The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-06-19
THE HUB"
An Interesting Letter from Poor Pilli-
coddyr-Incidents Humbugs
Ben Butler, &c.


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Ben Butler, &c.
! Correspondence of the Marietta Journal
Boston, June 9TH, 1874.
With the close of the regular
dramatic season, and the cessation of
all balls and parties, comes the de
parture of the cool breeze.seekers,
who during the next four weeks will
busy themselves in making the Gus
tomary preparation for a two or
three months sojourn among the
mountains or at the beaches.
Beacon Street first gathers up her
skirts and departs with staidity
entirely conformable with the sys-
tenn of Boston etiquettical laws
But they collect at Newport, R. l.,
at Long Branch, and at Saratoga.
To those who may not be familiar
with the term Beacon Street, |
would state that it is there, old fami-
lies and the creane a la crean,e OF
Massachusetts, live. Nothing can be
done politically without the consent
of Beacon Street. To be "born on
Beacon Street" has the same signifi-
canoe that to be "born with golden
spoon in the mouth" has. Ben But
Ter attributes his defeat in the late
gubernatorial contest to the fact that
Beacon Street opposed him. There,
have lived men prominent in Amer
lean politics, John Hancock, Sum-
ner, and Edward Everett, such his
torians as Motley and William Fl.
Prescott.
About the first Of July stars of q
lesser magnitude than those of Bea-
con Street, follow the movers of
fashion and soon are found assem-
bling in hosts at such places as Rye
Beach, N. H., Marlborough in the
central part Of the same State, on
Lake Winnepiseogee, at the White
Mountains, and at the resorts along
he coast of Maine.
All along the Massachusetts coast,
from Provincetown on the very ex-
tremity of Cape Cod to Great Bears
Head in N. H., a distance Of over
two hundred miles, stretch an almost
continuous line Of residences, the
summer resorts Of city people, and
to these the families of the business
men Of Boston and other places flee
from the oppressive heat Of the dus-
ty city.
EXCITEMENT ON THE CARS.
An amusing incident occurred the
other day on one of the trains from
this city to New York. The cars
were crowded. An elegantly dress
ed woman occupied an entire seat
Her bundles, bandbox and bag were
piled artistically. She was oblivious
to the fact that passengers were
rushing back and forth to obtain sit
tings. More than one gentleman
drew himself up in front Of the i'm
perious dame, and silently plead for
the vacant spot. She famed her,
self leisurely, lolled in the seat, and
evidently thought that things were
very comfortable as they were. lis
that seat occupied, Madam ?" said q
we'll dressed gentleman, very polite-
ly. eyes, it u.s." was the swapping
reply. The man walked on. In
half an hour the door opened, and in
walked tall, rough fellow, coarse
as Polar bear. His huge beard
was uncombed and stained with to-
bacco Juice. His clothes were lily
put on and smelt of the stable. He
was ungIoved, and brawny, and
weighed full 200. He ran his eye
along the car, and caught the seat
on which our lady was sitting. He
made for it. With great delibera>
ton he seized bundle, bandbox, and
bag, put them plump into the lap Of
the lady, and sat down in the vacant
spot like one who intended to stay
| If looks could have annihilased .
man there would have been corpse
| in that car about that time. The
man seemed very much at home
He whistIed; be spit; be stroked
bis beard he threw round his huge
arms, and chuckled inwardly ut the
evident rage Of the woman. She
| left the cars at New Haven, and had
hardly gone before the gentleman
who was refused the seat reappear-
ed. To some gentlemen who SEEM
ed to take great interest in the
proceedings be said 'Did you see
how that woman treated me i''--
s.Yes.' a"Did you see how she was
come up with ~ "Yes.v "WeH,
that is a horse doctor that sat down
beside her. He belongs to Bulls
Head. / gave him a dollar to ride
| with that woman as far as she went. ;"
The car roared.
NEW DODGE.
Ii CHANGED 10 my wanderings