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Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
DOLLARS AND Dimes The follow;n, ev

DOLLARS AND Dimes. The followinc ev.
tract from the discourse of a minister means =
great deal: The race of this age after riches. y
says he, us not healthy race, but madden
ing rush. 1t is like rush to breach-to a
breach in the citadel of Mammon, with its de-
fences OF thick competition, mounds of bank
ruptcy, and files OF bad debts-besieged by a
magazine of capital large guns for wholesale
and small guns for retail. The sole object is to
be up at breach first. Never mind your
neighbor., Hit him on the face, shut up his
eyes or close his mouth. If he Is down keep
him down, or sink him lower. Plant your heel
in his mouth; it doesn't signify-all a fair spec.
uIatlon. The thing is to mount the breach
honestly if you can; but mount at any rate,
though you use your friends as stepping stones
and, when you have mounted, plant your
hag, look round with complacent benignity, |
and say you re a rich man."
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

AT Boston recently, the vane on the steeple
OF the East Cambridge MerhGdiSt Church, re-
teercd to ascend and throw it down. He
climbed up by means of small ladder and
having accomplished his object, proceeded to
descend After coming down part of the way,
he found hiself on tower, 25 feet above the
roof of the church, his ladder immovably
fixed, and himself quite unable to move either
upwards or downwards. After remaining some
hours, he was at length rescued from his
perilous position by the chief of the fire de-
sounding an alarm, and bringing hook
aud ladder company to the spot, which soon
relieved him.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
IGEXERAL NArrRr-Nn. An

p.,... An Act in relation Ia bOInijps
enaeted by the Senate House nf Rrnreep.tir.. s
States Ot America hl.t 1I,t
non OFF priyat, n,,sciaI,
m;,t VINO enlisted into the military srryre of ihe
oaIeS PRIOR 10 July twPny-sec0nd, hundr.d
nn under the proclamation o the PresIdan f ~
"a ar SrN OF NAY third eighteen hundred and sixy.or
hersoe d OF the War Department issued pursuance
au Was actually mustered before etyh
en nundtrd and sixty into regiment company or
nh ~nch was accepted bv the War Department under
Nucn prcAnAti"n and orders shall lie paid Tie fI ouriv -
one hundred dollars under virtue of The ga ia
.,s :" 'hr " ar DepH nlPnt, the time Of
and por ." July SECOND eighteen
ALREADY been paid. ' Wv 0"he mas h"t
Approved April %. 1872.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
tGExERAL NArURr-No .c

an Act 10 erect two land di> rirts IL, ~
the Uuir S.P W me SENATE and House Representative d"
Iii rbs' 49,, o. America in assembled III
yatt m me State "f Nebraska which lies wrs, f &
OF NrbrasL "l me SIXTH principal meridian in the Saie
Oe and the hereby CO...
Western district '''e' " oe named aud called the
Nemaha dsc al those psris q" h Sonth Platte and
Psr and east OF range twentyrsf VEST a g % west
y o ana Ire same hereby erected into srd
hepubean Valley district "e H"eu anu called the
81 Inat The President be- and he Is hereby
the Ssns appoint by and with the aud i
80 :, register and receiver for each al SAID rd ~
etS VINO shall lie required 20 reside AZ fb s,,a ~ us
nS W taen case respectively. shall nrrfrn ks dis
10 receive the
in said State. W ia" LOT Otler land-othces
Approved, ADril
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

uentenan IN Germantown. blessed with very Jealous
We gave her lesson and himself hearty laugh n6t ong
sncr ov very simple yet ingenious device While his wiIs
visiting ne cut from couple figures repre-
sente IN the act o kissing H. in such nostie
that the light would reflect lite sized shallow upon he
o te Thd"w that she would arriving and await the
esa lie heard footsteps then they paused and we're fol-
explained itself and the story ended ~ ~ '
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
d. April %. 1873.
iGESERAL HArrRr-H,, ~

