The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-22

New Haven correspondent of the Phil
..delphia Gazette, Il bachelor, who went a
skating with pretty girl, gives the follow
ing account of the affair and what came Of
st:
WHO MARY Is
Mary is as pretty piece of humanity in
t. re shape OF a woman as YOU could find this
81 de Of Heaven. Such eyes such hair such
to eth and her hand Well now, there |
Il ink 1t was just the smallest, the whitest-
ny, ivory is slow TO it And her foot was
u ke little white rose bud its snowy leaves
J, ut showing enough to set off the neat cover
u y that concealed the rest from profane eyes.
did not seem a foot as one saw it reposing
n Its tiny kid slipper, like "a Canary bird in
its nest
MARY HAS THE SKATING FEVER.
Well, sir, this Mary caught the skating
lever which is now raging SO fearfully. j
heard her express a wish for pair ofskates,
aud the next day she had the best pair that
could be found in the city, and nobody knew
who sent them to her-but, bless me, how
my blood boils at the thought Of the conse-
91snces.
MARY PUTS HER FOOT IN IT.
We went down upon the ice and there
that little devil of Mary, just sat quietly
placed that foot, tie foot, the poetic myth, in
my lap, and bid me put on her skate Sir
had Venus dropped down from Haayen, and
bid me rub Ter down with rotten stone and
oil il could not have astonished me more than
when that divine foot was placed in my un-
worthy lap. felt very faint-but buckled
on the skates, and stood up with Mary by my
side.
THE BACHELOR HEAD SwIMS.
Have you ever taught a woman to skate :?
No; well, let me tell you You've been in
room lined with mirrors, haven't you p
You We seen Kaleidoscope, with few old
bats Of glass, dc, in a tin tube. and turning
y have seen all sorts of beautiful figures
Just imagine a kaleidoscope, and in place
OF beads and broken glass please substitute
blue eyes, curving eyelashes, lips ivory, wa
W HAIR. crinoiine, CATER soots, zephyr wors-
led. tupids, hearts, darts, clap of thunder,
q lash Of Lightning and q aud Nick" I'm
agi ne yourself the centre of a system with
all sliese things revolving round you, and
violet bank breathing signs upon you all the
while. and you have Mary and her victim
in the first skating lesson.
GAITERs IN THE PIT OF HIS STOMACH.
But just let me try 10 describe our per-
formances Mary and | start-she on my
left arm, all square. Lord have mercy on
my POOR puzzled brain while try to unrnvel
the stirred and mixed rainbow Of sights and
sentiments First, Mary's dear little gaiter
boots presen, themselves to my astohished
vision, and before have time to wonder how
they came up before me, feel them pressing
their blessed beauty, with emphasis, into the
pit Of lay stomach.
NARY PITCHES ESTo him GENERALLY.
Next scene--wayy hair with thirty dol
lar bonent and divine head, comes pitch
ing into my waistcoat, with such force that
l feel the buttons against my spine. Next
Mary gaxes up ut me from between my
jack boots, and anon her blessed little nose
is thrust into the bosom Of my shirt. All
my friend, all research and study on the
mysterious subject of woman has been com
paratively In vain, till in this eventful year of
1859, the fashion Of skating has opened new
and varied sources of information.
NARY sUBDURs HIN.
Dear May Io6sred myself to her every
lime she turned up or came round. l am
kers; but wish to enter my solemn protest
tsfsre the world that she alone could have
eenqnered me. But who could hold out, when
by an army Of Marys on skates
] asn hers but Im awful sore All
hase learned some thing. Cupid makes
bachelors tender, as cooks do tough stakes,
By hAmmering and pounding.
Il & ssated that Chief Justice fancy speaks Of
the Democratic Thirty million bill as 'atrocious.