Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-06-24
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
NEw loaK. June, 2.nd. 1881
Editor oftle Times:

NV OHhs JUNE --al, ISL
Editor ofthe Times:
Some Of our suburbs would make yvrv re-
spectacle capital cities of almost any other
country and one in particular. 3 ookh n. j.
important enough 10 rival Gotham. itself in
some respects. Some terrible fires y ich have
recently ragged along ts water front h,v~ at
tracted attention 10 the enormous yal4e Of the
goods stored there, amounting on an average
for some years to close on $500. o9u, goo 4 wear
Part OF the 4 tianiic Dock aud The Pg-rrrpont
stores. have sucCamhed TO what is "a ! 10 b..
spontaneous combustion, but is probably the
butt Of a surrrputious cigar or the heel 0f a
pipe. y smoking being an objectionable oiFease
IN these stores. The burning OF the Plcrrepsui
stores, full OF rich tropical products, hard by
Wall street Ferry WAS grand sight and drew
better than any theatre. The grandeSs on the
heights at the back of them hose hanging
gardens, like those of Baby loa. are sometimes
actually laid cut on the tops OF other stores
were ID sore alarm for while lest their rich,
furnished manors should fall victims too
Hundreds of barrels OF sugar were turned into
caramels and the experienced g'neraiissimo Of
the Fire Department, Chief Nevius. got Of al
epgrammatic version Of the old aisge mind
YOUR own business that will sick Young
Pierrepont, consequential. funny and funuing.
who was skipping sboui with the d'gnihcd
mieu Of 4 majestic flea, undertook u order that
such and such q store which Vas gone past re-
d-mp'ion should be let alone and efforts made
TO save he next which tai jgsi caught.
Nevins simply remarked II m chief here. loa
90 TO handles aud the astonished plu,ocra,
wilted As matter OF fact the warehouse
indicated might easily .nou Oh have b.eu saved,
but If the other had been allowed 10 blaze IN
checked half Brooklyn would have becu burnt
too. Some people can't see farther than the
end of their own noses The price OF jule has
gone up two cents pound in consequence Of
the ire
Dead newspspeFmea He,e > few years Hgo
rare as defunct mules. or dead eaF+lrymep in
the early days OF the war, but the toys are be-
ginning 20 drop offnsw-the las, is Jack Ham
lton, genial, witty fellow, who graduated on
the Herald, but earned hsndsomer salary than
newspaper can afford 10 pay men of his cslihre.
Us the literary man Of Baruum's circus. To
him we owe these marvellous spirit stirring
broadsbeets that annually drive the Young and
unsophisticated crazy with yearuiug TO view
the wonders OF the show, and even IN the most
preposterous of thsm were discernhle the fine
touches of the trained journalist. He was
general avorite with his brethren Of the double
pointed lead pencil, and his sad fate-he was
run over By the al Peoria, His generally
regretted.
ments and ia Ibis VICINITY they have been held
with fatiguing Frequency fer them whose task
is 10 chronicle them or pleasgFeit IS 10 assist
the triumph OF young friends. The doctors,
aIlopaths and homeopaths held their celebra-
tons at r0Bey Island and warmed up JOLLY
inside TO make up for the most unpleasant
weather outside, this Dean Of the Long Island
College Facul distinctly telling bis graduates
10 forget all he'd ever said abon' the evils OF
stuffing and intemperance and to do as be did
They did and the scale on the thermometer Of
their JOYS might distinctly be discerned AS
mellow before they got through. The de-
licions damSels at the Packer, which is the
BROOKLYN rival of Vassar and better liked by
the girls because of the flirting which goes on
as they yend their daily way TO and from lis
classic walls bad gorgeous time and were al
most buried IL vast banks of flowers. One OF
the most promising Of tie cl 'ss died Mt Easter
but was represented by her mGther 10 the Glass
of 81 THE Ancient" in the shape OF the
most Objectionable ofthe text books has been ,
soemnly cfematei or otherwise ignomi niousy
put an snd to ~ the students Of ht.fa dozcn
neigh boring institutes u leaning and alto
gether the boys and girls have had glorious
send off The weather and the well-tG-do are
beginning to fit to summer regions, actors and
actresses are back from their provincial tours,
patent on every hand that, rain or shine, sum-
mer at last is here
1 vet sheet and flowing sea, brilliant sun,
SIX V and sylvan splendor OF Staten Island greet
ed the New Yark Yacht Club on Thursday, and
gave them every chance for n splendid race.
The fixture for June ID generally prevail, but
the breeze had the breath OF October in it this
time, and calamity the craft responded TO 1t.
There seems little danger of the America cup
passing away from hands 50 well fitted TO keep
t. II seems the little dory which crossed the
Atlantic; is or its way back. Another tiny
craft is now on exhibition near Fulton Ferry,
W hich is to try the sama sGyage. Now this
thing has been done, and its posi- lily estabr
lished, good Seamen shonld be discouraged from
70 riSkrg their lives; for even under the most
favoral s circumstances, whtre tn DO is Ae
life boats cap SINK, they are apt to tie term ly
knocked about aH4 HE fatigue o'snch an ex-
petition is enoq II i9 sb i8e my mans life by
ully En- e RS.
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