Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-12-24

Ihe -1rca0tGn DLHHer-JO0guin Miller
( CousPopping Ertr@ordinary.-$6O,0 900
Per Month from the Northern Pacifc.-
Big s.
From Our Own Correspondent
New YORK, December 81, 1915.
To tie EEtor Of tie Times:
New York, just at present, is well sup
piled with literary celebrities, a liberal
sprinkling of whom appeared at the I'M
usually brilliant dinner given by the Ar
cadian Club few evenings since at their
elegant rooms on Fifth avenue. Among
the distinguished persons whose presence
contributed to the interest of the occasion
were the venerable Peter Cooper, one of
the few remaining land marks. so to speak
of old New York; NJ. d. Conway, Prem
tice D. milford, of the "Overland Month
ly," Laurence Hutton, author of plays
and Players" c.. II. Webb, better known
as John Paul :" and last, but rot least,
Joaquin Miller. From the general drift
of newspaper paragraphs had prepared
myself to see in this illustrious person a
sort Of mixture of Lord Baron and "Buf-
falo BILL and on entering the reception
room looked over the assemblage of black
coats and white ties. in pleasurable expec
fancy that my eye would be caught by long,
coal black locks, flowing over the shout
ders of a red hunting shirt, bounded on
the south by a icathern belt, filled with
implements of warfare, and supporting
buck-skin brooches, which in turn should
disappear in high, biz spurred boots, all
in accordance with the picture my fancy
had painted of the Poet of the Sierras."
Not seeing any thing of the sort, at once
concluded that the lion had not arrived.
and turned 10 speak II an acquaintance
10y whom | was introduced to several of
the group in which found him. Among
these WAS one gentleman whose name
did not catch. but who. from his general
appearance Judged to be business man
( OF some kinda middle-aged person. with
! high cheek bones, reddish brown whiskers,
and thin, short hair OF the same color, who
extended his hand in an absent sort of
u way. and after a word or two about
the weather, re,apsel into silence, leaving
me to resume my search for the picturesque
poet at my leisure 4 few inquiries
shortly after revealed the somewhat stag
geriHg fact that had been "cntertaining
angels UnawaTes, or words to that effect,
and that my business friend was none 9TH
or than the romantic genius himself On
learning this, ofcourse regarded him more
closely, to discover, If possible. SOME out
ward signs of the PT0mcthean fire: but
F beyond military twirl to his moustache,
and the wearing of an immense cluster
diamond rings on his foreiinger, / must
confess that ! found little 10 compensate
ksue Tor thE lrsS of ms re,! shirted ideal.
8 s'ei;.S for smile to illustrate the
b change watch has come over ,our streets
during the past few days, can only think
nj the City rs q big corn-ponper, which
has bat just arrived at the temperature
necessary 10 the wonderful transformations
which accompany the operation indicated
Il may be - hoDcly comparison, admit,
> but il fits the case admirably. First one
store would burst into holiday display,
then another then two, three. ten, fifty at
! time, till now the whole retail portion
Of the town is as plump and tempting rs
the most successful pepper full that ever
'wss suatched fram the ire in the nick Of
time. For these few exhilara,ing days,
tho retail merchants are having a rest
from grumbiing, and are feasting their
eyss on crowded counters and plethoric
ills, while the thought of the little folks
AMI big folks which y myriad pur-
chuses will soon make glad. is enough TO
warm the heart Of \ cyulc. Everybody is
doing well, and in the case of the largest
dealers in the different branches the vol
49, Ill,
/ Tie Mason X Hamlin Organ Co., for ex-
ample, who are the leading house of the
kind in the world. report a demand which
is temporarily beyond their capacity to
supply, though their case is, Of course, ex
icPtional. they having, in addition to this
sssdden local pressure, regular trade in
nearly every civilized country on the
globe. 70: years they have enjoyed al
most unquestioned superiority ut home,
while few American manufacturers of any
/ kind have reflected SO much honor on
thcir country abroad. At London, at
Paris, at Vienna, wherever their iustru-
mcnts have been exhibited, they have, by
sheer force of merit. triumphed even over
national pride, and received the highest
distinction in every case. In almost any
other industry at least two or three manu-
facturers will be found whose claims are
SO nearly equal that the foremost position
Is never definitely assigned but the name
of Mason Is Hamliu upon reed organ is
what the stamp of tteeaty,tomr karats me
is TO the golden ingot. There can be but
one such, and that indicates unapproach-
able excellence.
If any of your readers have invested in
Northern Pacific bonds, it may interest
them to learn that Mr.. jay Cooke has just
been heard from on the subject, and that
he is as confident as ever of the future sue
tcess of the railroad which swallowed up
his great fortune and brought him to bank
ruptcy. He says il now occupies the proud
est position of any road in the country,
being entirely free from debt, and making
on the traffic of its two completed ends
500. 900 month net profit.
Mr. Tweed still delays sending his adj
2sess to his anSious friends. The lawyers
are wrangling over his case in the courts,
however, as blisily as ever, reminding one
forcibly of lot of quarrelsome squirrels
chattering over an empty nutshell. The
present popular theory about him is, that,
having decided that he could better nego-
tiate with the city outside of prison walls
than inside them, he quietly betoOk him
self to some convenient hiding place per-
haps under our noses, and there awaits de-
velopments. Should Mr.. Charles 'Conor
recover (Which strange to say, now looks
probable) and be able to go on pressing his
proposed $2,0O0,o00 compromise, we may
confidently expect to see Big 81 come
striding back into our midst, bland and
smiling as though nothing had occurred,
ready to forget and forgive his prosecutions
at the hands of the now vanquished me-
tropolis. But should Mr.. O'Conor die or
negotiations fail for any other reason, it is
likely that the particulars of this disap-
pearance will remain among the things that
mo Teller can find out" RADIX.
M a RRIED.
In Christ Church, Port Tobacco, on We'd