National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-28
AVENUE SCENES.


II recollection ia correct the people Of this
locality have not enjoyed two consecutive days
Of good slelghing since lsSI until now; ~ mas
the clerk Of the weather, and he has been made
the recipient Of q vote Of thanks unanimously
passed by the entire community. The seighing
day befofe Yesterday took the greater number OF
pleasure seekers by surprise, and II was not until
night that the exact situation OF the snow-ooy.
cred thoroughiares was wholly appreciated; but
yesterday found those ION pleasure bent" fully
prepared to make the most OF the occasion, and
from early dawn until O'Clock this morning the
ringing laugh Of Joyous maidens, the iinRiing OF
the bells, the "houp-lar OF Young America, and
the rlOtOus shouts Of ALL more or less lntoN-
cated-wtth fun-rendered the splendid avenues
and streets OF Washington scene OF intense
excitement
There were few immaterial accidents, and
not d few rather udCrUus sights, particularly
much experience In cold weather, imagined they
could DIVE for an hour or two with Md gloves,
uncovered ears, and In ordinary thin overcoats:
Frostbitten ears and fingers aching with the cold
were new things In their history, and their fear
ful excavations, as they rushed Into warm
saloons, and fearful yells for not drinks, male
bystanders laugh. A specimen brlck-a young
blood Of a royal house-rushed into DicksOns
about o'clock yesterday afternoon eNclalming:
! "Jurusaem! Geeruusaaeemml What shall DOT
! Some haldheaded, unseen devil has got the ends
| Ot my fingers In q vice Great heylns! SOME
thing hot, hot, do you hear har-keepeF red
"Arc you cod'" bIandly inquired Johnny
"Coii! you cursed rascal! Don't you see that
! I'm frozen dead7 Something hot; put Jamaica
ginger and red pepper IN IT, IL you o%icn I me !,
! very hot; make two Of them; keep making them
! TIL tell you TO stop"
! And this scene was, with slight variations, re-
peated hundreds Of times.
! A winter In northern Vermont, II was OBJ
served, would furnish our city bellies with some
useful hints about wlaPPng up ioT 80, SIe XXI
desirable Information In the same quarter about
taking care Of q girl In sleigh. man who
uses both hands In driving is Just no man at all.
There never was rOsy-cheeked, handsome girl
who could keep her seat In sleigh, anu without
a manly arm around her waist she Is sure to
fall out and get her neck broken; And then,
again, II there Is an appropriate place TO hug
girl little, aud a time when a fellow Ia apt 70
feel very ambitious to do II, the place and time
is when out sleigh-ridlng, especially on moon
II the sleighIng continues, tn use hints can be
acted on. As rule, marriages take place at the
North, where they hSys from , Three 70 n.y. n.y.
counting, for the most part, Is done Ia cuttel
, well lined with buffalo robes. However, thal
rule can never work smoothly in thls section o
the country. Their was q greater number o.
nne slelghs and fast horses out Yesterday, thu
Nautilus" and "Cleopatrn's barge" again belnl
: conspicuous. The greatest attraction however
was "The Flying Antelope large, luue SLED
with four mules attached.
II was filled with young men wearing I'M
mense but truthful masks Of Generals Butler
J Grant aud Meigs, Senators Chandler, Nye
Cameron, Speaker Blaine, Horace Maynard, \
! p. Banks, $. s. Cox, Charles Eldrdgc, ana tn
] Board OF Public Works. Bells weighing at leas
I twenty pounds apiece were attached to tn
. stakes OF the sled, and the mules were rlgge'
! out in fantastic trappings. They created ire
I. mendOus amount Of hideOus fun, and when the
were finally allowed the mules TO 90 TO their stable
Z the Lord OF Misrule" and his Jolly companion
7 were neither sober nor wiser than when the
: commenced.
j Pennsylvania avenue Ia the fnost In the worl
e for sleghng, and everybody feels anxious no'
y for the winter to hold on for few days.