Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-14
WATERFORD. w.vx

lish Duke OF Beaufort descendant OF john OF
Gsunt-comes of the Wild stock OF the BoreV-
fords. The ancestral estates are in the COUNTY
OF Waterford, and the seat l. cslled Carr.gh-
moore, one OF the handsom est, a. Tia land Is Of
Ine Deet, ana the scenery With few sD-ionss,
the most picturesque In all Ireland. The pres
ent master OF Curragh more 10 a young man and
itch one, and, ike his faJher, h al great many
SiIn oats SOW, which Oper alton he successfully
hniShed about ten years since BY running of
with lady Who belonged OF right TO somebody
tn1i, S9e, ayi.g last year, gave him an oPPor.
Countries.
II is not, however, OF the present but OF the
former Marquis that We have something to tell.
He was one OF the widest of his wild race, and
Tor years hts exploits among the DENT monde,
the pugilists, cahmep, csds, and rOus rs, and in
the widest haunts of London, were the staple
news OF The police-courts of the metropolis He
bad blue blooded companion, the Earl of
W~ldegrave, ltnesl descen1ant OF Sir Robert
Wapole, and the owner Of Strawberry Hill
that brlc- s-brac toy, built by Horace wslpole
near Richmond, and flied with rOcOco curiosi-
ues and antiquarian gems, Waldegrave Was,
ho"ever, a very different m an from Waterford.
While the latter was reckless ana liberal, the
former pas vicious and peBriOus. II WAFER
i'fi "mlIled" cabby, he would fight fair, and,
hOreyer il migSt result, would always tip the
Iehu handsomely afterwards. IL he kicked Ov er
e apple or coffee stand, or brought coster-
3 Monger's stock in trade 10 grief, he Invariably
fqnidated. WsIdegray', on the contrary,
. would do more mischief 81 this character, txlce
J over, than bis friend, but invariably sneaked
! oil II he could, without pra ,iAs for his froHc
The result was one was liked every where, while
the other was merely tolerated for his rank.
7 he cabbles and "peeltrS," as policemen were
cal ed, were never sorry TO see Waterford ~ he
drove into the HsymarkeS or the vicinity of the
! Covent Garden and DTury Lane, or the heart OF
ST. Giles, for ALL night spree, while they
never knew What might ensue from the ire
| spOnsible "carryings on" of Waldegrave. With
them, nearly always, were two OF three profes-
stoDal Pugilists, their favOrIte being ''YounR
Dutch Sam" Dick Curtis and @ ven swift. the
latter still living and keeping the most reliable
| sporting public" in London, and member of
/ the betting-ring at Tsttersalls. These three
men were the best of their relative weights in
England, and when they with their titled CO.
roysterers took the middle of a narrow street or
court, say in "Bucketidge Bay," in the heart
of the cadg gers rOckery OF ST. Giles and yelled
| for the rutfians TO ''turn out and light If thew
dare" 1T may be taken for granted that there
were wigs on the green before the police could
rally In force and melt the shindy away with
their clubs. Waterford would ALWAYS stay and
take his share of the hard knocks, until it got
700 not for increasing numbers, for he was one
OF the best amateur boxers of his time, and
rszely sbirked contest it IL offered even if the
other man was stone-H pOUDds-or so
heavier.
One day waldegrave came to grief He and
one Of his prize fighting companions got into a
dlficnlty, and policeman was nearly xii ed.
rhe sscendant OF the Prime Minister of En-
gland VIA sentenced 20 one years imprison-
ment in the Queens Bench, ard served his
time. That settled the owner of Strawberry
| HUI. He retired from the public life of the
Sums, married the daughter OF Braham the yo-
ceiist, and very properly died soon sitter, leay-
ing the Countess one of the hsnds0mest and
most accomplished widows in England. lie
married for beauty, and she for booty ana
coTouet, and she had the worst of the bargain
although At this moment she is for q third time
wife, and IL the helpmeet Of member of
the British Cabinet, s3d the brilliant leader of
the fashion circles OF England.
