The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-19


dresses meu On one occasion, sittlng
In his carriage, near the Post once at NASSAU
street. waiting Tor Mr.. Dolby. . stranaer--l snouo
say merchants bookkceper- up 10 tue
door, took or his hat, and said In friendly way
mt. Dickens. should very much like TO nave tue
honor OF shaking hands with you and, that dohe'
presented two others. Nothing could DO more
quiet or less intrusiven III find the people lighter
and more humorous than formerly. and there must
De great deal OF innocent Imagination among
every class. or they never could pet with such ex-
traordinary pleasure as they do the Boots story OF
the elopement OF the two little children. They
seem to see the children. and the women set up II
shril undercurrent OF half pity and hail pleasure
tat Is quite Affecting" II have RENTED to Coutts
In English gold, 100000 odd These figures are
between ourselves at present, but are they not
magnincentT' But all the time the same SAD
repining-the constant shadow that still attended
him-the slave IN the shadow Of his triumph. "The
work is very severe" at Is very distressing" II
am SO dead beat when l come OF that they lay mo
down on SOFA, after have been washed and
dressed, and l lie there extremely faint for =
quarter OF an hour"
ROUGHING 1T IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
Then came fmpea chment troubles, and Dickens.
with line showman's sense OF what will please
the public fears shat the great excitement about
the Presidents impeachment will damage our re-
ceipts." But then comes the former reflection
that "notbing lasts long" In Anne rica and that be-
fore he resumes his Eastern readings, March 0,
"the people may be heartily tired OF the Presi-
dents name" The weather pursued him to Buf-
frost and gales. Rochester was In
panic for fear the Genessee River would take no.
ton and swamp the town. Syracuse he found "a
most out-of-the-way and uninteiHgible looking
n a rv . hut, MIN
him nearly $1,000 the first night. His voice trou-
bles him, and he must dine at three O'Clock to re-
cover it before reading. On one occasion he
was caught in food "at place called Utica, the
greater part cf which was under water, while the
high and dry part could produce nothing particu-
lar to eat" ~ was fortunate enough to
get bedroom and garnished 1t with an enormous
Jug OF gin punch over which and the manager
played double dummy rubber" From here to
Albany. after many struggles with the hood,
"seeing nothing but drowned farms, barns
adrit like N0ahs ark, deserted villages. broken
hinges and all manner OF ruin" The Illness con-
tinued, now in the foot-'no appetite" mo
taste," even laudanum OF no use. He writes to
New York for "a composing mixture" Even the
sympathetic and devoted people around him can
not comprehend his misery. 81 cannot eat" he
writes, land have established this system: AT
cream and two table spoonsful OF rum. At twelve.
a sherry cobbler and biscuit At three dinner
time) pint OF champagne. At five minutes TO
eight, an egg beaten up in glass OF sherry. Be-
tween the parts the strongest beef tea that can be
made, drunk hot. At q quarter past ten, soup
and any little thing to drink that can fancy"
NIAGARA REVISITED.
Here Is Mr.. Forster's narrative OF the trip to
Niagara
Thus Buffalo has become large and important 20, city:
curious to notice as We touch the frontier that the Amer
can female beauty dies OUT and womans iace ciumsy
together and not yst
% but not
q hs whole thronS las. night and the iaees were all
samehng Ds Hs
that he hotel on the English side S at sarr (Which
i na' that sas sss Very psrferaSle a
teesTapSs back our Mr.
ems requirements perfectly up S have INC, not
in some oS where good deal Of what IS Dopularly called
st
.dnss and do5asT IS ysomGicsy i've
price quarter eask q sherry the other @a'ai
sG4ns
TO slop round with it can tx yer some at
His letter was resumed at Rochester on the
18TH
After two most brilliant days at the Falls Of Niagara
we got back mere last night mo1nns we
But ISL IS ali back now thank God don't know
oS" Long, eveSe sas ae
a sw s in @ miles aefs Ss
Horses shoe and another half mile nearer, is TO be
ss THERE They s n
sa BY
that bands Of music must not play In crossing and the
thsush Of sassiag Din carriage, some very
could stand above the river and see !, as il rushed
niles An me way 70 The horizon On our rishit
the top Of the falls backs toward the sun The
ners finest watercolor drawings done in his greatest
to rom
S as e vi hs
ago all came back at this most affecting and sublime
we look chartered separate carriage for our men,
so that they might see all in their own way and at theI
FAREWELL AND HOME AGAIN.
And now came the farewes. or rather series
OF farewes. Back to Boston, very i'll. 'L0ngfet
low and all the Cambridge men" urging him to
give in. 1.-TWO snow storms" also, 'and the town
is bOtted out in ceaseless whrl OF snow and
wind - but the personal affection OF the people re-
NAMED charming to the last. Back to New York
having passage on the Russia. The CHIEF stewards
room engaged "Cunard so considerable as to re
member tnat it is the sunny side OF the vessel.
His last readings In New York as high as So 29
night, but in Boston they reached $3,45e. Hi
lowest receipts were in New Bedford-s16iO
nght-while the four Brooklyn readings brough
SLIPS. Then came the farewell dinner-Horacs
Greeley In the chair-Dickens limping into thu
room with great dlllculty and pain and compelled
to leave the room before the proceedings wer'
over. "He promised his kindly entertainers tina
no copy OF his Notes or his Ghuzzlewit' should II
future be issued by him without Accompanying
mention OF the changes he had seen-oi the polite
ness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality and con
sideration IN all ways. Tor which he had TO thanl
them" "On the following Monday re read TO hi
last American audience, telling them at the Close
that he hoped often to recall them. equally by hi
Are aud u the Qreon summer weather and neye