Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16
a Thrilling 4D,ENrynE.
SAVED nr OLD CORONATION


THRILLING 4nIENTYRE.
SAVED "' OLD '''''N Nl''N'
Ii was-l don remember the precise yea
but it was when | was about seventeen
years old. and when ! lived in the New Eng
land village where ! was born. and iron
which had hardly ever beenaWay.
Ii was the day before Thanksgiving, tn
only holiday thar New England knows muc
about. and about which the rest of the w0rl
knows 50 very little For three nights before
the cold had been very severe for that tim
of the year. and the newly formed ice o
the pond was as smooth and clear as a look
ina-,las~. What were we all 10 do the mex
day. " the eladdest, merrie~t day of all th
year. besides TO 20 10 church and eat th
feast that bad been So long in preparation
Tina. was the question asked by my strong
earnest. older friend who had come iron
Boston 90 spend Thanksgiving
q. Skate. of course. answered.
'' But why mot try the ice tonight b,
asked.
! could see 100 reason, and SO we bound OF
our skates and flew. a~ 1t were, over the
CLASSY surface oi the pond TO the cove. abou
which were the piles of pine tree bough>
Once there. We conceived the idea Of bow
grand it wound be- to skate back TO the vii
h-e. collect together the women and girls
take suitable provisions for Il picnic, plac,
them all In -lcish~ and on hand sledS, draw
them TO this place. and eat a supper ON theS,
rocks. amid the glare Of the burning tree
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plans, ior almost every house had its sleigh
and skates. and those that were destitute o.
either united with some Of their neighhors
An hour, and the little lake was covered b,
the mcrrie~t skating party it had ever wit
messed. And then the supper. the bonfire
the ~on--, the merry making l Shudder tC
think of such b5i-teruuS sport. with m, i'm.
pending death So very near! The sport wa,
over at length, the apples eaten, the cider
drank. the ~1ug~ sung, the stories told. and
the once great flames among the reSinous
pine needles were now Smouldering among
the limbs or lingering IN the stumps and
roots. Ii WAS nearly time 10 60 And 50
the company Was breaking up into little
knots as we came.
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longer r8re- were stretched from eitber side
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the r.iriur of .,,tip,,-iro,. ~. s,,ol .rar
tbe i9e
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of the side ro,.e- and ~. Lorf -La - ,,''e
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-N'''' 'i'.'u l"i'- 'puld not SPEAK Tor
fear but almost feared lest the other
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