The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-31
c.rn,v.I s..so, An New York.


THE sLEIsHISG AND SHOWING OF YB5rBRDAY.
The street music II Thursday kept mp yesterday
without iDtermisson Tie thermometer in the morning.
stood At sixteen degrees and evening twenty SIX
showing NJ the weather had moderated from what
1t The DAY before At noon yesterday the white
fa % began fail sgan and continued for ienan-
der o'the day TIE ctd weather has prepared durable
fount all white coverings Of the clouds who
the clerk II the weather choose TO spread over the
earth and there is row every prospect that for many
Gays 10 sleigh riding and fcli;Aing will DO AL the
60 The greatest novelty in there times unused or
uucslledfor sleigh. Anything with IT H.
just oinc ut article TO hire borrow, pur
chase, in the metropolis The cars yesterday found IL
tificnt thsu the day before to travel tho
tracks On most Of the irsc nibuE sleighs sub.
stituted and Of the railroads kept few Iun'
npg for the accommodation the old ogy portion Ut tho
community who look with horror upon the jolly oompa-
neH yelling, singing and shouting through the sreets
and freeze At the idea OF facing stormy notheaste
il an OPEN sleigh up Is far the Umbrellas
also IL great demand yesterday to keep OF the
binding elect that directly the eyes every
quarter Broadway was FROM early midnight,
the OF great carDiyals kinds Of characters iass
horses ard fast men, gamblers and politicians rioh and
poor and children, all ont In this great
terry OF the city during the entire day. There were seve
raj heavy swe in the shape Of six horse turnouts and
tws horse turn outs, four tandem aud in al the
ether ways Of gearing up the prancng atsed to the
gsiy painted tlegh Women plaI ed their part also in
the carnival cring hers and there, almost
the descending fakes single couples, the wooers
and the wooed old young tn. gay Lothsro and the
venerable gray beard, al wrapped up in their
buGsoes and jolly sport But how different are the sports
OF sleigh riding in the city TO the amussment In
the country There such sport is full OF feeling
snd meanirg The merry chime sounding through
forest and over field is in keeping with happy
reflections and ileasing nelriment But in crowded
metropolis there The bitter with the sweet well in
sls rdine in everything else Look ct thase leans
ank starving horses upon whoss hip bonea yoa coulA
hang your hat struggling and sroaning under the load
Of that resy crowd Of bachans There are six horses,
to be sure, md spanking Sleigh but nssr hun
bred nortas have chung to 1t, making some fifteen or
twenty each hore IA they strain along the cracking
whip the en-, WI lie every step sunders OF the
life. strings CT these noble animals. Are these sights
calculated to excite peaurable emotions should they
be assocsted with the honest laugh Of friendship or the
merry music Of sleigh bells Again, such crowd
Who do you against in eScurson' The honest,
frank and uncortsmr ated Of the rural cstrisap
No Mere likely the vil.ncus dsbauchee who Offers his
hand VII lie he would pick pockets, and jngles hio
glass with yours WI lie revolving plan for cutting your
throat These not reflections such - ought TO pos
the mind OF one upon merry se'ghfng party,
where his heart ought TO dsuce to the musical bes anci
his roam free the whistng Winds The boys
kept up sport Of snowbang yesterday, and played
with much zeal their Fart In the carnival Taken alto.
eether, such scenes those Of the present time
seldom Witnessed in our city.