The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-09-28
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
From our Special Correspondent.
NEW YORK. Sent. ISL. ISL.

els, as L neard rather seedy IooklnI
individual put it, seems to be innat
in the American breast. whether il
friendly fight at Creedmoor or in dis
cussion concerning taxation and repre-
sentation. Ii was born in US, and j
the result of about three generations o
inheritance. We might whip the who'll
world in serious strife or friendly con
test ard not feel that elation that oc
ours when we meet our old-time foe
from whose apron strings We cut lOos,
a century ago.
Not since the dark days of last No
vember when the elections were unde
cided, have the streets been so crowd
ed as they were during the Creedmool
days. Had a nations fate hung in the
balance, once more, faces could moi
have looked more anxious and eager,
and now we are strutting and Growing,
and the Engli.hman in our midst are
excusing and depreciating.
Fish-tails winds, glaring skies, un
paralelIed heat, are all rendered as
causes why "the greatest riaemen in
the world" didn't beat the Yankees.
No doubt there is more or less in it but
that doesn't have one bit of influence
on our crow 1t is Just as shrill, Just
as blatant as we can make. We have
got the disease bad / can assure you.
Even our clergymen have caught it,
and it appeared in the pulpit yester
day both as incentive and warning.
Creedmoor itself however. was a
jolly sight, and the enthusiasm that
obtained was decidedly contagious.
One moment we paused and held our
breath: the next we shouted and
laughed and even wept and shook
hands as a matter of course. Our
young man in tho enthusiasm of the
moment was seen to embrace his due
cinea every time shot was fired, 10
matter what the result 1t struck me
as being little mixed, decidedly warm
and very fatiguing That may have
been sour grapes however
But Creedmoor is among the dead
things however and this week will be
forgotten.
We have had another tragedy here
or the near approach of one since | last
wrote you. DR.. Meyer, who belongs
to the New York University. and no
torious sage femme whom he calls his
wife were implicated in it The vie
tim was Miss Reeve of Greenport, for
whom there was much sympathy felt.
It would seem however that she lack
ed the innocence of Adam Bede's
"Hetty," and put herself i'll the way of
Greenporters lay the
blame upon New York Yachtsmen,
whom they say take possession of Long
Island ports and act like Tarquins- 1t
would seem however, that the Long
Island girls make no objection to ac-
company them on their yachts or driy-
ing about-with them and stopping at
halfway houses" where there is a
sound of revelry by night. If the con
of such conduct are fatal,
are not parents slightly to blame who
permit such actions. II the dove is
left to the charms of the serpent, is
not the owner in faultY The girl has
escaped with her life, but it is to be
hoped that it will be lesson to Long
Island girls to ''go no more a rovirg
by the light of the moon"
AS for DR.. Meyer, the sooner his
name is striken from the rolls, the bet
ter satisfied New Yo, ,kers will be.
Tweed is on the stand, whether in
the interest of Kelly and company or
not remains to be seen. Norrissey
says, he is, but at all events there is
considerable quaking among those who
are guilty. However, since a certain
man who heard that Tweed had meu-
toned him, wrote to the papers assert
ing that whatever the old Boss had
said was false, to find out afterwards
that he had testified, that "Mr.
SO far as he knew was shonest'-people
have read his statements before they
have committed themselves, while the
person in question will never hear the
last of the joke
Another young man has come to
grief whose family are in our best soci-
ETY., the sou of DIR. Buddington, paster
of the feshi )nable Clinton Avenue
Church in Brooklyn was arrested last
week for burglary. He claims that it
was an accidental being in bad com
pany, bu. this is not the first time he
has been in trouble. His family have
the sympathy of all theis friends.
Ny French letters bring me the &C
count of Thiers' death and the mourn
ing OF the entire people including even
his political enemies. He was an old
man eighty years of age and died liter
ally in harness. The recent complica- |
lions are believed TO have done much |
toward Fastening his death, and he |
was worn out with political matters. |
General Noyes was to have been pre-
;ented to him this week by Mr.. Wash
Durne. II. Grevy will probably sup
ply NJ. Theirs place, for an effort will
be made to prevent Gambetta from
.akiDg bis seat in the Assembly, by
having him convicted and sentenced
ID the charges now against him for his
'peech which was called reasonable.
In England American beef is con-
'tantly gaining in favor and has found
Is way to some of the best tables in
he country. Mr.. Layard who was
opposed by many as being an insult
.ble person to represent England at
he present crisis in Turkey has met
18th much favor there. Mrs. Layard
lined at the Sultan's table IN August,
he first European lady who has been
accorded that privilege.
Among the pleasant books that have
ONE to me with the English mail is
.opdon Society and l know of no
'ther magazine that 1 enjoy more
rhen in the mood oflight reading In
be August number Mrs. Edwards COM
nenced a new story, which she con-
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