The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1864-01-16
That Sleigh-Ride !

! oneSseems anxious to learn the par
! ticu7ars Of this great event, and we
are, therefore, glad to have been so
circumstanced as to come in posses
sion Of a few. Yet we shall not at
tempt more than a hasty outline OF
the affair, leaving the spirit and en-
Establishments which very properly be-
long to the narrative, TO the lmagl-
nation of our readers; for at present
1--WE do not stand upon an eminence)
nor 1--WE do not hear any meIodlcus
yoices) nor-(but-)
! The occasion of this memorable
event began on the delightful after
noon Of Wednesday, the 9Th inst
AS the town ri clock struck three,
an unusual gingling Of sleigh-bells
was heard all over town. By-stand-
ers looked en- in wonder and aston
ishment, and there was a general IN
nuiry as to what all this meant. One
fellow, with'a "stia upper lip, said
it meant "an evangelical ball }" an
other that "the young folks were ai-
Ter little SPORT another that it
meant tea in the country and a
very sensible little urchin remarked
that tie supposed sit meant a sleigh
ride. Now what it did mean will
be the object of this sketch to dis
close.
We neglected 20 state that the
sleiyhiug was excellent. The party
numbered, we suppose, from y to
Is couples. As we fear to deal in
names, we must necessarily have de-
criptionS of persons, and this We
know the ladies' will net object to,
:nr o? course, the most pleasing de-
scriytiou Gf there should be any
will be generally approximations
don Us, ladies: We mean To departure
from The h'uth.)
Sleigh No. l, contained two COLI
pies. y gallant looking young man,
with fue moustac!s y, and high
head. so: in the r ssa'. holding
the rrius If tiuc s. Jan Of horses,
and he seemed to be proud of them.
A fine looking lady, too, sat by his
side. and she seemed to be interested.
An occasional glance to the right
from under her bundle, Cor she was
bund!e,l-two shawls, two sets Of
:urs, two uub;as, two NUTS, two Onf
taio Shoes, and then somcO showed
that sac waS Interested in his style OF
drawing the rc!ns, as well as in that
he occasionally whispered ln-toward
her tar::--.lur there were two pairs Of
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