The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-10-04
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WASHINGTON, N. j., Sept. 2lst., 1866.
The Jc6ersonian of 18th inst, contains
an article concerning an excursion made
by your wives, daughters, and sisters,
which | think needs correction. In the
first place, you say that between fifty and
sixty Ladies of your borough went pleas
ure seeking, by special car, to Washinton,
in the Jarseys." II is true, that num-
Der of females came here the day you
speak of, who were said to belong to the
pleasant and enterprising town of Strouds
burg; but am sorry to say only few Of
the number should be called Ladies, and
| am quite certain that those few ladies,
who happened to be among that number,
were so deeply mortified by the bad con
duct of those whom you have miscalled
Ladies, to ever again be caught in a SINH
lar situation | would be very sorry 20
see a wife or sister of mine keeping com
pany with females, who seem to think it
all right to step up to public bar and or
der g Gin cocktails, Brandy smashes," ="
'' Whisky skins" &c, &c, besides max
ing use of language very unbecoming to
any person ever dressed in the garb Of
lady.
In regard to the supper, will merely
remark that it is true there was great
display of empty dishes, but that was after
the l. females had devoured sixteen
broiled chickens, thirty five dozen oysters,
twelve plates of cold meat, forty plates of
hot biscuit, thirty plates of plain bread,
quantity of crackers, twenty eight plates
Of pound and cup cake, besides tomatoes,
apple sauce, butter, tea, coffee &c. &c.
\ GU say their appetites were well shar-
pcned, for according to their own state
ments, many of them had come without
their dinners, for that purpose. If the
party had notified the landlord that they
expected to eat supper and dinner TO
gether, or that they wished to make an
anaconda meal of it, he no doubt would
have provided differently. Hoping your
wives, daughters and sisters may travel
! farther and 6ehdUe like ladies the next
time they make an excursion, remain,
Yours, &C.,
| JUsTICIA.
! Remarks-We insert the above, not as a
matter OF jnstce to the landlord at Washing.
| ton, because oil the evidence, as well as the
| blackguardism Of Justicia, goes to show thai
no injustice was done him, nor yet because
of the threat which accompanied the say o
Justitia, but merely to show :he kind Of de-
fense which his treatment of his guests re-
ferred to affords. If the character of the
house is 10 be measured by the character oi
the defense, and by Justicia's merits as
blackguard, we think the ladies of the par
| ty have reason to thank their stars that they
Jared as well as they did, and endeavor Il
to find out the character Of places they de
sign visiting in future. On information de
rived from gentleman who, were guests o.
the house, we spoke courtcously and truth
fully of the supper. To this Iusticia has
nothing TO oppose but the blackguards insin-
uation of want of responsibility on the par
of the guests. What does this amount 10
Suppose that instead of being ladies, as they
were, they had been what Justicia insinua ties
ome,hing less than ladies, would that hav,
juitifed the landlord in taxing them din
ner-and-supper price for something that wa
less than supper. 1t was the sparsity o
the meal that was found fault with. Blu
Justicia presents an array ofbroled chicken
plates of biscuit, bread and cold meats, &c
Justicia is baorder in the house and nigh
have seen these things at the borders tabl {
in all their abundance; but at the excursion
table there were ladies "crying for bread
and no bread in the house to give them
nothing bot the assurance Of one of the ser
wants, that 'the landlord would have hit i
if he had cooked big mess of sour krout ant
schpeck." We leave Justicia to the full en-
joyment of the laurels which his production
may yield him, and assure him that ou
!, wives, daughters and sisters have no fear
of suffering in reputation from the vitupera
tion of men of his stamp.