Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-26
MISS GROWN AT"THEBEAR'S DEN,


grateful you would have been. heard the
mutterings of a storm after the mail came
in, so l double pinned my back hair, and
then calmly awaited the tornado.
Well, some of the dear people went wild
hunting up old readers, trying to find Logan's
mot Johns) There is eternal war between
ire and thee!'' 10 throw at my devoted head;
merely because their names had been men
toned Queer, wasn'tit? But then, come to
think of it. IL must he rather discouraging,
after you nave packed your trunks and
started off Wi III flourish for Long Branch,
Newport or Saratoga, to find Yourself a,
GattOn, by mistake, and then have your
dear five hundred friends informed of the fact.
Others telt grieved because / accused them
of being sensible enough to dress plainly.
They thought it must necessarily ruin the
reputation of the place; and to avoid said
ruin they telegraphed at once for couple
sets OF Jewelry 3Priggs), ard having done
their duty, and do3Dief their beads, looked the
personifcatiOn of injured innocence.
But the mo one TO love" crowd insisted
upon by my being burnt a. once, declaring
that II was sad enough to De compelled to 90
on lassOing expeditions without having any
one tell of il; and. on the whole life looked
about as cheerful as an undertaker'S shop TO
me until the evening brought a diversion in
the shape of
HOP
You see, the reputa, alton OF being beauless
was just little too much for Round Hill To
bear, so cole NIrginny" got its back-and
two "fiddlers" up, ard came marching upon
1aItoIl In lorce. n lew OF us were having
ptous game OF euchre in the hall while The
less serious portion of the community inn
perlieu their S0ieS in dancing to the tune of
the piano, when suddenly an armful of hats
made their appearance. They kept COM
lng-the hatS-tiil | was sure some perambu-
lating StinemetZ had chosen YattOn for his
headquarters; but in due time the owners
also followed, and then began a forming of
some OF the most beautiful figures magma
BILE, coupled with so much genuine enjoy
lnent on the part of the dancers. and amlse-
ment on that of the spectatorS, that the eve
ming flew by as on Storm wings.
But there! promise You an account OF the
EXPEDITION To THE BEARS DEN;
and as said expedition is now an accom-
plished fact, had best begin at once. On a
cool, pleasant morning eight of US clamberei
into the ambulance and set our faces "weSt-
ward ho!' Soon the whole Loudouu valley
Jay before US; and as some of our party hal
viewed ii during its occupation by our
troops, the descriptions given and anecdotes
toid were OF the iiveiiest. Then Smokers
Vile esprit of euphO1y what nameD Law
below Us and set us To- wondering whether
any amount OF air, short of whir wind
could poss bly, reach it; but passing through
SnIchers gap-which isn't much of q gap
after all-soOn turred our thoughts mou1
tain ward again; and after a further drive O.
mile or so we reached the spot where every
one is obliged 10 continue the journey on
Shank's ma, oh! beg pardon; on Shanks
lazy horse
While we were busy yet pinning skirts
pdcK 10 tile proper degree OF tlshtneSS, one of
the gentlemen, who had been doing some
amateur scouting, returned with the report
that
1.-THE WAY WAS RATHER RUGGED"
looking al US the while as if he sort of pitied
us. OF course, that made US determined to
''dO or die;' and as the guide had comfOrted
US with the assurance that it was only halfa
mile TO the ''den," we naturally felt lust a
little mere than equal to the march, and
started OF as gaily as you please. Well,
after we had been doing about climbing
enough to interview our Sun-burnt goddess
Of liberty on the capitol dome, we didn't feel
~ so gay any more, And when q good
nile had been passed over without brinpfng
,he der IN sight, we lost faith IA the guile
les 'SS Of our guide. and came to the con
ci"sion tnat the fox must have measured
lha' "HtII mlle," and thrown the length OF
ms ttie III every time. Then, while we Were
gruHbling q little for our amusement, voices
arose behind US, and a party from Smokers
Vile came in sight. among whom my de
fghted eyes eSpie1 WaShingtOnian, a
Treasury clerk; and while we were vet eX-
the weather, &C., EXCAVATIONS OF pleased
-urrrise from the vau.u ard stopped US and
here before us, was
"THE "DEN."
Immense rocks, looking as if band OF
playful Titans had piled them up in sport,
form sort OF dry-land prOmOntory, cleft by
large assures and undermined by caves
Standing upon this the whole beautiful val
ley of the Shenandoah, with Winchester
and number OF minor villages i'm the dis
lance, aud its surrounding girdle of noun
tains, lay I'm the sunlight before us; white
Looking down the rocky, perpendicula.
des cent, We saw the tops of the highest trees
deep below, and found that the idea of a mis-
step, and consequent fall into the valley be-
low, was not at all inviting.
HUCKLEBERRIES AND RATTLESNAKES.
The Washingtonian had a young telescope
along and kindly handed u around; so we
took our fill of the surrounding beauty, and
then turned from landscapes to huckleber
rles. Yes, they were ripe and sweet: and
Mrs and | went after them with n will till
She broke the spell by casually remarking
That the rest of the party seemed TO have
disappeared. OF course, visions of rattle
snakes and "sich" had nothing whatever TO
do with our sudden departure. Oh MOI Per-
ish the thought! But we followed them
with remarkable celebrity; and only missed
our way once, think, finding the ambu-
lance, and finally our dinner, with an in
stinct wonderful TO behold. Miss BROWN.
THE LOUISIANA STATE FRAUDs-The
attorney general of Louisiana has filed in
formation at New Orleans against Charles
treasurer; L. q. DESMOND, secretary of state
AMI Charles w. Lowell, speaker of the house
all members of the funding board in 1874
charging them with misdemeanOr in office
for funding five warrants drawn by the audi
tor, amounting to S13S $50 80, and represent
lng an illegal claim against the state. Bail
USeO AT SlUu.ttD e:tch. The attorney general
also filed an information against State SEN
atnr T.. r.. Herwig for obtaining money under
false pretenses by issuing vouchers. while
chairman OF senate committee on contingent
expenses, for fraudulent claims, and obtain
ing warrants from the auditor by represent
ing that said fraudulent claims were lust and
legal; also by issuing fictitious vouchers
knowing at The time that there We're no such
persons as the pretended beReficiaries and
that no such claims or demands representa-
in these vouchers existed at the time
COLD WEArHER.-The Hartford Times
says: such q cold morning as Monday,
July 10, is rarely known in this part of New
England at this time of the year. Here In
Connecticut the temperature generally at
sunrise, was rather below than above 80 deg:
and, In some parts OF the state 1t was down
10 30 deg. The latter mark was common i'm
Berkshire county, Massachusetts,; and in
Vermont there must have been in some
places almost If not quite frost"
PROHIBITION AND LICENsE.-The Pitts
field (Mass.) Sun says that "prohibitiOn
means whiskey, and license means beer: a
fact that is evident in Pittsf1eld to-day.
where dealer who does not keep lager beer
does not get custom, and I'm whose borders
nearly every den OF iniQuity, which throye
under the prohibition law, has come to grief
under that OF license"
A GOOD LAw.-Under New Hampshire,s
new tramp law two able bodied members Of
the ftinerant fraternity have been arrestei
much to their surprise, and sent to fail as