tGENERAL EATuRE-Nn
hort enued the time far filing Claims for additional
aud sixty six. 'N'' ''%H'' eisn'eeh hundred
he enacted by the Senate and House Of Represen.,i
Lnlled states Of America ia Congress ass.nhd rst
~ I,i lhx Claims Tor additional bounty nmirr the ac
mh weny eighth eighteen hundred aud siyy..ix and
~ pItu 10y limitation January thirteenth h.
u seventy one be- and the hereby revived snd
dr.d sS @ shr lhrteenth day January eighteen hun
ahl ,eFeny-threp; and that all srb
Iana 'ut proper department after the thirteenth dav M
nssss hundrrd and and IrEIrr the
t;, tniS act shall b- deemed have been filed In due
Approved, April 22 1872 N~'NeN "H'uou' SHhS.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

lady who had just arrived the CITY was attracted
Gty ty eemlny by little boy The lie was bright
niue fellow but her Siabby lreEsrd and had an
OF this world $50 '"''ASS '"~u 'He HshtA
Where is your home. my little son ," she asked
= halnt got no home he al >wprpd.
Got no homer she Repeated the tears sandip, In h..
'-' 'ea'' S'A"uIns in heE
~" marn,' said he equally affected Il board"
Ih sweet sal iace of the lady rod
the gsssanler film OF her veil. TE Oe"ea'n
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

an EPISCOPAL IL 'RSE-In one Of his tours Elder John
Iell came up at night public uuSa where he ss az
2 am whFe ne proposed n the right. The land
i hr nun wlth smiling cOnntenance told him that
t onlt new harn he nicely prepared accommo-
atr clergy Il have said he very good stable with ali
the ED0venentS for Episcopal horses and srt
sbe Tor Prebverian horses. while old barn for
horSeS the ter iSaccordny Stve of h, sabs
well replied the Elder every body knows that nm
pApst Out my horse s an EnIseupalAn
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

Was ONCE YOUNG 1t is an excellent
thing for all who are engaged in giving in
StrucIlon to young people frequently to call to
~ mInd what they were themselves when young.
This practice is one OF the most likely to i'm
part patience and forbearance, and to correct
unreasonable expectations. At one period of
my life, when inStructing two or three Young
people to write, found them, as thought,
unusually stupid. | happened about this time
to look over the contents of an old COW. book
written by me when a boy. The thick up-
strokes, the crooked down-strokes, the awk.
ward Jennings of the letters, and the blots in
the book, made me completely ashamed of my
self, and | could at that moment have burned
the book in the fire. The worse, however, |
thought of myself, the better | thought OF nv
backward scholars | was cured of nv un.
reasonable expectations, and became in future
donhly patient and Iorbearing In teaching
youth remember that you once we're young,
and, in reproving their youthful errors, en-,
deavor to cali to mind your own Cough.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

1EARs.-There is sacredness in tears. They
are not the mark of weakness, but Of power
They speak more eloqucnty ten thousand
tongues. They are the messengers of over
whelnng grief, of deep cnnrririon, If unsneak-
a"le love. Ii there were wanting any argu.
ment to prove that man i not mortal. | would
look Tor 1t in the strong convul>ive emotion of
the breast when the soul has been dernlv
agltated, when the fountains of feeling are
raising, and tears are gushing forth in crystal
streams. Oh speak not hsrshly of the
stricken one, weeping in silence Break not
the soemnlty by rude laughter or intrusive
footsteps. De~pise not Il woman'S tear<-thry
are what make her an angel. Scoff not if the
Stern heart ct manhood is sometimes melted TO
tears OF Sympatby--they are what help to ele
vate hlm above the brute | love to see tears
"t affection. They are painful tokens but still
most holy. There is pleasure in tears-an
awful pleasure! IT there were none on earth
to shed tearfOr me, should be luath olive
end II No one might weep over my grave. [
could never die in peacc-Dr Johnson
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
VISIONS OF gi0rV. ne er tOrgOtt
THAT tell like CLEANS on q sunset sea.
What once has been. what n0w - not.
Bot, oh I what again shall brightly be- ="

care these rooms to let?" said polite
gentleman TO handsome young lady.
''Yes, sir. ;" iao''i - . - 4'..1 +.
"Are you to be let with them ?'' 4atI l.ef2
"No, sir. L am to be let dione. -'.a
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

boundaries Uf he cnsctior d,.,-,-.
Re 4, ue Santiago in the State of Tsyas 'e' OF
IN. iTnitS S oy the Senate and House of
tbe c,n states ct America Congress OF
OI Cornus T now Oi ming part OF IN.
theTetrom sd dds IN the State OF Teaxs snail b
Santiago and orm 10 the collection dGrct Of raSos d.
approved April IL 1872 '''i'e' Ia SAID Slate.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

