American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-01-26
ESTABLISHED IN 1925
Pleasures Of skating.


Right beneath one Of our windows, from
morn till midnight, we see youngsters and
oldsters twisting their kgs in all ooucie7,
able shapes. skating Up and down the riv.
or. IS merry as lambs.. We cannot pick
up paper. .;but an article on skating meets
our eye. Every body says IT'S fun, and
that's all everybody knows about il, for
we've tried it. 80. ~ -
Last night, about gas light time, alter
reading glowing description OF life on
skates. We PREPARED for our 6rst attempt,
and sailed forth to Join the merry crowd.
We Rad,on pair OF stosa boots. tfOuser
legs tucked inside. Robert-tailed coat,
and gave boy two shillings IN good coin
o! he realr3, for che use Of his implements.
! We had confidence. even as grea. as
Peters faith. We with the assistance Of
Of friend. fixed on the skates. and stood
erect Ike unto barber's pole. Encour.
aged by Tie sight Of some ladies' on the
bridge, We struck out. A slant TO the
rightwith the right foot, slant to the
/ left Sieh The. left foot--and Just tTen we
cav something on the ice and stopped over
to pick it up On our feet again-twO
slants to the right, and one 10 the left &C.
combanied with loss Of ofconfdence. An.
other Stride with the right foot, and we
sat down with fearful rapidity. and very
little, il any, elegance! What a sstdOwn
it WAS! We must have made dent in
in the Ice not unlike & Connecticut butter
bowl.
Just then one OF the ladies' remarked -
"Ob, look Mary. that fellow With the white
hat aiut got bis skates on the right place!
Ditto, thought we. Just then ragged
little devil sang out as he glided past US,
"Halloo, old timber egs!" and we arose
suddenly and put after him. when, away
went our legs, one to the east. The other
west. causing an immense ,fssure in our
pants, and another picture Of butter tray
in The cold-oh. how cold! ice! Then
the lady-wo knew she was one by the re-
mark she ma4e-again spoke and said, -
"Oh look, Mary, that chap with white
hat has SET down on bis handkerchief lc
keep from takiog colll", We arose atou,
as graceful as a saw-hor1e when Mary say.
"Guess t amt handkerchief, Jare," and
Mary was right;,it wasn't handkerchie
moi bit Of it. Just then q friend camt
along, and proffered US his coat tail as !
"steadief." We accepted the contiuua
lion Of bis garmebt. aud up the river W,
went, about ten rods, when a shy 10 thu
right by the leader. caused us tie wheel
horse. to scoot off on q tangent. heels up
But the ice is very cold. this season.
We tried it again. A glide one way, I
> glide and a half The other, Whei whack
went our bump Of phiIOprogeni,iyeness OF
the ice. and we saw million Of stars dan
cling around US, Ike ballet girls al thi
, Bowery Theater. How that shock wen
: through our system, and up and down ou
spinal column. Lightning couldn't hay'
ocrk-sciswed it down CREASED saplin viii
greater rspidity or more exhileratlng ef
fect;' boarding house butter nor warranty
deed could have struck stronger than ",
dii-aud dozen ladies looking a, tis-
and our fssured panlsl
! "Halloo, old cock!" sang out the rag
: ged imp again. and we there helpless. :
: Soon we got up. and made another trial
+. with better success. Perhaps We har
: skated, in our peculiar style, fifteen feet
. when blundering chap came up behind
= and we sat down with our tried bead pill
!, lowed in his lap. and he swearing At u,
: when il was all bis fault! How cold til
ice was there, too. Every spot where W
:, made our debut on the ice-oh, how col
: il was Our bear skin drawers we're n
protection at all. We tried again, for a
the pspeis say it's fun. and down came ou
: Roman Grecian nose on the cold lule
!, material. and the little drops OF crimso
t. ran down our shirt bosom, and on the col
4 ice.
! Once more we tried skaling-made fo
tbe store-sat down and counted damages
: Two sbillings in cash thrown away. Sc,
&. en- lateral and one "ironieral" humps o
the ice. One immense fissure In as hand
= some a pair Of ten dollar cassimeres as
II man ever put his legs in. One rupture o
the knee, extending to the bone. Fou
buttons from odr vest, fragment, watc
n crystal, and bacl,. ache big enough to d
vide among the children Of Israel II 20
# catch en- the smooth, CLASSY, chillSg, freei
g ing, treacherous. deceitful, slippery 'an
. slp.upery ice again, yot'll know il !
any one ever hears Of our skatihg agair
!. they will please draw on us at sight. fc
}. the biyalves and accompanying documents
We have got Though skating. 1t is
: bumbug. It's a yexation Of spirit, Or bus
d mess, Of flesh. and tearer of trowsersl II
is a head humping. back-aching, leg weary
ing institution. and we warn people apain'
skating. We tried it, and shan't be abb
i to walk for month. Skating clubs al
d humbugs, and all the rascally youngsteI
, wish 10 get the ladies at it. that they ma
o EFF they too, don't say, '1be ice
g cold" IT'S nothing to us, but the ladit
viii ldo as well TO let skaters alone, uple'
4 they are younger and moro elastic than "
are. Oh! how cold the ice isl We CO
Il feel i. yet -MilOaakie lMssVs.
< ET There are trees so tall in Wisconsi
thai II tokas two man and a how to look