The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-08-01

dly and gallent lawyer announced his
intention to make , business. trip to
Boston, and politely otferd his services
as escort to Madam.
The lady was anxious the lawyer
was polite; the husband was confiding
and the consequence was that the two
former went on, one fine evening, BY
the Fall River boat, for Providence,
and therce forlNewport The worthy
merchant was to follow on Saturday,
aud the legal gentleman was to retutn
from Boston il time to meet him at
the watering place.
Madam promised TO write as soon
as she reached her place Of destination
bat no letter appeared. On Saturday,
the husband posted of, to meet the
wife of his bosom, bllt-as the novel
lists say-'Judge ofhis surprise, when
he arrived at Newport and found no
wife of his bosom To meet She was
not at this hotel-she was not at that
hotel-she was not at any other hotel
lin fact, not to put too fine point
upon it, she was not at any hotel at all.
Eaper inuniries finally 'develonq6
the fact that gentleman and lady, ans
wering to the description ofthe missing
ones, had passed one night at priya-
te boarding house, under the name of
Dir. and Mrs. -. They had gone,
however, the next morning, with the
intention Of visiting Nahant.
To Nahant, then, the now Mortified
and unhappy husband went, but no
such couple had been known to make
| their appearance there. Returning
to Newport. he made investigation a
ulong the steaboat and railroad people
and found that bis wife and his friend
had had their baggage checked for
New York, when they leftl
After keeping up this wild-goose
ase for several days, the disparing hus
band discovered the guilty ones at Long
Branch. on the Jersey coast, passing
passing for q newley-married couple,
and doing up the delights Of the honey
moon in ga cottage By the sea-"
The gallent lawyer fed, as from the
wrath to come, and the lady received
the full glory Of her hushand's wrath.
AS final be sent her home to father
IA respected clergyman living in
Brooklin-and purchased q revolver,
with which he intends to shoot his for
mer crony, the FIRST time hey meet. |
should advise the legal gentleman, frs.
fly, to mend his morals and secondly
90 stay away from New York as long
as he can. AS both parties are well
known, and in good society, the affair
has caused an immese excitement among
the quidnuncs, though much trouble
was taken to keep it hushed up, from
the first.
The excursion ofthe Great Eastern
to Cape May is one of the best speci-
mems of how our British cousins dep
iete Jonathens money bags, that l ev-
er saw Tickets, tee dollars, but moth
ing furnished except the passage. Re
freshments were to be had on board,
however, at very neat little scale of
| prices, which reminded one of old CAL
ifornia days, when a cook turned up
his nose at customer who offerd only
seUen thousand dollars for a plate of
pork and beansf The Greet Eastern
showmen had the kindness to supply
mattresses to gentlemen without extra
charge" but as all berths and state
rooms were reserved for ladies Cat g
very round price extra), the gentlemen
hardly knew what to do with their
mattresses after they got them. The
fact is, the directors Of the big ship
sent her sent over here to make mon
ey, on the principle of the Quaker who
told his son to do likewise. "John,
get money: honestly if the can-but
get it!''
A gentleman named Bolton lately ft-
ted out vessal to go to Japan, and
Just before sailing, instituted whole
sale rat-hunt--as the ship was overrun
with those unpleasant animals. In the
course of this general slaughter, one of
the sailors, penetrating far forward, in
some dark and unused corner, found a
young girl, some sixteen or seventeen
years old, and very pretty, coiled up
in the smallest coz pass possible, and
apparently in imminent danger of suff-
oeation for want of fresh air.
On brining her ont, she said, in rep
~ to the Captains questions, that she
had no home nor parents. AL her rel
atives, SO far as she knew were dead,
and she had been living out at service
for some time, but did not IKE it, SO
she determined to go out to Japan.
She had seen Tommy" the lively boy
interpreter, when the Embassy were
here, and had conceived an enthusiast
admiration Of him, which led to her
choice Of Japan as a Strange country
for to see." She rsasond, quite shrw-
dly. that as Ton,mey Was partial to