There are two directly opposite reasons why
some men have poor credit-nne because they
are not known, and the other because they are
known
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

%h sSc Gsehs on SUNDAY speaking
I any OF as say, i could bear ibis il had not been
PSc n" np"n S"re spot rrmber when hoy moth.
clothes on hardly felt The then But when Sr dok 2
sams Of We wish would ehas US as wha. w,
] o. HSsS,pP e minister observed congre-
man went up t" the person, awok- ,d % asS
Of ne%sp gas Tbn in No. said tn man 4 editor
] e"sS e devoted minister greatly asoused such su
ACcrrISo TRUrH-a lady knows man vino prayed
farm % br, , PrneT wG 1Sl. on Sm"i.ys & and
@ "ea & cut mos OF the wood hu fres.
th% dl|prna % hs put weed on his ha LeWed TO
chop wood and mS ds% eaT in m h M & @ m Eee m @ s@ m
During the late war some children were TALKING n, ,h
AMI thsr; % who had been captured prisoners
evidently prlding themselves very the suffering Of
spoke up That nutLin sSt az uncle in prsO9
Burlington Iowa baby is immOralized by the following
Beneath this stone our baby lays
ne ther cries nor holers;
And cost Is twenty dollars
teacher In public school ont the word "euebsr,,
IL the spelling exercise and then asked the pupils to
teacher when Doesn't mean G es
e. lew days ago man carried challenge mortal comba.
turned m nd who As soon as he read the
and said Maybe wants to make dFoubs:
had
about The lot when be hd ana the "wnr chasing him
the farmer has drs class iory acre farm
I 81 believe that will be the Abel SAID lady to
her husband one day why = inquired husband Pc
you continue to 70 TO il every night" ~ "
London was first lighted With gas on the oath q, I..,
iSoL 6y German named winsor Sir Walter S:o observe:
trying to light the city with smoke" " O ""o"
eountrv editor complained old Dr. Routh that he only
five pounds: aS ,S % sfesenns certain seon at Oxford
that sermon for fifty pounds ' P'e"eHe0
h ce eeG"r. G %a r ysTy fat % I"d be Re1. -
mine, too, to sOrrow" ~ "0 "tAer' ano
.Sy Say Jones what's the matter with your eye."
Oh nohtn only my wife said tins
II ana St the h'e and told her to make it hers That's
sad a mskSS to Sy yog %ss so s9" wSo. 1% % on We had
to tie on pretty girls bonnet while was looEipx
fhom she has especial RECEIVES ,n in III.
oom gets excused goes out and then return
ner Iov in Conneet'eu Sunday School couldn't tell who
n!T moved into the town the week before. eN'' "N0
Judge in Arkansas advertises that he will marry eoun
IN cents each '''e'noneS'
Foreign magazine of fashion. in describing new drsss
aus with this costume the mouth is be worn slirktIy
noted priEeGshter lately having got mar
ed ne should hight no more battles outside his hanty
Cinein-a paper describes the pattern of Dolly Warden
req moss rhnoeerossess roofing black satin morass
canary birds annually imported by the
iited states mostly from Germany.
Phadslphia fnundinx has been named Dolly y,ran r.
. almsh0use authorities '' N"'"
L Is said that eOrkscrews more than cork aeks
edItT" 500 ' 0'''' az '"e' 'e' "uen 70 MS
.gEsrDosa Jew trsdssman care most for Noses. orta.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

