The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-04-12
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Pleasures Of Skating.

Pleasures Of Skating.
Perhaps Brick Pomoroy, local Of the
Milwaukee News, can't give his views Of
skating, and then again perhaps he can
It is the best pen and ink portrait Of
skating that we have seen:
"Right beneath one of our windows,
from night till morning, we see young
sters and oldsters twisting their legs
into all conceivable shapes, skating up
and down the river, merry as lambs.
We cannot pick up a paper, but what
an article on skating" meets our eye.
Everybody says it's fun, and that's all
Everybody" knows about it, for we
have tried it, Last night about gas
light time, after reading a glowing
description of life on skates, we pre-
pared for our FIRST attempt, aud
sailed forth to join the merry crowd.
We had on a pair of stoga boots,
trousers legs tucked inside, a robert
tailed coat and white hat We went
down on the ice, and gave a boy two
shillings in good coin Of the realm, for
the use of his implements, We had
confidence even as great as Peter s
faith. We, with the assistance of a
friend, fixed on the skates, and stood
erect like a BARRIERS pole
Encouraged by the sight of some
ladies on the bridge looking at the
skaters, we struck out. A slant to the
right with the right foot-a slaut to
the left with the left foot-aud then
we saw something on the ice, and
stopped over to pick it upl On our feet
again--two slants to the right and
one to the left, accompanied with a
loss of confidence. Another slide with
the right foot, and we sqt-down with
fearful rapidity with very little il
any elegance! What a sit down il
was, for we made a dent in the ice
not unlike a Connecticut butter bowl
Just then one Of the ladies remarked
ooh, look, Mary, that fsller with the
white hat amt got his skates on the
right place" Ditto, thought we. Just
then a raggodlittlc devil sung out as he
passed Hello, old timber legs!
and we rose suddenly and put after
him. Three slides TO the right-twC
to the left, and away went our legs
one to the east and the other to the
west, causing an immense 6ssure il
our pants, and another picture Of {
butter bowl in the cold-oh! hoto cold
icel Tho lady then - We knew sht
was one by the remark she made
again spoke and said - ooh, look
Mary that chap with the white hat ha
sat down on his handkerchief to keel
from taking coldl' We rose about az
graceful as a saw-horso, when Mar,
said--"tain't a handkerchief, ,Jane!' anC
Mary was right. 1t wasn't a handker
chief-not a bit of i'll Just then
friend came along, aud proHered hi
coat-tail as a "steadier." We accepted
the continuation Of his garment, and NJ
the river we went about ten rods, whel
a shy to the right by the leader, cause,
us, the wheel horse, to sCoOt off on
tangent, heels up! But the ice is GER
cold this season!
We tried it again; a glide one way
glide and a half the other way, whol
"whack" came our bump of philopro
genitiveness on the ice, and we saw
million Of stars dancing around ou
eyes like ballet girls at the Bower
Theatre. How that shook went througI
our system and up and down our spina
column. Lightning couldn't have cork
screwed it down a creased sapling wit
greater speed and more eZhilerating ei
feet. Boarding house butter nor q wal
ranty ceed, could not have struck strong
er than We did-and a dozen ladie
looked at us, and our 'dssured" pants
"Hallo, old cock sang out the rag
ged imp again-and we there helpless
Soon we got up and made another tria
. with better success. Perhaps Wo ha
skated, in our peculiar style, hftoe
feet, when q blundering chap came u
behind, and We sat down with our tire
head pillowed in his lap--and no swea
ing at us, when it was all his faul
How cold the ice was there tool Ever
, spot where we made our debut on I'll
+. ice-oh! how cold it wasl Our bare sbl
D drawers were no protection at all! w
! tried again, for the papers all say il
fun, and down came our Roman CIR
@ clan nose, on tho cold julop matoria
o and the little drops Of crimson ran dow
our shirt bosom, on the cold ice. One
= more we tried skating, made for shore
o sat down and counted damages.
Two shillings in cash thrown ava
70 Seven lateral and one "frontal" bum
II on the ico One immense fssure in
p handsome a pair Of pants as a man ov
r put his legs in Ono rupture in q
k knee, extending TO the bone. Fo
D. buttons from our vest, a "fragmonto
watch crystal, and a baok-aoho 3
.s enough 10 divide among the children
10 Israel. If you catch us on thC smooI