Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-24
GARNER STEBDINS ~ LOLLER.S.

place TO he:
An Isabel his eldest girl, is home from school
just now.
An pets me- with her manners all her Young
inan vii! allow:
An his good wife has noSstrous sweet an
culinary ways:
IL Is Il summcry plsce to pass few cold win
ter days,
besides, I've various cast-iron friends in diff
ferent parts o town,
that's always glad 10 have mo call whenever
| come down,
i1nt yesterday. when 'mongst tho same I'M
drTto0k 70 roam,
could not find q single one that seemed to
De to home
An when asked their whereabouts, the an
swer was. n think.
II you re goin' down that way. you'll find
em at the Rink"
asked what night the Lyceum folks would
hold their next debate
tlVe sometimes gone and helped EN- WELD
the cares Of church an state;
An II rrotlacted meetin's now was holdin'
anywhere
IL Ike to get my soul fed up with fresh celes-
tiul fare:
Or when the next church social was; they'd
give KNOWN wink
An say, Il b'lieve there's nothin' now trans
plrin' but the Rink
What Is this 'Rinkrn | innocent incurred.
that night at tea
on, you must CO." said Isabel. "this very
night with me!
anu Mrs. Stebbins, she must 90, an skate
there with US too!n
My wife replied, my dear, just inform me
when | do
but you two gon An so we went. and saw
a circus there
With which few ghts I've ever struck will
anyways compare.
IL seems good sized meetin house had given
upIt pewS
The church an paster had resionad from,
An several acres of the floor vas made a
sBatin' ground,
Where folks Of every shape an size went
skIppin round an round;
An In the midst a big brass band was helpin'
on the fun,
An everything was gay as sixteen weddin's
Joined in one.
We seen small insects crazy like go circlin'
through the air,
An wondered il they thought soma TINA
=, they'd maybe get somewhere;
We seen million river bugs 90 scootiu'
round an round,
= II wondered what twas all about or what
They'd lost or found;
Tut mon an women, bows an girls. unon n
All whlrlln round like folks possessed. |
never saw before
An then it all came bacl1 to me. the THINGS
I'D read an heard
About the Kinks, an how their ways was
wicked an absurd
"a learned somewhere that skatin' wasn't a
healthy thing to do;
But there was Doctor SaddlebarS-bIc f,,,,,l,,
with him too
IA heard that 'twasn't a pr0linr rIare fo,,
Christian folk to seek:
old- Deacon Perseverance ,inks flew pnst me
like II streak.
Then Sister Is'bel sSunnyhones npt or, q p.ir
o skates
An started oil aSif she'd run through several
different states
Wy goodness, how that gal showed up! |
never did opinc
That She could tws: herself to lool, CO charm,
And then u fellow that she knew took hold ~
hands with her,
"A sort O double croSsways like, an helped
her rs 1t were.
used TO skate: an twas n sport of which 7
once WAS fond,
"hN, couiu write my autograph on Tomp-
klns Sawmiil pond.
az course 10 slip on runners that is one thing.
one may say
An movin' round on casters is a sornavhat
different way:
But when the fun that fellow had came flash
IN TO my eye,
SAYS, pm Young again; by George, I'll
skate once more or diel'
little boy pair O skates to fit my boots
soon found
He had to put EN- on for me Il weigh three
hundred pound>:
An then | Strengthened I'D an saws "Iook
here, you younger chaps
You think you're runnin some'a past us
older heads, perhaps
III this young lady here to me will trust
awhile her fate.
pll go arounb dozen times an show Won
how to skate
She was a ,niceish plump Young gal Id no.
tioed quite awhile
An she reached cut her hand with most too
danrhteriy >nliIv;
hut OF! We pushed, with might an main
when all TO enCe the wheels
Departed suddenly above, an took along my
heels;
Ny head assaied the floor as if twas irwin
: t. get through,
An all the stars | ever saw arrived at once
In view.
Twas sing lar Ms not quite unlike a saw-log
How many of the other folks was goin' that
same wav:
They stumbled over me III one large animated
heap,
An formed pile o legs an arms not far
from ten loot deep;
But after they had all climbed off, in rathe:
fierce surprise.
lay there Ike a saw-log still-consder
how To rise.
Then dlSmti"i rose with hands upon nv
aIuiie waist
An the't sat down again with large and very
Palutut haste
Az ro>" a@a.n, and started off TO find place
10 rest.
Ihen on NV gentle stomach stood, an tore
my meetIu vest.
Nhen Sister SunnyhopeS slid up. as trim as
trim could be,
An she an her young fellow took COMPASSION
ate charge o me.
Then after I'd got off the skates. an flung en-
out O reach,
rose. while all grew huShed an still. an
made the followin' speech:
"My friends. I've struck a small idea ian
struck it pretty square,
Which physlc'll lily an morally will some atten-
tion bear:
Those who their balance can preserve are