St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-08-11
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AT CRAB ORCHARD SPRINGS.

AT CRAB ORCHARD SPRINGS.
Where Judges and Grave Senators Dance
"OId Dan Tucker with Boyish Zest.
81 have just come from Crab
Orchard Springs, KY" said Ralph
Walderson, of Boston. Il go there
for 4 brief spell, not so much for the
benefit of the water as to enjoy the
charming society of the place. 1t is
unlike any health or pleasure resort
on the continent. 1t is a veritable
landmark in all its characteristics.
Crab Orchard is patronized nearly
exclusively by Kentucdans, and
there you see the pretty bluegrass
woman and the vigorous bluegrass
man at their best. There are no
frills or furbelows about them. They
represent all that is best and noblest
in Kentucky life and manners. None
of your insOlence of wealth or AFRO
gance of position do you see there.
Everything is old fashioned, without
the least show of ostentation. The
class of Kentuckians who patronize
the place belong to the old regime,
and the warmth of their hospitality
imparts to every phase of life a
genial glow that does not character
ize another summer resort of this
country.
Il was there one summer when
Senator Vest, of Missouri, and JUS
tce Harlan, of the United States SUI
preme court, both Kentuckians,
visited the Springs, as is their Gus
tom every year. The chief dance
and one from which more genuine
pleasure is extracted than from all
your new tangled 'Newports, 'Bos-
ton dips, etc.-is Old Dan Tucker
Everybody, old and young, INDUCES
in it with heartiness that is inspir-
ing Now in Old Dan Tucker
there must always be one more gen
tleman than there are ladies, and
that's where the fun comes in. At
the end of the set there is a mighty
rush and scramble by the men for a
lady partner to escort off the floor.
One night Mr.. Justice Harlan and
Senator Vest were in the same set,
at the end of which they found
themselves in a terrible predicament,
as things go in Old Dan Tucker, for
the unlucky man who gets left by
the ladies is in sad plight indeed
when the last figure had been
danced and the Senegambian
'prompter' called promenade to
your seat, the United States senator
and the associate justice of the SUI
preme court found themselves rivals
for the favor of the same lady, de-
hghtfully plump little creature in
blue Each, without knowing of the
others pred1cament, made a pro-
found bow to her majesty, and when
they Strengthened up the embarrass-
ing situation was disclosed to them.
The lady, with a grace indescribable,
declined to pass upon the point at
issue, and it is positively against the
rules of Old Dan Tucker for two
gentlemen to walk off the floor with
one lady The situation grew more
interesting every second, for the
crowd was standing around tittering,
while Vest and Harlan blushed and
stamnered like country boys at a
frolic
Finally the Missouri senator grab
bed the lady by both hands and bore
her triumphantly from the room,
leaving Justice Harlan standing in
the middle of the room the picture
of despair and embarrassment. But
Harlan got even with Vest the next
evening, and the two distinguished
sons of Kentucky left Crab Orchard
horse and horse in the matter of
Old Dan Tucker honors and penal
ties. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.