Litchfield enquirer., 1836-02-18
CTrICH RIDLNG.

-: r.at c,nr weeks has that ~
"'.'c' "''' .."- t,nep asked how many pal
sp"..s "~ts have beat 10 unison with tn
pIa."s = ,he merry sleigh beHs-hOw many
n"srs .;nnefs and mOckasi0s have been called
,''. .Ss',T;sition-hOw many dances have come
a. At BIoomfngda!e and Long Island-ho"
many gOblets Of muled wine have been drain
ed-how many matches made and how ma
nv colds caught within the last month! WINE
saws that winter IL dull and gIOOmy-that u
brings on ct Of the blues and regiment o.
blue noses-that it locks up beauty ike az
icicle and freezes love into the consistency O.
ielly. Why more lively, love. making sp'r
tied. dashing month, has never been equaiIeC
in any country, If we except the Carnival a.
Rome, and like the Carnival It has been al
amusement out Of doors. When the husband
freed from the labOrs Ofthe day, comes nome
TO dinner, and inquiries for his wife, the az 30.
swer is she's gone sleighing-when fa ca:S
for Sally Ann and Eliza. the chamoesrn -.,.,..
SQUALLS from, the head of the STAIRS y w
gone sleighing." Dick has 0een ua nnJ 81 ~
f;ttIs Rob and Harry have raked together
fsw onnibns tickets to gallivant from Clinton
DI.oo 80 IVAN street. The furriers have been
sLt ont-tbe fddlers worn out, and the
S:Oot," almost run out. Lion skins, bear skins
~ huAalo robes have had their day-and
VET the game still goes on-the bells stiIljingle
and the crack Of whip is still heard "pier-
CHG the nights dull ear" "Come girls
hustle about-gct ready-out with cIoaks,
hoeds and tippets," said Dick Triae, who
with his friend Harry Gaylove, dressed in
their white upper bepjamins, seal skin caps
and whip in hand, dashed into the drawing
ROOM the moon is up, bright and spangled
as the dewy lawn-the horses are snuff1ing
the icicIes on their nose and paving the ava
lanch-come get ready and hey for merry
drive to Burnham's." "Why la girls" said
aunt Deborah, maiden lady Of some prude-
nv and of the unmeRtionable age of ifty-six,
You surely are not going sleighing alone
with the gentlemen and at night too 7" "Why
NOT. dear Aunt Deborah" said the lively Ce-
celia, " where's the harm 7" "Where's the
harm? Why you shock me-two young girls
huddled together under buffalo robe, with
two Young fellows sitting their faces against
each other to keep out the cold. Awful
how unlike old and sober times.' "Dang it,
girls" said the old father, rich and retired
sea captain, " amt it just as comfortable to go
out on the piazza, sit in the Boston rocker for
an hour, covered with bear skin, drink a
stiff glass Of whiskey punch, as slipping up as
far as Cato's 10 a cutter p Pooh, pooh,
Captain, there's no more comparison than
between fishing smack and your old packet,
the charming Polly 60 come along girls,
let's be off,
In they all huddled-crack goes the whip,
tingle sounds the bells, of go the merry
sleighers, with a bright moon and the Their
mometer at zero. The snow crackles be-
meath the firm hools Of the feet coussers, and
square, and street, and church and houses
pass in rapid succession. until they reach the
broad open space Of the country dressed in
its pure white mantle. Then, the loud laugh,
the jocund merry whistle, the significant
screech, as the rival Jehu's pass each other.
On they go, crack, dash, over the mound and
hi!lock. and hey for an up set 10 soft snow
bank, and inally turn 10 at Burnham's, in the
midst Of bevy of vehicles and crowd of
friends and acquaintances. "Ah! Burnham,
how are you 10 great preservation ]" % no,
quite done up-no one 10 bed before daylight
for fortnight; must give up; must knock
under" Pshaw, man let's knock up a
dance-there's the two Miss Prunes, Bill
Thatcher and his two sisters, Bob and Harry
Herringbone, and the two bellies from Wa
verify Place. Come, light up the ball room
send up Sneezer and his fiddle, the large sill
yer caudle cup. with rnued wine ; and mind,
at eleven a brace Of cartridges hot, few
dozen stewed oysters, bowl of chicken SAL
lad, some good whskey punch, and every
thing that you call comfortable" Thus, be-
tween dancing and supper and the drive bone,
the party do not and themselves in he'd until
the formidable hour Of two in the morning
the Captain having turned in since four bells
and Aunt Deborah sitting up for the girls by
the Pickering Of sea.c0al FIRE. her head en-
veloped in her flannel petticoat, and the ca
asleep at her feet. The next morning, o
rather noon, the ladies rise with headache
stitch in the side, and hacking cough, whic
require visit from Doctor Dismal; Pills
Seidlitz-Jame POwder-Gum Arabic-Bar
ley water, and blister.
Sprightly and inspiriting as sleigh rid
may appear, inviting and enticing as It reaIl
is to the gay and young, it is questionable
whether the subsequent dangers to be encoun
tered are not in themselves, or at least shout,
be great hampers to the anticipated pleasures
How difficult it is to enjoy ourselves in sue
cases soberly. One pleasant sleigh ride be
gets another-one delightful evening whet
the appetite for another, until dissipatio
wears out the slender female frame, and to
late we discover that there should be . med
um to all our enjOyments.-N. Y. Star.
A Remarkable .tact.-We have not at thi
time single Minister PIenipotentiary, eithe
at the Court of England, France. Spain, POr
tuga'' Russia. or any other European State
The official lives Of Gen. Jackson's diploma
lists have been singularly brief, fron, that o
John Randolph which lasted nine DAYS. {,
nine days wOnder,l to perhaps the lopsest o
them-that of Mr.. Rives-which extended
not to quito two years, but was long enoupf
to enable him by his gasconade, TO throw Oh
QfaOlon Il, Hho Of hn ErnnOh