Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-02-03

Boston Correspondence.

BosToE, JAN, goth, 1859
MEssRs. EDITORS 1t is trusted that our
salutRtion was not frozen ere it reached you.-
Nature is clad in her coolest robss-they shine
with dazzling radiance in the brilliantly cold
sunlight. We are Suffering some comfort"
ao,o; but week since, ugh the frozen fingers
which lace the icy drapery round the Poles
could never weave such intense cold Their
mometrius, mercurial servant, was sent to IA .
sud 300 below zero, and the cunning frost
wrought an impopetr&ble, wondrous curtain on
our windows, " 1t showed and showed and ne
yer ceased showing" and the merry tinkle of
bells rang chesriy out upon the frosty air,
bringing in their rich cadenoes the alluring,
vivid "reminiscences of the sleighing of long
ago" So VIC were beguiled into that most be-
witching, beguiling Of all vehicles-a sleigh.
And how joyously we entered it What de-
licious, glorious ride we anticipated But, ola
misericOrds-what sleighing We were album
dainty satisfied that " we were not such stuff as
dreams are made of''-such "ups and downs p
And for this charming variety we were indebted
to the Metropolitan Horse Railroad Co., for af-
ter the first successful snow, they sowed cos
nopolite salt upon the snowbauks, and reapcd
clear tracks for their cars, spelling the sleigh
ing upon the cherished Meek" where lovers
of sport have always gathered to enjoy the ben
sons of winter. But a law has very recently
been made which forbids these Companies to
remove the snow; so nO1o we can indulge in
the dear old-time ride.
;4l ;,to h., - br;o.
You should see our skaters, hilarjter ceieritcr,
dash over the cracking ice-children old and
young-heads crowned with the beautiful locks
which rival the shining snow in whiteness,
meet the eye; and as they fly over the CLASSY
surface, you can see the olden juvinescence
CLEAN out in their faces tiny urchins on their
first pair of skates, tumbling hither and yon in
their funny attempts to maintain just equiib-
rum on the slippery base and last, but not
least, the ladies', clad in brilliant colors, glide
past, adding new beauty to the gay scene
Oh, how exhilarating it is this walking on
air-this fairy, airy amusement But we have
not reom enough. A. the Soutk End, the Ag
ricultural Fair grounds are robed in ice; at the
West End, the Back Bay has gene rously thrown
over us BOSOM glstening coat Of ice, and as
a token OF appreciation, the skated feet are bus
lily embroidering it with wired fgures-odd
lhyeroglyphics. But we have not room enoupb
We have been coaxing, teasing, beseeching
petitioning the city authorities to lend us the
Parade ground on the Common-or rather tc
lend us sufficient Cochituate to cover it with
Sc we can skate there; but they are decidedly
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frozen Prairie to drop itself down here for ou
r accommodation. Speaking of prairies, reminds
= US of an auecdote we met the other day-shal
we divulge "a friend of ours" $50 saith SAT-
anecdote,) "was recently the recipient of LOT
ofprairie chickens from the West. The hon
est Hibernian servant maid had never seen AM
fowls of the kind before, and asked her mistres,
what they were. "They are prairie chickens
Bridget" Indade, indads !" calculated Bid