Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-09

IHE SLEiGHIAG CARNisH a. B1sIJN.-Nt
shall venture 10 assert that there i no plac,
like Boston for a sleigh ride and when We
Eay b st0n We include its suburbs Our
roads sni avenues are numerous. wide. Ol
/ precisely the right length. ior they can be
made as short or long as may be desired
I and are connected with hotels and stopping
places that arc kept by the right sort ol
landlords. There Is no phase Of the sleigh
ride that Is not met, while our stablers
never fail to be up 10 the demand for teams
Touching teams, where can better be seen ?
Who has an eye FOR "the mcy thing like a
Boston s;abler? Single, double. fOur-in-
hand, eight or twelve if wantcd-Wh hateS,r
the order, It can be filed. And then the
private ft-outs-wheTe shall be found more
taste. elegance, gaiety, dash, character,
libcrality? Not in Gotham because that fes-
tive town has but the slightest chance for
the sleigh ride its sleighing carnival is on
ly 70 in name. 1t has little winter and less
snow. No; IN Western cities, for such
have not get reached the level Of the thing
Only in and about cur oSn good aty can be
seen the pleasure Of sleish-rijIng in Its gen
uine spirit and glory.
The scene on the Mill-Dam between and
81 o'clock yesterday was lively in the ex-
irene. 1t was not 50 much who was as who
was NOT there. little Of everybody was
out, and often the Everybody family entire
seemed to be passing or repassIng. The
heetest nags, the spankingest sleighs, the
prettiest girls and the most dashing men
fitted as it were before the observer IN be-
wildering succession. At one moment the
single teams streamed towards the suburbs
with z speed almost imaginative followed
by an eight-in-band from GarcelOn's model
establishment Close upon this was +. c.
Bailey's $4,000 team, with its span Of dash
ing animals. all mettle and fire, Its driver
glowing with pride and satisfaction. Scarce
ly had this sped cut Of sigi:, heore Reyer-
end d. D., shortly to leave 70. California,
Whisked past with the momentum and pres
tige Of comet, passing sundry establish
meDts ghlcE ordinarily pass for first class.
Eext came gell knoWn merchant who has
He bis pile and diyIdes his affections be
n. 'l3Ese-aesh and wifc-iesh, but pre-
ween u wlth the former Soon alter
or der.... Nsj9r c. o. Rogers with his
70 O bserye. dis+'as:2g a skill and speed
and some ten Al, ,e;r'3tloa d3d praise OF sll
-hich were thea Ne spsct4tofs were nu-
Tho beheld it, and l.. 80 sla'Iy
ierous. Stately BOBBY. "-detloise'ie s.i.is-
-. g., al. ali
rivers and driven with intense and w.,
red dissatisfaction. One handsome lawyer,
ut for the day, and about $50 out at that,
arrowiy escaped a taste of ''made land" by
Is horse standing upright 70 take a view OF
ne surrounding country he descended
nally, however, and took his place in the !
ect procession. The butcher how and his
lng were not so conspicuous as formerly. A
aker 6 cart supplied his place IN noise and
'sticulatlon, and with bob-tailed animal 1
hisked by several fancy arrangements as
npertinently as successfully. As he left
le after another behind, his sarcastic obser-
tions thrown over his shoulder were uro-
sc and unrefned. Up and down. hither
ID thither the gay and glittering pageant
owed till darknoss closed 1t in.--Bosfon
oSt, FEB. lst.