Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30
NEW YORK. August u.

New YORK, August ~.
Mr. EDIToR Il have had tour this
summer and have to my great JOY
returned home (alive.) I will proceed
to tell you about it. To commence you
must know that I have particular
friend in fact my Damon" Tor demon
I am not clear as to the spelling) and
he told me, that in order to do the
correct thing must take trip for two
or three weeks, go to Saratoga, or the
Catskill, OF some such place, just to
make an "epoch," a sort of mile stone
to Irvine, so that if one says: " ere
you round to Smiths the othernight ?"
you answer, in loudly way, "oh no
my dear fellow, I was in Sawatoga."
Well this friend of mine is, to use
Bowery phraseology, hunky arguer
and so consented to go; we packed
our bags and after spending divers
quarters in guilds, books and other
things travelable, Friday night three
weeks since saw us on the "Druvs"
upper deck looking back with wistful
eyes, Il speak for myself,) upon the
fast receeding spires and chimney
tops of dear, comfortable, old New
York.
own I was little blue and 1 be-
lieve that L actually felt remorse be
cause, having found but one button
equally distributed between two shirts,
I had "blowed up" my washerwoman
that very morning but hunger is a
master spirit and nothing will allay
morbid feelings like good supper, and
a good ~ nights rest.
But every night has its morning and
walked by that diabolical combination
of brass yclept gong we rubbed open
our eyes, and having opened the state
room door to get room enough to put
our coats on, took, through the fog u
dissolving view of Albany. Albany
must be a good place for the Legisla-
ture, for no sane man would move for
an extra session if compelled to reside
there, it is also, should judge a " capt
tai place" to emigrate from, at least we
took that view and the 7.15 train at
the same time, and at Ben Nevis, the
end of our rail,roading, the pleasures
of mountain life began, pleasures
mind you.
Dear Colonel do you know anything
about staging ?" Ii happily Ignorant
take my advice and pursue your quest
OF knowledge in another direction, for
fancy yourself astride the ridgo-pole of
country school house i'll the midst OF
an earthquake and you but approximate
the reality. The time of our ride was
about equally divided between keeping
ourselves in and the dust out. " Vain
efforts both and upon allighting at
r the driver had the impudence
to charge us If we hadn't played bali
asst, for his old concern / nm morally
sure 'twould never have got through.
Now if there ever be Il time for one
to think seriously, lis where he has
done something for-he knows moi
what, to please--he knows not whom.
Why in the name of common sense q
person will leave comfortable home
to sleep on hard beds, live on print.
tive food, and climb inaccessible noun
tains, where single miss step will rem.
der him brilliant candidate for obitu,
airy honors-is a problem the solving
/ leave to others. We stayed here one
mortal week, and oh ho,c we did enjo,
ourselves. True, we shot nothing, fol
there was nothing to shoot, and when
We went fishing we caught nothing bu
heavy colds, and what If the water dit
make us bilious those were nothing
trifies-mere bagatelles, a philosophical
mind, clear. conscience can carry
man through anything but DEATH
Human endurance has its limits, ant
at the first letter from home we " stood
not upon the order of Our going bu
went at once" aud now under my owl
thrice dear roof-tre | look back, an(
in fullness of heart, I thank God it's pas
Respectfully, ALBRIGHT. =
Hea~ Washington Chapter Royal AreI
Masons meets tonight.