The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-06

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crowned bonnets, and talk about lou
Courier" Il say En-" burst out the
pickle of the family. one night las
week, when the blonde daughter wa.
comparing foreign rotes with Augusta.
F'itz Noodle, do you remember wheI
you and Bianch (Blanch is the bru
nette) were climbing that fence up al
Aunt Betsy's, how scared you were
when the calf -" Pickle was heard
five minutes after bowling dolefully il
the nrrsery.
soMNAMBULISM OR WHAT?
Among the absorbing topics at pres
enI, it must be admitted in nearly all
circles, is the last Tilton scandal, and
the battles that are being fought about
it rage almost as fiercely as in the
Beecher trial times. ''Sleepiness,
SomnaInbrlism, or Whatf is the
question "Whstp most people are in
clined to think. Beecherites fairly
hug themselves over this last develop
ment. 1t is a common thing now to see
meii in Brooklyn, going to and from
business, with their arms folded across
snd az tightly around themselves "a
they can get them, in pure ecstasy O.
feeling. They say il has become so in
tense that some of these rejoicerS have
been known, in ft OF absence O
mind, to hug somebody else as we'll
the huggee being invariably of the fem
inine persuasion. The following, how
sveT, is youehed for:
POLO.
Mr. Herald Benefits imported out
door amusement of "Polo" is all the
rage with the elite. The bellies of Mad
ison Square Eow ask all their admirers
''if they play polo;" and they mostly
say 'they do, even If they cannot ride
a pony ten rods without daylight be
ing visible between the saddle and
themselves at least half the time. Not
to know polo now, if you are d modern
Adouis, is to be ''ccd" in the eyes O.
our metropolitan Venuses and Psyches
Aponis must shoot, must row, must
enter a horse at the races; but he may
do all this, and if he do not play polo
he may as well step down and out. Ii
he does, however, and gets hurt,
(Which, if h. is not an adept at the
game, is quite likely, or would be were
not his opponents generally as inapt as
himselD, he is coddled to his hearts
content by dowagers and damsels. A
noted society man and polo player has
recently sailed for Europe, and rumors
say that twenty seven young ladies
are wearing the willow for him because
he was so nice at polo, and looked so
slceet on horseback.
oNRIGIN OF THE GAME.
The game itself may be described,
after the Hiberian manner, as ''foot-
ball on horseback" that perhaps COM
ing as near to it as anything except
Hockey on horseback" it is an East
Indiar game played by the Munipoor-
ees, n tribe living in the hilIy region
near Bengal. The Anglo Indians
adopted it from them, and it became
q favorite amusement with English
army men. OF the Munipoorees, it is
said that they very rarely miss the
ball, and can strike it from all four
sides-in front, behind, and each side
OF the pony" Tie only difference
between the Munipoorees and the
American polo players, is that the lat
Ter do not rarely miss the ball, and they
hit from any side 1Chenthey can. The
Munipoorees call the game ''Kunfai. -"
Politics look lurid, but must leave
any discussion of them for another
letter.
. TIIE HE'LL. aATE RIAST
has gone and come, and was a gigan.
tic success, in spite of the croakings oi
the ominions few: and though Astoris
stood on the tiptoe of expectation an6
fear, the whole of last Sunday, not a
stone china or porcelain dish was bro
ken. Hallet's Reef is no more, and
the TCsd Of Europe ria the sound
forparticulars see small bills) il
open to maritime commerce. General
Newton Is the lion of the day, and will
probably have a monument partially
subscribed for.
Uia BOUND BROOK.
As was anticipated Inc nths ago, the
the visitors 70 the Centennial at Phila-
delphia determined on taking in New
York on their pleasure trip. 1t is q
sight to witness the daily departures
and arrivals TO and from Philadelp lia.
The various railroads have been reap
ing q full harvest for some time back.
The Central of New jersey" with its
new connection via Bound Brook, car
ries the VISITOR direct to theCentennial
Grounds, and from the fact that the
is issuing exceedingly cheap
excursion tickets, passengers choose
this road, and enjoy a ride through
one of the most picturesques and de
lightful countries in the land
PLEASURES AND RECREATIoNs.
Tie Creedmoor rifle matches, Yacht
race, Prof. Huxley's lectures, reopen
ing of three theatres, and renewal of
the original Pelham coach time table,
TO say nothing of the autumn we'd
1ings and the receptions associated
with them, have afforded a budget of
pleasures and recreations appealing to
III tastes and inclinations. It is pro-
verbal that the amusements, attrac
ions, and e1eitements of New York
are multitudinous in the fail. And
his year, with the Centennial and the
business revival as an impetus and in
;entive to gayety, will fully maintain
he proverb.
WIDE AWAKE.
The friends OF the venerable Peter
Cooper are making active preparations
or the State canvass. Their conven-
ion will meet at Albany on Thursday
next to nominate straightout ticket.
They report daily accession of strength
md expect to pole large vote.
Even religion suffers with the hard
ines, and the Church of the
HEAVENLY REST,
n Fifth avenue, which is CONSPICUOUS
or the craven images of angels which
,low their trumpets from the four
corners of the brown stone tower, has
debt of about S150.000. Such
lebt i q enough to make the brethren
Who have TO carry il wish they were in
where they might enjoy a
Heavenly Rest, which can never be
heir portion while earth is infested
With creditors and sheriffs.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE P. T. B.
Gilmore's Garden closes with this |
Teek. and Barnum's ''Great Show on
Iarth" opens at the Hippodrome on
)ct 9.
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE
Ex Secretary Hugh McCulloch,
.ichard H. Dana, Mr. George III. Ap-
Teton, and c. Milton Campbell, M P.
{ England, were passengers by the
cythe Oh Wednesday.
Professor and Mrs. Huxley sailed for
liverpool on Saturday.