The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-02-21
f. SIeigl-Riding Story.

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lasts. Remember there is no place tc
make love like the inside of a Buffalo
skin. You can tread on one another 8
toes, and squeeze one anolheE's hands
without any one being the wiser for it.
Syracuse Journal.
1t does make some difference however
whose hand you ge. hold Of. That was
demonstrated years siuce. Its no matter
just where the case occurred. nor jusl
when. 1t was in a cold country. where
day after day the sun upon the south side
Of the roof is as unmeting as misers
heart, and where the smoke stands up
solid as if built upon the chimney tops
and the sleigh runners screak upon the
FURNISHED path as if the happy song and
the merry bells were gliding over crushed
spirits. 1t was in country where there
is no formal, selfish cities, but social hap
py villages, and winter evenings are as
bright as day out of doors, and light MS
10y In doors.
| Well, once upon a time, as we said. ii
was winter, and happy load was return.
ing in sleigh from ii, party. Such a
| sleigh, big stage sleigh. stuffed seats,
double curtains, hold sixteen easy going
| to party and not ruffle tuck, and hold
thirty easy going home from party and
not ruff1e a tuck either. Those were four
month sleighs. made to run as long as an
old fashioned bank accommodating paper.
made TO be used where there are six weeks
sleighing in March. Well. the party was
out. and the sleigh was loading up and
our friend arranged it satisfactory. so as
to be seated by the girl neat to him. Ii
was middle seat and the back seat is
always too high up. and there were a
great many shank ye marm's' in the road.
Asthank ye marm' is one Of those cradle
holes without which sleighing is of no
account. When the sleigh pitches in,
fyou pitch over the dash board, and when
the horses jerk the sleigh out. the whole
load goes over into the back seat. (We
always preferred The back seat in thank
ye marm' country. as to keep the girls
from 'spilling ou,.') Well, as we were
saying,.she sleigh was loaded, the light
cleaned from the open door, the good
night kiss cracked in the frosty air like
ginger pop the six horses dashed off and
the jovis load sang
''It's my delight of shiny night"
Soon thank ye marin was reached;
our friend knew il was deep one, and
the strap. as we have said before was high
up, and-of course he put his arm around
his next neighbor, and she declared she
would have pitched into the snow but for
that good strap. That encouraged our
friend in his work Of love, and little soh
hand grasped his, and he held on, and
when the thank ye. marm's' came-and
they were very thick on the way home
the little soft hand acknowledge the kind
ness by gentle recognition, and our
friend was happy. The ride was four
miles. how they had shortened since going
TO the psrty-how much had been accom-
plished in that four miles. and our friend
said to himself it is slander to say that
the course of true love never did run
smooth it is good Shedding all the way.
But the house of our friend was reached
and sister who had set next beyond the
little soft hand, reaching forward said
brother, if you'll let 90 my hand, III ge:
out.
a thank ye marm' deep enough to bury
our friend, would just then have been vel,
como .t
MoRAL.-Be sure you know whose hand
you hold before you squeeze il.