Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-12-08
ON WINTER.
BY JASPER.

AS there viii of necessity be several
thousand articles written Oh this subject,
now, that he has come with his old
white coat "all buttoned up BEFORE"
like s"Old Crimes" we thought we had
bet Ter get our effusim in before the rush
comes. There is always crisis in regard
to such things as well as in financial
matter, and when an editor has about
three hundred articles on his table, all
on the same subject, and none OF them
worth any thing,.we presume the crisis
"have arove. With one tremendous
sweep of his ponderous paw, he sends
them into the midst of the sanctum, at
the sa me time hufrying the Infant
devil nul to put them out of his sight
before he goes stark mad. The storm
does not enI here, he makes mention Of
the authors names, with sundTy prstiXes
and affixes that are fully as forcible as
omplimentary. There is but one thing
that's as terrible as a. eIraged editor,
and we have forgotten what il is. Lett
it be what it may we don t want to see
it.
Winter! Well, winter seems 10 me t.
be the coldt st part OF the year. N0ariy
all the frost-bit heels ana frozen toes,
are contracted during this period; at |
least we don't remember of the like hap-l
pening daring the suUmer. Besides
most of the showing is done
about this time, consequently we have
our best sleigning during the Winter,
We went sleighing once, went in big
sled, had four or five girls and as many
boys and, one more for driver. Every
thing went on slidingly, or rather
the mud being about a
foot deep, sometimes more, seldom less {:
When half way to our destination, and
3 mile and more from any house, the
driver sounded an alarm. What's the
matter? screamed the girls, "A sole off, :
hats all" says the driver, but if you
can foot it TO the party we will try and !
fix it," We footed it, and by the time :
We got the sled i.Xed the party was
over, and the snow all gone. If il
wasn't for the name of the thing we
so sleighing any more. I
Cowper kneS considerable .about
Winter when he said
A sliding car indebted to no Wheels :
Well bet he got that idea while riding
iown hill on elapboard. He didn't
inish his poem, however, until summer t
II he'd never said: !
~ crown the King of intimate heights 1
.Home-born happiness"
We don't see the point from the same n
ngle that he does, or else oar tastes diff :
er, In grabbing around in the Snow for {
few chips to start Is fire of a cold NOR l
ing, we can see the intimate, but nary G
elight. This may be owing, however,
0 our education We had il to do when a
70 were boy, and we never liked 1t. b
low, in skating Oh good ice, We can see =
he delight, yet from good deal of ex- I
erience, we can't say we ever fancied /:
eing very intimate with it, although
70 have suddenly stretched ourselves
pom the CLASSY surface, and Gazed al
ne stars. Yes, sir. you can see string So
5 long as that "milky way" by laying 81
own suddenly, letting your head strike y
rst. Just try it once, it is as good as :.
eep through Lord II, ss' telescope. \,
1t requires quite stretch of imagins- na
on to see the "home-born happiness m m
cid Bill Cowper were here, and had to eu
It up in the morning and make fire, ~
ls road covered with ice, only a single Is
We coal to start it with, a half-dozeu Ii
,ung'ns fighting and crying around =,