The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-11
RALSTON'S NOME.
The Morning Amer n banquet TO Party Of
sixty DISTINGUISHED Men.

san FIdncscO CorreSpeHdcnce CinciHadh COnperl iaL
do not suppose that in the future there
will he any such unions ana reunions OF husi-
ness men as az Ralston's. without going there,
a stranger got no adequate impression Of the
coast. At Ralston's board he saw the soul OF
the coast, the enginery exposed, the cheerful
obsta lies by the snendor OF their combinations.
The host all neht was quiet nd unobtrusye,
yet the anmating presence and cau-e Of the as
semhlagc. Now that he Is dead, Ii RO, est mort,
but not yet Wire Il ROi
The next day was sunday. Belmont was
empty of the crowd. l arose at daylight and
strolled again through the long suite Of the
lower door picked a book from the library,
fOndled the zig dogs, discovered the mineral
water collection and tasted New Almaden
Nicny, Pacific Congress- Idaho soda aud the salts
Of Saratoga; yet we were all used up. One
Englishman could only say, feeling his temples p:
" 'Stor' nary. Nest 'stor naryV We lay around
the porchcs on Chinese chairs, and felt the
parch and thirst entailcd by too much riches.
Ralston cane down. He WAS In the habit Of
felsting thus day after iay. lie cried out checri
": DOWN Heighf know what ais YOU fell
lows. You want some OF the hair on the same
dog that bit You last night. Tom J"
He made us glass Of something potential to
seek spirits at the bottom OF the well, where
they had dropped, aud we had appetite for
breakfast-a bird. sole. toast, coffee. At the
breakfast table We were half dozen. There
We're Edgar Mills, brother Of ID. o.; Captain
lIartshOrue, General Hutchinson an the two
lritons. One OF these Breretnn, tine fellow
aftcrward married m American Lady, and Ia
still resident IN California. The wnolc party
took the big kimbel wagon, hung on native
ston had the reins. four-in-hand. We dashed
off through the country between the bay an a
the sea, threading Spring valley, where We're the
dams To supplv san Francisco with drinking
water. The rich bay trees threw their branches
over the narrow roads, the giistening oaks shut
IN the way. our athletic driver brushed the
/ branches aside, and the melted horses, feeling
his wish unun their strength, obeved his viii.
The California sun came out. Here and thcre
We stopped for "a reintroduction To some neigh
burs whom we had met the night before many
places that we saw were more elegant than
Ralstou's. and IL was apparent that he had
missed the greatest seasoning Of HES enjoy
ments-an appreciation 81 woman at her best,
Ia her disinterestcd and large nature. lie WIS
M rred to a lady Of abundant goodness and IN
teiligcuce: but he WAS like the late samuel
Colt of Hartford, In THIS respect he had lived
too athletic and masculine life To form a Just
conception 81 woman IA "A friend and fellow
mind. His pursuits were so wholly material
tllt they shut the wife ont Of their secrets.
/ besides. u h rare that marriage with 40 cre1t
wealth a. ltllstuu hal is a happy choice. ! rc-
member that the homestead Of ID. q. Mills wus,
although SITTER affair. more domestic "a n
J. 4ist.u's house his wife and children were
parts of the walk ana tnlk II was not 20 elaho-
rrte. trough moro beautiful tnan RllSton's and
better furnished, AS tn preclude the probability
OF "a home there.