, 1879-08-03

If the Mayor is shown to be unworthy OF
confidence in small things, he is equally un-
worthy in all things.
SOCIETY AND THE H0USE-FLY.
There is time in the summon when dem
izens of the city become restless and fdgety~
The merchant tires of trade, the attorney OF
law, tho doctor Of physic, and the clergy
man of theology. Even the bulls and bears
on "'Change" cease to worry each other;
there is q 1ull in that Babel, the
spit" ~; "puts" and " calls" are at
a discount; and an Irresistible languor
para|yzes the energies of au urbandom.
Trunks are packed, guns and fshing-tacde
are oyerhauled and FURNISHED up, the house
is darkened in front, and the merchant, the
lawyer, the DOCTOR the clergyman, the bull,
and the bear hurry away to the country.
The clerk reigns in the warehouse and the
shop: the student loafs in the Office Of the
lawyer; the half -fedged disciple Of EscU-
1Ap1Us poisons the doctors patients; the
Rev. So-and-So reads one of his old sermons
in the clsrgyman's pulpit if the church is
not Theoretically sealed; and the young bulls
aud bears play practice-game at specula-
tion. There is no such thing us society left
in the city. Society has split itself into q
thousand fragments and scattered itself over
the face of the rural earth. It is at the Sea-
side, at the springs, up in the mountains, on
the borders of picturesque 1akes, in the
villages Of New England, tucked away in
farm-houses. It is wading knee-daep in cold,
rapid streams, angling for trout, grayllng,
and salmon, penetrating the solitudes Of
northern forests in pursuit of deer, lolling
on the sea-grt rocks listening to what the
wild waves are saying. A portion OF it
that portion which never rests-is at Sara
toga, Newport, Long Branch, and Manhattan,
gambling, dancing, and flirting. The Rail-
way-King and the MerchantPrince occupy
their palatinl country residences within easy
distance of the city, that they may not lose
so much as one turn of the market; the man
| Of the middle class hestows himself comfort
ably in hotel or cottage; the poor man de-
priyes himself of thousand comforts to
pay for a breath Of fresh air, which he
contriyes to inhale through the narrow
windows Of stuffy little carpetless
| room in neglected farmhouse. The
| fond mother goes to tho country
that she may witness the innocent sports Of
her delighted children,-watch their eyes
brighten and their checks flush with the hue
of joy and health; the fashionable mother
goes that she may be rid Of the care both of
| household and children, and in tho train of
| heads Of families are found shoa}s Of snobs,
toadies, and fops These latter so to dawdle,
to simper, smile, and yawn, very much rs
they dawdle, simper, smile, and yawn in tie
city. Alr. F11z DOODLE, sauntering out on
the lawn at IL o'clock in the morning, with
his stick. his eyeglass, and cigar, meets hiss
| F1rz FoopLK, and declares that the country
is very fine, you know, but dsuced stupid,
! you know; and wonders how his charming
| friend is to endure for SIX mortal weeks the
| annoyance, you know, Of mosquitoes,
gnats, bugs, and spiders, you know.
But Miss Frz FooD1E smiles up
through the eyeglass Of aIr. F1rz
DOODLE in winning way, and insinuates
that there are delightful walks and drives in
shady places, and hops in the parlor in
the evening, and pleads if the gentlemen
could only be induced to remain there would
be such fun! And Alr. F1Tz Doodle prom
ises, and Miss Frrz FooD1E sighs.
Meantime it is !" dog-days in the city.
The atmosphere is murky and sultry, if not
intensely hot, and the SUMS rays ara so diff
! fused BY the smoky, vaporous clouds that it
! is difficult to distinguish the sunny from the
shady side of the street. Since society in
cludes 's everybody" and society has gone
to the country, it follows, Of course, that
* everybody has gone to the country. One
| is astonished, therefore, to see the st13ets SO
filed with people. But if one watches the
current Of travel narrowly certain indo-
lence Of movement, certain irresoluteness
Of purpose, in the throng of pedestrians vii
be observed They are disturbed BY mental
protest against doing business in the absence
Of SO many Of their friends and neighboss.
JONES breaks out Of the crowd and passes
| nervously up the broad stairway of an Office
building. But, in the course of i've min
utes, be emerges with q decided air Of vexa-
ton. He has been to call upon his lawyer,
desiring to commence suit against default
ing debtor The lawyers clerk informs him
that SMITH, the attorney, is at the Springs,
and if he were at home it would be "an the
same," since the courts are closed and the
Judges are at the Springs too. JONES NUT
ters big, big D, and reflects that he might
| as we'll be at the Springs himself Roe pre-
sents bill on the Goth, which Doe had
! promised to pay on that day, and is informed
that Mr.. Doe left on the 10Th for trip
through tho White Mountains, and forgot to
leave orders for the liquidation of Mr. RoE's
bill. hIr. Roe is mad,-" mad as March
hare,"-and swears like trooper against con-
scienceless scoundrels, who have money to
spend in rural recreation, but none with
| which to pay bills, while their creditors
"sweat for it" in tho city. Thus
tho sun-umbrellas bobbing along the
city sidewalks in the dog-days hide
many frowns, many sneers, and not u
few heart-burnings, which mount up and
A,ch tha foces of the rersnirinp crowd. The