New-York tribune., 1867-07-31

and traditional feathsrs. One lady determined not
to be caught without her Clothes carried tnein IN
small retoule But the picture In its entlte was no. no.
night abont them to and FRO they fitted like pleas
ant dreams And said to myself. like Sir Gaiahad'
though not gal had among the many
with folded feet in stoles OF white,
On sleeping wings they sail
Nay more, I parapbrasod the beautiful lines OF the
Laureate and cried to the listening walls-which
being credited with cars should also have appre-
ciated eyes
Oh, blessed vision, beauteous maids.
MY spirit shakes of all its cares
A like white brides, the concouTse glides,
5tarlik6 to mingle with the stairs
few of my own sex were domciled on the same
floor, and made their appearance In hastily impro-
that the ladies had decidedly the best of 1.-THE men
did MT look pretty bit. Never before did realize
how utterly unpicturesque men do look when sud-
denly reused from their sumbers-h0w dependent is
the masculine figure on the adyentitious aid Of art
for any grace and beauty which it may possess. NO
dainty rues and intricate embroidery to their rooes
de mutt Gaunt, GRIM and peculiar, they tore up ana
down the halls looking for their boots and swearing
in hOarse tones because they found them not 'ther
eyes red and swollen, their faces unshayen ana tne
odor of rank Weeds rather than OF roses hoatlng
in their hair. Bah! I'm disgusted with my 1el-
lows ont of cOnceit with men, and utterly AT loss 70
conceive how woman can consent 10 take up WIN
one, =, .o
Soothing the feminine mind is not at all my strong
suit so bolting tue door of the room when coz &
tanned my nvaluablcs bolted Tor tne strse. ;e ~
mon 1Ossibe TO STAY the progress OF the ueNouiihS
element !" ater myself that that phrase Is 1i Ia
and quite as neat as original 1t turned out tnat INC
far from the rear of the Union Hotel (Those who
know how dangerous fire in the rear Is geneTaiiy
considered will longer wonder at the alarm OIL le
inmatesl 1t originated IN stable ana tnat anu
several adjoining buildings were wrapped Ill
flames" u,
"oHr firemen were promptly on the ground :" there
quote from the local paper. And we were; lou
should have seen CoOney OF - Hlll' ana
myself rushing madly around with the unaccustomed
cry of "waterp on our lips. ALI honor to our gal
LIANT Fire Department says The SratogIan OF TINS
morning. SO say l. So, indeed. say all OF u.s.
word about the Fire Department of Saratoga. Two
wears ago it consisted of two men and one watering
pot last year the burning of Congress Hall suggested
the necessity of increase of the dfere-the cor
pOratiOn reveled inS0ne man and two watering pots;
Now it numbers three men, three steam engines: ana
a small boy who cleans the brass work All tneSo
were promptly the ground within half an hour OF
so of the sounding of tho alarm When III Is con-
sdered that the horses had to be currlod ana naL
pins whitfield for the wheels One indeed has cause 10
marvel at the dispatch In less than an hour stream
of water was playing furlonsly over all tne fpeG,
wont out with an umbrella-and the " flames" nav,
ing burned up all the wooden buildings that happened
around were "subdued"
have not enough paper-and modeSty forblds,
COOney sat calmly on stump, smoked up my ms,
cigar and took down the whole thing In shoft-hano
mot forgetting to state cause for the casualty
that the establishment did not advertise III ~.
-, that the Associated Press account was dls-
torted and garbed. written with view TO the fur-
therance of Wal-st. speculators and that tho one
which he sent on was obtained at trouble and ex-
pense which very few would be willing TO believe,
winding up with eulogium of the enterprise when
eharacterizes all - correspondents. The main
credit of staying the conilagratiOn, perhaps rests
with Col. Johnson, who uncovered his Congress
Spring and set the dipperbOys at wOrk-procIhnine
in loud and rather excited voice that all gratuites
benefited the boys directly, and were ere
carved O" One end Of small blaoksmit th-shop was
saved the anvil having been previously f9ihoVSu @ aH
deposited 80 safely that it has not since been i9nu
The figure of man-an ola cast snee un, hic xos S
there for repairs, was also rescued Having often
been under fire before. this man did MT mind much.
But four fine horses roasted IN their stas,alas
that this should be where hOTsc-hiTo is already so
high This morning horse steaks Inquired on the .nls
of fare of all principal hotels for the oeneh1 Oh
hippOphagous French bOarders. -, r.
1hs foregoing statement must be takens like Con
eress water, with some grains OF salt. Bnt on tne
whole 1t ia perhaps as near the truth as most news
paper correspondents get i'll writing from watering
| places.
Seriously, there was, indeed cause for alarm and
! we have all cause TO be thankful that dam
| age was done Had the wind been blowing tho
| Union and the Clarendon would have been emi
| nenty endangered, and the loss OF thoso hotels
Sery abrapty. IL Is dreadful 70 think OF the good
clothes that would have been lost and the wigs and
| the waterfalls that would have persisted. There
were more white faces looking out of neighborine
windows than have met my gaze for some time. even
the negro walters, the only representatives, of oui
Southern brethren now staying at the Springs being
| blanched with terror.
| To one accustomed to metropolitan fires there was
| an engaging novelty about the scene which pre-
| Cluded thought of the unpleasant consequences
| which might so easily ensuc. The boarse hail OF
| trunpets which obtains ip New-YorI not there,
and it might be added neither was tho constant rain
| of water 1t was rather delightful too TO have no
fre-linits established and be permitted to 60 wher-
ever one pleased without having his head broken by
a policeman's club, OF being threatened with arrest
on.suspcion of intent to carry off kegs Of nails coils
of lead pipe, and the heavier articles of furniture
| But do not know that nor any of us are anxious
| to experience any more fires in the country"-es-
pecally in the vicinity Of our hotels And do hope
that in view of what might have happened, our
gallant fTemen will appreciate the necessity OF get
aud that the village will to it that there is a
| larger and more accessible supply of water And
now, having fred you will permit me to fall back