The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
Our Cincinnati Letter.
CINCINNATI, June s, 1868.

Our Cincinnati Letter.
CINCINNATI, June s, 1868.
1t seems but q little while since
heard on the street the strain of a
Ipld familiar song AJ
l'when the Spring time comes gentleo oknniS
, And The wild flowers are scattered o,e,'th,
plsin."-
The scten, seemed very appropri
ate, though. as usual, slightly indefi
|. mite. Now that we are well int
: iJune, itlappears tliat the SpfIbg ha,
!. .Ehas not come at all in this year of ou
Lord, 1865, but that there has beer
Jan unacrountable hiatus in, the seis
q ons, and Spring has betni lett shtfi
lthe cold. This year, and liereabouts
1TrArril showers" have. been a mispo
Irhcr, the syllaye &anea To- lIay; kps
at Ieastops. en aast stasay maft
ling, in june 1t was genuine hand
maid to that honorable body the
Board of Health for it washed the
house tops, the streets and alisys IN
most efficient manncr.
During the greater part of last
week the mercury in onr thermotns
Ieters was on spree, and the aIdsEl
Icitizen declared the weather 4he most
sultry he had ever experbnce y
Next year, and the year aftef and e;
on he will no doubt hase she Glns
experience to relate. I
Notwithstanding sIle hear q e1eafl
many people seem toenjoy themselves,
in the line ofpie MICS. Parlnr GFoye5
some ten miles below here on the
Kentucky shore, is the most favored
spot for these gatherings. Owing to
the lull in. river business, it isIn0t
difficult to charter steamboat large
enough to transport small country
town and its peoples brief notice is
given and the Sunday School or So
ciety is off early for a solid days
enjoyment of rural felicities.f j hst
before dark the steamer rubs her nose
against the wharf boat at the loot of
Walnut street and the crowds dis
perse to their hundred homes and
mark down another white day in their
calendar. 2InG9 dnI
Most people consider the lefty a
very dull place to spend the Summer
In. It's fashionable to shut up the
house and be "not at home" whether
one goes away or not. Theaters and
Concert Halls generally suspend, be-
cause, on account of their poor facil-
tiles for ventilation, and 'the numer;
GUS gas lights, they are too hot places
for any civilized mortal to endure,
In place, however, of the Winter
amusements, we have at this season
the National game of Base, BAH,
which, to judge from the crowds. who
patronize it, increasing in size with
every new and closely contested
match, has taken deep aud abiding
-
hold OF the popular heart. The game
bids fair to rival the Derby Day in
England in the enthusiasm it is capa-
BILE Of creating. On last Friday and
Saturday, the Athletic B. B. Club, of
Philadelphia, gave our two pets here
a touch Of their .athletism. 90 The
Buckeys were .waxed" to the tune of
% to g. Ths crarinsati,a plsyedthen
q much closer game and felicitated
themselves on giving the Qaakef City
boys one round 0, though they had
four of the same sort placed to their
account, which stood 13 to Athletics
20. 1t is said that the Athletics "play-
ed Oft in their game with the Buck
eyes, and some of them had money
that said," during the day, that they
could double or even treble the score
of the Red Stockings. A good many
people were of the same opinion, in
the same way, until the result was
had. But they couldn't cipher any
pecuniary comfort out of Is to 20,
without inventing new arithmetic.
The Gazette Of this morning, styles
the Cincinnati club, "The champions
Of the West" 1t is a coed deal for
that journal to say, as it has gener-
ally been conducted in the Buckeye
interest. ~ t,.,".t.,t,q
A comparison Of the scores,i when
these Philadelphians hsve swung
around the Western circle, which
includes Louisville, st. Louis, Bloom
iugton and Chicago, will go far, to
determine the business Of the Gazette's
opinion. Nearly three thousand peo-
pie witnessed the game of last Satur-
day. The Athletics draw one half
of the gate money, their share In the
two games amounting to six or seven
hundred dollars. 1 would not have
it understood from my reference to
the bets, that those people are;the
main patrons of the game; per contra,
I should say that the mass of speea
tators was composed OF the best peo-
pie OF the city, a very large portion
being ladies, who generally appear to
understand the ''points," and cheer
at the right place. ,,IGIA 4
Aside from the foregoing topic,
the greatestiuterestias well
as principal is centered in. oW W ooiEt
ley"--he. of "Butler's Bastile.'' as
Judge Van Trump calls the quon
dam abode of high art. 1t is. per 4
haps, well that the statue was not
removed for Woelley cap now get on
q bust without making Citations from
thes Capital restaurant Just below
here, at No. 20, West Third !sts high
upon the door post, is a very mod