The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11

vi :! was now within q hundred yards Of th,
i creek, could scc the smoke from The settlemen
q chinss.eys; = Few moro jumps and was by In,
creek the red devil Was close upon nle-hc gave
u = wh0op, and raised my rife; on he came
4 knowing tlAt had broken my fsnrod and m,
# load not down; Anotlscr whoopi whoop and h
and, ~ ssa
!. A"Killcd him. chuckled Riley
a NO, Er! missed firc, by -r
: And the red devil" shouted the old woods
4 man. IN frenzy of excitement
+ Fired and Killed nc r
The screams and shouts that followed hi,
tnalc, brought landlord Noble. servants and ost.
iuc! ""e W
An Editer On the lee.
The Editor of the Milwaukee Free Demo.r..
mas been trying the ice. The following il nm NJ.
: count OF his skating experience: -
; Right beneath our windowA from morn till
midnight, We sec youngsters and oldsters twist.
ing their legs into all conceivable shapes skatinv
up and down the river, merry as lambs. We
cannot PICK up paper but an article ON skating,
meets Our eyes. Every lady says it's fun, and
mats all every lady knows about it. for we
. ncsc .rleG lt Last night, about gas light time
9ter reading q glowing description Of life on
skates, We prepared for our first attempt. and
sailed forth to join the merry crowd We had
on . pair OF stoga boots, trowsers legs tucked
inside, robert tailed coat aud white hat. We
went down on the ice, and gave bow two sh;l.
iines IN good coin Of the realm, for the use Of
ms implements We had confidence. even A.
great as Peters faith. We, with the assistance
=, iIaend, nxed ON the skates, and stood erect,
IKE aDarbers POLE Encouraged by the sight az
/ some ladies ON the bridge looking at the skaters
we struck out A slant to the right with the
right toot-a slant to the left with the left foot
AND just then we saw something on the leo
| anu stopped over to pick il up! On our feet
sgain--two slants to the right and one to the
| lett, accompanied with q loss of condolences
another stride with the right foot, and VIC sat
down with fearful rapidly and very little If anv
elegance! What set down it was. for We made
Dent IN the ice not unlike Connecticut butter.
oowi! Just then one of the ladies remarked
oh, look, Mary, that Teller, with the white hat
amt got his skeets on the right place N Ditto
thought we just then . ragged little devil sang
out as he glided past us-s' He1o old Timber leos
ana we arose suddenly and put after him. Three
siides to the rght-two to the left, and awav
wen. our legs, one to the East, the other West,
causing an Immense assure in our pants, and an.
other picture Of butter tray in the cold-o1y
noe cold ice !--then the lady-wc knew she was
one ny the remark she made-agan spoke and
said" Oh, look, Mary, that chap with the white
nat has sot down on his handkerchief TO keen
from catching cold y We rose about as grace
July as saw horse, when Mary said-aguess
faint handkerchief, Jane,"-and Mary was
right, IT want Northumberland Bit of il. |
Just then friend came along, and preferred us |
his coat tail US steadier" We accented tho |
continuation OF his garment, and up the river |
we went about ten rods when shy to the right |
by the leader, caused us, the wheel horse to |
scoot on ON tangent, heels up--but the ice is |
very cold this season.
we Niea u again. A glide one way, a glide |
anu haif the other, when swhack" came our |
pump OF pnilolrogenitivenes ON the ice, and we |
"a saw million OF stars dancing around our eyes,
ike ballet girls at the Bowery Theatre How |
tiiat shock went through our system and up and |
fown our spinal column. Lightning -couldn't |
have corkrscrewed it down q creased sapling. |
wuh greater speed nor more exhilcrating effect |
boarding house butter nor warranty deed could |
have struck stronger than we did, and dozen |
ladies' looking at us-and our fssured pants |
Hello, old cock sang out the ragged imp
again, and we there helpless Soon we got up |
and made another trial with better success
Perhaps We had skated, in our peculiar style,
hfteen feet. when laundering chap came up /
behind, and We sat down with our tired head |
pillowed IA lis lap-and he swearing at US when |
1t was al his fault! Every spot where we made
our debut ON the ice--oh! how cold it was - |
Our bear skin drawers were no protection at all |
we tried again. for the papers all say it's fun,
and down came our Roman Grecian nose, on the
cold julcp material and the little drops of
crimson ran down our shirt BOSOM and on the |
cold ice.
