JOSH ON ICE. Having herd mutch sed about skating parks, and the grate amount ov helth and muscle they woz imparting tew the present generashun at a slite advanse from fust cost, i bought a ticket and went within the fense. I found the ice in a slippery condishun, covering about 5 akers ov artyfishall water, which waz owned bi a stock company, and froze tew order. Upon one side ov the pond waz erekted little grosery buildings, where the wimmin sot on benches while the fellers (kivvered with blushes) hitched the magick iron tew their feet. It waz a most exsiting scene: the sun waz in the skeyand the wind waz in the airand the birds were in the Southand the snow waz on the groundand the ice lay shivering with a bad koldand angells (ov both genders) flucktuated past me pro and con, 2 and fro, here a littl and thare a good deal