The New York herald., 1874-09-11

that the chowder would be ready. Dut by the iittis
)eweled watch OF charming and beautiful young
lady 1t was discovered that one O'Clock had ar
rived and yet The chowderlsts were not happy. 4
huge cauldron OF clans cut nne, potatoes onions
ana other choice vegetables were smmering and
gave forth savory smell. High above all the
other odors rose the odor Of concentrated and ua-
yersal onion, the most powerful or vegetables.
able e aa ' ne woan Wn cocs w b not pe
eat more than Il We plates oil this choa der. never
had such iced OF onions why. there's more
onions than clans by a long cSaik. feel clammy
sweat pouring down my neck wnen l think OF ai
the chowoer have eaten"
10 all the chowder devourers there was giver
plenty OF hard tack and one man had to be rolled
down slope In wheelbarrow 10 dinuse the
chowder squarev through his system.
Turn me around George. and pound me .
lttle. ieel that the cargo Is shifting and may
become dere let ana then YOU Will have 10 abandon
u nie G on the lovely banks OF the Hudson" screamed
Z lat man at his friend, VITO rolled him over the
HHiass HH until the cargo equazed itself between
wALrAINo WITH FAT GIRL.
r,n,e ane,e was band on the music stand which
paved play, quadriiles without any dancers Tor some
time owing the known modesty or the tat peo-
PIE. ihroush an unadv!sed sentiment was in.
turned the scale at 1913 pounds Now, let 1t be re-
memoered tnat the thermometer stood at eighty
After several bows had been delivered ap.
preached my female Behemoth and grasped heI
maoly around what was intended ior a waist
but when resembled much more sack OF oats
The band Of eight pieces struck up a waltz troL
We we Commenced to glide" After tel n.earn the nrsi
step or two felt as If had been swinging
IN my ears as / vaniy strove to glue myself 10 The
fOor looked over the lady's shoulders ana saw
tears In the eyes OF some OF the spectators, while
others were laughing outright at nv predcament.
The lady grasped me tighter, and the drum gave
rattle. MY collar new on. and button was heard
audlbly TO rattle on the hoOr like the sound OF
pistol bullet that might be dropped suddenly.
Miss Obesity had NOT eaten onions and had sue
ag SsaSssa around n0msa mean went en' whlas @
around, Tor she was moving with the
sn Of sarya yrd into ssS:
and lay on a bench, while the lady dropped into
seat and ND ner eenGn ssh smut Itself qg IKE an
ended my first and last waltz with lat woman.
felt Inundated. and heard her telling lady
much-1 was 100 light.
THE GREAT cLAMBAKF.
At about three O'Clock IN the afternoon there
was good deal OF eXcitemen caused among
those on the platform by the arrival OF the boat
about 500 persons, thin ana tail, fat and Slim,
broad broad and Lengthy but %m all quite hilarious and
a number of tat women, who sauntered
up the slope to the hotel, and having dored
seats around the plaiiorm. Here The view was
beautiful on tne river, which shone like bur nshed
gold. The shade OF the wooden awning made the
place COOL and the breezes poured through and
stirred the leaves OF the trees family. Benlnd the
platform dense blue smoke rose and filtered
through the trees and this smoke arose from the
huge logs OF wood that were burning in cellar or
cavity OF large stones tnat were being heated red
In alternate layers clans, oysters sweet
potatoes and green corn were heaped
ON this gourmand's pyre, and seaweed
edibies. A 1e weather-beaten chickens OF I'm.
certain age We're placed IN wet muslin, among toe
other savory articles OF food. but 1t was iound
that the chickens only became tougher by this dry
aa steaming ing; In other words the clamoake was
alter their experience was fulfilled, and big
draughts OF beer was the only compensation fOr
tins failure The tables were spread in large and
very clean dining hall, and here gathered about
three hundred persons to partake OF the feast.
large tin dish tnat might holu a gallon OF mud
or peck or potatoes, was placed before eacn
party OF three or four persons, filed with CLAIMS
and oysters, b. ked IN the snell In addition to the
green corn and sweet potatoes. the prevalence
OF onions IN the chowder hai redeemed 1t from
dishOnor, Dut the clamDake had to stand on ITS
own merits, and they we're not or very salts.
factory nature. Good iced well water and poor
champagne washed down this congomerated
writing snail see day will be greving In stomach
Tor the results OF this days least. one lady who
weighed 236 pounds was said to have eaten ninety.
five clans at the table, bu, when asked Tor the
and the leat w!ll go down to postertty without
proper record.
NIGHT CONES DOWN.
And now the lamps are burning in the pavilion
and the dancing Is hot. fast and furious A dry
log comes down on the river and settles slowly on
every object that was visible half an hour since.
becomes still as death the music sounds on
the waters and the weary sailors on brick and
lumber ana stone and grain soops glide by
wondering what the din Is iOr, ana groups OF lat
men and fdt women wander around the trees
Only 70 make the darkness more Opaque with their
Rrotesque and Brobdingnagian bodies Finally all
Is stilled, music and TAT women and lat mcns
yolces are heard there no more, and the visitor 10
PleasanC Valley TO-DAY Will see no relics OF the
mammoth least but the heaps Of clam shells and
corn husks to tell OF the lot men and tat women's