, 1860-01-31

Where Shall we go Next Summer
Inc 1ad<FtHdent Of this week propounds, e7en
at this early period, ere the itosl ha, vanished
the Important question which heads thiz srtic1e
Mr. William: Allen Butler has handled it humor.
ous'y, and eEters iato the saxieties Of the 3lo.s
Bunker family w,th creditabl. Interest. The
topic exercising their minds, to the exclusion
OF all others. is "Whsre shall We go." The
great Fungus, the friend and reliable reference
ot Tie fAnlly. is CONSULTED. aud to certain reu,-
+ ni7snces Of his own last seasons experiments
they pas dua s!teaaieu. ''rhe d7st thing" said
Fungus, toward answering the question.
mere Will we go:' is TO decide where We will
no: go:"
when this proposition WAS announced in the
o9son 9t the Fungus family, they all acknowl-
ceeded At ouce to the practical application Of
ne p1inr'ple. First Of I'LL then,'' said The head
ct he uouse, "we will mot 20 to Staten IsIaud.
Voted unanimously. This disposed Of about
no'a tour hundIsa and hl.7 "egibly Situated Gothic
aud cas1nxi enis xi,sost ill., ste e,s e t1ns IL 81
island, Or Coney Island. nor any islau.l,' con.
t1nued Fungus, who likes to stick to tie main
continent, sud so sail they all. Tie question
va .!en taken upoa Orange and Morri.town,
aao tue whole Of New Jersey, and decdcd with
equal unaninlity ia the ne.ai1ve. Funvn. had
Il confused notion that there were CONSTITUTIONAL
objections to all Oraugenleu, and that at SOM.
PERIOD or other there had teen lighting in th.
ne=;hoorllood Of Norristown, and Is be was
man OF pence, and had, besides, no dis-
position to expatriase himself, ha WIS opposed
to any exodus into the JERSEYS, -Or 10 INV
place out Of the State Of New York; saiI h..
anxious to show his Patriotism aud reduce the
area ot selection. Here there was opposition.
i'll the shape Of an unexpected and vigorous d.
version, headed BY Miss Aratetla Fungus. in
favor # Lenos, Dear, delightful, classic
Lenos, as shc called 1t, "where the air was
where nature was interpreted by the Man Of
Letters Fungus remarked that he supposed
she could get letters wherever there waa i post
office. and inquired how you went to Leaox.
| After some hesitation, it was admitted that the
journey required eight hours, anu that it was
y Gu the New 1lare", aud partly un tue Hoasa-
tonic. This was quit: enou III. Fungus declared
that lle wouldn't run the gauntlet OF three non
dividend paying railroads, mot ii he bad to
6ro't md baAe in tie suu all Summer
!.cnox WAS voted down, upon which Miss Ara.
bella Immediately bolted from the convention,
| carrying with her copy Of Mrs. lowe's Pas
sion Fluwers, mud Mrs. Frances ken1ble Butler
| Year of Consolation.
After successfully yosin. down all " estcheste.
County, then als Roeklaad County, they finally
decided against all ADORE the Highlands aud I'll
|*soi0 it. Eut Fungus, grea. aud n,asnanimous
re.opencd the question, thinking shat, with 50
much territory to explore, they would be sure
Of p'ac. somewhere.
But he reckoned withont his host, or rather
| without his landlord. No soon WAS i: knowr
Fungus was looking for place on the yiser than
It see'ned Us il III! the river counties were con.
tending III their efforts to ''locate" him. liz
spent tue greater part Of his time on the line ol
the Hudson River Railroad. He examined IN
incretlible number Of large farms with very
small houses, nnu Of large houses with yery
small farms. lie says that he ceased to wunie,
that tue Goths have become extinct, consider
ing their style Of cstta4+ architecture, and the
tact that in tue upper stories the only way to
avoid bruises and contt,sions from contact wit!
tile ceiling is TO take 10 the bed. Hc explored
| several places Which wcre recommended on tlI
theory that they had been Wuslin:ton's head
quarters, but Fungus exploded the theory in
every instance BY actual measurement Of the
inside height Of the walls, the result Of which
showed that it was physically impossible rhas
they could nave been Wnshu*ton's hcad1nar.
| tiers, as the upper beams were SO near the Hoor
as to furnish uo quarters fur his lead. In one
ot these .veucrable buildings Fungus declares
that Il" had to lie down on the door to get a
| .'e" out VI tue 1sont "lnooT; waef lie lld get
| 1t, he tJt'n'i that tor once. The advertisement
had told tue truth. 1t had described the view
as 'cxiandiny rs far As tue rye could reach. u
And how far do you suppose that was:" saws
Fungu+"to the gable end vi the barn.
| Fiaally, he WIS driren to the old method. aud
attempted tu force decision in favor Of some
one place by Rejecting all the oihe1s. It WAS 4
failure. for te rejected the whole, aud By this
time lie had arrived 1T this conclusion the sum.
ner was half g"ne. and his entire family were
1us'tists and .ayabonds over the face Of tlc
| green earth.
| 1t il thus as yet an open question wll.rc We
| shall 20 next summer