The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-02
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The last dodge out of Wall street,
SAYS the New York Times. has recently
been exemplified in the changing OF
gallant policeman, on Broadway, VINO
was stationed near an elegant dining
saloon TO escort the ladies across the
street. To secure the favor of this
courteous public funcLionary, he was
invited to dine daily at that saloon,
where the meals were so sumptuous
that in short time his very "eyes
stood out with fatness:" his cheeks be.
came plump and rosy as the jOles of
mermaid; and, altoge her, he was re-
spectable volume of healthful adiposi-
tv. The authorities were so we'll pleas
ed with his general appearance that he
was changed to another station and
.gaunt and lean six footer detailed to
occupy the saloon position. Tine pro-
prietor of the saloon seeing a long, ,lank
and cadaverous "Peeler" in the place
of his long-fed friend, inquired anxi-
ously of the substitute: "W nere's -"
40, he's been changed to another post,
and have been assigned this place."
The disappointed proprietor OF the sa-
loon gave sigh, as when one loses d
faithful friend, and exclaimed: "Ihat
is too bad have fed that man Tor a
long time, for the sake OF having 1t said
that he gets his dinner at my saloon.
He has got fat on his fare. But (sur-
veying his lank friend cap q Pie) fear
1 shall not be able to fatten you in two
years ~
The fastest troting time this season
was made on Saturday afternoon on
Long Island race course by American
Girl, for a purse of $4,000. The entries
were: American Girl, Lucy, Gold
smiths Maid, Bashaw, Jr., George
Wilkes, and Rhode Island. The race
was won in three straight heats by
American Girl, as follows: Time
2:23N, 2:231S, and 2:2l.
The New York Times says that
there never was period when our pub
lie men-Senators, Congressman, CAD
of all sorts-were as vigorously "inter-
viewed" as at this time. The country
papers have copied the practice that was
originally adopted by some OF our CITY
papers, of sending correspondents
around to visit prominent poilt-
clans, to ask their views about Puolle
questions or about each other, and
then printing their remarks. We must
sunnose some of these tattling cores
nondents to be great blockheads for.
though there are few of our politicians
from whom we can expect much in the
way OF knowledge or intellectual dis
play, there are some whom we can
hardly believe capable of talking such
nonsense as is attributed to them by
these "interyiewers." We advise every
self-respecting public functionary, ,after
he has submitted to being ''intervIeW.
ed )" to demand of his interviewer"
the privilege of reading his account OF
the affair before its publication. II they
do not always improve the sense, they,
will quite surely, in some Instances at
least, plane down the impertlnent per-
sonalities. This remark applies NOT
only TO the recent intervieWlngs OF
Sumner and Butler, but to those of
other "great orators" great states
men," and "great soldiers"
-Thomas CARLYLE had an interview
with the Queen the other day, and the
former said with his usual misanthro-
py, "there is nothing but wealth,
Wealth." and the latter replied, "there
is some poverty, Mr.. Carlyle" .-
-Carlyle lives in great privacy at
Chelsea, and although it Is not to pc
presumed that his pen is idle, NOBODY
seems to know what 1t is driving at:
John Stuart Mill is reading the PROOF
of his work on woman. II is said to
exhaust the fair subject.
DIR. (Bull RUM Russell returned
when the Prince of Wales did, from
Egypt. He wrote up the tour. some
of the papers make fun of his letters.
They are very t1unkeyish. 1n one or
them he says: "As there were no other
asses to be found, the Duke of Suther:
1and Col. Truesdale, Col. Marshall
land himselO were Obliged to trudGe on
foot"
John Ruskin looks thin and haggard
and unrestful. He used TO oe seen IRE IRE
0uently at Surgeons IaoernacIe w
Ward which he gave 9lOO), bnt goes no
more. once he said: "SpurGeon, where
do you think Iwould go If should ole
ITO hell and be damned"
"Well, that's frank. 1've asked sew.
eral preachers that question, ana theS
Then the great preacher went on one ear ho
nestly to tell the great author tnAL Ie
once thought there were no sd suon MT ~
tings as his, bnt since he learned Oh
their authors attitude toward religion
| their charm was gone.
-Curran, who, being pressed to say
which of the members of the Garrison a
Theatrical Company in Kilkenny ne
liked the best, replied '.The prom pier;
| because saw less of him and .heat0
| him more diAtiuctlyE than any OF the
| akhara ~ Kamhla AnR1nraa that hn never