Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12
THE CARNIVAL.
Some Pleasant Bits of Description from
the Boston Herald.

The Boston HCrdld came out with its
| illustrated carnival article on Friday
two days earlier than was at first intend
ed owing to that journal rivalry with the
GlObC, which has also had representa-
tive on the ground for the past four days.
1t was generally understood that both
journals would publish their specials III
the Sunday editions, but the Hcrald
man utilized the telegraph Thursday, and
got in ahead of his rival. The following
are some pleasant bits of description from
| the HCrdldS special which, with the live
cuts, occupies nearly four columns o! tnat
| journal. The cuts are substantially the
same as those published in the New York
Graphic.
THE ToBoGGAN SLIDE.
'Sit forward little. please.
"There
"Now cross your legs and le your toes
slip under the curl OF the tohogGau for
ward
That's right.
"Now then, cross the lines in your
hands, and hold on hard and fast.
Ready!
away we CO."
The fiat bottomed Macintosh shot from
the platform at the top of the incline and
rushed down the steep like II Shot from
gun, reaching the natural hill at the bot
tom of the platform and artificial slide be
fore one had chance to think. The velOCi-
ty rather increased than diminished as the
old Indian vehicle for darling down the
hills of Canada in winter flew over the
rubbed but CLASSY coast and in less than
20 seconds had covered 1900 feet of frozen
surface with its conductor and passengers,
who arose from the cushion with water
running from their eyes, cheeks red and
glowing from the excitement and sharp
atmosphere, and trudged Gleefully back
of
ing Col. Woodbury., mayor of Burlington,
and several members Of the executive
committee of the Burlington winter car
nival, the first event of the kind ever in
troduced in New England.
"How did you like it ~ asked the mayor
of the Hcruld representative.
very much" was the reply.
81 admire your pluck" said the mayor,
"fOr you never saw the slide before, and
your conductor was stranger to YOU
1t was the slide recently finished for the
Burlington Coasting club, ami has two
shoots. The entire distance of 1900 feet
has been coasted IN from IL to IS seconds
and seldom has it been conditioned for
faster time than it was to-day. A shed
stands near by in which is Il caretaker al
ways ready to render service, and facilities
for warming ones self in the event of be-
ing chilled.
CoASTISG AND THE TEAvERsES.
While great deal of interest is taken in
the tobogganing slides, traverse coasting
is the popular and favorite winter sport
with everybody here. Even the mayor
| of the city, Col. Woodbury., does not con
slider it undignified to JON in the recrea-
ton. This afternoon, with the thermome
ter ID below zero, the mayor, accom-
panied by Mr.. W. b. McKillip, Mr.. w. H.
Lane. Jr, and Mr., Il. A. Taft, kindly es-
corted your representative to all the points
hn atf tla.. l,.,,,
driven behind amagnilicent pair of horses.
| The various slides We're visited.
and trials OF them made, but
the coasting slide was held in
reserve for the finale, with Mr.. Taft as
hemsman. The Yankee had ~ passen-
gers Mayor Woodbury., Mr.. McKillip, Mr.
Lane, Mr.. j. &. Bellrose, "a gentleman
from Montreal, representing one of the
| Canadian clubs, and the representative of
the Herald. None seemed to enjoy the
sport more than the chief magistrate of
the city, whose only regret was that the
him.
The first traverse built here was the
Yankee, owned by DR.. j. H. Lins-
ley and Messrs.. Tinkham, Taft and
Bellrose. DR.. L.insley was the prime
mover in developing the new style
of traverse. The second one built was the
Pilot, owned by Messrs. Lane, Woodbury.,
Smiley and Graham. Among the others
are the Puritan, owned by Mr.. A. w.
Durham and associates Of the Bronson,
Weston, Durham Lumber company !;
Fearnaught by William Is. McKillip of
the executive committee; Myrrhline, cost
ting, Sl2O, owned by Mr.. j. j. Thompson {:
Ivanhoe, by Mr.. A. +. Richardson :;
Alert, by Mr.. Henry Wells and others
not named, by Messrs. l.. j. Smith,
Horatio LOOMS c; f. Lewis, J.
G.. Burnham, l.. f. Woodhouse
William Denning, Edward Wells, +. j.
johnson, William ii. Morse and associates,
H. j. STANLEY and associates, Mr.. Sweat
land and associates the Skillings, owned
by Mr.. Gilbert and associates and named
after Mr.. Skillings, lumber merchant of
Boston. Col. Woodbury. of the Van Ness
house has three traverses which are used
by guests OF the hotel. Some weeks ago
a count of traverses passing down Main
street was kept for one hour, during
which time 1903 were recorded and this
before the number was anything like as
large as it is to-day. 1t is claimed that,
with the coast in good condition, "a tray
erse will cover one mile Of the entire dis
lance in two minutes or better.