The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-14
A Steer Ride.

The Boston Weekly Symbol appears this week in en-
tire new type an evidence of its fourshng condition.
which we congratulate ITS entersng publishers Messrx
Jordan and Wiley. The present number is an excel
lent and contains large amount of original matter
We copy the following amusing sketch from the editorial
department:
Moving down Washington street the other day. with
friend, the sight of the flying seighs reminded him OF
juvenile adventure OF his own, when he younker
long time ago. and Gimanon, N. H., blessed with
his presence Happening TO call crony Of his. a
farmers son, one afternoon, the gentleman who the
hymn-bo tells us
''Finds some mischief sl
For idle hands to do,'
suggested to them the idea of having ride in the ssg
to-meetin sleigh, with unbroken steer OF the FARM
ers for team Our friend with some difficulty, per
siaded his acquaintance to enter into the scheme bu,
when his scrupes were once overcome, he event with
vndctive rush" The boys secretly got out the sleigh
and "toted through the snow for distance of two
miles, where they left it The snow was deep-over the
fencerails in some places, and the preliminary achieve
men cost them no little labor This done, they went
back for the animal The ''creeier' found quietly
consuming clover in an t-house, and not in the hap
pest humor al being disturbed. In fact, he mighiy
handy with has horns, an lnshman would say, and
had most 'fatal facility" for butting However, his
iomentors took him. one each side, grasped him by
the horns and persuaded him along By OF an OK
goad Now and then he would make stand and strug-
gle hercely But they hung TO him ke Mortality to
deceased African" my friend expressed it, defer
mined not 10 give out took them two hours to get the
steer up TO the sleigh
There another battle royal ensued, when ii came TO
putting him in the fills Talk about tanning Bucephalus
Pooh that nothing 10 Harvesting an angry steer
into single sleigh He did not take kindly at all,
but he had to take it, The youthful muscle and youth
full ingenuity of pair Of human torrents overcane the
brute rage and blind strength of the animal
AT last they noosed him, and INDUCED in an Indian
yell OF triumph OF went the liberated BRUTE bowling
with rage Talk of locomotive at full speed--pshaw
that is tortoise to mad steer The "critter took
bee line for home The flew like the spray from
nying boots The ccles howered from the limbs OF the
appe-trees, they dashed through orchard. Two
PANELS OF iencerls went into tarnal smash as they
took the outside OF the track IN narrow cart path One
side of the sleigh left in dung heap Nothing but
the dasher held they went through the last pair OF
bars, and the steer dashed his head against the barn
door, and rolled over. dead beat, in a snow heap
Our friend got of the runners and made tracks for his
home Just the farmer rushed out of the house. whip
in hand, cornered his precocious boy he nsing
from the wreck, and gave him, the sufferer averrea
the next day, the onremitenest llckn that ever
larruped onto him since he human bein'.-
Our friend has often been sleghng since, with SPLEEN
did teams and pretty gIrls and glorious and
light nights but he declares upon his honor that all
of these equal hall the excitement of sleigh ride
across the country with mad steer in the fills.
FREAKS KLrcTRIcrTy.-Durng the storm of yesier-
day, there were some curious phenomena exhibited IN
the effect produced upon the wires Of the telegraph and
the instruments of the operators in the Office
On commencing TO use of the instruments in the
morning, was found to be unmanageshe, from the
great surplus of electric fluid, which, of itself. put the
iron pen into rapid notion wrting dots az the term ls-
IN style worthy Of an old hand at the instrument
II being found mpaccable TO do anything with such
cratic and sef-wed agent the operator turned the
current of the fluid the ground, and lei work Oh the
extra steam as fast as il pleased.
One of the wires when disconnected with the instryi-
ment was discovered emitting from its point most bril-
liant flame of the intensity peculiar 10 the electric fire
and large the blaze of candle This striking ap
pearance being caused by the passage of the fluid from
the termination OF the wire into the paserei brick wall
of the building which was hut duh conductor
paper which The wire laid was scorched by the
passing fund Mr.. Partridge, the operator. received two
pretty severe shocks IN arranging the wires so az to put
everything out of harms way, that the lightning could
play its freaks after its own fashion
Similar results have been before produced in the
mer. during heavy understorms but this is the first in
stance have heard or. when they have occurred in
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