Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-04-01

I'''Ni W. bfSl pan WIS To cut un both truii
and barrel ly repeated blows with a heavy Az
; taking the humps below to thaw. Saurkraut re-
sembled mica, or rather talcose slate. A crow-lar
with chiseled edge extracted the laining badly
but 1t was perhaps the best thing we could re-
G sort to.
! Sugar formed very funny compound. Take
z. s.. OF cork rasp!ngs and incorporate Herewith
another g. $. Of liquid gutta percha or caoutchouc
and allow to harden this cxlcmporaneous formula
, Will give you the brown sugar Of our winter
cruise, Extract with the saw nothing but the
saw will suit Butter and lard less changed re-
quire heavy cold chiscl and mallet. Their frac-
tqre is conehoidal, with h@matitic (iron orc pim-
pled) surface. Flour undcrgoes little change and
molasses can at -2S' be half scooped half cut by
u stiff iron ladc.
Pork and beef are rare specimens of Florcntine
mosaic emulating the lost art of potrifed yisceral
inonstrositles seen at the medical schools of Bo-
! iogna and Alilani crow-bar and handspike for nj
---5O deg tho AK hardly chin IT, barrel
sawed IN half, and kept for two days in the ca
g gGoso mouse at r,0 deg was still as refractory as
nnt nnt lew inches below the surface. similar
bulk OF lamp OIL denudcd of the slaves. stood like
"a yellow sandstone roller for gravel walk.
Ices Tor the dessert come of course unbidden in
all imaginable and unimaginable variety. [ have
trlcd my inventive powers on some of them A
Roman punch good deal stronger than the
noblest Roman ever tasted, forms readily at 30
deg. Some sugared crunbcrries with little but
ter and scalding water, and you have an impromp-
/ To strawberry ice. Many time at those funny
litte jams, that we call in Philadelphia "partios"
where the lady-hosess glides with such nicely reg
ulated indifference through the complex machinery
she has brought together have thought noticed
her stolen glance of anxiety at the cooling doves
whose icy bosoms were melting into one upon the
supper table before their time. We order these
things better IN the Arctic. Such is the "compo
sition and fierce quality" of our ices that they are
brought in served on the shaft of n hickory broom
transhxing rod, which we as a stirrer first
ana fork aiterward. SO hard is this terminating
cylinder of ice, that it might sorve as a truncheon
10 knock down an OK. The only difficulty is in the
processes that follow II is the work of time and
energy TO impress it with the carving knife, and
you must handle your spoon deity, il fastens to
your tongue. One Of our mess was tcmpted the \
other day by the crystal transparency of an iccle
90 DreaS IL IN his mouth ono piece froze to his
tongue and two others to his lips and each carried
OF the skins the thermometer was at -2S deg
Ihns much for our Arctic grub. ! need not say
nat our preserved meats would make very fair
'annon-b balls, canister shotl
Now let us start out upon walk clothed in
yeli-iashioned Arctic costume. The thermometer
$, say 10 deg, not lower, and the wind blowing
/ royal breeze but gently
Close the lips for the first minute or two. and
Idmit the air suspiciously through nostril and
nustaehe. Presently you breathe in dry pun
,ent but gracious and agreeable atmosphere.-l
The beard, eyebrow, eyelashcs, and the downy
'u6escence Of the ears, acquire n delicate, white
nd perfectly onycloping cover of venerable hoar-
rost. The mustache and under lip form pendu-
Gus beads OF dangling ice. Put out your tongue
nd II instantly freezes to this icy crusting, and
apd effort and some hand aid will be required to
berate it, The less you talk the better. Your
nm has trick Of freezing to your upper jaw by
nc luting aid of your beard even my eyes have
item been so glued as to show that even q wink
lay be unsafe. As you walk on, you find that the
on-work Of your gun begins to penetrate through
naif with GoI
ot water.
But we have been supposng your back to the
ind and if you good Arcticized subject
arm glow has already been followed by profuso
weat. Now turn about and face the wind what
devil Of q changc how the atmospheres are
afted of! how penetratingly the cold trickles
own your neck, and in at your pockets Whew
jack knife, heretofore, like Bob Sawyers apple,
uhpeasantly warm" in the breechcs pocket, has
hanged to something as cold as ice and hot as
re make your way back to the ship! was once
lught three miles of with n freshening wind, and
t one time feared that would hardly see the brig
gain. Morton, who accompanied me, had his
hecks frozen, and felt that lethargic numbncss y
ientioned in the story.books.
will tell you what this feols like, for I have !
zen twice caught out" Sleepiness is not the y
ensation. Have you ever received tho shocks of !
magneto-electric machine and had the peculiar :
sensation Of cant let go" extending !
Up to your elbow joints? Deprive this of its par
xysmal character subdue, but diifuse it over
very part of the system, an ou have the So :
aled plcasurablc feelings Of incipicnt freezing n
L seems even to extend to your brain Its inertia Z
= augmented; everything about YOU seems of u
1onderous sort and the whole amount Of pleasure !
5 IN gratifying the disposition to remain at rest
md spare yourself an encounter with these latent =
esstances. This is, | suppose, the pleasurable =
leepiness of the story-books.
] could I'LL page after page with the ludicrous u
nlsiries Of our ship board life. We have two eli
mates, hygromctrcally as well as thcrmomctrcally
i opposite ends of the SCALE A pockethandker- 81
hiei pockeed below in the region Of stoves comes q
Up unchanged. Go below again, and it becomes u
moist, ilaccil and almost wet Go on deck again. ~
nd it resembles shinge covered with linen ] III
ould pick my teeth with it. OF
You are anxious to know how manage to stand o'
his remorsclcss temperature. It is n short story p'
nd perhaps worththe telling. The Doctor" still c'
eIGins three Injuries, remnants of better tines s.
TX next his skin, a toothbrush for his nosc.- K
verything else is Arctic and hairy--fur, fur, fur
he silk is light and washable, needing neither e
ie clean dirt Of starch nor the uncomfortable &c
oublc Of ilat-irons. 1t secures to me clean IN
'reen between my epdcrmoid and fenlskin in ie
,guments. Ipl
try to be a practical man MS 20 clothing and GO
Ie eteeteras of traveller. All baggage beyond u
10 essential regard as impedimentd, and believe W
1 the wisdom OF Titan Peae, who, when prepar- N
lg for an exploring tour round the world, pur- "
hased-a tin cup. For the sake Of poor devils S,
to cold winters, | give in detail NV P!
ress, the result of much trial, and think near di
: perfect Here it is from tip to toe: re
l. Feot--A pair of cotton socks (Lisle threndl IL
Dyered by pair Of ribbed woolen stockings. ris M
lg above the knee and half way up tile thigh
ger these pair of Esquimaux waterproof boots pc
ned by sock of dog-skin, the hair inside the tn
g OF dressed seal-hide; sole with the edges re
lrned M, and crimped so as to form a water va
ght cup; tho furred edge of dog skin sock in te
'rtod as lining and some clean straw laid OF
nOOthly at the bottom, which forms the elastic nc
lshion on which you tread. III
Q Lcgs,-A pair of coarse woolen drawers, and ln
pair Of seal skin breaks over them, stitched with ~
indcer tendon. W
3. Chest.-A jumper or short coat double, Of ssJJ
al skin and reindeer fur This invaluable article M
got at Disco my fur Journey obtaining good ",
imbor besides for and officers. IL consists w.
an inner-hO0ded shirt of reindoer.skin Will ,o 'e