The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YoRK. Nov. 1s. 1ss1.


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New YoRK, Nov. 10, 1881.
To the Editor Of the ESrxarusr. ,SE W,
Welll The election is over, and the
world still wags, and things keep moving
and men come and go, and so on, as sup
pose they will forever. Among others to
go are ourlate International guests, the de.
scendants ofthe French and German heroes
who helped Washington to bounce John
Bull. The way they went was character
istic. When the French were "offieially
disbanded," their party fell to pieces like
piece of pastry, and the sparkling frag-
ments bubbled away in all directions like
beads of the national champagne. The
Germans on the contrary, soldified (and
liquefied in concerD as the time for depar-
ture drew nigh, and wound up their
American experiences by relapse intoa
purely Teutonic entertainment by way of
q farewell. The Arion and Liederkranz
singing societies gave them joint Com
mers,n and high old time they hsdi Six
hundred sturdy Germans full of fun, beer,
music and affection which showed itself
in loving hugs and kisses when some pecu-
harly touching song was sung, quaffing
lager at swimming table on which ever
and anon they performed the "salamander"
beginning with a tap-tap-tap with their 800
glasses. and increasing the speed and force
till at a signal, 600 mighty arms few high
in the air and brought down 600 glasses
with 600 Hooks y and a thunderous crash
that shook the neighborhood and made
people think of earthquakes.
A great anti-monopoly man gave me
great treat the other day and took me all
over his store, the grocery store of the
Thurber's It's wonderful place, literally
as busy as any hive, with laborsaving and
consequently, money saving devices in pro
fusion. One machine in particular seemed
TO discount the famous pinmaking and
envelope machines. and was amusing itself
apparently with almosthuman intelligence,
and more than human accuracy, by cutting
paper boxes from cardboard, shaping, fold
ing, cumming and filing them with ex,
actly-weighed coffee, sugar, tea, spices, or
what not faster than one could count The
aesthetic demand of the day for attractive
packages as well as for wholesome and tooth
some contents,seems to compel invention in
the directiono Of such marvellous machines-I
fully expect TO see the day when a locomo-
tive win have little donkey engine torun
around and gather up the necessary sup
plies of water, coal, &c, without the en-
gineer or fireman having more bother than
q man winding his watch. And if the
packing is wonderful, the things packed
are scarcely less so, or the novel way in
which they are presented tosthe public
For one thing. at this house, You get what
you pay for, pure goods, adulteration being
an unpardonable sin, and then you can get
good things you can't get elsewhere, in
bewildering variety. The latest idea, I
fancy, is the packing of the whole roasted
coffee in the beam the coffee being pre-
pared on grand scale 50 as to surpass any
domestic work Of the kind with a uni
formity of the burning and q retention of
the fragrant aroma which is delicious. The
Autographed show card showing how the
Coffee looks upon the tree, which is fur
nished to every customer who sells the
coffee, is a temptation in itself for every
body to go into the coffee business, and
decidedly most interesting and deeora-
tive piece of art.
The father of poor boy who was wan
tonly shot by a policeman few weeks
ago (of course the acop was exonerated
for his amistake,'') has taken a setting
down on his knees before the police station,
and praying for the blue coats there. They
don't like it and have had him arrested,
and he has been ordered not to do it again
The circumstance reminds me of an old
story Of mine, that the fighting Irish race
are akin to the fighting Rajaput race of
India. Saffron robes were the war paint Of