The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-05-27
BRUsLE LANE, May 1857.

Mon Cher Oncle Silas:
Lass week l waz invite up TO Il
Soiree in Music Hall give by re
Aesthetic Dancing Club. Wen, !
gaz put re hess close | got and l
go up bout 9 O'Clock an | w"z sur
prize wiz re great many peoples l
see up zere. he gentIemens zey
all have one great big sunfiower
tack on Ze coat, an Ze lady waz all
dress tont a fait in re style, each
wiz a bunch flower stick in re
belt, an zey all look like re an
gels who waz in re garden WIZ
Mon. Adam an Mdme Eve before
zey begin steal ze apple.
Right quick after | git up zere,
re music begin play an re "ball
open out" so some of re boy re
mack. Most all It 60 members OF
ze club ii on z foo an icy
waltz away 2 by 2 froo re first
dance, den re stop, change pard
nerS al tumble to Re Racket, some
body waz pat some wax on re foo
an fUn,, five waZ tall down. Eat
make Ze balance laff, but zey waz
pick upp-d.q an keep Oh all re
same. [ waz like Eat dance weiiy
much an even l go lealn how
kick wiz botf feet. IN keep off re
foo | gone try him. lie mex dance
waz zt lancers an | waZ tink Zey
gone dance him OF ze square, so l
fine il pretty Fardner an good Wis
ID Wis mighty soon, but re music
play em ii Ia Pinatore an re sett
wnz mix up an crazy like ole Mon.
Pina;Dre who write zp muSic, so
| waz sit down on bench an
wipe my cheek, while re rest dance
Il valse a la Oscar, an some udser
kind Turk dance you call re Ma
zou!k ApreS Ca zey begin what
you call Heel an Toe. Eth, hien.
! try him too, hut all q same
tinr-ny toe an heel git all tcseth
er an !. can tell which hit ze doc
mn>t frequent, so ! waz GO out an
lean gu * wall an ress, while Zey
tinish up on re Polka and she
waz hook too, utterly too, too, yes
Mex time, zey play re Imperial,
an I'm hear she is easy All grace
fall. So | waz try him again. Tres
bien. before we waz finish wiz it.
nay pardner waz remark to lnp, by
myself. "M0nsirur. You seem
to be laboring under the impress
sion that this is a pa'lar circus aud
that you have been especially en
gagged 10 play the clown. Your
reasoning is entirely at fault, and
whilst we greatly admire your
acrobatic feats. l advise you to
i: retire in some private bail-and
You had better do it in the contig
4 nous ultimately too" l waz try
be polite. an l reply, II believe
SO too" After Eat I was not dance
= some More, so [ az promapade
round an admire re elegant com
panee. Plenty much of re young
lady an sentiemrns from ASSUME,
. ton Waz to Ze sOiree an | tinls
: Icy sen zr bcss'z"y grt in re house.
1 Bye and bye | was so cut smoke
y a lertlc bit, an ] hear some ze boy
, talk. Le Dir. waZ remark Miss So
> an So, have IL fine costume, mostly
what You cali illusion, an Peru an
Swer Eat ze wOmaI inside was all
7 delus;oa, an re boy call Fresh say
. Miss O. waz %welrread, an Sonny
4 ask if jim aint mash: an re Crank
say he prefer oar mash, an Kal
he remark Eat he Ike Porter, Tom
| say he taken alt an alt, Ze Owl
!, come up to re scratch an say he
! like d lretie Moore, re Gov. say h.
tink Of going zis summer over to
? Florence, an " Bumsay Italy!
(. Eat make Viii howl, ali Jack say
: he gone open re succession Cause
> he got free, 3 Wills on hand now.
Zen re clown say sOneSing bout
> re Gardener an i, Lane-ier an
I Gus blush like a rose au TEN say
he waz nave Berry nice time-an al
= bert say oh, My ear? Zen he walk
{ off on 1t, while IL ParSon say he
IKE re Cross an ze Pugh in ze
church an III re dance. Zen Ze
music play one reel an | was try
him on q banquet on ze way
} home an fee! happy as d big
SUNFLOWER