Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-11-03
So in Advance
Whole Number 14OO.
From an Occasional Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

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Now that the Exposition is drawino 70
its close, a great number of people have,
suddenly, awakened to the idea that # i
worth visiting.
Our city is filed to running over. with
strangers from all parts of the world. and
l presume there is no douct but that thev
have all been ''taken in" and ''done for"
You may have heard that this is a city of
brotherly love.
A short time ago heard minister ad-
dress an audience, where there were both
ladies and gentlemen, as ''dear bretheren."
but before proceeding farther he paused to
explain that it was, of course, understood
That bretheren embraced the sisters. also.
Inc same explanation would be quite apro-
pos IN regard to the naming of our city.
You see the application, hope. We feel
Ihal' as a city, we are well and appropriate
ly named. We have never known nntH
this summer, how much love there was in
our hearts, not only for our fellow citizens.
but for all of our relations, by law and 9TH
erwise. They have all been to see us. and
we are glad of it, and it has been with real
pleasure that we have taken, one after an
other, the doors and shutters from off their
hinges, and offered them up as sacrifices
l mean as beds, to these newly-found Cen
tennial kin. We call them our Centennial
kin, because we know We are indebted to
the great Exposition alone, for the pleas
ure of their acquaintance.
We have, in some instances, had occasion
to think that, if We were entertaining ar
gels, it was, certainly, unawares; yet in
the main, we are satisfied and happy, with
consciousness of having remembered and
praeticed the golden rule. Very loud ap-
plause.
Did you ever see a peripatetic vinegar
bottle? did, the other day, at the Centen-
NAL, and, though I sigh to make the con
fession, it was disguised and fashioned as a
a10manl Ny attention was first attracted
by her manner towards ''small boy, " who
to save himself from falling, had caught
hold of her dress with his dirty fingers.
when trying to escape being run over by
one of those popular nuisanees-a rolling
chair. Her expression was that Of one who
had just eaten green persimmon. was
not sufficiently near to hear what she said
to the young offender, but could see what
she looked at him, and I knew that the
vials of her wrath were being uncorked fer
his especial benefit. The effect, however
was not what might have been anticipated.
l turned around, expecting to see a sad
and humbled looking boy, and you can
imagine my surprise, when I tell you that
the little rascal had struck an attitude, ex-
pressiYe of great defiance, and with his
thumb against the tip of his nose, COM
menced singing Don't be angry with me,
darling" in most impudent and irritat-
ing manner.
Ipondered, deeply, for few moments,
on the natural deprayity of the small boys
of the period, and I also wondered why it
is, that all women are not angels? I am
happy to be able to state that the majority
of US are, but there are still few left
whose wings have not yet become quite Wis
ible.
I do not like those people of the chronic
frown pursuasion-whether they be breth-
ering or whether they be sistering. They
seem to look upon the world, and every
thing in it, through aeidulated spectacles,
and go about, not like roaring lions, but
like snarling dogs, seeking whom they may
bark and growl at. I always feel like sug-
gesting a course of Hostetter's or Seheneks'
globules, Gsn't that word an improvement
over pills0 for I know that their livers
must be in fearful state of inactivity and
bile
One more little incident and then have
done:
While in Machinery Hall, near the VIII
iamantie Cotton stand, where there is al
ways a crowd collected, and which never
can pass without stopping to look, once
more, at their pretty and ingenious meth
cd of spooling the cotton, noticed an old
gentleman, who seemed greatly interested
in the same process. He was, apparently,
one of those people who feel the Importance
of their own ''ipse dixit" and, evidently,
thought that he had honored Philadelphia
with his presence at time when they
ought to appreciate it. After watching
the workings of the machinery for a short
time, he saw that many of the ladies pres
ent had been presented with little boxes,
each containing a spool of cotton. He i'm
mediately made application for one, and
When, told that they were intended only for
the ladies, said to the one in attendance,
81 presume, madam, that you will make
an exception in my favor, as l am minis
ter of the gospel, and should greatly like to
take one of these little boxes home to my
wife, as momentum of this great Oeea-
sion.'
He was, without delay, made the happy
recipient of two of the little momen-
tums, after which he went on his way, re-
joicing. NJ
Philadelphia, Oct. as, 1876.