Wilmington journal., 1874-01-09
Dec. 81, 1873.
:.o!ssb MASSEY a$ . E.Es,Es
'E':,r E.s:.. as She Rogue O: i.,e Ese-ios:
-; Cape Way. Il. 'soI.: i'y ssinisciG.
! ours in Christ,
T.. I. MAHAELF.

Lord Massey, the rogue of the period,
has really taken to lccturing. It was
stated some days ago that he would
apl>ar first III WesIchester, Pa, and
though TIE fellow is known to have an
uncommon amount of cheek, it. was
not Thought he would fulfill his prom
Use. SUch. however, has proved to be
the ease, for on Wednesday evening
he gave lengthy account of his life in
the Horticultural Hall Of the town
above named. As might be expected,
it proved a rich treat to the spectators.
The local paper gives verbatim report
of what he said, from which we take
the following extract relative to his eX-
ploits ct Cape May last Summer:
The idea struck me that / woultl inn
CRATE to Cape May for 4 week, ard
with that intent | took passage from
Philadelphia in the good ship Ironsidcs
(since lost, bound for that place. Be
fore [ had been long on board a young
Ba!timorean introduced himself to me
and began as you Americans say, blow
ing. | informed him that | was a
grecnLOrn (save the mark ,; he blew
The harder. [ told him [ was an Eng
lisi tourist (harller). l stopped for q
bit and he blew himself clear out.
However, l could not stand that, as
he WAS standing chammy all the time.
| like chammy, and friends here may
take that as Il hint, should | meet them
abroad. In good time We arrived at
the wharf. OF course it would have
been degrading for two such swclls as
us to travel i'll a common omnibus, SO
tie best carriage procurab!e was or-
dtrc,i al.I obtained. Upon our arrival
at Congress Hall. We went to the desk
on which was lying the visitors book
lie entered his name first as Captain
-, must bs ar chat Like flash
! the thought cam" to my mind and like
p fash it was e1ccutrd-Lord Massey
WAS writer The visitors went TO look
! a. tie list oi arrivals. "Stand back :"
was the word - real live lord is n
or presence gaze at him reverential-
! ly : make way foG him in the pronl:-
Made. bow 10 him when he passes, and
that YOU are tile worsl iDpcrs "
7 had not long been there before the
proprietor came mp and welcomed me.
telling me thai I did both his establish
mant and Cape May an honor by my
visit. S5uppers We're proposed and
gotten up TO welcome me balls, din
ners, and everything that could lee
done WAS done to li&nize me. 1t was
''my Lold' here, AID ''my Lord there,
and invitations to dine, sup, l1nch,
poured in. \ magnificent team 70 !
s2,3o0 was next morning purchased,
as to go afOot for my Lorlship would
be inti2, liz. The belle of the island
smiled lIcr sweetest, and lefc to soil
tude her admirer from philadelphia. Il
town housc III the city of PENNSYLVANIA,
paled III attractions besides those OF a
cOronet So it continued for SIX days,
when the bubble was burstcd by my
fooli hly telling them that / had a
Vaclit at the Breakwater, in which I
ha3 come over, and with which had
beaten the Pennsylvania in my passage
across. Col. Cake, the proprietor OF
t&a hotel, and, i'll my Opins.n, the only
seu io'e man on the island, began 10
lu1!ht his Lnr,lship, and teiegrarhcd
to Break water to know + the Yacht was
there. The answer came that "nO
such YACHT had ever entered the Della
ware" The bubble had bursted, and
my Lord dethroned. and but com
moncr again but must say That 90
not believe that any other people IL
the world have taken the sell SO good
naturcdlv as did tie American people
at Cape May. Instead of being angry
ever, one laughed, and was willing tC
do anything they could 10 help me out
Of the scrapa should l get into one
through it. The general impression
is that | obtained a great deal of money
from the Cape May folks it is IN cr
ronrous one the only money / bor
rnuc,i WAS a suilicirncy to pay my pas
sage to Philadelphia.
David Clarke, the weIiknown phi