The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-29
Am Editors Experience ON 4

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We have enjoyed hearty laugh over the
experience OF "Brick" Pomery Of the La
Crosse Democrat, and think our readers will
thank us for allowing them 10 laugh with
us:
Right beneath one of our windows, from
morn till midnight, we see youngsters and
oldsters twisting their legs in all kinds Of
conceivable shapes. We cannot pick up q
paper, but an article on skating meets our
eyes, Every body saysit's fun,s and that's
oil everybody knows about it, for we have
tried it. Last night about gas time, after
reading glowing description OF lille Oh skates
we prepared ior our first attempt, and sailed
orth to ioin theemerry- crowd. We had
on a pair Of stoga boots, trousers tucked III"
side, Robert tail coat and white hat.--
We went down to the ice, and gave boy
two shilling in 'shinplasters,' for the use o.
his impliments
We, with the assistance Of friend, fixed
on the skates, and stood erect as a barber's
pole. We have confidence, even as Peters
faith. 81
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
foot--a slant TO the left, and just then we
saw something on the ice, and stopped over
| to pick il up? On our feet again--two slants
to the right and one to the left, accompanied
with loss OF confidence. Another stride
with the left foot, and we sat down with
fearful rapidity, with very little, if any
elegance? What set down it was, for we
made dent in the ice not unlike Connec-
ticut butter how'll Just thef one of the
ladies remarked Mary look, that fell
Ter with the white hat, amt got his skater
on the right placev Ditto thought We
Just then q ragged little devil sung out o:
he passed us -'Helloa0, old timber legs anc
we rose suddenly and put after him. Three
slides to the right---two to the left, ant
leway went our legs--one to the east, ane
tie other to the west, causing an immenst
fssure in our pants, and another picture o
butter tray in the cold--oh! boao cohi--ice
Then the lady, we know she was one by tn
remark she made--again spoke and said
Ob, look, Mary, that chap with the white
hat has sat down on bis handkerchief.'--
We rose about as gracefully as saw horse
when Mary said, Guess faint o handker
chiel, Jane, ,'--snd Mary was right, it wasn'
Ia handkerchief. mot bit Of it. Just thel
Ia friend came along and profsred his Goa
tail as a 'steadier.' We accepted the con
Itinuation Of his garment, and up the rive
we went about ten rods,swhen shyIto th
right by the leader caused US, the whee
horse to shoot off on tangent heels up!-
But the ice is very cold this season.
| We tried it again. A glide one way,
4 l.. Lolf tha ofhor xUhnn txUha0h
came our bump of philoprogentigeness OF
the ice, and we saw million OF stars dane
ing around our eyes, like ballet girls at tn
Bowery theatre. How that shock wen
through our system, and up and down ou
spinal colmn. Lightning could not hav
corkscrewrd it down creased sapling wit
greater speed and more exhilaratiDg effect
Boarding house butter nor warrantee deed
lcould have stuck closer than we did--and
dozsn ladies looking at us--and our fissure(
pants.
'Hellow, old cock sang out that ragge'
limp again, and we were helpless! Soon W
got up and made another trial with bette
success. Perhaps we had skated, in ou
peculiar style fifteen feet, when blunderin
chap came up behind, and we sat down wit
our tired head pillowed in his lap--and b
swearing at US, when it was bis own ialtl--
| How cold the ice was there tool Every spo
where we made our debut on the ice--hov
cold it was! Our bear skin drawers were nj
protection at all! We tried again, for th
papers all say it's fun, and down came ou
Roman Grecian nose, on the cold julip ma
terial, and the little drops Of crimson raj
down our shirt bosom on the cold ice. Ono
more we tried skating--made for the shor
--sas down and counted damages.
| Two shillinga thrown away. Seven later
al and one 'fronterap bumps. One immens'
|fssure in as handsome q pair of ten dollal
cassimeFes as q man ever put bis legs in.--
One rupture on the knee extending to th1
bond. -Four buttous from our vest, tfrag
mented' watch crystal, and q back ache BIZ
enough to divide among the children OF Is
rael. II you catch us on the smooth, glossy
chilly, freezing, treacherous,. deceitful, slip
perry, and slip uppery ice, justilst US hear o
Lit. ia q. .ssI' yl,s%s
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