The Red Cloud chief., 1886-04-30
A GEORGIA SCENE.
How the Boys and Girls Used To ANUS
Themselves In the Olden Time.

After the writer had grown some
older and had been regularly adopted
in the family Of .wc uns' and ran with
the bOvs he was allowed all the privi-
leges Of the young men Of the com
munity and was told To consider him.
self at home, which he did with Il good
will. On a certain occasion il was de-
cided by the young ladies and gentle
men TO have 4 frolic al j. w. $. and |
was warned to he on hand with Il few
pounds Of sugar for swrctcning and a
couple of skeins of silk for fiddle strings.
Strings were scarce about here then and
they asked you 4 quarter a piece for
them. was on hand at the time ap-
pointed with the swcctcning and the
silk and ready to 90 after my gal"
1t was different then from now. II YOU
carried no partner with ~. YOU had 10
take the chances. rs every man had the
exclusive right 10 his own partner.
When ! got there she was ready with a
new hOme>pun dress which had never
been worn. |, Of course, praised the
check. and the stripe. and the lii. Ii
only took six wards of cloth Ia make q
girl a dress in those days. But she an
nOunced that she was ready 10 star,
and out We went. jumped upon Bark
Mill. She liz up behind me and caught
Il good hold. And that pony might
rear. but she was there il did not come
oil. Away We went. and came in sight
of j. VS. 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 will have some fun. Here
comes j. and his gal"
My partner rolled off like q bag Of
rolls. tied my pony to 4 fresh sapling
and We went in. The girls all yelled
out:
''Why. here comes j." like they did
not know was coming. and that I was
always OF hand at every folio.
Now we will have a reel" they said.
'Did you bring the 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" W. Il. spoke up and
said by all mea give it TO the gals"
w would get it back in kissing them.
We took our partners. away went the
fiddle and on q the dance-a long
one. We danced for 4 while and then
We would play awhile. .'Old Siste,
Phebv.' johnny Brown 1T rains
and it halls" The London bridge is
breaking down and The big ca,
kicked II the little cats eye" were
among the favorite plays. The beauty
of it was every play wound up with .
rain OF kisses. i, was a glorious frolic.
The kissing made all hands feel like
they were AT home. The writer made a
small mistake and liked Ia have caused
trouble by merely an oversight. We
We're PLAYING a play where kissing WA,
mixed up smartly. One young lady
was using tobacco and snuff freely. Her
toothbrush was in her mouth and Il
little stream Of amber ran down nj each
corner kissed her on the cheek. She
stopped the song and yelled out;
-. is not playing fair. He kissed me !
on the cheek.
asked her to hold her face around. !
Doing 50 | buSsed her square in the !
mouth. You might have heard the
echo n quarter. But this restored ,eaec !
and the frolic wen; on. W. Il. was i'm (;
his right element. He called all the !
sets and arranged all the couples No !
froiic could get on without him. Cnc,c 4.
jack was there. too. and along toward
the morning hours he wanted ~ dance.
We began To see signs Of red-ey.- Men
began getting NOISY. dancing stronger.
and betting on their manhood. and
finally wound up in a little TOW: bu,
with a few skinned heads and -oE,e
bruises. abou, day all made for their
partners and carried them home to
think and fix for another frolic soon
FroaklyH (Ga.) .Ncws