The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-05-12
A FRONTIER PLEASANTLY.

Calabasas, the proposed junction of the
 Arizona and New Mexico railroad and the Sonora railroad i.,, from all accounts.
 a pretty lively town. and the jolly rail readers, when ;hr;r days work is done.
 arc iEciiaej to become merry. A few
 evenings since few specimen members
 of the genuine Arizona miner visited the
 town, and the natives waxed merry in
 their honor. The best whisky the town
 affords was consumed without regard to
 price or quantity; and various were the
 feats ot horsemanship performed and dev-
 ilish tricks perpetrated. The day previous
 to the visit of the niuers some of the
 young ladies of miscellaneous affinities
 that are known to abound in Tucson re- moved to CalabasaS on a business trip.
 The evening after the arrival of the ladies 1 @ and the same evening on which the
 miners and railroaders were holding forth four Chinamen arrived. This was genu-
 inc game for the rather interruptions com bination. The Chiuamen were in stantly seized upon, stripped naked and ordered t. perform a dance on the green
 lawn fronting tho big hotel At that identical moment the aoiled fair ones from Tucson were making an informal in
 spection of the partially completed cara
 vansaTy. They appeared at the window
 and glance taught them not as much
 through the force Of knowledge as the iil-
 tuition of genius, that genuine frontier
 ''circus was in progress beneath them. They smiled approval, aud with many mods, wiuhs and other peculiarities calcu- lated to establish feminine pleasantly. gave the weight of f.their influence to the 1 performance. One Of the crowd suc- gested that the ceiestials ought to have | partners; that stag dance never was and never could be an agreeable enter | tainment, and wound up by saving that Tn his humble opinion the ladies ought to be invited down to take part This speech was received with cheers. and on motion of a miner, seconded by a raii- roader, a committee was appointed to enter the hotel and bring the females down. The committee performed their duty without any unnecessary loss of time, and the ladies appeared on the lawns, beauteous with paint, and sparkling witn jewelry. A motion was made b. rail roader, and seconded by a miner, that the ladies be ordered to disrobe This was carried unanimously, and commit tee was appointed by the dIunkest man in the crowd to aid the ladies to divest themselves of their garments. It was done and in the midst of the cracking of whips and shooting of pistols the dance was again renewed. Three Chinamen and four girls took part in the dance, all in Eden habiliments. For an hour the dance continued, to the intense delight of the assembled crowd, when on motion the festivities adjourned. and the dancers were ordered to dress. This being done, it was moved by miner, and seconded ny railroader. tLat collection be taken up and the dancers rewarded. One hundred and thirteen dollars was ( Of which twenty-five dollars was given to the Chinamen and the rest given to the girls. 1t was previouly understood that the girls had cone to stay, but to the ,onsteInation and disappointment of all '. the unmarried men In the vicinity they ! luietly left for Tucson in the ordinary l .arn wagon, not having the courage or patience to wait for the stage that was q expected on the following morning. il