Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-02-09
zero.weather and the sleigh.Bells.

Veunor's prediction that the goth OF
January would inaugurate the coldest
week of the season stamps him as q
prophet not without honor in his own
country Estimating the recent polar
wave at its full dimensions, the winter
of 1928 bears witness to an unprec-
edented crop of Arctic weather. No
decent Esquimaux would turn up his
nose at a ountry with a record of six
ty-four degrees below zero, rs reported
from Kokomo, Colorado, and we fail to
see the utility of poiar expeditions
when we can find section of the
"real original" t" pole in palace car
without being thrmped around by ice
bergs, or driven into six months win
ter quarters. | okomo is in Summit
County, and evidently "peaks" itself
on elevation. If. the clerk of the
weather there was not himself unduIy
elevated he owns the .'boss" ther-
mometer. and has taken advantage of
the situation to advertise Kokomo as
the coolest summer resort.
But. Notwithstanding the discomforts
of a severe and owy winter, it has its
abundant compensations. 1t is pro-
verbally the torerunner of an early
spring aprolonged and healthy summer,
and the guarantee of timely and ubun-
dant crops. The davs are short, The
nights are long, and it is especially the
season of public intellectual culture,
public hospitality, co ivivial reunions and
quiet domestic enjoyments. The eX-
hilarating sound OF the slcgh-bels fills
the crisp winter air, and the fortunate
possessors of horse flesh take their fill
of recreation on the road. This may
not be ual in the city to the like REQ
re alton in the country, where the ro-
bust rustic speeds over the smooth road
with his rosy Dulcinea to the spelling
school or the pa i)ring-bee, snugly en-
sconced beneath the shaggy bulalo-robe
in the antiquated family sleigh, where
there is bed of snow two feet
thick, worn hard and smooth. and
where the road goes up hill and down
dale. past immaculate fields and through
snow-plumed and icicle-gemmed woods.
The very air is stimulating almost Ia
the point OF genial and wholesome in
toXication. IL il be on moonlight
night, the glitter of the stars and the
simmer OF the snow produ @ the effect
of fantastic realm where no hint OF
care or trouble mars the serenity oil
life. This is o JOY unknown in the noisy
city and its we'll trodden ways.
But in the streets OF the thriving city
and the thronged roads that lead through
the outlying suburbs, there is a lie and
hustle that give an excitement to sleigh
riding which 1t does not have in the
country. The variety OF eluipages or
runners, the multitudinous sounds o.
many bells, the crack OF the whip and
the glee OF the riders, compare with thu
swift but solitary country sleigh-ride al
thestir and hustle of urban lie to the
monotony of the farm and the village
Sleigh-riding gives an enlivening aspec
to our Northern cline which goes far Il
compensate for the rigors with which I
is accompanied. This driving in ih'
open air in winter gives vigor and heath
TO The system, otherwise AIDED by con
stant work and unrem ting cares IL
those who can afford the luxury, /
brings full equivalent for the outlay
Even those who cannot afford turnou
OF their own are not wholly deprived o
the stimulating effect OF the jinglinl
bells and the scurrying teams whicl
make the highways lively, and by stir
ring the otherwise too quiet pool of mem
ory, make 1t glitter with the wavel5ts o
remembered joys. - Chicago People
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