The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-10-15
SPICY LETTER.
sAa fSer On Saratoga, Lake Geor4e.
the Grselea Bend, snd Other Thine.


'soAa Fsar On Saratoga, Lake Gserxs
the Greelan Bend. and ntn.. wI.-..
Charles Il. Webb has resumed hi
"John PauP' Letters to the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican. From the IA.
one We take this extract concerning hi
vatering-plsce experiences:
Lake George is chiefly famous 70
burJing-grounds and the Fort William
Henry Hotel-the conduct of the lat
ter largely contributing to the popula
ton Of the former. arrived there "a
the hotel-not the burying-ground) {.
IL o'clock o'night, after riding sixtee1
miles on the top Of an uucomfortabl,
coach, my legs all tho while twisted VI
under my long and lean body, in grass
hopper fashion A room had been en-.
Gagged for the companion Of my sorrow.
and myself; but on our being
shown to it, four pairs of boots were
found outside the door. Being opened
with skeleton key (there is many a
skeleton in that house,) no one was
found inside; tho beds we're unoccu.
pied. But the air was close, and above
all there hovercl an astounding and
perceptible mustincsa, a smell Of old
cheese. Soon after, falling into a per.
sistent and impertinent troubled sleep,
l was reused from dreams of Indians
by stings aud arrows Of some most out
rageous misfortune. Striking = light
and an It itude, l examined things,
and uncovered and discovered $685..
9Ol' Il like to be exact and particular
about numbers) can,arade. de 1T. Ev-
dently they had been there all winter,
and intended to fight it out on that
line all summer; 80, as they had PRIOR
ty Of claim u we'll a. the advantage in
point Of numbers, I wrapped up what
was left Of me in my overcoat, and With
my valise for pillow, e.mped the night
on the floor.
In tue morning We made a thorough
investigation, and such = sight you
never saw, and never may you, I pray
Heaven. The mystery Of tho boots at
the door, the night before, became
clear to our minds at once. The body
and breeches belonging to them had
been eaten up by these terrible things
and the boots would have been had
they not been set outside Scooping
up as many Of them (bugs not boots,)
as pillow-case would hold. I tied up
the mouth securely and sent it to the
Office with the compliments Of room
1874. The result was that We got an
other room (somewhat better than our
former company but tho mattresses
even there seemed 10 be stuffed with
corn'cobs aud broken crockery, and like
a traveller who has once been attacked
BY tigers, I dreaded the jungle Of sleep
With terror; comparing notes with 9th
ers, I find ell declare there is not a bed
fit to sleep on in the whole house.
Spring beds one might dispense With,
but why don't you put in a few sum-
mer ones? Entertainment for man
aud beast" should not be construed to
mean that the beasts are to be enter
tanned on the man
Saratoga this year is the same rs sv-
or r-only little more SO. The opening
Of Congress Hall-gorseous csravansa-
~, with its wide aud famous corridors.
Unto which you set your boots at night
and never SEQ them again)-has
brought out all the McFlimseys and
and id fools generally
who have nothing to do. and want some
place to go and do it in. Congress
Hall has much to answer for IN the
splendid facilities it affords for the dis
play Of afluent and efflucnt folly. Its
spacious piazzas, and its roomy parlors
are provocative Of promenading, and
the temptation to attract attention and
show OF, no matter in how ridiculous a
yuise, seems Irresistible to the fair vo-
taries Of fashion. Such exhibitions one
seldom sees in this work-dsy world,
md never out Of Saratoga.
And above and beyond all, the PAN
nier Never saw I such sight before
-(nor behind either, for that matter }
The sylph-like maiden of the present
season is bumped like camel, and not
altogether unlike whale.
Pannier, you must know, is French
for anything that sticks out. Steel,
wh.leoone, and stufhog, enter into its
composition. Regular as evening sets
10, the curious and medit.tive guests
seat themselves in position to view the
pannier.ama.
Indeed, there il much to see aud
considerable to learn. The Greciaa
bend first attracts attention. This is
achieved by hosting the shoulders in
to the car, throwing the chm upward,
the chest forward, aud the trunk back
ward, and dangling tho little hands
from the waistband like a kangaroo's
short fire paws 1t is rumored that a
species of martiogale is worn to bring
about the most stylish Grecian, while
others absolutely hold that sticking
plaster is used to maintain the unnatu-
ral position. Practiced in the wilds it
would be bad enough but cob it Is
pitifal near q whole city full"
Whx .lo not the CLERGY. xho haxa ~