SNOW-SKATE RACE IN NORWAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 218, 22 July 1879, Page 2

SNOW-SKATE RACE IN NORWAY.

- Hie race of the above description, whicl took place a short time since on a heiehf t jnjvejt saidic -*' ve I bcen \V The Kin. 0 < - f™™ an^ orff »y and Prince Han's oi ' Snf lu ° i ei ; ei f sent ' Severaith °«- mis of people had come out to witnesi , he proceedings, which were favoured alsc I Y«%- All the principal snow. ' vl' )OU ' ,gI,GI ' Sollsllatlcomco Miou-skates some seventy to eighty miles ; «™tho mountain ranges insert Ae part m the race. The hills in mm tion presented a stretch of some 10,000 ft . sunplytorundownaheight, though al equal, is considered but light work b persons experienced in thejcraft of snow gating. A. leap of 50ft had therefon heon airanged by means of the snow bein down the lull ; lt behoved the skatert pass this dug-out part "flying" and lc further, endof/sallyi" " g ; In *« Proximity of this point hac jr te il ™all tribune, decoratec v»ith tins, for the accommodation of the royal personages. The palm of the day TO carried oil by the young men hoi Phelemarken; and, among the many ex. penenced hands present, the first U was accorded to a youth of sixteen ftw tlmjust-mentionedpartof the country IvliosejumpreaehedOOftjthesameyoutt M, a few days previously, skipped no! less than 60ft. The best skaters wen summoned to the presence of the king who conversed with them; seven silvei ups, presented by his majesty, besides a ewinoncy awards, were in the evening h tabued as pme at a simple collation held in honour of the occasion. Early on the following day the happyskaters started oft mi their return passage across the fjeld,ni a cold of 12 deg. to U dee. goainuv) below zero (equal to 27 deg. to i\ deg., Farenheit below freezing), carping w.th them to their primitive homes, besides silver CU ps, „ot a few pleasant recoJleetions of a memorable day. This kmd of sport on the snow has of late years come into groat favor throughout the country I„ some of t]le Ilorthern where the snow during a period of the year !s many feet deep, people of all a°cs have to take to snow-skatmg as a means of locomotion, notably for getting to church on Sundays, °

-Sydney Smith retorted upon somebody who called him an everyday man, " » oil, ut I am an everyday man, you are aweak one.

A Washington correspondent of the JSew ork » Times»relates the following good one:= & Some days before theadjounnent of Congress, as the story goes, good natured and pondei-ous&enatorM'Oreery, of Kentucky. was waddling down Pennsylvania avenue', when a dapper young gentleman, one of that class which delight « S o C ieiy girls" bv exclaiming at intervals during a faahionabio reception "Have you bsen very gay this season! approached him with the question, "Ah, Senator, how do? I called on you this morning, did you get mv card! ° J \

" Yes," said the senator, dryly, «1 20 t the card; but what did you mean by writing 'E.P.' in the corner of it?" .'Oh that," said the young gentleman, evidently delighted at being able to *ive information, "that, you know, means'en poraonne-in -other words, left in person. i

"Yes, yes,"said the Senator,meditatively, "I see." The next day Mr M'Creery again met the young man, and this time, going up to him, said, "Ah, by the way, I called on you this morning; did you get mv card? J

, Yes, sir; yes," was the reply; "W it; but I say Senator, what in the world "id you mean by writing 'S.B.A.N.'in the corner of it ?" "What!" cried the old gentleman, laughing all .over his face, "didn't you understand that ? ■ I'm surprised. What should I mean but sent by a nigger ?"

Elopement-Running a forbidden race to reach the goal of repentance, Conversation Overheard at a CricketMatch at Lord's.-Lady : « I suppose ■when they don't run they don't have any put down to them!" Intelligent undergrad: JNo, they have a duck, and two ducks make a pair of spectacles, youknow." Lady (evidently much enlightened);" Oh, yes, of course!" ' J ' The Newßoy.-When anew boy appears at a Boston school, the other boys don't say anything to him at all, unless it is to infwT- ay ', }' OU ' what ' 3 y er name?" Who syer daddy!"" Where What reader are ye in!'," Is thenryer Sunday clothes?"" got a watch?" "foiii' to treat?" winding up with a generaf invitation to fight. Which is the most powerful—the earth or the sea? The sea, of course it has such a lot of muscles. At a Somersetshire agricultural meeting lately one of the toasts was, " The medi-\ cal profession—.and less need of them." I Eggs-actly.-The period spent by a chicken in the shell might bo designated as the inter-egg-num, " Ah, Agustutus, how soothing is nature ! See how beautiful those birds look upon the wing !" "Yes-just so, Angelina. Eut, excuse me, I-I think the wings are on the birds."