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Show Mr. Van Did Dance "With Her. The story often told that tho late Hon. Richard Vaux had danced with Queen Victoria has been defied quite frequently since his death, but as a matter of fact he did dance with the queen. Ho was not her partner, it is true, but danced in what was known as the queen's cotillon at the ball given in her honor in 1837, when he was secretary sec-retary of tho United States legation. Mr. Vaux was selected by the quoeu herself her-self as one of tho seven persons to join with hor in the dance, a very great honor. In tho course of the evolutions in the cotillon he danced with the queen. This statement was made by Mr. Vaux to a well known Pennsylva-nian Pennsylva-nian who served with him in tho Fifty first congress. Philadelphia Record. |