The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-02-09
Pleasures Of skating.

Perhaps Brick Poneroy, local Of The Mil.
waukie Ns,es, cannot give his views OF skating,
aud then again perhaps he can. 1t is the best
pen aud lux portrait Of skating that We have
seen:
Right beneath one Of our windows, from morn
till midnight we see youngsters and oldsters
twisting their legs into all concei vable shapes
We can not pick up paper, but an article on
" Skatiag" meets the eye. Everybody, says it's
fun and that's all everybody knows about ii,
for we have tried IL. Last nigh, about gas s-light
time, after reading glowing description Of life
on skates. we prepared for our first attempt, aud
sailed forth 10 join the merry crowd. We had
on pair ut stoya boots, trowsers legs tucked
inside a Robert tailed coat aud white hat We
went down on the ice und gave II boy two
shillings in good coin of the realm. for the use
OF his implements We have confidence, even
as great as Peters faith. We, with the ussis.
tsnce Of friend. fixed on the skates and stood
erect, like BARRIERS pole.
Encouraged at the sight Of some ladies on the
bridge looking at the skaters, we struck OUT
a slant TO the right with the right root--a slant
to the left with the lift foot and Just then we
saw something on the ice and stopped over 10
pick it up On our feet ngain--two slonts TO
the left, accompanied with u loss Of confidence.
Anothe stride with the right foot, and we sat
down with fearful rapidty, with very little II
any, elegance! What a set down il vast for we
made dent in the ice, not unlike o Conneci
cut butter bowl! Just then one of the ladies'
remarked" Oh look, Mary, that teller with the
white hat haint got his skecls on the right
place" Diuo, thought we. Just then rag.
ged little devil sang out as he passed us Hello
old timber legs " aud we arose. suddenly and put
after him. Three slides TO the right--two to the
left, aud away went our legs--oue 80 the east,
and the other 10 the west, causing an immense
issure in our pants, aud another picture OF II
butter-tray in the cold on h! hoto cold lice /.
Then the lady--we know she was one by the
, remark she made again spoke and said" Oh,
look Mary, that chap with the white hat ht S sat
down on his handkerchi,f, to keep from taking
cold y We rose about as graceful as n saw.
: horse when Mary siid--"gucss 'taint hand
kerchief, Jsne'--and Mary was right. 1t wasn't
a Observation-Disclosures II bit of it! Just then Il
friend Came along. aud olltred us hs coat tai
= as L" slcaler." We accepted the continuation
of his garment. and up the river we went about
+ ten rods when shy to the right by the leader
caused u.s. the wheel horse, TO scoot Off on II
tangent, heels up! But the ice is very cold,
this season!
We tried it again. A glide one way---s eli le
and half the oDher, when = ,ohack" came our
pump Of phlloprogenityeness on tue ire, and
we saw Il million OF stars dancing around oui
a eyes. like ballet girls as the Bowery theatre.
f How that shock went through our system, aud
4, up and down our spinal column. Lightning
couldn't have corkscrewed it down II creased
saping with greater speed aud more exhilaratng
, effect Boarding house butter nor u warranty
deed, could not have struck stronger than we
did --und n dozen ladies' looking at us--und
o fssured pants!
"Hello, old cock !" sang out that ragged imI
r again, and we here helpless Soon We got up
c aud made another trial with better success
Perhaps We had skated in our peculiar style
fifteen feet when blundrrng chup csme up be-
hInd and we sat down with our tired head pill
!, lowed in his lap--snd he swearing at us VIII. II il
4 was all his own fault How cold The ice wss
there, too! Every spot where We made our de-
' butte on The ice--oh how cold it was Oul
q bear skin. drawers were no protection at sil
e We tired again, for The papers all say il's fun
aud down came our Roman Grecan noseon tn,
4 cold jurp material, and the little drops Of Grim
y, son ran down our shirt bosom, md on to the
cold Ice. Once m"re we tried ska,ing--made
:. tor the shore--sst down and couu Ell damages
S Two shillugs in cash, thrown away; sevel
, lateral and one frouteral bumps on ice; out
immense assure in us handsome h pair Of ten
dollar CassimcreS us "a man ever put his legs in
l. one rupture in the knee, extending To the bone
Y four buttons from our vest, "irsgmented
tch crystal and back.sche, big enough tc
divide among the children Of Israel II you
{ catch us on the Smooth glossy, chily freezing
e reacherous, deceit(uI slippery. aud sIip.uppe,y
ice again, you'll know it If any one eve,
q hears OF our ska ling again, they will please draw
on us ut sight for the blvaivts aud accompa
uying documents. We have got thro' skating
It's humbng. It's vexation ofspiit, o
e business, Of flesh, and tearer OF trowsers! lis a
ead--bumping bdck'aching, leg wearing, dan.
gerous institution, and we warn people against
: skating. We tried it, and shanh be able 10
walk Tor a month. Skating clubs are humbug
, aud oil the rascally youngsters wish TO get the
ladies at il. that they may set--if they too don,
say " Ms'ice is dreadful cold /" It's no thing 10
us, but the ladies will do well 10 let skates alone
unless they are younger and more elastic than
we are. Oh! how cold the ice is--pc sam feel
il yet!