Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-02-07
Stlett goetrg.
ABOUT TOWN.
No. ..
WILMINGTON IN sLEIGIs.

III thus he acts ana SILL maintains
That for amusement he is searching,
He's rather added in the brains,
And is a candidate for birchng.
Nor am one to recommend
Two sportive blades OF ages tender,
Their money for a ride to spend,
As such arrangements mostly end
In their returning .on bender"
For frosty weather will conduce
A thirsty feeling to excite,
And If their morals should be loose,
Themselves are certain to get tight.
(This seems a sort of paradox,
But II the statements controverted,
I'll prove by logic orthodox
The truth OF what have asserted.)
The proper way to do this thing
OF slelghing, will forthwith sing.
Three gentlemen, or -four, wen say,
Each one favorte lady taking,
Ensc0nce themselves within sleigh,
Prepared for love and merry-making.
But ere we take the reins In hand,
must refute common blunder
Which many folks, understand,
Somehow or other, labor under.
The fair sex frequently assert
That men cannot describe their dress !;
Now, this fatty controvert
And I'll engage to eat my shirt,
II don't prove as clear ns dirt,
That such notion malapert
The boundaries of truth transgresses.
In answer to their saucy structure,
I'll draw one lady's ful-lcngth picture.
Her hair was done in rats and MICE
With Grecian curls and cfimps all blended,
From which six ribbons, very nice,
Tied round little bag, depended.
A veil Of tulle Of flaming red
Gave fiery lustre to her head.
She wore velvet--thing-um-bob,
Exactly reaching to her waist,
A style that's sure to please the mob,
Nor yet offend the finest taste.
can't sufficiently extol
Her skirt of Peplum- -fol-de-rol.
A what-you-call-it, trimmed with lace,
And scalopcd round, gave extra grace.
And ne'er did eye of mortal see
A more bentting jlg-um-aree.
But even this was put to shame
By her long sea-green whats-its-name.
Attired thus she was sight
To move a fasting anchorite. .a
As for myself, II 'twere my lot
10 meet this belle, as I'm sinner,
could with ease. us well as not,
Devour her upon the spot,
And still have appetite for dinner.
And now suppose the party OF,
JOY beaming, sunlikc, from their faces,
All stocked with lots OF fur and muff,
And snugly seated In their places
Each damsel nestles like u dove
Close to the Beard her heart has chosen;
OF course, she don't do this for love,
But merely to escape being frozen;
Now, this receipt must approve,
And is the very best knows Oh.
toh shade of Lindley Murray here
Upon my knees beg your pardon:
I've blundered awfully, fear,
But then the verse was such hard 'nn.)
Away the eager horses bound
Oh, what swift ecstatic motion,
To glide along the slippery ground,
As ships upon placid ocean
Now Boreas may do his worst,
And blow until his cheeks are burst;
No crafty arts that he'll employ
Can for a moment damp their JOY.
The stars above are wide-awake,
And, moved by sympathetic mirth,
They twinkle and with laughter shake
Their little sides until they ache,
To see such jolly folks on earth.
In tune the sleighbels jingling ring
With musical and sweet vibrations,
And right and left and pel-mell fling
Their merry tintinabuations.
GOOD gracious, what whopping word
wonder how on earth my noddle
Contrived 80 big weight to hoard
Or how myself could meath 1t toddle.
No doubt you'll think in wild surprise,
And much to your affection, very,
That I've devoured in spite Its size
Old Webster's Quarto Dictionary.
These ponderous polysyllab.es
Assist rhymer in their manner,
When forging his rude versicles,
And are sort of blacksmith's hammer.
To give due credit to my Muse
One really cannot but acknowledge her
Amount of muscle which can use,
With perfect ease, that big sockdologer.)
Bnt I'm depressing: Imust shun
That fault in future, darn my buttons,
So rerenons nos nioutons
ta1, Iatta oil Ia.