The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-08
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Hugglng NJ The Rink.
SAY Jim, did You ever 6aye.cn
q pairof them skates With wheels
ont inquired one boy ofapolher.
Not but 1 heard a heap about
em; as how allths people i Graz.
ier'n bed bugs.p
@Did yer know what makes en-
Bcrazys No; ehi Wen, i'llsjissteII
yer what makes 'cm crazy Yoa
kin jist bar witness ygrself how
young tolkses like huggins i
know Kin, cause I've seen vel
leyin' in The highsgtass alongside
yetfront steps waichin Bill Jones
hug yer sister Annie when j WAS
laying on Sthe other side Gosh,
fhe's q regular lemming squeeaer,
pin'l hoY Wen. as | was iist goin
.oiell YET its jist ler huggin' lhat
all thepecple got wild oYerskalin.
Las aighs siia. lady what iiyes
next door 70 us sent over and want,
ealeriknow if / couldn't goto,he
rink with her cause her father
was away an she was afraid TO 60
alone-recEon she ain't got no
feller Well, my ma made me 20
andgimme me some money tel git
in an git some skates, peryided /
wanted ter take a han at pilolin'
'em around the iioor. When Wa
got ter the rink Istarted of al Che
door, and said I'd vail fer her
when she come out, but she made
me goin with her cause she want.
ed me ter skate with her, seein'
ther watn't nun oy her gentlemen
friends goin to be ther that even
but she ain't got none, cause
she's hOmlier nora onseyed poodle.
She took hold er my elbow and
kinder dragged me in, was per.
lite enough ter go. l got her
skates an put 'em on and then
loaded myself on the burned little
wagons.
Then she wanted me to skate
with her an didn't wait ter git
my consent, but jist took er hold
os my hands and started out, usin'
'em more like handles ter a walk,
ling cane than anything else.
Them darned little waggins amt
no fool things ter skate on, an
cause she didn't know how ter
skate nor ] didn't neither, We
didn'tgitvety far afore something
happened. The first thing /
knowed about it one Of her skates
was running kinder wild found
among mine, and the other took d
tack towards the seats. Both we're
huntin' fur sum place to stop, an
she seemed kinder anxious to have
'em git there. But the heavy act
cum on when she give up trying
ter go both waysonct Ter ketch her
feet an threw her arms round me
like Bill Jones did round Annie,
only she threw her hall weight in
the huggin'. My feet wasn't stay.
shunary with them waggins on
them, an when they did get a
start il took yoke Of oxen ter stop
em, cause there was 50 much
weight bearin' on 'em yer know,
Jim. ] jist drop't the length Of
my legs an ther wasn't no snow
ter make il soft like thef ison a
slippery hill. Don't yer know,
Jim, the teacher lem me stan up
all the time fer the last two days.
Well, that's why, But yer Gee,
Jim, here's the pint. Ef / he'd
been strong er nufI ter hold that
gal up, yer kin jist bet ser shoe
strings Id er he'd sum huggin' i
jist seen lots an lots oy girls trip
an fall inter the arms oy sum fell.
Ter. He'd jist hug her with all
his might, too. IT'S the glOriousest
way Oy huggin' yer ever seen.
Them brass bands, jist chune a fel.
Ter right ter ii, and give yer in.
sperashun-but if yer ever try it
don't get a big girl what can't
skate, fer huggin' dead weight
amt no picnic. / jist tell yer
though them rinks are regular
huggin' bees"
Every dog has his day, the cat