Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-20

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Inc people in our city are wild. Not ,.c.
vince exactly. but they have craze nil,
.qoa' 10 his aesthetic craze, and il b., he,
Tue FORM OF dancing, and unless our popul,;o,
ore '.cc'n.ted for it, it will scoop in ehrc,
."d state Never since the time when ..r,x;,
} danced before the Lord with all hi. M, =, .
.s t"ere neen such general uprising o m.
Propie az now, to trip the lighf, fantast;f,oe
an opportunity to dance evrry .enl.,
sn' IN the week, and the dancer, ~ r.
.neh wora without skip. Prof. Wine,
seems 10 nave got them ''solid." An thshox,
s~y, ana with two evenings and one No..
T., ne ,e.ps some four score couple DIR.
e' "k al tne time The craze is NOT con.
the thin haired, the white-haired and ia
headed. the lame. the hal, and bI;nl 80.
gathered into the may dance, and n, dino
Rlsts report that the sale of medic;,s. ,h.,
are good for rheumatics and stifY o;n,. :,
unprecedented. The staid mercba,t -,
ne Tolls barrel from one place in to 60
10 another, canrs it on the Climbs. md w.i,
yes across the floor with it. wb;.,;n, ~.
accompaniment Children, father. noth...
grand-fAthers and grand mothers. mes in ~.
same qnadrille, all the same aye. and ~;,,';e
degree or two Of the same temn,,,,n,a
when the merchant closes his store md ,h..
lawyer his Office. and the cashier lesva. NJ.
oank 10 attend an afternoon dancing ,ebool 4,
IS proof positive that our city 10 not 60 inn.
INJURED IN the cares Of business that it capno,
a.'en" !" little recreation. The waltz i.
'"t upper round IN the terpsichorean ladder
ana none are satisfied until they havethat At
the myers ends of their feet. so 20 meal
hf. r.ll-
waltz. are able to get into the first pei,;on
which is standing up with the riylt .,n,
around the waist Of lady II is VERY
natural and easy position. and one tina, give.
saflsfaction to both parties. The watx en-.
braces as many styles as there are kinda n.
potatoes. but there is one variety, on which
tomebody who has the power should s.,ve an
injunction. 1t il called the Soriety val,,
though what class Of society il r.n,esen,.
wsuld be hard TO tell. 1t cannot be dr~r;hed
by any one man. The drift Of it appean to he
To dance out Of time. and get your step. in he
tween the notes. like walking in between the
rounds Of a ladder. When the dancer appear.
before you, he seems to have been shot ON,
OF howitzer into the hall, and, as near a. ca,,
be estimated, is making about a thousand
revolutions minute. The power by which
he moves leads one to suppose that he ba.
his coat tail, and that the occupants there.
Of are all out on 3 vacation. Maud s..
with her record of 2.lO, would get
distanced by an adept in the Society waltz
Every few moments the dancer collides
with some couple who are moving at a less
rapid rate, and not being prepared for the
shock, they are either telescOped or knocked
completely out Of time We had rather take
our chances TO kick a can Of nitro-glycerine.
than to be struck by one Of these meteoric
walters. An amusing incident happened
the other day. in which one of our well known
lawyers held the trump cards. young man
who is an adept in dancing, was met BY the
lawyer in question, who said to him. I'D
like to have you call into nv Office at three
O'Clock this afternoon" Not daring to ask
for what, and with visions Of law suit and
the spending Of the remainder of the winter
in jail he wandered about town all the fore
noon. had no appetite for dinner, and, At the
appointed hour, with his heart in his mouth,
stepped into the Office, and was cordially
greeted by the legal gentleman with, Il want
you to teach me how to waltz, for can't get
hold of the laundering thing, no how" The
young mans heart slipped down into him
again, and his pulses began to beat, and
the lawyer around the waist they
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a snatch from Olivette, and the other count
ing, lone. two, three" and so it goes. and
" i'll go, till the snow melts into water, and
the sun rouses the sleeping vegetation into
life, and the little birds begin to sing. and the
collector gets round with his new book
Belfast Journal. AQGl1S.-
Some weeks ago we mentioned that farm
ers and traders in various sections Of the State
had been swindled out of consignments of
produce to a firm in Boston, and had been
losers in sums ranging from $40 to 500. II
has been discovered that the sharper was
Young man, named J. n. Austin, of Addison.
His method of operating was to go to coun-
try traders. ard shippers Of produce, claim
ing to represent the firm Of J. n. Austin
& Co, So Newmarket street, Boston. and
solicit consignments of merchandise. Be-
lieving the firm to be doing legitimate bust
ness, large amount of produce Was sent
from country towns to Boston, where 1t was
sold. and the money pocketed BY Aus
tin and his accomplices. Among the vic
tins was Hon. J. S. Berry of Wayne,
who shipped seven cases of eggs, worth
500, to the swindler. Mr.. Berry was
informed that the fellow was in the eastern
part of the State, and put the case in City
Marshal Whites hands. The Marshal left
Augusta FRIDAY, for Ellsworth. going to
Bangor and driving acros, the country. Here
he was met by Deputy Sheriff Dyer of Mill
bridge, who had arrested his man. The
prisoner was brought to this city on the II
o'clock Pullman, Friday night, and Saturday
arraigned before Judge True and committed
to Jail in default of 5000 bonds. Austin
comes of good family. He claims that
he did not understand the character Of the
firm that he was connected with: that he sup
posed they were doing square business, and
shared no part of their guilty profits.
SUPERIOR COURT KENNEBEC co.
r.bru.ry Term, Judge w. p. Whitehouse
PrestdinG.