The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-27
THAT SLIDING ORDER.
Correspondent Wants Others to Have
Benefit Of the Children.

To the Editor Of the Barre Daily
Times In your issue Of The Times for
December oath, I read your editorial in
which you said il was right and proper
to have certain street set apart to slide
on. That may be all right for you, but
for me it looks little different. if you
had all the boys starting at the end Of
your house for Is years, think you
would say give some one else chance
Of the good things. ] have been often
sitting trying to read but with the noise
did not know if l was reading, whistling
OF hollering to clear the hill You must
admit that was pleasant for tired
man; / may mention one or two OF the
many things We have had to put up with.
A few years ago, one night they were so
bad sliding round the house / went out
to try to stop them. / got all the sass
wanted for one winter, so / tried TO
catch one of them But YOU know what
found by experience, that q boy with
a jumper was too quick for an old man
with only slippers on. The boy got
away and your humble servant got all
his length among the snow, suppose
lit was just as well, ! might have done
something TO him / would have fepented
of.
The other day my wife went out to
stop them from going around the house;
she got all the sass she wanted. They
put out their tongue to her and said
we got leave from the city TO side on
this street; it looks like this to me:
suppose you have read of the ten plaques
.of Egypt, had this been one OF them
and sent for the first one, 40 to 80 boys
starting at the end Of his house holler-
ing as boys can to slide down hill for
one day, / think in the mofning he
would have told them to 20 and the
other nine plaques would have been
useless. q suppose there was no ice
lin Egypt.)
Now do not misconstruc me in this,
for | was once q boy myself and liked
to slide as well as any one, have been
chased from sliding in places ] had no
business to slide on, and would like
Z see every boy and girl enjoying to the
full extent OF their wishes. Bet it takes
away the enjoyment from me when COM
ing home at night, often tired, and when
crossing the bridge the discoTdant band
playing in full force; and as | never
learned to dance it Is pretty hard for
me 70 side cut, back step, side step and
double shuttle. IL not done at the right
time there is sure to be a break down
which might result bad for the dancer.
Had I the power to tell them to carry
lin their kit ere / got up the hill, that
would help little although the band
would still he played. TO me this is worse
than the toothaehe could get it pulled
but this hangs on as long as the frost.
Now, Mr., Editor, have no young
family Of my own, neither am ! q rich
man; but | am willing to give my mite
for to get a place If such could BE got
that every boy and girl in Barre could
slide to their full content and molest
no one, so that every man and woman in
Barre could walk through all her streets
without having to do the dancing or be
run down.
Excuse me for troubling you as am
no letter writer but as | failed to see
where came in in this right and
proper question perhaps you OF some
other one viii give d fuller explanation
pf ii.
WELL WISHER OF THE BOYS.