The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-19
The Hall Up Again.

THE BEST ICE OF THE sEAsoS-rHE SKATERS AP.
PROBATION OF TT-sNow, HAIL AND RAIS--raE
CLEANERS AT WORK.
The ice in the Central Park has never becn this season
in so good condition IT yesterday morning Tho
surface was like "grcsscd gass-so smooth and yet 50
slippery. The old motto says he early bird catcheth
the worm SO the early yesterday had tho fine ice
The appearance OF the sky did betoxen much fair
weather therefore but few OF the Gown town folks could
be persuaded that good skating did really exist and even
when told OF IL by reliable persons they hesated about
visiting the Park. One man, who arrived at the pond
about two O'Clock r. said, chad ne known there had
been good skating all the morning no would have been UP
carr saa the han was M pn hs, Dags On ,ns
the gentleman; $50 they said Tuesday and when I
came up the ball was down" Thus early has their de.
ception turned upon the heads OF the city railroad
gers. But every good thing has an ending aud
50 did the good skating OF yesterday, for about
two o'clock y began TO snow very heavily For
long time made but little alteration In the action of
the skaters and lady said she ''dd not mind the
long che had good ice.r This lady was nearly
the FIRST the pond and about the asi who left IL
The snow lasted for over two hours when changed into
hail aud lastly into rain. Az bad ascd snow.
ing four gangs of men-about hundred-wcre at once
set TO work to clean the pondbeginnipg at both ends
and working towards the ceutre-all the time eagerly
watched BY the skaters The sound OF these scfapers
pas ing over the rcsembed the noise Of the sea AZ
Rockaway AZ soon as the removed from about
the ice the watchers Jumped TO the cleared
space almost Ike pack OF wild Indians skated "for
Of standing institutionsat least while lasts
One gentleman, on being remonstated with FOR skating
during the rain uttered the following rhyme
Let II rain, hail, blow SLOW
I'm going to skate, whether or no.
And he KEEP on tn long after dusk and was st skat.
ing when our reporter left. One poor fellow dis.
appointed when II began TO rain that he calculated,
q What with Providence and Captain Renwck, we
can't get skate no how When asked for an
explanation, he said -s' When its fine Rem
wick vents Va to quit the pond 50 as to have
IA cleaned and when II cleaned, Providence sends
either rain TO spo II again But suppose there
no help IT," The police tried TO the grum
bier that the people kept of the ice only when
il was necessary and sometimes not them but the
could not BE- thus persuaded and he
went away muttering = it's too bad /"
Some portions OF the edges OF the ice very weak
and many times gave way the weight Of ladies'
who in their terror Immediately rushed towards terra
frmd.
A rich scenc ensuod yesterday between boz about
years Of age and Of the Park keepers The boy
was skating and a tho time smoking pipe about
inches long The keeper said he hsd better take the
ppe out Of his mouth while skating else " he fell he
might hurt himself Shant do IT, said tho boy.
Then - said the officer, shall remove you from the
Ice" hI 60 OF the ice then" said the boy, !" but
won Z give up my pipe. It's darned hard man can't
smoke on his Park What do We pay taxes for, chr
And no the boy left grumbIing
The number of persons who entered tho Park yester
,ay were about ten thousand half OF whom Wis
ted the pond About hundred Of the latter were ladies'
HE gate keepers returns up 70 three o'clock r. N.
howed over thousand persons bad entered BY the
pate.