The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-01-21

IAN 5AccoUNT3o or A rRINTER's HoL1pAY. Z
7sE Jonah Quod, having exhausted by himself
long continued day and night. work on pop
ular daily newspaper, felt like having few
day > respite from the toll Ehich he had eyef-
iasked his energies and having engaged a
ssnb" toaoficiate at his case for given time,
he gave himself up to set sible and very
agreeable round of recuperationi !; after having
which, he returned to his tsit, at the time af-
fixed, ex.ectipg to find that his substitute had
done, as all honest and enlightened substitutes
arc bound foido and that he had finished th 8
job for which be had been engaged, in fair
ard square manner, by distributing his cases
But Jonah Quod was greatly vexed, when he
arrived, and ascertained that his ungratcful
sub had turned his back on cases undistrib-
uted and this instance of the ingratitude of
mankind and the frailty Of human nature
made the maFe mortifyfpg, because the delin-
quent was printeF-sp egraged Jonah Quod,
that after various inquiries info t6e niifsef,
and divers and snndry profane expletiAes, he
vowed that he would not work that day, but
go and have another holiday himself
81 will go and skate" said he al hear that
there is prime skating at the sfair-grouuds''' -
: g Do you skate yell ~ iasksea his brother
jours, with n n,iKture Of sympathy, adpiration.
and envy. s9lsaa = tssst1s aea fas7is3Te
eSome, gness y exclaimed Jonah. And
he rolled down his shirt sleeves, put on his
coat, and iat once repaired to skate-shops
There Is p wise saying, which oil boasters
would do we'll to ree{6neznber ..I.st not him
who putteth on his armor boast like him who
sputteth it off J" and very possibly Fate dccreed
that Jepaf Quod should be punished that day
for the boastful mapner In which he def the
printing office. He had insinusted that he
was an excellent skater; when the fact was,
sson the contrary, quite the reverse He was
a poor skater, and he ought TO have known it,
for he had never tried to skate but once, and
that was only on ,a9n foot and when he was a
boy. =. = : :.
At the skate-sbop, to his surprise, he fonnd
that skating had become SO fashionable, as to
shaxe{nduced great improvements in the manu-
factory of skates. He found there was a grea
ter variety, also, than when he was q boy aad
after having examined and admired many he
finally selected ten. dollar pair, imagining,
in his green forgetfulness, that they were to
cost but one dollar "a : lsiissszs!
s.Teu .dolIs1a Tor that pair" said tie dealer,
holding his hand cut for the ready. lsse5as
But Jonah was not ready. as,tE - y
'sW hatl Ten dollars for . pair of skates,
and in these hard times? Z" is.i..9 ,s.gs fF.ss.4s
tfExaetly;p said the stop,keeper afor a
splendid pair like that But we haye cheaper
"Well, Idopt tyant-t -JHg Just, nov 7 thepsht
INould ask the price, 80 -sssis = 1T IT
q e yausags.a q, good skater you had batter
bug now, said the dealer, s.There'a going to
BE gkeat race at the fair.g grounds t5-day, aud
you'll miss grand chance TO show off, IN
sOh race, Is tbsze replied Quod. : Well,
Il should ike. to try smy skill with them,
though haven't pnt on skates fora alcpz.time,
and am surprised at the price. What may
.he the peculiar Virtues Of these ysricfiea2
They mlsk have superior. advantages over the
Kind tlied .EhenI WAS q boy y 80. ss.,f.sTa :
The shop keeper, thus called upon to show
patiatins unon the especial merits of the dif
ierent modern vaAeties |; and he7did soat some
length, and with more ethusiasm than truth.
1Eeme Of these, as you may perceive said
he, care sharply erooyed, and Others me smooth
on the bottof1. THE smooth bottoms afe pre-
ferrcd by the skilfhl skaters pf the present day,
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