The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-10

PHILADELPHIAs coLoRED FOLKS.


Shaking Things Up Lively After Supper
wild Dance and Chorus
Philadelphia Times.I
'What you goin' furi" asks Peter of tn,
visitor, with an offended air. "Yop aia't
seen de best pat Of de fun yit 'You'se not
goin' widout SEEM Brown sho'i Wait till
dem young folk, done fill dere stomicks;
dey feel jus like shoutin' den an ole
Brown'l shake up things mighty lively,
tell YER" - ......a
The repast was finally completed and the
company came laughing and joking into the
room. snow Well have Brown" said the
-chimer," and the announce ent wa' met
with shouts of "Yes BrownI" "Oh, Miss
Brown" Brown, Brownl" AT the same
time clapping Of hands and stamping Of
feet was begun. while the cries for Brown
became more frequent and vociferous. Then
they sang:
Miss Brown she like sugar an tea,
Miss Brown she like candy;
An all | want l. a nice young man
To be SO very handy.
Brown! On. Brownl Oh, Brownl
Oh. mister. you turn under:
Oh, Mister Brown come dis way;
On, Mister Brown, you turn under;
Oh. Mister Brown, come an play.
Brownl Brown! Brown! Oh, BrUwnl
Oh Mister Brown, little faster;
Oh. Mister Brown shake your feet;
Oh. Mister Brown, a little faster;
Oh. MiHter Brown, come right neat;
Oh. Mister Brown, you turn under;
Oh, Mister Brown, come dis way.
Brown! Brown! Hol hol Browni
Any one Of the male players assumed the
identity Of Brown" and in that role darted
across the room and secured Miss Brown,
then back 70 his station. Another "Brown"
went through the same vancouver, then an
other and another. The time grew faster,
the couples darted more rapidly across the
little space, following each other in quick
succession. Faster and faster, until the
rapid stamping Of feet seemed like that of
q regiment of soldiers on a double-quick.
HBrown, Brown, oh, Brown" sounds high
above the noise as IL In invocation. The
couples ceased running backward and for
ward. and all shouting Brown" clapping
their hands and swaying their bodies TO and
fro in the wild excitement, they whirled
and surged about. Little spirals OF dust
rose from the crevces Of the floor.
The room became filled with dust, still
the wild revel goes on. With dusty faces
cleaning in the dim light and eyes blood
shot and staring from the wild exsrtion,
tney kept IL up.
The old woman who had been looking on
from the kitchen doorway joined the revel.
Its wild spirit seemed infectious and the
spectator felt an impulse to yell 1t Is pam
demonium-the wild tarantula dance, one
OF the savage rites of the sun worshippers,
and In these the devotees exert themselves
until they fall exhausted and Frustrated TO
the earth. Peter, who has been twisting
nervously in his seat all along, unable to
withstand the impulse longer, has added
himself to the shouters and his voice, as IL
inspired, chimes in the weird chorus for
Brown" Whirling. swaying, surging and
jumping. and intent on their wild sport, the
visir-r is entirely ignored. He Is a mere
atom, a thing not Of their paradise; so I'M
noticed he gains the door and steps into the
street As the distance increases between
him and the phantasmagoria the sounds Of
Brown Oh, Brownl" become fainter and
fainter, until they gradually melt in the dis