A FASHIONABLE WESTERN BALL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 695, 13 August 1875, Page 4

A FASHIONABLE WESTERN BALL.

A ball was lately given nt n place called Sandy Run, in the Wyoming territory. Hero is a description of a pair of guests who formed u portion of tiro fashionable circle of that place and the towns round “• Miss , from Wilder’s Gulch, was elegantly attired in a handsome gros-grained buckskin dress, with army blanket •over-skirt, bottom looped up with buckskin strings cut bias ; hair dressed *a la Red Cloud, in which were twined a few twigs of sage brush, the whole secured behind with a handsome pin -made with a pine splinter and a buffalo’s ear. She wore an elegant mountain catskin cap ; festooned with antelope tails, secured under the chin with ■a rattlesnake’s skin. Her feet were encased in buckskin mocassins, ornamented with beads, and soldiers buttons. She created a big sensation as she entered the ball, hanging on the arm of Mr H. Barton, of ITallville, who was dressed in the style of bis locality, buckskin breeches in boots, hunting shirt of the same, ornamented with beads and tobacco juice; an army belt of the latest pattern around his waist, securing a pair of six shooters and a huge bowie-knife, which set off his gallant figure to good advantage Envious glances from both sexes followed this excellent couple round the hall. Several ladies and gentlemen from the mining districts were present and expressed themselves well pleased with the manner in which the party was conducted. Their frequent exclamations of delight, such as “ Red hot, you bet! ” “ Ain’t it fruit, though 1” “ Houpla !” die., plainly indicated that they were enjoying ■themselves in the best possible manner.