New Ulm weekly review., 1885-04-08
Healthful Pleasures.

Skating on rollers round and round
rink is one thing; skating on the ice,
over long, straight-away course,
under cliffs, past meadows, among
hills, is quite another. The relation Of
the former to the latter is the same
that shooting at clay-pigeons bears to.
quail hunting in the stubble. In the,
one case we find pleasure in dexterity;
in the other we get near to nature,
and catch the spirit of adventure.
The writer never had but one thor
oughly satisfactory skating experience
| in his life. 1t occurred on the Kentucky
River. He was one of party of ten,
all young enough to be lively, all old
enough to appreciate the rare condi-
tions. The river was struck where
break in the bluffs gave an easy de-
scent to the ice-the objective point
(and it is always we'll to have an OBJ
| jective point in life, whether one is
skating, soldering or sermonizing)
seven miles away. The sky was gray.
just a thought of snow in the air; the
wind with US; the scenery rugged and
picturesque. Here was felicity un-
mixed! We seemed to sink into the
embrace of nature. The region was
as wild to the view as when Daniel
Boone first looked upon. it. We gazed
down the prospective Of the valleys,
that occasionally opened as we swept
out of one detile into another. half ex.
pecting to see village of wigwams
in the distance. There was charm
in every foot of the landscape which,
like vast panorama, swept behind us
as we flew. But the charms were
those that hold us irresistibly when we
contemplate the ''deep solitudes" OF
nature, profoundly sensitive of the
august majesty of the Creators own
handiwork. We began with whoop;
but, as the true sentiment of the
scene touched our souls, we grew SUBJ
dued by the environing grandeur, the
pace conforming to the general mood,
and it was not until there was a sud.
den realization that the goal was near
that the wild halloo of the foremost
himself abruptly aroused, awoke the
spirit of frolic.
Ii skating were only attractive
under these circumstances there woulC
be few skaters in the world but the
same uplifting experience may be at
tanned in other ways and in all seasons
The busy American needs the sugges
tive diversion that sport in the oper
air gives-whether it be skating
bicycling, hunting, fishing or tour!
afoot. And he needs to open his sou
to the sentiment of the pastimes. Tc
play merely to perfunctorily acquiesct
in a physicians prescription is not tn,
DOCTORS intention. We should learr
: to enjoy hunting quite as much be
cause we go to The fields and hills az
for the opportunity to fill game bag
Skating in rink, shooting at targe
! under cover, or racing against TIM
around the tan-bark circle, are wei
enough in their way, but the bette
, thing is to go a-sporting where tn
eye can discover distant horizon
The anise-bag has its proper use ir
default of the fox.
That there is, at the present time
apopular tendency to play out-ot- door
. is very evident, notwithstanding thu
l fervor with which some in-doo
pastimes are held. 1t is giving as ha
, been noted by intelligent observers
grateful element to American litera
ture, and is awakening in the Ameri
can youth an ardor in the pursuit O
: these healthful pleasures which ar
only to be found where Nature main
tains something of her original con
ditions. 1t was not many years ag'
when there were but comparativel,
few resorts for the summer-tourist il
! quest of an idling-place. Now the,
abound everywhere. The reason lie
in the fact that people no longer, as
rule, desire to go with the crowd, bu
prefer the small groups in the place
? to which the noise of commerce doe
not reach, and where the beat o
Natures heart can be heard.-G.
Matthews, IN The Current.
A Singular Auger.
An auger which bores square hol
, is in use in a Cleveland machine shop
The Herald of that city thus describe
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