New-York tribune., 1874-08-26
1OHN PAUL AT SARATOGA.
o,ownrn TOWN BUT A DULL SEASON.

uEn
sv,sox-BorrIED BEER COMING IN AS SUB
orrr,rrr FOR wiNE-s0ME MORAL AND HYGIENIC
,pyrIEcT1oNs-A MOURSFUL CHANGE IN THE
coxrorR OF THE INDIAN GIRL-THK HOP COS
TUNES
-, AZ occ, s,oS,1 CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TRIBUNE
s,R,rosA. Aug 20.-Away from home again! Not
=, all. sarataga is home," in the sweetest sense OF
theword At least, tbs the otaresf spot on eartn 10
me- and always accept popular definitions
Roard bills will be paid weekly" is one of the
rleasast legends written on the notice TO guests
xhich find pasted on the door of my room. Who
will pay them is not explained with exactly the
accuracy that would be gratifying to one of my pre-
rise end mathematical habits, but as the broad fact
is plainly stated shall give myselfn trouble about
unimuOrtaat details And intend to leave be-
tore the seven days are up suppose it doesn't mat
Ter much for it follows of course. that In such case
no enc will have TO pay anything
L, il because / am a year older that things seem
less Jolly 10 me this season than they did lastf
Or is it because of panics and fires, and floods, the
bursting of time-honored reservoirs. brooding OF
poisonous mists in the air, that few seem TO ENJOY
HE as they did last Summer Never before was
there such season all the large hotels have been
filed to oveIfowing and boarding-houses have
farly bub5led up to the very brims of their capa-
cious chOpping-trays, with the surplus population;
but for all that, Saratoga seems less lively than
usual FuldresS balls have been such failures that
few are now attempted, the inexpensive hop being
substituted on all sides by general consents but
even the hop is not hilarious of old AT the ta-
bles too notice change; here, again, the hop"
comes in as a substitute for something more spark
Ing and costly, bottled beer being drunk instead
of vine The walters tell me that they suffer IN
consequence of the general stagnation of business
Taken all in all. do not really suppose that nave
distributed more than thousand dollars this season
among the faithful attendants who forget to BLACK
my boots at night, never bring ice-water to the
ro,u and always inform me that the last Spanish
,nackerel was broiled just minute two before my
family entered the dining-room But. thank heaven
peruvian wOOdcOek on toast Is always obtalnabie
and on ordering this you are promptly served Win
8 plate of cold pork and beans
Ihave seen but one four-in-hand here this season.
and personally, have not held more than pair
.dsshes" do not seem to be in order
pardon please. that lamentable attempt to be
srnnv but pale melancholy was lowering around
,r,-b a scanning intent to mark me for her own ana
.be above was desperate endeavor TO poke her
evavi Can vou expect one to be reputaOIy Jo4ly
when 4" il Is not in the cardsF r
T. NAV be the fault Is mine; 1t may be that in my
old age am becoming m!santhroplc that III reail'y
there is quite as much sparkle IN Congress water aS
over. and that It's in the fountain OF my gloomy
soul slona that the crystal stream of thought has
hen transmitted into tears! Dyspepsia may be at
tbe bottom of it, for of late find That cannot eat
more .han a watermelon OF two, couple OF oroiieu
chickens slice of Learned Pig and a few bermuda
potaoes and other vegetables without suffering loi
= ,fterward. Tis very hard to be good Christian
when one has a weak digestion, and sometimes
fancy that a change Of stomach would beneht tne
n
heart.
Man is morbid as well as mortal-no use In dls-
nrrinc that propositionl The bounding drivers OF
The aboundIng hacks-sweet candidates for a place
in Song or in Sing Sing who will give you seat IN
acarriaCe ana the small pOx for five dollars wnen-
ever desire for drive comes upon you-lnforIn
me that they are always called upon TO point out
,ba "Walworth Mansion" What possible pleasure
there can be in gazing upon this PLAIN, whlte cot-
,aue row occupied as a clearinghouse; now IL can
add new zest to life TO phander past Its pale CLAP
boards. passes my comprehension But so 10 many
other things up here and as the list Oh Things tha'
do would be long one will not now attempt an
enumeration.
The word list" brings to nv mind thought
On the bottom of the bill of fare Is line stating
that Each waiter is provided with VINE cards anu
lists" Having had no occasion TO use WINE cards 80
far this season. do not know how that part Oh inc
statement may be carried out by 1act' ou' lha'
each one of the waters lists faithfully TO every
thing that is said at our table, can certify from
actual observation!
WHY do the Illusions Of youth so soon vanish
For the same reason, perhaps, that Summer roses
fade. But why do the things we love change
Why for instance does the Beautiful Indian Girl
grow fatf Last Summer she "could have crept
through an alderman's thumb ring" and now,
plague upon it, would puzzle her TO sqeeze through
a big barrel Has she been eating Indian meal all
the Winteri Surely the sylph-lke Daughter OF the
Forest the graceful Willow of the Woods, the Slen-
der Sumach of the Wild Wayside, might have kept
herself down within decent proportions had she
consulted the Pale Maidens Of the Parlors, the
White Lilies of the Piazzas. the Gay and Graceful
Gazelles of the Grand Union Grounds. Had she
stepped I'd TO one of the Daughters Of the Drawing
Room when first risen from her innocent couch at
the early hour of II o'clock in the morning with the
fresh blush o. the pink-saucer upon her cheek.
soft dab of pearl powder upon her far brow, and
French novel under her arm and said, How does
nv White Sister keep her sweet self from growing
100 fat' The Wild WOodehuek of the Fragrant
Fncanpment would fain knOwf" / have not a
doxbt but she would have been put upon course of
chalk slate pencils, and vinegar at once. For what
the White Lily Of the White Mans Lodge lodging
up three pairs of stairs and spending good deal of
her time looking out of the windows after the moon
is up does MT know about most everything is MT
much worth knowing
Incidental mention Of an alderman's thumb-rng
brings I'D little incident of last evening. The
ladies of the house gave Prof. Manuel "Compli-
mentary Testimonial is TO say, benefit ball.
Faithful Master of Ceremonies that he is, ndefati-
gable in his exertions to compel growing youth to
turn their properly out in walking through fe
30 see that al the hops the uglest girl is pro-
vided with partner shade or uglier than she
herself is, little the wonder l say, that there
should be disposition to step forward and testify