wiz EAR oowing posas for model
Iye oeen sent TO uS tor publication bv Iacheor bn
S'4ue"N' wants 10 be smart IN his old DAYS: -
TO CONTRACTORS.
Ie iuerSgned ieelns the o
1nl Erumhltd at when business matters 90 wrnrp aud
mS oney WIN no one to hate HIM; and whereas having
80 t"''F'oie ueteIMlntd 10 'cOnle
the 3l+t Ot December. 1872 ~ ~ oN''SN & ''' Oh
0''' Va 4'S sQuIFaleht IN cur
kissing. ' '""' - tue IiSnt maj ~
She may not chew gum
Nor wear long dresses Il the street
Nor frequent sewing circles
Nor 90 around begging tor charitable purposes
Nsr read the hrst in ths Inurnipg '''s''
Nor i2lk when | am sleepy.
Nor sleep when am talking.
NNS''"S A'"''ans 'oE mower
Hor borrow money from my pockets while sleep
me tell all know. " 49, " SUI" "'ies W MAXI
She must believe in sudden chi r,.Lo
Ioi tneIT tIect ON the nervous
eh me Oii bear comes home
sue must not take advantage Of HIS state and
"HtruT sI MN my" trips Ia Watering places
ahi All. she on nut
into the coffee She prepares his "poDr head
oe must S up tor hIG when he he
LAT" hn.II ms committee - S Ne'"'"VN ~ .
b1 when he does eturn tired chilly She will he cd
to roll side ,,,vt Li, ~" eu
the be - @''N mum "el VAIN pAce lh
af" possessing the foregoing Qualifications nora and
negative can hear n SHmethiug m advantage nv ad,ss
li9 the Undersigned and inc a SanlI, - ~''
pFSAlS must bS
oI ue Ahilty OF the applicant svIs
10 ~hch he has been cusi0msd.-Sunday Dispatch.
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WHOLE NO. 9os

SGtENcE OF klSSING-Peope will kiss vet uo, o, -
t Ao"s no" TO extract bliss from ovr, lin. ax ,r.
'e! AhoW now 10 MAKE diamonds
}.;n ~ NOT ulncult This little item is not alone t,r -
oN ~ the many VINO 20 at like coonS
S".u. FlI know whom 20 kiss n,,La
aAe' ithOuKh mistake be i,n,,, 80
't"ut AT ny aud SIntck ON the nm
VI On ne corhe" OF her forehead, at ,,.r
oH neF W. 'erial, or jerk IN
Inc gentleman should be-
preSsInn n.,e ice klnd eye and ull OF pN-
Ea,i instead VI tobacco. Don slt down tu if-snni M
"lN"uH ABOUT getting Two S,,
sur eitt ad catch More. per sons snuil The
otallu any ,ff,r ~,
!" any place ont U the Throw IN, LII
"t The lady, and let the i,~,, ,nr,
- H'"drlN The brt. Don he hurry
n'> @ "N SS |" your heart Her head viii t.I b"bIv
.rt arm @ % oe 10 hurry Send little lr down Nour
iet kio" ats business h,,
-t' there De- AN that-not III th - ~, 80
gentle Clasp iul u
D"h Ot IN hurry. Her head -
lou are nearly heart To heart. Lnok dow, int; bsr
eyes Uenlly yet mantuy fl, ,nr L,,,,
~. hn1 providence VIII In, III.
oran uIaEe Ont don be il I.r ps are aTpHst
,,1ot "i StIl WIN Juur hrad--nut bOdy
- foL ann The lips meet The ewes close Tha so1i
t s"i ms troubles. aud III.
ilN"'e opens before world rrn,r,
49, your ert as meteor flashes across the pv.,o 49,
-, ne nerves dance before aItor
tr, ~ - LspuyrS dance with dtwdmmed Hwrrx TN 49,
~ bitterness, ami the
~ "'ISe' no tuSS, no uuteriny S1uniny
pa"u worm Kissing don't hurt-lt dunt reo,i,rs 80
IL . MAKE u Legal Don't Jab down brautllul montb
In frogs Don grab vank the Ia5y as # sb
we're struggling colt Don't muss her bair scrs,c & e
o'e her cheek, SqulZLle her
uNeu runpled. and kphumexrd. Dont Hsv"r yonp
n 80 llohS 0bacc", gin cocktails, lager Lnrr 40 fr
Sble 0 ''-'' ~ " NeIGSle ioNlukI sen
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
. T. II ICIAL
IUkNERAL HATURE-No. An

a. inc second Session of the EaraSs As
second Congress.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
For Henf.

sm,ls,roRE HOUSE. on Commerce Street, now oecu.
r.a oy " Jacobs. doors below tne corner. Veil
haiffH = 80 kDwiRp WARD taa' :
AsiYHo slHT @i49lqs
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15

illinois polls German vote of $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-15
PUMP | MAKING,

a. me sabserber having boaghs out r. = Moore. in
s p rnmp BUSINESS. SO prepared 10 Dig Wells. Make
mps; &c at short nofice Patronage soiiciied and
."siaetion guaranteed. !tllY~ AfD dTliiW
I.a.,la..i ! .,ss "a John w. Haydea. bs
@en%7zmo4 st ID Smyrna. Del, p
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ARMSTRONG, GATOR & CO..

