Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-28
LAST NIGHT IN LINE STREET,

LAST NIGHT IN LINE STREET.
What . Green Reporter Saw and Heard.
Herman Hirsh and his daughter Miss
Celia returned yesterday from their Euro
pean tour, and their house was aglOw with
light last night and brilliant with flags and
flowers to welcome them to the circle of
their family friends who had assembled to
greet them. Refreshments were spread in
the dining: room, and a brass band sere-
made was not omitted from the OCCASIONS
festivities. Mr.. Hirsh and his daughter
return in improved health, neither of them
having suffered from sea-sickness either
in going out or returning. They travelled
over l., 600 miles during their tour, visit
ing all points of interest in northern, south
ern and central Germany and other Euro
pean states.
Neither was our congressman absent,
and great joy as usual accompanied his
presence. Mr.. Smith is genial and gives
his time to his friends, if he don't throw
his money away to DR.. Hen Muhlenbcrg
for foolish banners and things. The doc
tor got q dollar when he wanted five. and
now proposes a vote of the subscribers
returning Mr.. Smiths gift as not nccdful.
No doubt Mr.. Smith will be glad to have
it and to get q chance to use that dollar
where it will do moro good. He knows
that Benjamin Franklin never would have
given q penny for such a.fOolish:: purpose.
and he is solid in following BENJAMIN and
in going to see his friends when they come
home and bidding them good cheer and
smiling upon their pretty daughters and
going home at the early hour Of ten
o'clock, as ho did last night. Mr.. Smith is
4 bachelor Of most excellent habits; and
therefore he preserves his bloom and his
good name and his good digestion and
dreamless sleep. Mr.. Smith has good
conscience, as to all but the ono girl
whom he ought to have married and made
happy and borne about with him to Con-
gress and into his friends houses as GOd's s
best gift to him. Not that we refer to any
particular girl. Mr.. Smith has never been
a deliberate heart smashcr he has never
been in love so far as the world knows.
And it must be so for he lives on Lime
street and what Lime street don't know
about the denizcns of its street-and i'll
deed about those who live ON many other
strcets-we confidentially dcclare'is really
not worth invuiring about. Mr.. Smith
bears the certificate of his neighbors
that he has never been in love and, alas !!
that he never will be. Which is 4 great
pity for q man of SO fair fortune and
such sound mind and limb. 1t is the sole
rcproach upon Mr.. Smiths name; and
could he but rise to the need of the occasion
and resOlutely shake off his bachelOrhOOd
he would not only stand peerless among
his fellows, but hc would make sure his
chance of heaven.
Especially if he would get a hen-pecker.
That subject was up for discussion in Lime
street last night not apropOs of Mr..
Smith, however, but somehow introduced
by an emphatic declaration that such crea-
lures did exist in our midst and could be
counted by the dozen. The hen-pcckcd
husband was handled without gloves, the
interesting hen being let off with light de-
nunciatiOn as ono who could not well be
damned for abusing the weakness Of her
mate. And chow weak he must be to
stand it," was tho general exclamation.
How unanimously tho girls agree that
submission and cOmplaisanco is the wife
role if the wives would only be as unan-
imous, how fine world it would bc for
tho men
Mr.. Smith has 10 liquor in his house.
Maj. Breneman, over the way, keeps open
house for the congressman's bibulous
friends which is clever.
The Lime street people are great travellers,
but they are all at home now, including
the babies for they have babies on Lime
street, and they arc heard afar off but
Lime street smiles on, knowing how bcauti-
full will bc the lives which this lung
exercise is fOrtifying for the worlds bat
tics.
They speak sometimes with severity of
reporters; but that is only the fashion.
They dearly love in reality to have their
virtues and good deeds made illustriOus in
the local chronicles.
Our distinguished friend Lyte, Of the
Examiner, not long ago;called at a house
on Lime street to get tho particulars Of a
death. When he departed Mrs. - was
overheard to liken the presence of the
reporter to the lowering Of the buzzard
above q carcass.
DR.. Brown, Of tho United States navy,
surgeon at the Marc Island navy yard,
ClNlOrnEl, anu Ills WIG, WnO Is ~ d SlStcr
of Mrs. DR.. Mcsscrsmith, U. s. N, Of this
city, is at tho residence Of the latter on
Limo street.
They sit OH their door steps in Limo
street, when they arc at home and that
makes the street SO cheerful; and that is
how they get to know SO much.
Mrs. Iscah Frazer has had some most
beautiful chairs of ancient pattern in the
upper regions Of her house, which have
lately been brought down to adOrn the
dining room. Why arc the chairs OF old
50 much more graceful than those of this
day, whiio at the samo time stout and
strong?
1t is fashionable on Lime street to cat
watermelon in the evening.
And icc cream any time. Semper paratus
is the motto Of the street.
Sometimes thcy forget to put the forced
meat balls in the mock turtle soup.
But they arc good cooks, and the Grid
iron club enrOllS them rs amOnU it's most