The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-10
A GEORGIA SCENE.
How the Boys and Girls Used to Anus
ThemseIve. In the OIden Time.

Themselves VA the cAtien tAihes
After the writer had grown some
older and had been regularly adopted
in the family o. 1--WE unsN and ran with
the BOYS he was allowed all the privi-
leges of the young men of the CON-
munitv and was told 10 consider him
self at home. which he did with good
will On a certain occasion II was de-
cided by the young ladies and gentle
men to have a froiic at j. VS., and l
was warned to be on hand with a few
pounds of sugar for sweetening and
couple of skeips of silk for fiddle strings.
Strings were scarce about here then and
they asked You a quarter a piece for
them | was on hand at the time APP
pointed with the sweetening and the
silk and ready TO 90 after my gal. ="
1t was different then from now. Ii YOU
carried no partner with Won, you had to
take the chances, as every man had the
exclusive right TO his own partner.
When l got there she was ready with a
new homespun dress which had never
been worn. /. of course, praised the
check, and the stripe, and the fit. 1t
only took six wards of cloth to make a
girl dress in those days. But she an
nOunEtt lEldL Si1E W d. itIAAN ~ START
and out we went l jumped upon Bark
Mill. She lit mp behind me and caught
a good hold And that pony might
rear but she was there If | did not come
off. Away we went, and came in sight
| of j. W. 5 about shutdown. The crowd
was gathering in rapidly, but no fun
| had commenced. As we rode up some
| of the girls sung out:
Now we win have some fun. Here
comes J. and his gal.
My partner rolled off like a bag of
rolls. tied my pony to n fresh sapling
and we went in. The girls all yelled
! out:
Why, here comes J." Ike they did
not know was coming, and that | was
always on hand at every folio.
Now we viii have a reel, they said.
| did you bring tho silk?'
Certainly. Did you ever know me
to fail?'
The old lady wanted to know where
the sweetening was, as she wanted it
for the gals ". i. spoke up and
| said by all means give il to the gals
| we would get it back in kissing them.
! We took our partners, away went the
| fiddle and on went the dance-a long
one. We danced for while and then
we would play awhile. .Old Sister
Pheby," johnny Brown" at rains
and it halls, The London bridge is
| breaking down" and The big cat
kicked ont the little cats eye were
among the favorite plays. The beauty
of it was every play wound mp with q
rain of kisses. II was a glorious frolic-
| The kissing made all hands feel like
! they were at home. The writer made a
small mistake and liked to have caused
trouble by merely an oversight. We
were playing play where kissing was
mixed up smartlv. One young lady
was using tobacco and snuff freely Her
| toothbrush was in her mouth and a
little stream of amber ran down at each
| corner. kissed her on the cheek. She
stopped the song and yelled out:
y. is not playing fair. He kissed mo
on the cheek.
l begged her pardon and meekly
| asked her to hold her face around.
Doing so | bussed her square in the
mouth. You might have heard the
echo quarter. But this restored peace
and the frolic went on. ". Il. was in
his right element. He called all the
sets and arranged all the couples. No
| frolic could get on without him. Uncle
Jack was there, too, and along toward
| the morning hours be wanted 10 dance.
| We began to see signs of red-eve. Men
| began getting noisy, dancing stronger,
| and betting on their manhood. and
nnally wound up in a little row; but
with a few skinned heads and some
bruises, about day all made for their
partners and carried them home to
| think and fix for another frolic SOON