The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-23


peremptorily as person whose companionship
was more congenial to a tombstone. so cold was
he could read all this by the pale light or TWO
taiiow candles on table near where he sat- sun as
his immaculate standing collar. But when shades
OF the philosophersD did dignity triumph over the
chubby god? He drew up his tall and awful form
not subtract single charm and stepping precisely
twenty inches at every pace with an attitude
Jams tail grenadiers, he took the seat amid the
silence of profound surprise and the song went on
the naughty Miss joining I'M
Here's an old down o Sleep
Here's an old coon sot down to sleep
Here's old s0t down sleep,
SO early in the morning.
He wants old woman to keep him awake,
lie wants an old woman 80 keep him awake,
lie wants an old to keep him awake,
So early in the morning
The audible smile" which responded to the pallic
art displayed by the change of the verse. together
with the wilted appearance OF the said alathel
picture worthy of a stronger hight than was shed
by the two tallow dips; | saw him but once more
the wall and being consoed by an aged spinster who
had eye to business as well as fun He seemed to
his / denote conflict of emotions, and shortly
aferward, as the sequel showed he
Folded his tent like the Arabs,
And as silently stole away
And as the cx-parson in the 'Gander Pulling"
would say. The places that knew him once knew
him more again that evening"
This play has end till everybody present has
gagged refused to participate. About the time it
ended it was announced that the candy was ready.
chattering, jokes and syrup candy till an hour
and half had hown by ON swift wings Now and
then couple would steal away and pull candy and
talk love and gossip to themselves.
coURTsHIP.
II it is asked how / know they talked love
swer:-A bright eyed little beauty. with blue-black
hair, and went out and stood under the stairs and
the caves of the house near corner to pull huge
wsp of candy, and while there another couple came
from round the other way and stopped just round
the where could hear everything they said
After few minutes, during which time could
hear him breathing hard, she said:-
"Why don't you talk to me?
"This candy's mighty sweet. Miss Indy" gasped
he.
''Do you really love candy?'
Eyes, but you is lots sweeter than candy" and his
hard breathing raised his voice louder than he had
Hush! said she. 'they will hear you. and then
then what will papa say when it gets to hm?'
Oh, art and innocence! He thought it had all just
happened that way, and ignorance was bliss. guess
from the words "honey," sugar" &C.. that heard
him murmur
About this time the singing opened again in the
front yard, young fellow came for the black eyed
beauty aud strolled around alone to see more Of this
queer entertainment.
THE UGLY MUG"
This was the name of the play just organizing.
number OF couples stood around in . circle and
sang:-
Stick your right foot out
land out toward the centre went all the right feet
Stick your right foot in.
land all the feet were drawn back.l
Give your right foot a shake, shake shake.
Shaking to correspond)
And turn your body ali round
Here they all turned round, the boys cutting step
which seemed compromise between the old style
pigeon wing and the wing-an'-spur shuttle OF mod
ern rooster. They then went through with the left
foot each hand and arm, to the st.Anza which gave
name to the play.
Stick your ugly mug out.
They all leaned forward and pushed their noses
as far toward the centre possible and presented
ridiculous scene as could well be imagined.
Stick your ugly mug in.
Drawing back to an erect position.)
Give your ugly mug shake. shake, shake,
(Which was accordingly donc.)
And your body round.
And so ended the "Ugly Mug" The stock of plays
by no means exhausted. The next one was for
ward by couples, taking position as in an old Vir-
GINA reel and went through the figures of that dance
while they sang the following intellectual and soul
inspiring song:-
Mr. C9ses he loves sugar and tea,
Mr.. Coffee he will treat you we'll
And feed you good candy.
This sung and over sometimes substi-
tuting young fellows name for "Mr Coffee"
patriarch sanctioned it by his presence and smiled
upon the gay and festive scene while he smoked
homemade tobacco, which goes here by the eupho-
NOUS name of "stingy green" call was made for
Salathie but he and the old maid who consolcd
him were not to be found. It evident that he
his solemnity intensified. He had departed with
that tender hearted fair who had for many weary
months. like good general, bided her time and now
had made ton strike" Miss Lizzie had missed
the most solemn opportunity Of the age. She
the girl whose evil genius was the of
Salathiel' s.untimely fall.
GOOD MIGHT.
1t was near twelve O'Clock when stepped quietly
out by side gate and passed into the broad, hard
road that led to the little village where stopping
At some distance looking back odd sight met my
gaze. In the dim light Of the candles forms were
sitting, standing moving slowly about among the
scant shrubbery, . procession moving and the
strains Of one Of those play songs ringing out upon
the soft and pleasant air. It struck forcibly that
while the words of those songs all puerile and
silly the airs are all soft and full of melody and
some of these rude people have voices naturally at
As gentle hill the village q slight breeze
bore to my along through the odorous pines the
swelling refrain.
So early in the morning.
To say that there chorus in its rendition,
softened by distance and the blended faint soughin
OF the pines, IL and fell in the mellow cadence
of the old fashioned Methodist camp ground songs
would violate the name OF sacred and indebted truth
primitive oIshoot of social relations, until the last
note died on the air. and with "a mind full OF the
scenes had just witnessed turned in for the night
WEAKNESS handed me over to drowsiness, and drow-
siness handing me over to sleep: queer dis
jointed ideas came across my mind, vague, shadowy
and fitting and was lowering over the confines of
the land of dreams. Among the thousand vagaries
common to such hours seemed to lank fellow
in jeans and a red necktie with mouth shaped like
gopher-hole. singing.
So early in the morning