The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-04


slippery foundation, and - add 10 n,
misery, heard something tear just as
raincd horizontal position; and bcrur
| had been Frustrated minute wa
SIRE from the incXprcssiblc coldncss q
the ice os il came in contact with an "a
posed part of my person, that somc,hin
had been torn. could not get up f
Tear OF making myself ridiculous, aud
concluded to liz there even though I mel
ted my way to China. Ny icmirinc pro
{ ctor asked me II | was hurt. and why
didn't get up. told her that was look,
inc at the ?, Election Of nv face in the ice
aud II was 50 rr,tiy couldn't leave II.
Mcuutimc the &c" yot co'dcr--csprciallv
in d particular locality that will not adj.
nit ul q .rcographlcrl Il, fulton. / was
convinced that the mercury u the tier.
momct,r was lall.ug at TIC rate of scy.
tral degrees o minute. The skating park
was covered with people, uNo-thirds ~
whom thinlS were wsmcu: and am
rcatyku cNrrcss hy ANllcd Conviction
that every one ~ them vas skating III.
rcct'y towards mc. Thy rkat,d over
me aud all around me, and nmong me,
aud through me aud between IN. 81
u'uvh ,,u"rton did they tvincr f.r the
SPOT Wnofr N"' rrposinrt I at there was
no doubt in my mind thai I IA Ellen
on good ic", which afforded some cpnso.
'"l'N' V'c ice Ct cold r. was
''mp''d to gt' "a, 'ut there was a stron.
ger temptation TO stay Wa was. [
couldn't b ar exposure. One thing a,
uoycd mS.Sast tlnually. lmpetu us Young
ladies' pcNs&k jumping over my head.
MJdcsly 6 ~ inc 10 turn my Ipcc
towards tht tftrior of the cur,h occu.
sion ally, aud 1t was very hard for the tc
| turn my bnck on the tair sex when i
causcd me to rob MY nose aguinst coli
ice,
saw Fat Homau comirC--n fnt.wn
man ON ice. II W. you ever seen th
Ispcctncicl | hope not, url ~ yen ar
proof against fear. a thousand though,
rushed Into INV head Ot once, chief umun
which was speculation as t1 the puss
biljty and probability of a lot woman fsl
ing. took enc glance at her and hurie
I my face in my bands To await my doom
: am too gallaniT and possess too muc
respect tor the = x Of which | am an pp
positc, 90 dilHtc upon the cuOrmity OF tht
nciLcr limbs oi any fair creature, but
. - l.t 4 lii h..arfflt gk n.
s.l, ,,.J "o.I' ,T"' ,h', ,La, c.;,Id inv, bnj
'''i'", " ~ ~, hsa 80 ham, ~, tbc
r" ,i',,, Lor,ro Cbyis,o,os for Sunia Claus
,n d,t Shc pas,cd around me, and was
no, demolished.
The ice got colder. suffered eXcru.
ciatingly. Young men cut pigeon. winas
around me, aud thrust their skates
against my ribs occasionally, 10 keep my
Interest awake. There was uNjc, and
some of the young people wcrctfyng to
go through the vc,ssilulgs ot dn.ce.--
/ think from the pummClug they gave
me. they kept time ubout ~ well Us a
drunken man running from bear would
have done.
AT last, when human endurance could
endure no more, and was mcditdiiug
which would be the better tor me, u
freeze 10 death or rct up al all hnzard-, n
fortunate circumstance occurred. Attic
lady, whose memory shall cherish every
winter for the next twenty years u, Ieasl ,
lwita Blondins on, and short skirs and
lhiph-hccltd boots, and red stockings,
with black stripes running around tn NJ,
Uh,y call them Bnltimurnls, or como such
namc), noaicd dangerously ucor ire, with
magnificent shawl hanging l0Usey
J q.