The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-21


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We have enjoyed hearty laugh over the
Of ''Brick" Pomeroy Of the Mil.
waukee Nescs, and think our readers will
thank US for allowing them 70 laugh with
us:
ssTight beneath one Of our windows, from
morn till midnight, We soc youngsters and
oldsters twisting their legs into all con-
ceivaple shapes. We cannot pick up
paper, but an article on ssskatiDg" meets
the eve. Everybody seJs it's fun, and
that's all sseverybcdy' knows about il, for
We have tried il. Lasts night, about gas
light time, after reading = glowing descrip-
tion of life on skates, 10 prepared Tor our
first attempt, and sailed forth TO join the
merry crowd. We had on = pair of st0ga
boots, trousers legs tucked inside, Robert
tailed coat and white hat. We went down
on the ice, and gave . boy two shillinge 10
good coin Of the fenim, Tor the use OF his
We have confidence, even ~
great a. Peters faith. We, with the assist.
ance Of friend, fixed on the skates, and
stosd erect like barber's pole.
Encouraged at the sight Of some ladies
on the bridge looking At the sksters, W
struck out. A slant TO the right With the
right foot-a slant 20 the left with she left
foot-and Just then we saw something on
the ice, and stopped over8to pick up! On
our feet again--two slants to the right and
one to the left, accbApsnisd with loss Of
conGdense. Anothsf sfSids Hish ~ right
foot, and we sat down with fearful rapidly,
with very little if any elegance! What a
set down it was, for wo made ndent IN the
ice not unlike Connecticut butter bowl!
Just then one of.the ladies remarkcd-"Oh,
look Mary, that feller with the white hat
amt got his skates on the right place -
Ditto, thought We. just then ragged
little devil sung opt as he passed u.s." Hell
low timber legsp' and we rose suddenly and
put after him. Three slides to the right
two to the left, and away went our legs
one to the east, and the other to the west,
causing nm immense fssure in our pants,
and another picture Of butter tray in the
cold-oh! h0U cold-ice! Then the lady
we know she was one BY the remark she
mads-ngain spoke and said--ssOh look,
Mary that chap with the white hat has sat
down on his handkerchief, to keep from
taking cold ?" We rose about as graceful
as saw-horse, when Mary said-" guess
,taint handkerchief, Jane, ,"-and Mary
was right, it wasn't handkerchief-not .
bit Of it !! just then friend came along,
and prohered Us his coat tail as 'steadier.'
We accepted the continuation OF his gar
ment, and 10 the river we went about ten
rods when shy to the right by the leader
caused us, the wheel horse, to scoot Of on
a tangent, heels up But the ice 10 rery
cold, this season.
We tried it again. A glide one way, a
Glide and a half the other, when !" wack''
came our bump of philoprogenitivenes on
the ice, and we saw million Of stars dane
inc around our ewes, like ballet girls at the
Bovery thester. How that shock went
through our system, and up and down our
spinal column. Lightning couldn't have
corkscrewed it down q creased sapling with
greater speed and more exhilerating ef.
feet. Boarding house butter nor warran.
ty deed. could not have stuck stronger than
we did-snd q dozen ladies looking at us
and our afssured" pants!
"Hello, old cook !" sang out that ragged
INN again, and we were helpless! Soon we
cot up and made another trial, with better
success. Perhaps we had ska,ed, in our pc.
culiar style, fifteen feet, when blundering
chap came up behind, and We sat down with
our tired head pillowed in his lap-and hs
sw caring ut US, when it was sll his OWE
fault! Hoy;cold the ice was there, too !
Every spot where We made eur debut on thu
ice-oh how cold it wasa Our dear ski,
drawers were no protection at all W.
tried again, for the papers all say it's fun
and down came our Roman Grecian nose
on the cold julip material, and the little
drops of crimson ran down our shirt bosom
| on the cold ice. Once more We tried ska,
ting-made for the shore--sat down ant
counted damages. !.