A STYLISH DANCE IN" THE EARLY DAYS OP COLORADO.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 22 March 1878, Page 2

A STYLISH DANCE IN" THE EARLY DAYS OP COLORADO.

Tho Houldcr (Ool). Mirror thus talks over tho good old limos :— Tho first settlors of Bouldor como licre in 1858. In 1852 quito n number camo, and sonio • aixl.y log housos woro orcotod boforo 18(50 stoppod in. Of thoso log houses but a few remain. Christmas, 1859, saw a jovial crowd of danoora in ono of thoso houses, windowloss, wo boliovo, at that tinio. Tho hardy pioneers whon after fun hnd it. On tho night in question about 200 sons of toil .and sookors of gold and thoir fortunos Add sovqntoon ladies', nssotnblod at tho nbovosnamed plnoo to pnrtnlco of a frontier torpsichorcan. Mnrinus G. . Smith was thon one of tho bonux of town, nnd \m dross suit consisted of a pair of pants mado out of soamloss Racks and colored bluo by tho nid of logwood. A ludy now living in town hnd an ologant dross mado out of flour sucks, also by tho aid of logwood. Thcro woro few whito Bliirits in tho neighborhood tlion, most of tho pionoors woarning woollen or flnnnol . oucß. A man with n whilo shirt on was in stylo, and could dnnco with his oont off; n man without any would wonr a coat butlonod up to tho neck. Coats for dancing purposes did not scorn to .bo any too numorous consequently tho pioncors holpcd each other out, For instanoo, Alf. Nichols had six whito shirts, which were all at r thnt ball, find tho coats of thoso'six whito-shirfod follows wont to covor tho backs of somo othors. When ono follow had n dancp ho would loan his conts wero dancing all night, and wont around tho two hundred mon. Thoro woro no wall* fl. owors among tho soventocn ladies. But thoy say tho suppor for the occasion was a grand alfair. Wash«boilcr« fall of coflbo, great bunlcs of black tailod dcor; jackrabbits, fish, game, and rlelicaoios brought from tho States in cars, all wont to mako up a glorious suppor— ono that tho parlakoru would lileo to sco vcpontod. Thcro may not haro boon muoh stylo, but thosoamlcss sacks and flour*bags saw as muoh pure enjoyment as does tho finest and gaudiost attiro of tho day.