The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-28
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= Giunply tictati0s, the tsteame,n in Saratoga,
being carried on in strictly commercial style,
viShout place for sentiment or nonsense. Men
do net Roi;mad, or blow out their brains and
give coroners . fee, or cut their throats and
spoil velvet carpets with the ensuing now OF
blood They do not often get very poor IN the
pursuit or their amusement, for the most OF
.Shofrequenters Of, the tables aresamply able to
lose, if thas is the chance OF the night.
There are but tWo or three first class club
houses m SarstoRa. Messrs. Heenan Mor,
risssey mA8had O. disagreement and dissolved
their connection. TIP Benicia boy setting up an
esfahhshment of his own Jdowa town on . less
elaborate scale, and the Hon. John continuing
his Rame In the we'll known brown stone front,
near the depot. In point OF magDlhcence, MI {.
Norrissey's house. perhaps, stands hrst, the
upholsterer and decorator having made IL lux
urious and fesplendeut with Administer car
pets. lace curtains. inlid rosewood furniture,
5xildia1 Snd frescoing. fh, tables are flooded
With Gssiigbt from massive chandeliers with
many globes, And every appointment suggests
taste more lavish than elegant. He does
/, GOOD husiBeas, il one may believe the 60 sip
which &oee the rounds OF the springe each
moening: With. the glasses OF mineral water.
Aoccrdnf o this : o.s so mors Sas
at single eittlng during race week, and less
experieDced idol OF the people WAS kindly iur-
nished BY his friend, the CONGRESSMAN, with
oheck sufacient to pay his hotel bill and take
him home, after lie had seen his last dollar
vanish. In the shape of an ivory chip, into the
drawer OF the faro table.
81 IA ~ - GEORGE HILLS.
.,e -Uosely adjoining the Union Rot@ with q
couyeniept entrance at the rear nom tnat cara
vansary, IL the clubhouse par excellence OF
Saratoga. It occupies the old Putnam resi-
dence, faro aud roulette tables usurpng the
back parlor where the founder OF the Springs
1sed TO s,t ct home. It is quiet, sedate LOOK
ing house. lacking a. entirely the elaring at
fractions which bla1on forth the business OF
!. the tNeW Driesns gaming saloons. as does Geo:
W. Hil, the proprietor the characterlstlcs OF
IfAe tfsditionsi keeper OF the tiger. A single
1Ss;hmp lights the shaded grass plot IN front.
8 ana Sho@s the mod ast entrance at all hours OF
The night and early morning until the Suo
chahk ca Il to yellow flicker and calls to con-
sarees water or perhaps to bed. You enter
no, you do not, OF course, enter; but II yen
Vere 70 do so you would swing an easily open
ina este. ascend /. few steps and pull ready
doOrIbell. A quick negro answers the nng,
gives one glance through the Slated door-for
it la summr xhd the oak is not sporfed--
throws back the bolt and ushers you in with
that .impressment which is acquired in it's
frandest extent, only by our newly made sui.
. ouca that the house is not large, such as would
serve for the residence OF q tomfoftably-
to-de family and nothing more. An attendant
0uietfy relieves you of your hat and cane, and
YOU, pass through an open door on your iert
into what was once the Putnam parlor. 1t Is
room ofmoderkte size, with quietly irescoed
ceiling, plain but elegant PaIer on the Salls
md modestly furnished throughout. Your
Z SBet db not sink into deep velvet carpets, but
press brussels OF small and tasteful pattern.
The windows are curtained with lightly work
ed lace, aud the. chairs ,uphostered In COM
sln civ Nhon6otinr E0hfa
the room. The general impression ls mtort-
able and easy, as If you were walking intoa pri-
vnte pafior whos6 occupants cared little for
displsy but much for elegant quiet and har-
nao,y OF surroundings. You do not see the
cRilded palace with its tawdry but gorgeous at
hsctions to c8tch the eye and bewllder the
aenseaof which the preacher spoke. Inere y
nothing OF the steamboat saloon or bridal
chamber about it, and while you may be ds-
appointed you cannot but confess that Belize
hub shows much better taste than the chhdren
OF light give him credit tor.
THE rIax&'s HosrrTA1rrY.
-. There is, long table, with snowy CLOTH set
down the centre Of the room, accommodating
some twenty persons. Sideboards witheRlas
and silver flank it. and at the head sits the
host who with q bow aud smile gives you
- ssW ashington" III not here this season, but bis
successor, q grey-haired veteran Of the apron
and napkin. deity shnvels your chair under
yor. and softly whispers an inquiry as to your
svishee. Here is chicken, youUg and te1der,
with tYafRes from far of Normandy; woodcock,
impaled On his own lance-hke bill; baked ham.
IN whose earnishing ~ ARTIST could take pride;
yenjson which Mr. Murray's pilgrims might
have shot but DIDN'T; lamb snimelles, delicate
and suoculent, their light brown relieved by
tho ouried parsley; ducks, that part With
= leg or wing nnder your 9,.s knife IS fl il it
tsom the cold brooKs Of the mountains;
chicken salad, compounded with skill that
vot,d shsnse the smbrosia Of Olympus. Here
ne end potatoes Of q delicacy ETHEREAL. salmon
mates that crnmb!e under your fork and melt
On your lips. huit, pastry, eontecthas, al that at
palate o eourmsnd could Hlsa .h OF 1fSss overs ..
snd siiyer and fine china, . branching epergne
In the oentrp, supported BY MASSIVE wne:cool-
ers on each side, from which the long silver.