for each ticket of admission.

Here the town grandees and the handicraftsmen, in fact all who choose to come, assemble; and the ball is said to be conducted in a very republican spirit.

The shoemaker leads forth the wife of the Stiftsamtmann to the dance, while that official himself has perhaps chosen the wife or daughter of the shoemaker or baker for his partner.

The refreshments consist of "tea-water" and bread and butter, and the room is lighted with tallow candles.

The music, consisting of a kind of three-stringed violin and a pipe, is said to be exquisitely horrible.
In summer the dignitaries make frequent excursions on horse-back; and on these occasions great care is taken that there be no lack of provisions.
Commonly each person contributes a share: some bring wine, others cake; others, again, coffee, and so on.