The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-12-19
Rich Skating Exnerience.

desire to appear young again led US
INTO the decided error of trying on Il pair
OF skates We will here state that it will
be our last attempt. At the request of
many friends who were DESTROYS, as they
athrplea. OF seeing "a big thing on ice"
we were seduced on to the frigid element,
lew nights sInce-aS near as we can
remember, they saw IT, We borrowed
PAIR OF skates of two different persons
that is, we got one skate from each, and
harnessed them ''onto" our rasin boxes.
Inc skates We're of different sizes, but fit
ted our feet admirably On our way up
to the pond we entertained our compan-
ions with highly colored account OF our
exploits on ice, before the capillary sub
stance on the summit of our Uranium be-
came 'sIlvered Ter, and the bows were
unanimously of the opinion that we must
be cuss OF the brightest hue, on skates.
There was not shadow of doubt but
that we were all hunki1ora. The
Rink was filed with fair women and
brave iner, and as we rose to a perfect
lydlcular position, with our skates firmly
on'our feet, we felt as though we could
sore aloft on wings of-at this precise
moment an unlucky incident occurred by
which our legs tangled up, and we sat
doUn. But we rose to the surface again.
and Their we knew that we were Sore-ing.
We could stand up as well as any man
that ever put on skates but every effort
to strike out ended in the same way
willy setting. THE Doc remarked that
we were setter, Oar set-downtary
habits eventually caused a small assure
to appear on the broadcast part Of our I'M
mentionables, about the size of mans
hand, and a small boy, with his eve on
it, remarked that.the REPRESENTATIVE was
busted. Says he, "look out for air
holes. AS we sat there Oh that cold
Ice, we swore n swear, that we would
boot that boy if we could catch him.
| With this end IN Ule1D. we eyed him stern
ly, arose and sent our right foot in add
vance, keeping the left in good support
ing distance, for the purpose of coming
down with all our reserve force on this
flank. The support failing to arrive, the
enemy escaped, while our flank did not
escape punishment We sat down with
jar that shook our windows, when the
same boy passed within hailing distance,
saying, there letter in the post Office
for you We knew he lied, and tod
him SO, but he said he saw it in our
drawers The Doe. offered to assist U.S.
remarking at the same time that he tho't
we could skate better on hand sled =
We improved wonderfully and in short
time could skate as well as ever, but in
an unlucky moment some girls made
their appearance, when we thought we
would be smart and cnt our name In the
lce-a favorite amusement when we were
young. We got as far as the downward
stroke of the C. y but we stroked too
much, and this time we varied the pro-
grammc by setting down on cur head =
We saw just thirtv,six thousand stars,
with nary one erased, and about the same
number Of young ladies, laughing at our
debut. On recovering We found that the
toe of one Of our skates, which was
turn over, the mate to it being an
odd one and ''mooley," at that-had
become entangled with the skate of the
very urchin who had insulted us As
we sat there and thawed that ice, with
the youth, the beauty, and meanness of
HlpOn surrounding Us, aid laughing at
the bog, we realized the sweetness Of re-
venge. Here was the author of' our mis-
haps, and the cause of our bushes, in our
power, as firmly as though in Il ie. We
reached for him, with the air of an eagle,
when he has the innocent lamb in his
tai0ns. intending to kiss him for his
mother, or to intiict some punishment
equally as great. BY dextrous move
ment of his disengaaed foot, the 10y
managed to drag lis about rod, AS we
sat. A second effort to press him TO
our aching breast was attended with the
same result. 1t was quite amusing to
the boy, but not SO with the writer here
OF: as our pantaloons had not been mend
ed up TO that time We told him .'alI we
wanted was to be let Alone when he
kindly released us from our painful posi-
ton, and We ahouidered ourseli and went
home.
Skating is an innocent amusement.-
R,ioon Representative.