Early Garden Corn.
ME finest and largcat assortment of carly
have just received:
Early Sugar Corn,
Evergreen Corn,
Farmers Club,
Darlng's Sweet,
Crosby's Prolific.
u and II rows,
Burlington,
Adams Early,
TrscarOra,
White Flint, large.
ALSO,
Long Pod Prolific Peas, twelve peas in a
POD; Extra Early reas, Trophy Tomato.
Mclean's Little dem. improved Egg Plant
for sale at +. II. HHINITHH'S
6eb ~ Drug and Chomical Store
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Columbia Music Store,
LyBrand & Son

TNAKE pleasure in calling the attention OF
s,!I - the public to an examination Of their
oloCh OF MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, CON
ss;aiing OF fianos, Church and Parlor Organs,
Melodeons, FiOlins, Guitars, Banjos, Flutes
hccordeons, Brass and Silver Band Instru.
ments OF all kinds. Also, Sheet Music and
Instruction Books for every class Of Musioal
Music sent by mail, post paid. on receipt OF
price; and all kinds OF Musical Goods sont by
Express. when ordered. to any part Of tho
SState' marked G. .. D. Good Second hand
pianos ana Organs for sale cheap. for cash.
Pianos, Organs and Melodcons tuned and re-
pared In satisfactory manner; and will give
especial Ssp attention to Packing, Removing and
Shlpping ilanns for other parties to any poin
desired, Mt moderate prices.
All orders promptly attended to and eatis
iaction guaranteed tn those favoring US with
tl 1heir patronage: Send for our catalogue OF
lor street, Citzens' Savings Bank Buildin1
Columbia s. G. Nov
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A man has just turned up at Albany.
N. Y, as being the possessor of six
wives. He is tailor and regular
tramp. He goes from place to place,
tarrying not long anywhere, and marries
one OF two women wherever he goes.
He is now guest of the sheriff, and so
far only six of his matrimonial victims
have reported. They hail from oil parts
OF the compass East, West and
South.
In a Wisconsin town, recently, a
stranger called at the bank and request
ed to see note held against him. Re.
celving the slip he remarked that he
could not read without his spectacles.
and walked toward the door, when it was
discovered that he was energetically
chewing up the note. The fragments
were forced from his mouth by q vigor-
ous choking.
a REMEDY FOR WHoop1NG Couau.-
The "whoop" of children is heard at
every corner in Knoxville. A medical
journal states that Ave or six visits, of
about fifteen minutes duration each, to
the purifying room Of the gas works,
will certainly cure the most obstinate
case OF whooping cough. The sugges-
tion is worth O trial.-Press and Herald.
a veteran observer says: II never
place much reliance on man who is al
ways telling what he would have done
had he been there. have noticed that
somehow this kind of people never get
there"
A Michigan Indian was promptly es-
corted to the happy hunting grounds
by can OF nitro -glyoerine, which he en-
deavored to open with his little hatchet.
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Copartnership Notice

