St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-10-18
Saved by Old Coronation.

seventeen wears old. ami when HVCd
in the New England village where
WAS born. and from which | had hardly
ever been away.
1t was the day before Thanksgiving.
the only holiday that New England
knows much about. and about which
the rest of the world knows 80 very
little. For three nights before. the
cold had been very severe Tor thr time
of the year. and the newly formed IL"
ON the pond WAS AZ smooth AMI clear IL
Il locking glass. What were We all t."
do the next day. ''thr gladdr~;. mrrri-
est day" of all the wear. hc~i'lc> 20 To
chnclI. and eat :hr feast that had been
So long in preparation That WAS the
question asked by my strong. earnest.
older friend. who had come from i"~-
ton To- spend Thanksgiving.
skate of COURSE" answered
But why not try the ice Tonight.
he asked.
| could not see no reason. So we bound
on our skates and flew ;I> II were over
the CLASSY suItaccc of the pond L" the
cove above which were the piles of pine
tree bouwhs Once there We conceived
the, idea of how grand it would he T."
skate back to the village, collect t""rth-
/ rI the women and girls. take suitable
prov i>iOm>. for Il picnic. place them all
on >lcigl> and on hand Slcd>. draw
them To this place. and eat Il supper ON
these rocks. amid the glare Ot the burn
ing tree tops. We were not long in
carrying ont "ur plans. for almost rN-
rrN house had its sleigh and skaters.
and those who were destitute of either.
united with some of their urighh"r>.
An hour. and the little lake WAS cover
cd 10y the mclric>t skating party il had
ever Witnessed. And then the supper.
the bonfire. the songs. the mcllN max
img. | >huddrr to think uf >lIch h"i>
ferrous sport. with an impending death
81 very near, The sport was over al
length the apples eaten. the cider
drank. the songs sung. the stories told.
and the one" great flames among tn"
rr>imuIl> pine needles. were now >mold-
cIing among thc >tump> and roots. Ii
WAS nearly time IL 90. And 81 the
company wa> breaking up int" little
knots a. we came.
Tie all the >lcigh> and >lrd> togrth-
rr." my strong friend shouted. the last
To- leave the spot. The order from the
leader WAS soon ohcyrd. Each vehicle
WIS ranged from ten To twenty feet
apart according to the length ot the
ropes "r the leading lines which We had;
and three or tour skaters were station
ed between them. Then two much
longer ropes were stretched from clthcr
sid, of the long lines. of which some
twenty more skaters took hold. With
Il shout aud Wh""p such a. Indians
give when rushing Ia battle. We started
ON the ice. The line. til>t straight. "I
waving a little where the poorer >kat-
cr~ were. soon took the form of Il crc>-
,ut and with Il clamor of voices and
th,. grating of skate irons We sped over
the ice.
Nv strong friend and Nrr. ON one
at the ~idc ropes. aud We hcld the place
nearest L. the >lrigh>. We had not pro-
crcdcd t.ir before. perceived that thricc
MIS- icuiim- up III front of H.. and |
could scarcely hear il crack amid the
moist. ut the skaters. | spoke not II
word. hut looked intcutly int" my com
plui"u'~ face. only thought that :"
iuug ~ We kept IN m"tI"n - We were
then doing. We might pass tl" danger.
Iiut knew very we'll that If the tIIr
>!atr of things Was dj~cu\rrrd. Il panic
vnuli ~pIcad along line line ~n'n'
skater would drop "ut. and the. plrc-
ion. burden must ~iok L. the h"ttnur.
Iruunt forget The horrors ct iLal
m"uI..ut u u"ln"ui that ~"rnrd aI
age. i .,a> iajni my sell. hut ! "l'h ~tud
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his voice. ;" that h" could he hrar'
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merry voices "t the women. II" >h"''lt"
Nh sing. :" We VIII keep "rti'r sep
all sing coronation. Ahd without low
: rilng his \"Ir" he sang
= An hail the power of Jesus name
1 Let angels PROSTATE fall
brlnG i"rth 'h' royal "la"'".
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