Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-05
THERUTLAND HERALD.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871.
washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.

periodioal visits are looked forward Il
with no loss dread than certainty. Hi
presence is regarded as an imposition up
on the SAMMY South and the fact of it
coming from the North strikes an old ant
sensitive scar, BY nature possessing
outicle of uncertain depth their umbrag'
takes form in all sorts of denunciatory
epithets. Housekeepers exhaust their en-
tire epithetical acknowledgement known tt
your respondent-upon him because
they say, he throws snow through thell
doors and windows, turns on the water
in PLACES where the plumber did not in
tend it to be, and that too in the night
when none is near to catch it,so the water
il wasted by being soaked into the carpet
the library or tho piano then it takes &c
long to thaw out the teapot in. the morn
ing, and everybody is go cross.
Sambo and Dinab, representative of an
endless race here, huddle together in theil
little pens, where they jest and roll ur
the whites of their eyes in a manner trnly
grotesque. Jack can drive them to close
quarters, but even when allied with hun
ger cannot prevent their making sport o.
him.
Ye gentle Ku.Klux, who usually occu
py street corn ers and draw Astronomical
views upon the pavement with tobacco
Juice call this Mr. Frost, curse. dead
beat, the meanest kind of Yankee trick
etc. Their CONSERVATION would be anus
ing, were it not for the fact that it Ii
always sad sight to see mans business
ruined. They have neither credit o,
clothes, in nilder days their surplus man
ties have fallen upon some pawn-broker
keeper of gambling hell. or restaurant
Their hands take refuge in pockets af.
fording slight protection, and they are
soon forced to other and less respectable
places for the application of their nefari.
Gus calling.
But there is one class that return the
cool compliments of Mr.. F. with a warm
welcome. The youth of the city, who are
able to purchase the entries to the skating
parks. AS soon as the ice becomes suffi.
GENTLY strong to hold, flags are attached
to the horse cara, which serve as an ad-
Vertisement, and soon crowds will fill the
cars with all skating appliances, bound
for social time son ice" OF course only
the youth of the city skate, but it is anus.
ing IN watching this molly crew to OBJ.
serve how near to old age this stage OF
juvepility can sometimes be carried. All
is not always merry as a marriage hell
here. If two persons try to pass without
either turning out, the result is much the
same whether on skates or wheels. Some
of our amateurs are wonderful performers,
and often give exhibitions not down on
the programme, but generally down on
the ice: for instance, young swell after
trying to skate with both feet in opposite
directions at the same time, and a few
other such manoeuvers with success, tires
Of such easy victories, and attempts per-
formance the most difficult of all to ae-
oomplish with ease and grace. This ia
called the "NScM Vis1tt0 P0SteTtondSaS,"
and is executed while under Roadway by
suddenly raising the feet above the ice
and lowering the head to corresponding
degree, the body and hands at will, and
the whole person to represent right
angle, standing upon the least possible
space to avoid friction. Skating "a la"
halfmast, you see. Our novices in doing
this never fail to elicit tremendous APP
plause. Sometimes this ia varied by
another exploit, which enables the per-
former to take sudden view of an astro-
nomical nature.
Those DESTROYS of witnessing the con-
stella tions, are advised to skate subversely
which simply means sudden transition
from an upright to horizontal position,
or from skating on the feet to skating on
the back of the head. The success of this
play depends upon the rapidity with
which il is done. am told, that viewed
from this position, celestial bodies appear
greatly magnihed, and that suns, moons,
comets, meteors, fxed-stars, and twinkiers
all appear to hold carnival together. /
place credence in the report, for I think
that l have tried it myself, years ago in
Vermont, and if memory serves me
that performance is apt to make the head
ache.
A rare retreat is thisI for lovers. Poesy
upon skates during a moonlight evening
knows no bounds; but if the naughty
clouds hide the beautiful moon, then,
Bob and Angelina can skate by the eight
Of each others eyes, and the aid OF tenn
porsry gaslights.
Angelina thinks her darling skates are
20 complicated that she don't believe that
she could ever learn to put them on her.
self, no, indeed And as for se.f-fastening
skates, she don't think she should like
them and oh, il isso exquisite she would
almost like to live at the North Pole,
where she could skate the year round,
only she don't think, that, really she
could ever skate unless Bob was there to
hold her. And Bob, of course, if he is a
sensible fellow thinks just so too.
CONGRESS,
just now enjoying recess, bids fair to COM
mence lively work soon. Rumors are out
that Revenue Reform will be strongly
pushed by the free traders in the House,
Immediately upon the resumption of labor
by that body. The report is entitled to
the weight which rumor generally re-.
ceives. Whatever members may do after
having consulted their constituency dur
ing the interim, the fact is that three days
before the holiday adjournment the House
seemed less committed to such so.called
reform than at the first season. That
certain tariff notifications will be made,
is obvious to ALL
"Perley" of the Boston journal SAYS