Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-02


BRIGHTON ROAD"
After profound Investigation of tho %
called pleasures Of SleighinC. we find they
consist OF flling up with hot drinks ana
being awfuily glad TO get home. This un-
usually " me winter weather has given "a
ample opportunity To sleigh. To- drink, aud To
pe thankful u - all over. a good many times,
LOT, hot wishing 90 permit old-fsshioned
prejudices 20 run awRy with uS, we have
been persuaded 20 let a couple OF go cltpprNs
S s, an legs and very little harness. DO
preferable. They font stick their fails over
he dasher. or their Soofs into ones Ian; they
ont-or haven't 10 AR slowed ~ round
corners or brushed" every team on the roaa
nom milk pJng to n SiN-borSe PARTY sleigh
indlscriminately, and without any regsri
10 inc ms, hnSuIsnce policies we no5y represent.
CO. no matter what the tefnptation
But prickly, shivory siX-year-old. Shavef
villain an inch OF his life, and hitchel To
an egg-Sheil, i like quicksilver. and lust
about as tangible. The pleasure offrave,ine
behind such an animal is supposed % in
erase I'm proportion Co the uncertainty OF
affairs he represents and the more draughtS
OF air that circulate up ones sleeves aud
tricklc down ones neck, the better n j. Try
10 stce9naInodate ne system 10 this new cur
rent OF discomfort, and then have the owner
and driver add insult 20 injury BY gaSping
Denind ms Icy beard: Splendid Now Tor n
little brush bo you know what that
means Agony. The egg-Shell cracklcs.
that tail sets at right angle. ice AMI snow
ny up IN a shower OF arrows. and hit YOU in
the eye; monstrous furry elbow H. thrust
across your vision. Yet you still hang on
desperately 20 the back Of the seat and haIr
blind and wholly out OF breath. feel. ughi
frothy lips ready TO chew your back naiT,
and pair OF hoOfs paving the snow within
AN inclof your trembling shoulders. Deli
ciouS sensation, isn't a.: Trees and houses
gallop by; oceans of merry bells iangle all
out OF tune; about million horses,
IL not less. shoot past, like so many
horizontal exclamation marks. and man
yeli or clench their teeth. according TO
n - H.
lcicles, curses warm the air, free criticisms
How in a steady stream, and a rushing confu-
sion OF gray, lawn, yellow and black legs
makes pandcmomium OF this carnival
which belongs entirely 10 the Brighton road.
The truth il, IL Dante had been born In BoS-
ton, he would have added sleighing on the
Brighton road TO the list OF amuSements read
about In that Seventh Circle" OF his. After
long years of experience, we fail 10 see where
the enjoyment OF sleighing comes i'm. Ifdon-
ming ones entire wardrobe. and being tucked
under buffalo robe that won't STAY tucked:
IL putting ones self into profound state OF
moral and physical antagoOism 20 the cold,
which. when relaxed, leaves one a nerveless,
inert receptacle for series of eggnogs or
whisky-puncheS that the stomach Is sure To
rebel against, Il pleasure, well none of IT.
Those sweet, heavy, not drinks are churned
into ones head till IL spins along almost as
rapidly a. the cuir-colored span in front of
US. For IL is part of the play % take suthin'
warmin', or life would soon be extinct. After
this, III one survives, either way, comes the
eXhilirating home-Stretch, with varis-
tioiis. The sun and wind, which blinded and
strangled you going out. has failen.-aJ
least, the sun has, behind the pale, cold hori-
son,-and brisk Northwestern, with that
ImpartIality OF New England winds. il
chopping now at your back, and sending icy
thrills up and down between the shoulder
blades. Boards, mustaches, wells are covered
with frost; frozen tears gather and clog tina
eyelashes, so that the brightest eye couldn't
wink, even II inclined 20; mouths stifien and
refuse to he eloquent; all the blood In the
BODY settles in the nose and ears, and these
members are the only cheerful bits OF color
in the dready level OF white landscape. The
agony increases as BoTeas and egg-nogg
wrestEe together. But every pleasure must
come TO an end, and after a few hours more
of this bliss, the victim collapses in the
house, with the Mo. "Such a heavenly ride!''
or, I'D like 10 try il again, thanks," still
fresh on the lips, We really should n Ike Co
know what pleasure sleighing has that can
not be taken In another way.-BOaon Saturday
Gazette