>HE Subscribers, having this dav formed
:, 4 G9partnershiP. to be known and STYLED as
hOMlE q ALLEN, and having leased for
bought the materials on tho premises former
~ occupied by James n. Allen, arc prepared
to enter into contracts for building or tho
nnniss,ning OF all shop-made materials, such as
DLlNDS, Doors. Sash, Window Frames. &c.
&c. Also. tho Dressing of Lumber. Scroll
saving and Turning and would respectfully
solicit share Of the rnhlic patronage
HOWE d. ALLEN
JoHS VI. Ilow1H EDw,un Airs
CoLrMr!A. November l3. 1871 Dec 13 3mo
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The LEE MEMORIAL FuND.-The fol-
lowing shows the amount OF money
subscribed by each State thus far for
the national monument to Gen. Robert
e. Lee:
Maryland 1888. 40, North Carolina
S546:55. Georgia $3,095.27, Mississippi
81, ,O46.5O, Louisiana SO, Arkansas $64. :
45, Kentucky 1862, Virginia $1,S61.-
SO, South Carolina $i,23O.3O, Alabama
$767 80, Florida 1922, Texas $439, Mis-
souri, $62. 05, Tennessee $102.60; total
$10,932.11.
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ON n1ARRIAGE.-HAPPY RELIEF FOR
YOUNG MEN from the effects or Errors and
Abuses in early life. Manhood restored
Nervous debility cured. Impediments to
Marriage removed. New method of treat.
ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books
and Circulars sent free. in sealed envelopes.
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION. No. q
South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dec "a er,o
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TYHE BERaERs are universally acknow.
Il lodged by both press and public, through.
out the whole country, to bo immeasurabIy
superior to any other troupe Of Bell Ringers
who have ever appeared in America.
MIR. ERNEST THIELE, Flute and Violin
Soloist.
Miss ANNA BERGER, Oornet soloist. who
Will perform upon the Gold Cornet presented
to her by citizens of New York.
YOUNG LADY ORCHESTRAL SILVER
CORNET BAND! Vocalists, Harpists, Vic.
Splendid new programmes.
g Admission, 81. Seats can be seourcd
at LyDrand Sons Music Store, without
extra charge. W. ". FOWLER,
rep " Business Manager
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Blood and Liver Pills.

Blood and Liver Pills.
ffNO cnre SICK HEADACHE, Sick Stomach.
i Dizziness or Vertigo. Bad Taste in lie
Mouth. Bilious Attacks, palpit.tion Of the
ueaT,. ,. Nervonsness, Constipation, Pains in
10 cure all Disorders Of the Liver.
TO Regulate the Bowels.
TO Purify the Blood
q, 10 give, new life to tho whole Syete1n tho
n,'I, n,1oa ana Liver. Cannot be surpassed. Try
only ono box; you will be convinced. For
sa1o Only at IEINITSIIS
ohn Drug Store
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Ouano.

Ouano.
VIE undersigned las now in store ard re-
ceiving full supply Of those woil eAta.
olshcd Fertil!Zers OF Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs
i Co., the PIlENIX. MANIpULATED and
dUANO. SALT and PLASTER COMPOUSD
ana is now ready to fill orders. and ship by
raiiroad to any given point. Call and gct cir
oulars,, giving prices and particnlars. At
present prices Of cotton, it will tako but an
Increased yield Of 25 to 80 pounds to nav for
zou pounds uuano. j. S. CHAMBERS.
Feb Is t2mo Colnmbia S,c
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-11
Peculiar SnObbery.

AMONG the recent arrivals at Saratoga
is a young gentleman of great fortune
who is regular visitor here, and who
has invariably made great display. This
season he proposes to do the place on a
quieter scale, on account of his mothers
recent death. This is how he goes about
it: He has suit of rooms at the Congress,
that under his supervision have been so
arranged as to present a rather somber
appearance, for, out of respect to his
mothers memory, they have been put in
mourning. A deep black border runs
around the ceilings, while the wallpaper
is of a very gloomy color; the furniture,
which arrived to-day, is from Egypt, and
is exceedingly grotesque in appearance
and mysterious in style; nothing like it
has ever before appeared in Saratoga.
The gentleman announces that he will
not enter the ballroom this summer but
will entertain his friends in his rooms-in
an elegant and costly manner, of course
no levity. He is to drive four-in-hand,
his groom and coachman are to be attired
in mourning, and mourning lap-robes,
like funeral pals, are to be spread over
the seats of his carriages, which will be
painted in keeping with the habiliments
of woe. For these emblems of sackcloth
and ashes he pays $500 per week. Shoddy
society calls this "filial DEVOTION" and
speaks of him as "such good son, but so
odd and eccentric" while common. sense
people are unkind enough to call him a
snob, and one of the most 0utre kind
Saratoga Letter to Albany Times