Qnee more we tried skating-made for the |
sh0re-sat down and counted damages Two I
shings in cash thrown away Seven lateral
and one fronteral bumps ON ice. One immense |
tissue, in as handsome pair of ten dollar cassi-
Mere az y maa ever put his legs in +! One rupture
sp ha Inn vNx.,l .vSr& IN e.,
tons from our vest, fragmented watch crystal,
aud back ache big enough to divide among the
ctildEeR of Israel II you catch us on smooth,
glossy, chilly, freezing threaeherous deceittul,
slippery, slipuppery ice again, you'll know it
II any one ever hears of our skating again they
will please draw on us at sight, for the bivalves
and accompanying documents. We have got
through skating. It's humbug It's a yexa-
ton Of spirit Of business, Of flesh, and tearer
of trousers! It's a head-bumping, back-aehing
leg-wearying, dangerous institution, and we warn
people against skating. We tried it. and shan't
be able to walk for month. Skating clubs are
humbug, and all the rascally youngsters wish
to get the ladies at it, that they may see-if they,
too, don't say the ice is dreadful cold It's moth
ing to us but the ladies will do as well to Jet the
skates alone, unless they arc younger and more
elastic than we are. Oh! how cold the Ice is
we can feel it yet
"A SLAVE HUMANS EASY 1INE-A utte less |
than year ago, an English gentleman and his
family went to spend some months in South
Carolina for his health On their return to the
North in the spring, they stopped on the way at
the residence Of o British consul. He was at |
that time boarding at hotel. 4 conversation
arose on slavery. Sir said the landlord 'the
slaves have an easy time, very easy time. I
well and feed well, and who has done little Or no
labor OF any kind for the SIX years have owned
her That is very liberal of you, SIR replied
the English gentleman. Are such cases COM
mon? ., yes, very common The nsxt day
the wife Of TIE Englisl, gentleman was spending
little time il the sitting room Of the wife Of the
landlold' While there young, good looking
m"iatto woman came in, appearing languid, and
complained of being sick. Her mistress aecost-
Phillis; are you going to stop having children y
Indeed, l hope so, missus; would rather die
than have any more replied the girl Psils,
said the mistress, don't let me Lear you talk in
that way. II you stop having children, will
sell yoato go South at once" The slave left
the room in tears is that girl married! No.
answered the landlady. How long have you
owned hery' Five or six years. replied the
landlady How many children has she had
since you bought her p Four replied the land
lady. All living y All; fine fat and healthy
The landlord subsequently, disclosed the fact that
this was his breeding woman, bought and kept
for the purpose, and the one to whom he alluded
as having an .'easy time" Her children had I
different fathers, chosen with reference to their
stock qualities by the owner of the girl. She 4
had been made to produce child in almost se-
cry year since she had been pIreaaee,i; and the
landlord Processes 20 ue getting boys and girls,
by h,s iadicious system of crossing, equal to any
iii the State, and which would bring him the
very best prices. In What way tine girl was co.
creed into this daboiical arrangement, We have
seen by the interview in the sitting -room.-IN
Y. Tribune. |,
Correspondence u the Cincinnati Commercial ,
"REMINISCENCES or Hon. w. PENNINGTON AND
liExGY CLAY.--Perhaps it would interest some Of
your readers to know why the election of Hon
w. Pennington as Speaker gave such satisfaction
in Lexington think i. vac either in ls45 or
46 that Heary Clay became SO embarrassed that .
he had to mortgage Ashland In the meantime /,
had Sto