Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-03

COASTlNG.
suppositious Fun on Flipflap Hill in Po-
GlunL.

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dunk.
Last night was a gala occasion at the
coast on Flipflap Hill. The smooth,
hard surface of this fashionable de-
clivity glittered in the romantic moon
light, as though its ermine bosom were
| studded with an intinitesimal array OF
diamonds. and the air was made musi-
cal by the merry shouts of "Lullah!!"
"Clear the track!" ''Git out of the
way, darn yer!!" and numerous other
manifestations of pleasure of the
throngs of jocund shders who made
the occasion notable by their presence.
Prominent among the distinguished
coasters were Johnny Green, with his
brand-new sled .'Ripsnorter;;" Sammy
Black, who bestrode his steel-clad cour.
| ser with a grace and dignity all his
own; Jim Smith, whose red mittens and
stripped tippet were the envy and adj
miration Of all who had the good for
tune to witness them; Charley
Jones, whose elegant equipage
was graced by the 1.-the form
and rosy features of his cousin,
Jane Dash: Bill Somes, whose elegant
sliding q la belly-bumps was the delight
of every on-looker; Dick Robinson and
Jack Brown and Fred White, and scores
of others. Among the elegant turnouts
were the %well-known sleds Racer"
"Deerhound,' Tiger" Lion"
avalanche" and many more too nu-
merous to mention. There were sleds
of solid frame and skeleton sleds, sleds
with long runners and sleds with short
runners, single sleds, sleds big enough
for two persons, and double-rippers.
Never, perhaps, was there seen such q
wealth of Shedding paraphernafia, at
least upon Flipflap Hill.
And the coasters were quite as "re-
cherche" as the sleds they rode upon
so CALAMITY adown the CONCEALED
course, and which they so h%eroically
pulled back to the summit, whence
again they shot forth upon their down
ward, meteoric career. 1t is estimated
by a careful observer that che gentle
boys upon Fliptiap Hill last night rep
resented a combined property of no
less than four hundred marbles, seven
ty-tive pcgtops. thirty-nine bowkites
ana live clSafeGCe nOluefS! A.;
The costumes OF the male coasters
were severely plain, in most cases, as
properly became the high posi-
lions occupied In society by their
wearers. There were, however,:
some noteworthy exceptions. For.
example, Tom Harris pantaloons
were adorned with two 0utre patches
upon their broadcast part; the sombre
outlines of the neither integuments of
Bill jenkins were artistically relieved.
by permitting a slight show of ermine
underwear to protrude through slashes
in the same locality; and fringed ell
bows and perforated knees and neglige
hats and porous shoes added to the
grand ensemble of picturesque grand
eur
But the brilliant effect of the male
garmenture was wholly swallowed up
and lost in the radiance of the clothing
affected by the girls. Oh for the pen
OF a Milton to adequately portray the
multitudinors combinations and the
ravishing aggregate of their environ
ment! There were white hoods
and red hoods and green hoods
and hoods rejecting all the
colors OF the rainbow; shawls,
gray, brown, black, ~parti-colored
dresses of inconceivablc variety of hue,
the richest products of the mills Of
Lowell and Lawrence; hosiery, home
made and machine-made, darned and
undarned. 1t was indeed a resplendent
sight! 1t was a moving, living n
rama of beauty, a Kaleidoscope Of
tints, a paint-shop of colors informed
with lifet
Toward midnight the sport grew fast
and furious. Sled followed sled down
the slippery slide with reckless rapid
ity. Occasionally Il rider is unsledded.
and again a double-ripper overtakes
Its predecessor, or runs madly into the
fence alongside and scatters its aston
ished freight and their torn clothing
and fractured limbs broadcast upon the
chilly night. 1t was glorious!
There are few places like FlipHap
I'M, and no one who has had the
felicity of viewing the beauty and the
grandeur, the elegance and the elite
ness which mark the spot can wonder
that 1T should continue to be the
rendezvous of the wealth and fortune
OF Podunk.-Boston transcript.
In a recent issue of your paper.
writes a lady to the Boston JouinnI. I
noticed an account of an orange inside
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