Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-05
SEASONABLE SPORT.
The Streets Ringing t. the Merry Music of
sleigh Bel1s---Lively Scenes Yesterday AZ
torn0On and Evening.

SEASONABLE SPORT.
The Streets Ringing to the Merry Music Of
sleigh Bolls---Lively Scenes Yesterday Al
tornoOn and Evening.
Hear the sledscs with the bells
Silver BELLS
What u world OF merriment their melody tor
How they tinkle, tinkle. tinkle.
In the icy air OF night!
All the heavens seem to tinkle
With crystalline delight:
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinna bulation that so muscally
From the bells, bells, bells. bells,
Bells, bells, bells
From the jinyling and the tinkling of the
bells.
For two days past the streets of the city
have been alive with every species of con-
veyance on runners, from the pretty spank
ing cutter, bright with all the cOlors of the
rainbow, drawn by the sleek, well-groomed
! bay or black, sOrrel or brown, bearing it's
snugly ensconced' couple buried deep in fur
and buffalo robes, to the heavy awkward
concern whose provincial workmanship
bears evidence of its being made to keep if
| less brave i'll appearance than the tidy
structures that are the pride Of many Il
| city builder or liveryman. Every one is
glad to see the snow, and every one who
can scare up anything that looks like a
sleigh, or can raise the wherewithal to hire
one, is making the best of his present Op-
pOrtunities, to indulge in the exciting and
| exhilarating sport OF sleigh-riding, while
| such as do not belong to either favored
class take a sort of fwistful pleasure. as they
trudse along the icy sidewalk, in gIancins
at the happy faced parties that go skim
ming by them, and listening to the music
Of the bells. The ringing treble
| finds response in the more subdued con-
| traltO or deeper bass tones, as the city
"bloOd " in his stylish rig passes his coun-
| try cousin in a more hOmely but not less
comfortable conveyance, and the melody
| in very truth fOretells a world of merri-
| ment which the lines quoted above convey
in some measure to such as have been
there and know how it is themselves.
The present excellent sleighing consti-
tutes windfall for the liverymen, and Il
most welcome variation i'm the dull mono
| tony that has distinguished their business
for the past few weeks, owing to the terri
bly, muddy condition of the roads which
placed driving on the retired list of popu-
lar diversions. But the mOurnful express
sion of cOuntenance which the liveryman
has been wearing all along has given place
to one in which placid satisfaction is evinc-
ed i'll every lineament. And no wonder.
For the demand during the past forty
eight hours for good teams has far exceed
ed the supply, prices are consequently
stiff, and the prospect at this
writing is that the present fine condition
of the ground will continue for another
day and night at least, if indeed it does
not improve during that time.
Yesterday afternoon and last evening
almost every available turnout in the city
liveries was in service. while private
teams went flying through the streets as
though impelled by some force beside
the sturdy limbs of the horses.
who are never better pleased than when
engaged in this service. The sleighing is
much better i'll the city than on most of
the country roads, though number of
parties went to adjoining towns. There
were parties numbering from dozen up
to fifteen on the streets all of yesterday
afternoon, and the town of Litiz last even
ing was alive with visitors from this city.
Two parties. numbering altogether between
thirty and forty, one of them comprising
the members of 4 private dancing and
social club, left i'll large tive-seat sleighs,
and there were perhaps as many more in
private couples. SO that the Litiz pike
echoed to the sound Of the sleigh bells
during the greater portion of the evening,
and the sleighs coming and going
followed thick and fast upon each
other, though not single mishap is
reported. The Springs hotel and the the
Sturgis house both did a fiourishins bust
ness in supplying the continuous demand
for supper and refreshments that poured
in upon them, and everybody reports "a
splendid time'' There are a number of
similar affairs OH the tapis, and the fun
promises to reign fast and furious while it
may. Hay can be made only when the
sun shines, and sleish-ridins CAP be in
lulged in only while the snow lasts. This
latter observation is put in for the special
benefit of the absent-minded young man
who has neglected to call on his lady friend
for the past two or three evenings
MEDICAL.