The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-08
Correspondence.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Yrom Our Regular Correspondent

! fere with he social pleasures ofhis daugl
ter, she considers herself aggrieved an
leaves the paternal domicile. Does
mother suggest the indiscretion of he
daughter remaining up after the eide
members Of the family have gone to be-
that she may entertain some young ger
tleman Of her acquaintance, she immt
diately resolves upon going in search {
q situation where she can earn her owl
living, and a boarding house where sh
can come and 90 as she pleases. S
many of these cases have-occurred latel
thai it seems almost to be epidemic Il
mos. Of them, however, the girls hav
been found and returned to the parenta
authority before any serious harm ha
come to them. Itargues badly. however
for our community that such things ar
possible upon such slight provication
and one regrets the time when the com
mandment to Honor thy father and tn,
mother was something more than I
dead letter.
Our principal public event was the un
yelling of the statue of Daniel Web
ster in Central Park on Saturday. /
drew large concourse of people, among
whom where many ladies, while hun
dreds of fcarriages filed the road around
the place. Mr.. Burnham made brie
graceful and modest speech of presenta
ton. Mayor Wickham accepted the
statue on behalf of the city, and Messrs
Evarts and Winthrop delivered brillian
ora:ions The reception at Mr.. Burn
hams house in the evening called on
the most distinguished men in the coun
try, many of whom were accompanied
by ladies, and more charming reunion
has rarely occurred in New York.
Colonel Delancey Kane will soon re-
ire to private life and Withdraw hi;
coach from the road. He is so far S7S1
out of pocket, although his coach has
run fGll every day it has been on the
road. The tips" to the coachman, Col
Kane himself, amounted to 1912. These
the gentlemen turn over to charity. Ii
is difficult to make people understand
why wealthy gentleman should have
done this thing but none who has ever
driven spanking team of four thorough
breds, changing them three times in
the days drive and carrying a new
coachful of people each time, but will
appreciate the excitement and amuse
ment incident to it. Every one who
had the pleasure sitting of behind these
fine horses with their capital driv
er, hopes he will repeat the experiment
another year. One day last week he
carried out coachful of ladies, while
two other ~drags" followed, filed with
gentlemen. They had a supper and
dance at the Marion House and returned
III tlle evening.
King Lear will soon take the place Of
Sardanapalus at Booths theatre. Franz
Verrina's painting representing King
Lear and Cordelia in prison will be ex-
hibited in the vestibule of the theatre.
Evacuation Day, which used to be
|commemorated by parade in New
York, was only kept as holiday by the
Veterans of 1872 They are dropping
off very rapidly, and only twenty mus
tered yesterday TO dine and crack old
jokes at the Stuyvesant House and listen
to Miss Sarah Smith Stafford's remarks.
DR. T Sterry Hunt. the eminent geolo
gis f rmerly connected with the Cana
dian survey, but now residing in Boston
was appointed the Secretary Of COM
mittee from the American Association
for the Advancement of Science during
its annual meeting at Buffalo last Au-
gust. This committee was appointed to
consider the propriety of holding an In
ternational Congress of Biologists in
Paris during the International Exhibi-
ton of 1873, for the purpose of getting
together comparative collections, maps
and selections, and for the settling Of
many obscure points relating 10 geo,ogi-
cal classification and nomenclature. In
this connection DR. Hunt has prepared a
circular in English, French and German
which is to be distributed to geologists
throughout the world, asking their co.
operation in the work. Prof Huxley,
of England, DR. Torell, of Sweden, Dr
Won Baumkauer, of Holland, and Dr.
Hunt, of Boston, are the members of the
committee who will receive commcnlca,
tons upon the subject Is is matter in
which all students are interested, and il
is to the credit of America that the sug.
gestion emanated from this country. Dr
Hunt has devoted his life to the inter
ests of science, and is indefatigable in
everything connected with it.
Frank Leslie with his usual character
istic enterprise, will issue the latter part
of this week, the first number of a new
monthly magazine. 1t will be conduct
ed by the Rev DR. Deems, of the Church
of the Strangers, who is to be ably assist
ed by some of the most eminent divines
of both sides of the water. 1t is to be
called the Sunday Magazine will be pro
fusely illustrated, and will embrace art
philosophy, science, music, fiction and
humor, with the Bible as its keystone
Its contributions will consist of articles
on common subjects written with de-
cidedly religious tone" Its price is to
be g 5Oper annum, and will undoubted-
ly be great success.
Turning from science to literature
and from heavy topics to light ones, let
me tell your readers some pretty things
1 have seen for the little ones. Three
charming books, profusely illustrated, are
The little Folks Picture Album
Through Picture Land" and Hymns
and Poems for Little Folks" The en-.
cravings are excellent, and in the two
first, there is just enough reading matter
to explain the pictures. There is nc
more careful catering than is now seer
in the mental pabulum provided foI
these tender minds, and their first lessons
in art are often given by these admirable
illustrations. The Hymns and Poems
are fitted for older children.
"Madcap Violet" is finished in the De