They  had  a  weird  sort  of  a  dance  ai  Sierra  City  on  Washington's  birthday,  says  a  California
exchange.  Previous  to  that  holiday  the  following  printed  notices,  bordered  in  black,  were
posted  all  around  town:  "Funeral  Notice.— Died,  at  Sierra  City.  California,  February  aa,
1888,  Small-Pox.  As  the  deceased  has  no  friends  in  town,  his  enemies  are  invited  to  assemble
at  Spencer  &  Moore's  Hall,  at  8  o'clock,  to  dance  on  his  coffin.  The  funeral  exercises  will
be  under  the  auspices  of  the  Butte's  Band,  which  will  pipe  its  level  best  for  the  occasion.
Tickets,  ^i.  P.S.— The  wake  will  continue  ad  libitum  at  the  close  of  the  dance."  That
evening  the  people  turned  out  en  masse,  and  had  a  rip-roaring  break -down  in  celebration  of
their  at  last  oeing  out  of  quarantine.  'The  dances  indulged  in  during  the  evening  were  the
small-pox  polka,  the  vinu  jig,  vaccination  reel,  and  quarantine  quadrille.  Thirty-five
recently-recovered  small-pox  patients  participated  in  the  festivities. — Fhiladeipkia  Ledger,
1888.
