Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-26

acquainted with him were well aware Of
the fact. Beecher does not borrow he
spends only what he has honestly earned
Nevertheless, his improvidence is such
that he is constantly unable to meet his
bills when they are presented. He is, ]
hear, dunned and dunned and dunned in
Brooklyn tradesmen being compelled to.
wait for year or more, sometimes several
years. He has no objection to paying-he
would be glad to-but he has not the
means. One, and probably the chief, cause
of his regular deficiency is that he cannot
resist the temptation to buy anything
which happens to strike his fancy. Ii his
purse be full he hands out the cash. Ii his
purse be empty, he gets credit. He has, it
is said, repeatedly told men who have had
bills against him, "Fm sorry to put you
off. Iwant to pay you, but l not only
haven't the money. | don't know where to
get it. Be kind enough, when l come to
your establishment again, not to sell
to me unless l pay cash down.
| shall take it as a favor 10 be refused.
II everybody would refuse me it would be
a great relief to me. I'm bothered 10 death
with bills that I've forgotten all about.
Some persons take his counsel, but most of
them DO not 1t is hard for shop keepers
to decline to trust the great preacher when
he honors them, as they think, with his
patronage. But if they would all do as he
asks them, they would save both him and
| themselves vast deal of trouble Mon
etary carelessness is part Of his ,tempera-
ment, and wholly beyond his control.
VARIETIES
All the churches that lay any claim to
! fashion close week from the coming Sun
| day, the various pastors then taking their
summer vacation. Some of the modish
churches have already ended their season,
in consequence OF the early and intense
heat. 1t is entirely proper that preachers
should vacate their pulpits IL hot weather,
but if they actually believed all that they
assume for their calling they could not va
cate them with consistency.
| A popularity of the lot DAYS since the
beginning of May is that they are much
more oppressive than the hight of the mer-
curry would indicate. We feel as uncom-
| Portable when the thermometer is ct so aud
SIS as we feel ordinarily when it Is 8 to To-
| higher. Ozone seems to be singularly ab-
sent from the atmosphere this season.
| 1t is said that there were. for the num-
Der present, more distinguished men in the
various walks of life at the Booth banquet
than at any festive gathering held in this
city for many years.
Rev. Robert Colyer, of the Church of the
Messiah, has received an urgent and fiat
tering call to Unitarian pulpit in Wash
ington. He has declined to make a sacer-
dotal change OF base from the metropolis,
where he has been settled not quite a year
yet.
Many of the machine politicians here
who advocated Grant so strenuously at
Chicago are already talking Of putting him
up as candidate in 1854. They pretend
that Garfield Will be elected, if elected at
all, by so small majority that the Repub-
lican party will see the necessity of nomi-
mating Grant to avoid overwhelming defeat
in the next Presidential campaign. Grant
is political Old Man OF the Sea.
In one square of private residences up
town, there are seven men of 90 years of
age. They are all rich, and have been SO
for long while. Monetary case undoubt-
eddy contributes to long life.
Within the last six months about 400 or
! SEQ Chinese have come here from California,
and have come to stay, They like New
York, despite its vast Irish population.
CHAUBERr.