Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-02-22
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WRITES LEDGER

MADISON, WIS., soN
r. NJ White,
Mexico. No.
l5ear ssr: Thlnking that perhaps
. would ike 10 hear something OF
the Northern country as well as Q
The south, I viii write you a ie~
Hess j have enjoyed reading the
|kxters from GeDrge Kabrich and also
Mrs. Graham's.
We have bad quite cold @e@'hel
this wsntcr. The THERMOMETER VEN
rs low a. 81 below zero For a per
loa d Two weeks the warmesS ri
ros WAS z bosow zero me weFmess
Part Of The day, We have had sne
nnszt ssciehine I ever law since ?
eay after Christmas.
The SNOW did not drlfa, as u asaa
and ieave some bare spots IN the
road. bun every SPOT is covered
Where the sncw Is ppckcd hard IN
The roads now, Mas 8 or 8 INCHES
deep
YESTERDAY it Was quite warm and
,hawed just a little. but Tins morn
ing the thsrmometer was 2 above
aero at Z O'Clock. 10 you know thu
eperything Is solid again
The Ice mon are busy putting up
lice that Is 20 inches thick
II ts sarprisipg how co9d II can se'
here. ana pleasant Y Is at the
same time / thItk that We do MOI
notice 10 below zero any more TIA
We would 10 above Ut Mexico We
viii feel the cold here worse be
fore The lakes freeze over as ths
air Is dampef then.
viii tell you Of some Of ohs
sports the Young people tand yo'
would be counted as p Of th'
the young pe,pie hercl have,
There Is a hill in town that rum
} down for Two blocks end then has
rise for Tie entsre next block ans
fhen as you turn left into the sla'
street slopes down again and yo'
can 20 another block tnrn to you.
! LETT aealn end You are on the paci
tvaek for one aud one half blocks
You have a coast 81 ) ~ blocks an'
get bach wsthin.A ~ blocks Q
who're goa stared. They 5 doubl'
bobs that wig hold six q eight peo
d pie, and. i tell you, y Is grsa
sport. il 4hat is not exciting enousI
! ali YOU have to do to get more ez
/ citement Is 10 90 to the Undyerstt'
grouuds where the Athlete Boar
has constructed a toboggan slfd'
This IS made OF matched lumber ON
lis about two feet wide and two Zee
deep. Ii makes a downward slide 4
j abow 200 feet AZ a good sharp L
4 cline and the next 500 feet il no
quite So steep. Then the next 50
Islfeet Is at an ange OF ~ degrees
II then strikes the lake and the slid'
then 81 on the level for 1000 fee
more. TIE Slide, after II gets 0
the level Is only six inches high o
Tie sides, as there Is little DANCE
OF Inc t-cboggans jumping out arte
~taeg get on the level. TIE entii
slide ii about 1s2 mile long and q
larger ioboggana bod eight Poop
land they attain q speed Of fast'
than a mile 0 minute
10 give you some idea Of q
70 speed. Il VIII suffice 70 say that
10 your clothes come in contact wil
" the side Of Gle slide, II Wis bun
~ d hole in them quicker than a co
ag Of fire viii do It. One Of my wife
1t brothers let his trousers, wie'
y they were wrlnkid az the knee. =
against the siSe and in goiag dow
= once blirned hole as large az
quarfer. The aWihoriees DO not /
e low any n under Is years Of age
20 30 on this SIDE.
vi There are two that are short
'n- and Jess steep in differens parts
~ town FOR The children.
.ei This is a very lively TOWN wi
az more than 4,0eo students in Z
University. / lave foer boys rooI
n Ing al my house, 80, with my ov
a. family vo, can keep our share
ld, the racket going. Please rememt
I'll me 10 the entire office force and
he so to my many other friends Of Ne
81 leo.
TX Yours truly