Wsterfotd's freaks are innumerabIs "a they
are original and laughatle. He was for wears
member OF the QuoFn Hunt in Leice.tersbire'
and, being fearless and perfect cross country
r.der, always took straight line and com
msnded good place at Sue fnish. Melton
morning 1t awOke to find every sign in the town
transferred 20 other localities and some prOmt-
nent residences fOOllshiy daubed half over with
red paint Waterford and bis party hal done
~ For wager he had celebrated inter of
his steed brought into the dining room, in the
midst Of drinking bout, and mou ating in his
dinner dress, rode him over the dining table
without dIsarFsBgiBg an article on it. At
Stockbolm-we think it wss-he was very
nearly killed by . vigilant policeman. The
offcers Of the law there carry clubs vita spikes
IN the end, which are called "morning stars"
waterford, in attempting to pIsy the London
seme over the Stockholm peelers, received a
blow with one OF these persuasive stan on the
bead. and very neArly succumbed 10 ID. The
foreigner didn't understand WsterfOrd's ways.
tie was celebrated steeple- chase rider, and
han one OF the finest studs of thorOughbreds
crossed by the hunter to be found in Ireland or
ERglsnd. He kept this pace up for about ten
or nfteen years, and finally saw the vanity OF
hiswsys and retired to Curraghmore, married
ant became . resident landlord. Following the
example OF Charley OMalley, ne ~ one tm5
nafhtsseo Tour young thorough redE 10 his car
fIsge ana attempted TO drive them. The re-
-uli may be imagined The establishment was
spilled, but WaterfOTd's luck ciung to him
one cay IL failed. 1t was in the buutinJ-riald
The fox lad taken q stIa ght line thu scent was
breast high, the held was a free one aui goin0
vel; the hounds were well down 10 their work,
AMI Waterford sent his horse at a rattl AZ mace |
1t a sun wall on the Greet Of slope In VS. hi.
asst jump. The h0rss-as Irish horses do
Jumped on and off, and ia dOing 20 stepped on a |
N0se boulder, Numbered and ieii-.eII on Wa
'sTf'Td, Who Sas taken mp senseess and 50 far |
ss we remember. never spoke again And that
was the lasl of wsterfOrd's w-ys.
THR PsTOHoLOSICAL ARGUMENT FOR |
BRECHRR kxAhINHD.-I know II is said syery
uay' ana more frequently and mphaticsIly than |
any other thiDg-"We cannot believe thst a
man can pray and preach as Beech ST ass done |
ana yet DC the great criminal tn 81 he m lst be II
Lie ID guilty OF tais offeuae." This 1. aDseious
but, alas fer the fact, utterly fallaciosa Nspv
men, not yet old, will emembsr the ease OF |
Bishop DOane, AID still mere distinctly the sa,s
OF bShoP ODderdonk. An honored prsIats of !
long standing in the ministry, an eloquent aRd |
able preacher "a popular bishOp-yst Tor this very
Offer 80, deposed from the bishopric and silsuced
from the ministry. The writer of these payas |
was Tor seventeen years associated with a min |
lster In college work, and for several years OF /
mat time associated with him 10 the pastorate |
sf the college church. He was an earnest |
pIeacher, aud especially gifted in PRAYING,
Three years ago, he was accused, upon the |
testimony of single witness, OF criminal in |
umacy with the wife of one of the deacons of |
his church. Although at times for years there |
bad been hints Of scandal, yet not one in hum |
dTed gave the least Credrnce to the story which !
the witness told. The accused denisd the |
CHAR Se and asserted his innocence with the nost
sOieIHn ssseveTst1ons that ever fell from human
lips His denlals and asseVerstlOns were repsat- |
ID Gay after day, in the most solemn manner
for ks, until at length the "horrors of /
Of bell got hold upon him" for he believed in |
a future judgment and futdre retribution. And /
he item confessed that the charge was true de
claring that nothing bur the undou biting belief |
of al endless hell had saved him from suicide
or Induced him to confess" For years and wears |
this criminal intimacy had existed; his accom- |
plice sitting before him every Sabbath; and her |
husband all unsuspecting, received from his |
hand each two months, the bread aud the cum l
such is the mystery OF iniquity. man NAV |
preach With ferVOr, and play like an ANGEL /
ana vet live reprObate.-Reg. Or. FIirdeld Of |
OHIO
a WOMAN was at the bottom of the sgricnI- |
tuTal strlkei in England, SAYS KAYE Field, and |
Ills vas the wsy OF It, Mrs. Vincent. wife to |
the editor of the bennington Chronicle (whO by !
Tue way, lived many years in Massacnusetts
and got to be quite "A Yankee), wasTunntDg mai
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