Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-08
NOTES FROM MAINE.
Especial Correspondence Of The iS'uy-. I
WINGATE COTTAGE,

one had passed into the possession of Dor
rowers, while the other was plundered with
out pretence, volume containing soma
numbers of the New York Mirror for 1871
with extras comprising the prose and poeti-.
body. Then commenced the scrimmage, and
cal works OF the editors, n. p. Willis and
George Z. Morris More entertaining sum
mer reading could not desire The ii etterS
from under Bridge" are really charming
essays, and though had read them long a 20,
they amply repaid TeperuSal Some enter
prising publisher should really do Them mn
In neat little volume for the benefit OF those
who idle away the heated term by sea and
mountains. 1t is only those who have haen
stated with city life who can thorourhIv an
preciate the country. and of this class was
Wills, who, after having been petted by the
fashionabIeS of the Old and New Worlds es-
capped TO Glenmary. Could anything be bet
ter in its way than this description If the
darker side of hotel life:
doctor, were you ever q vagabond for
years together? l know you have hung your
hat on the south pole, but you were one of
those friend of the family men, who will
travel from Dan TO Beersheba, and be at no
charges for lodging. You cannot understand
think, the life from which have escaped
the lie OF mine ease In mine inn.' Pleasant
mockery! You have never had the hotel
feVer-never gone distracted at the eternal
one piece of soap and the last occupants
tooth brush and cigar To be sighted any
hour in the evening for pair OF slippers and
tin candle-Stick-tO sleep and wake amid
the din of animal wants, complaining and
SupPlled-to hear no variety of human ton
Dut the expression of the baser necessities
TO be waited upon either by fellows who
would bring your collins as uncOncernedIv as
your breakfast, or by a woman who is rude,
becaRe insulted when kind-tO lie ALWAYS
In strange beds-tO go home to a house of
sraDgeIs-tO be weary without pity sick
without soothing, sad without sympa thy-to
SIT at twilight by your lonely window ia
some strange city, and with a heart which n
child's voice would dissolve I'm tenderness 10
see door after door open and close upon
Istners; brothers, friends, expected and well
coined by the beloved and belovIng-these
are costly miSeries against which | almost
hourly weigh my cheaper happiness in a
hOmei Yet this is the lie piued after nv the
grown-up bOy-the life. dear Doctor. for
Whlch even yourself can fancy am imping
my wing anewl On. no! have servri seven
years Tor ms Rachel OF contentmeut, and
my heart is no Laban to put me Off with
Leah"
y TALE OF CHEAP TAILORING.
In 1Si54-perhapS earlier and later as
wel'-Willis was the New York correspond
ent of the National IafeUigeacer, and his let
tiers were reproduced in the Mirrors now be-
fore me- They are sparkling and chatty and
will no doubt be recalled by many Wash
ingtOnians Of the crlcien regime copy from
them single paragraph
"A mans wants in the clothes line Though
II comes hfe may make his wants little
enough are fairly defined in an advertise
ment ny Mrs. Jones, 2ST BCwery'- offers
10 clothe gentlemen for one hundred dollars
per 0fl7ittIp, giving them fOUr suits Of clothes
each suit consisting of zone dress or frock
coat, two pair of pantalOOns and two vests
This is somewhat cheaper than yOur-own-
hoOk-eTy, though the cash Systern' has re-
duGed the tailors, prices nearly one half"
What gulf between "Mrs. Jones' and
Linthicum! Eli, Ramsdell!
sUTRO AND THE "BUSTED" BANK,
How is 1T 10 one has thought of Sutro and
ms great bore, otherwise known as the Su-
uo tunnel, in connection with the failure of
the Bank OF California? The B. OF c., &C
cording TO SutrO. has been a most determtn-
ed; interruptions and powerful opponent OF
tie tunnel enterprise. Ii any one cares 10
nave SutroS opinion of the Bank OF Cali
Itfnl3 II can be found at length in q green
cloth covered pamphlet, which bears on the
title page the following: Closing Rprti-
ment OF Adolph Sutro on the bill before Con
ETeSS 10 aid the SutrO Tunnel, deli Vered be-
4 re The Committee on Mines and Mining OF
The House OF Representatives of the United
Siatts OF America, Monday, April %, 1872"
IN iaCt, this argument is so perrneat ted
with the Bank OF California that il is diff
CUT 20 md paragraph OF reasonable length
Tor quotation. After treating OF stock swim
ding operations, Sutro says, I'd. 49,
1T VIII appear very clearly 10 Won that
ms Callfor IN Bank ring. or the Union Mil
ara Mining Company, lit is O II one affair as
mas been shown here,) are managing things
over mere just 10 sUit themselves; and the
mead mantpulatOrS are RalstOn, the head of
The Bank of California, al San Francisco; and
sharon, their agent at Virginia City. They
get The profits out of the mines and mills
and tell you, gentlemen, they are making
millions out oft. do not wonder that Mr.
Kalston can live in princely residence and
keep Sixty horses for his own use. The ring
Is nicbing 1t out of the people. They do not
get 1t honestly"
should not be in the least surprised now
II Sutro should come TO the front and boldly
declare that he "busted" the r. of C. with MS
Httle pamphlets.
CONCERNING BATHING.
Nut here l am writing from a watering
place without word of the water or the
place merely mousing among old books and
forgotten pamphlets. Well, we have had
cheated term;" two weeks of hot dry weather,
ending with brisk rain yester morn; fog in
the afternoon; and to-day there is a clear
SLY, crisp atmosphere and brisk north
west wind. l bathed yesterday despite a
drlZZllng fog, rafting southeaster and a
Temperature. The waves
dashed angrily upon the shore. and it really
required 10 little determination to face them
But face them ] did, and the reaction after
I'D merslon and vigorous rubbing down with
q coarse towel was worth the effort. Bath
lng-Sca b@thIng, OF cOurSe,-I find is not
much In vogue here, either among the ma
tives or the summer visitors. The salt water
Is evidently regarded by them merely as a
sort Of refrigerator In which CLANS are left
Jor the frequent clam bake and haddock fO-
the cbOwder kettle. II answers, too, for ex-
cnTsions by steam, sail or oar, but few fly TO
us embrace as refuge from doctors bills,
panacea for many of the ills that flesh is
heir 10. Well, the loss is theirs.
CONCERNING AMP-MEETINGs.
A camp-meeting in this vicinity ended
last week-if not in smoke, at least in clouds
OF dust. saw but little of it, but the little
that did see, and much more that / heard,
has Convinced me that the cause OF religion
was not greatly advanced by this meeting,
though MammOn, in the persons of the stock
holders on the camp ground. protited thereby.
Indeed, 1T was money-making, rum drink
ing, Iowdyish affair, in which religion had
but little or no part. While the camp meet
ing lasted there was no getting work done in
town or country. Every sort of a vehicle on
two wheels or four, everything in the shape
of horse flesh, and of bone and hide, was
brought into use, and in many instances
used up. The scenes on the road dit not re-
mind me of going to or returning from the
Derby. / have Stunned that Comparison
ever since heard one Baltimore reporter say
to another as they were riding on passes -
on the front platform of a street car out to 4
the Schuetzenfest, Looks like coming from
the Derby, don't ft?' Eyes" was the renIv.
though neither of the knights of the note,
book had ever stepped foot on British soil, or
ANYTHING better than a