The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-08

crushing emphasis. Besides the slide at
the Mountain Park, which is about TO-
900 feet long, Peel street has been given
up for tobogganing purposes, giving q
splendid course down the slope Of Mount
Royal of a mile in length. The mem.
bers Of the Suowahoe Club turn out TO
do the honors Of the toboggan to their
visitors and it will be their own fault if
some scores Of fair Americans are not
initiated into the delights Of the most
delightful ard original description Of
"coastng that can be admired.
TIE SLEIGH PARADE
For the afternoon IL programme liter.
ally crammcd full of sports and amuse-
mcnts had been prepared by the commit.
tee, and it was carried out fully and sue.
ccssfully in the minutcst detail. The first
event was the grand sleigh parade,
which was the largest and most brilliant
spectacle OF the kind ever witnessed in
Montreal. The parade was on the prin.
cipml boulevard of the city, and the side.
walks ard windows of the houses on
either side were packed with people wit.
Messing the magnificent display. More
than 1000 slcighs were in the procession,
all Of them well, and some Of them mag
niliccntly, equipped The cabmcn Of
the city joined with the citizens in this
monster turnout, and the line was so
long and solid that the Mounted Fire
Brigade, which desired to take its place
in the procession, WAS unable To secure
position. Some of the slcighs were
drawn by Fix horses, while great mum
hcr Of them were driven four-in-hand.
While this grand parade was in progress
u En0w shoe st"cplc-chasc was contested
between n DumJc OF students Of Mc(iill's
College, and this exciting contest elected
| admiring comments from thousands OF
visitors who had never before witnessed
such race. In the meantime, tobog,
! gaming. which seems to have completely
fascinated the visitors from the United
States, many Of whom join the Canadians
in the cShilaratng sport, WAS in full
progress on iiount itoyai, which is in
tine condition for the pastimr, and
attracted thousands Of spectators, rs well
"a those who participated in its pleas.
urcs. Several ladies aud gentlemen were
fractured both in the arms and legs yes.
tcrday while engaged in tobogganing,
through inexperienced persons attempt.
ing TO steer, but no accidents occurred
o.day to mar the pleasures Of the occa-
sion. Toward evening light fall OF
SNOW began. but it mas not heavy enough
to interfere with the execution Of the
days programme, and to night all Mon
trcal and her guests were out to witness
the crowning event Of the day and of the
carnival--thc
OPENING OF TIE GREAT ICE PALACE.
Taking hint from the Empress Anne,
of Russia, the managers have had con.
| structed Il building made Of blocks Of
clear ice cut in the St. Lawrence The
blocks are something over three feet in
length, and in breadth about twenty
| inches, their thickness varying from ff
| teen to twenty inches; and they have
been piled one on the other by derricks,
water being thrown over them to serve in
| lieu OF mortar, binding the whole wall
into one solid and homogeneous mass.
About so, 900 cubic feet OF ice have been
thus built ny into structure about one
hundred feet square, with towers fifteen
feet square and thirty feet high ut the
corners, and in the centre tower about
thirty feet square, which will be carried
up to Il height of one hundred feet or
more. The main entrance is tlankcd by
Arctic huts of ice, and tho facade is or
nnulented will, ice statutes carved by u
clever Canadian artist The roof is of
cedar boughs saturated with water that
has frozen hard and made a uueerly
characteristic covering. Even in the
day time tEe structure looks very odd
and pretty, its crystal walls sparkling iii
the sun like those Of a candy paluce in n
iairy story. Tonight this novel s,ruct-
ure WAS Illuminated with electric lights
from the top of the spire to its base, and
they shone through tho transparent
blocks Of ice with u brilliancy which
made the unique building glitter as
though n thousand brilliants were flash
ing from its sides. The beauty of the
scene was rather enhanced than marred
by the feathery .tlukes Of snow which
were silently falling, and, to add to the
attraction and bring the days sports to a
grand conclusion, about | 900 members
of the Snow-shoe clubs, dressed in
unique and grotcsque costumes, appeared
on the scene with flaming torches, and,
after passing tho palace, started on a
tramp through the snow-storm over the
mountains. 1t is admitted by all that
this was the m.,st magni.iesn: spectacle
ever witnessed, il, Montreal, The nr;n
cipal feature OF tho carnival tomorrow
will be banquet given by the corpora.
tion to distinguished visitors and fancy
dress carnival in the evening.
HOW CANADIANS DRESS
The sidewalks Of tho main streets were
blocked with people and the roads with
sleighs all day. Any one could tell u
Canadian from visitor at a glance.
Every Canadian who did not wear n
heavy furcap had on n knit worsted
arrangement like giant stocking run to
a point. Six out of ten Canadians wore
long fur coats, reaching from their ears
to their heels. Most Of them were of
fox or bear skin, but great many were
made of sealskiu, trimmed with even
costlier furs. They cost $1,000 each
But the thing common to most Of them
was the cloth and rubber overshoe, trim
med with gaudy embroidery. They have
q saying that walking without them in
winter is walking to the grave. To a
New Yorker, who has heard tho beauties
of Baltimore, Brooklyn and Murray Hill
girls rated beyond comparison, the Mon
treal girls and those from the other Ca
madam cities proved as interesting AZ
anything where each object he looked at
was novel. No woman would dare go
into the street painted so much or with
such pronounced red rs superabundant
health and spirits has dyed every pair of
| girlish cheeks. 1t is not likely that any
| drug could produce the flash and sparkle
one sees in every pair Of girlish eyes for
the young women here get the charms
they boast Of by skating side by side
with their brothers, racing on snow shoes
with the men, tobogganing whenever