The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1860-01-19
PLEAsUREs IN SKATING.

bIe shapes, skating up and down the river.
as merry ms lambs. We cannot pick up a
paper, but an article on skating meets
the eye. Everybody says i,'a fun, and that.
all everybody knows about it, for we've
tried it. Last night, about gas light time.
alter reading glowing description of life
on skates. we prepared for our first attempt.
and sailed forth 10 join the merry crowd.
We Ind on pair Of stoga boots, trowsers
legs tucked inside, roher,.tafIed coat and
ite hat. We went down on the ice, and
gave boy two shillings for the use of his
implements. We have confidence. even as
great as Peters faith. We, with tie assis.
tance of friend, fixed on the skates, and
stood erect like BARRIERS pole. Encour.
aged by the sight of some ladies on the
bridge, who were just then looking at the
skaters, we struck out. A slant to the
right with the right foot, slant to the left
with the left foot-and just then we saw
something on the ice, and stopped over 10
pick it up! On our feet again--two slahts
to the right and two the left, accom-
panied with loss of confidence. Another
stride with the right foot, and we sat down
with fearful rapidity, and very little of any
elegance! What set down it was, for
We made dent in the ice not unlike Con-.
necticut butter bowl!
Just then one of the ladies remarked,
oh, look Mary, tia. fellow with the white
hat amt got his skates on the right place =
Ditto thought we. Just then ragged lit
tie devil sang out as he gIiLed past US,
Halo, timber legs + and we arose sudden
y and put after him, and away went onr
legs-ohe to the east, the other west, caus-
ing an immense fissure in out pants, and
another picture Of a butter-tray in the cold
oh hoa0 cold ice Then the lady
we knew she WAS one by tile remark she
made-again spoke and said, oh look,
Mary, the chap with the white hat has sat
down on his handkerchief to keep from
taking coldr We rose about as gracefully
a sawho'se, when Mary said, Guess tain.
handkerchief, Jane and Mary was right.
1t wasn't handkerchief. not bit of it.
Just then friend came along, and-proffer.
ed us Iris coat tail as tsteadier.' We nc.
copied the continuation of his garment,
and up the river we went about ten rods
when shy to the right BY the leader, the
wheel-borse, to scoot off on tangent, heel
up! But the ice is very cold, this seas.
onp
We tried i, again. A glide one way,
glide and half the other, when wilack
came our bump Of philoprogeni,iveuess on
the ice, and we saw million Of stars dan.
cling around Us, like ballet girls at the
Bowery Theatre. How that shock went
through our system. and up and down our
spinal C 'lumn. Lightning could not have
cork screwed IT down = creased sapli ng
with greater speed or more eahileratins ef,
feet. Boarding ftouse s,u,ter nor warrant
ell deed could bave struck stronger than
we did, and a dozen ladies' looking at %.
and our fissured pants t
'Hallo, old cold T sing out tl,at ragged
imp again, and we there helpless Soon
we got up and made another .tisl. with
better success. Perhaps we had skated, IN
our peculiar style fifteen feet When 3 bluner-
ing ehst eathe up behi~dt and We ssi down
with OUR tired head piIlowed in his rsp, and
he swearing at us, when sit. ! WAS all his !
fault But oh my, how cold the ics Was
there, too. Every spot where We made
our debut On the ice, oh, ,Shom eoid il wastl
Our bear skin drawars Wste 40 protection
at aII. :..s- Il ,st..s :ts
We tried sgain, for ths papers al ssy.its
fun, and down came oar Koman.G GsssiaA
nose on the cold julep matetfl, ana ihs III
tie drops of crimson ran down our sstlist
to.om and on to thsfcold ice, t;ss go Z
Once more ws tried skatipg--iinad Tor
the shoss---sxt dopn ands soshisds sdsmags,
Two sliillingsi ID esslr :tKtosn xaRy. ssys:@
raj lateral aud ons & fsostessp bumps soh y
ice, On s...nshse 6ssuse, sld IL abs5dsome
a pair Of ten dollar cashmere d d ,esss J;
eve, ppt lila legs ID. oAe rsaptafa 30
kpee, extending - die bona, Foaf but
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