the o.
Grand Duchess "La PerichOle," and | II
Barbe Bleue;" the "MOnnie Musk" n
nd "NO One TO Love-" 81
Way Down upon the Swanee River" and | OF
Champagne Charley, Tand finally the band d
.ruCk up Dixie. This seemed to attract al
he Pulaskian's attention. He ceased dane fC
x; looked about him as If somewhat sur OF
-ised tC tind the dance was over so soon;
nd strolled out on the piazza quietly hum II
ling to himself. pl
Oh, / wish was in Dixie, u
Away, away, al
IN DlXis's land III take my stand, .,
10 live or die in Dixie.
IHssp,Tab.e said he was glad this incl tv
aut hsppea1ed, because it SHOWS conclu- w
veiy that if dancing is a survival it will in
-obahly survive as long as the man from a.