Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-30
DAILY LEADER.
New YOrk Manifestations, Actors
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Anew orkcorresponnent of the louis
n y rifle Journal gives the following personal
he gossip of New York notables, as seen dur
ing a drive in the park:
"a continuous, never-eeasing seemingly
endless line of eonyeyances roll past in one
unvarylng streamaHow the harness shines
? IN the bright rays of the afternoon s1n
; now proud the horses seem; how their
I coats g1sten: how they pranee and ~eanter
1 and arch their necks; how pompous do
e nined and Important the livered coachma1. 4
ana now sadly ennuied and DISTINGUISHED
looks the spotted and unfortunate coach
3 dog that trots demurely between the horses
ieet IN seeming jeopardy of life or limb.
what snail l say of the owners and pro-
prlebors OF these numerous vehicles ?
w Whence comes the money that contributes
TO- this lavish display? Do You see a beau
IIuI par OF grays coming rapidly around
the curve IN the Avenue2 HowgracefiIIv
and with, what consumate ease and oracs
the driver guides them through the crowd !
with a somewhat nonchala7t independent
supereilious air he looks about him. Who
Is heE. -. the forgerl Why not at]
Sing Sing? Escaped through powerful
influence. his father=T1a government
onlelah 4 But here comes CFanstohs Of the
New York hotel. See his dashing four
m-hRad, and the = nasty styles IN whieb4
the iveried eoachman handles the ribbons.
Here comes a low-set, rakish looking trot- {
ting wagon light, singlo-seated. and built $
for speed, Bonner, guides the gray or 2
dinary-looking, and scrub-like' beast, that I
has a worldwide fame as Peerless. Close :
behlnd comes John A-d and his qnb. y
tails with a host of satellites ALWAYS to a
be found in the wake of a turf luminary. a
Now we have ahighly genteel and aristo- o
cratic turnout, and Griswold G., with =.
ms cork les, and hundreds to back him, sits y
high on his stunning dog cart andpulls the y
'reins over a pair Of magnificent BAYS. that q
had not their superiors on the road at OF
Saratoga, or the avenue at Newport. W
There goes Ben. w, of the Dahl Neaos. n
with his new team purchased, as the Her Pl
aid would affirm, with a portion of the e
proceeds of that famous twenty-five thou "
sand dollar gold check. MorFisev. ex- w
pugihst and prince of of gamblers, flash ~
ing in diamonds of immense size and rare II
.brilliancy, follows close behind Wander ST.
bilt, who drives Post Boy and ePIow w
Boy and looks meek and sserenelv "a
apostolic in his white neck-clock and Sc 81
we're suit of black. That curlv-headed sh'
man, sleek, cOmplacent, and 'porpoise- an
like is George Francis Train. As he do
leisurely %reelines on the cushioned seats of ro'
coupe, and Iazily looks about him, YOU hg
would scarcely take him for the energetic. I'M
enthusiastic English-hating man that he ~
S. George is a live American, Old lou
Dix trots behind on his immense gray eli
aharwar u-hs,h = sl-11-l aVT
ial looking of the two, despite Generals wa
7ery pronounced military get up Ma or
or General Beforehand, who dashes by !
1t a full gallop, seems as much at home in. an
he saddle as if he had been raised on Co'
.horse-fesh. The general is a lion in bar
fashionable society, and is one of the few OF
oreigners who distinguished themselves bel
n our unhappy civil war. eva
There comes a lady's pony phaeton, as
by a pair of prancing steeds, and gos
ilrs. James Gordon Bennett in her vol n
minous skirts, and low basket wagon. re- nav
lind one Of a bundle of clothes, fresh One
rom the laundry. That pale, careworn. trig
elicate looking man, riding slowly along. Grl
Lester Wallack, and the lady on horse wer
lck is Mrs. lis, the best female rider Mrs
America. How gracefully she sits on cod
ar magnificent English-loOking steed, who OF
ems proudly conscious that himself and nur'
distress are the cynosure OF all eyes. That
utch jew broker, who handles the reins
awkwardly and drives those rare Ham D
etonians, was not worth sixteen dollars the
ur months since. He sold Erie short at 6efo
) and bought largely of Reading in the his
ghties. Such is life. That gorgeous in abou
vidual dressed as if a fancy bali and ImaE
so evidentyhew to him, Struck mort
J somewhere out in Pennsylvania, waite
ID now live in abrown stone mansion in whIc
e avenue. You need not be told that to b
is is Mr., and Mrs. Shoddy, and all the splas
oddly tribe, Including the maiden aunt head
I'm the country in that yellow-wheeled grey
rouche. wi b orange-cOlored carriage ms G
innings and white silken cord tied to II wa
E horses heads. Caesar Augustus wret'
ounted on the drivers seat, seems i'll at stone
se. His hat, with its golden band, isn't iurth
ar so comfortable as tine old felt and some
I coat is tight under the arms. Even purp
Z coach dog is green and badly trained rock,
Bruno doesn'tlike his new home. douD
'ery thing smells of fresh Varnish But lurhl
Is growing late; people are turning true
,ir footsteps homeward long shadows eouId
] upon the green sward and smooth Looi'
we'd roads; the sunsinks far in the west; drew
air is cool and fresh, and on ,Shank's Vanc'
IIn' n1rgI1p my W1X down Thn crowd / NlotdA
and bristIi. q avenne. the lamne arc to his
no rgbtad and brigbt Iiobts o1raady hear
an from our marble ma1s;ons wbera truHn
aItb and luxury dwell. The lone surely
,ad street is one mass of vehicles crowd otho
togetber in one mass of ineytr;cabIo to his
fusion. The lordly f~our-in-hand near me p
rms down the more humble and COM be ha
n one-horse wagon, and the little girls tohgu
lbAir n[,inio,ur ,vonon and tinv S6at aion '
bostiIy drira onas;da 70 lot a dr51nIs out Ia
b.cIma1 mass A c1riousl s~trsrcair who
onCri,o,Is Tass 4bar fornT an 80 on tn,
nging panoramic scene they present eu3ps
!, as l approach the corner of my 70 nal
it is a good place to bid good even hVlhg
10 the gay avenue and my readers
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