The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-14
THE DOG SHOW.
Henry WATERWAYS Letter to the Courier
Journal.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The dog show
which lasted four days of the week iust
ended, was great affair. 1t was none OF
your black and tan concerns, with puppy,
mongrel whelp and hound, and ours of low
degree" but an exhibition of blooded breed
from the five hundred dollar mastiff to the
pug, quoted as priceless" | spent one
entire afternoon up there and though I
can not say the more | see of men the bet
| ter 1 think of dogs, can say the more I
see of dogs the better I like dogs, which
can not always be said of men.
The crowds that visited the dog show
were continuous and thronging; and
among those who might have been seen
| any and every day, sauntering up and down
| the aisles, inspecting carefully the kennels
and passing familiar observations with the
keepers, was the figure of q man who
could hardly pass anywhere without at
tracing attention. This gentleman
wore an easy-fitting black suit, with silk
hat, and light Sortostt, and was always ac-
companied by valet, sometimes by a
friend. He had several dogs of his own on
exhibition and one of these took a first
prize. He is a great authority among the
dog people, and conceded master of dog
ology. They say he is as good a judge of
dogs as of men, and that he is not to be
deceived by eXternals. The name of this
person is S. j. Tilden.
Mr.. Tilden is as hale and hearty as he
was six years ago when as Governor of
New York he reorganized the Democratic
party of the nation upon a series of live
issues, and put it in the field to win. He
takes an active interest in public affairs
but he declines to have anything to do with
active politics Though but sixty-seven
years of age, and apparently good for
twenty years more, he prefers to devote
these latter to the recreations of mind
capable of the highest aesthetic enjoy
ment, and so, in consequence he de-
votes the leisure which he can snatch
from the personal supervision he gives
a large estate to the establishment, within
and without, of his two dwellings, the one
in Gramercy Park, the other, Graystone,
above Yonkers on the Hudson. Just now
he is decorating the grounds of these. |
During the winter, however, he made many
purchases Of pictures and rare and curious
books
1t is Mr. Tilden's opinion that, had he |
been inaugurated to the place the people |
elected him to fill, he would now be in |
his grave, and, as life is as dear to him as |
to other people, he feels that the loss of |
the Presidency was a positive gain, and |
so far from sulling, he is one of the hap |
piest and most placid philosophers in the |
world, His gift of his speech, too is yet |
undiminished, and he talks upon great
questions are full of the old scntilating |
wisdom and shrewd epigram. He is a |
Democrat of the most undoubting school, |
and, whilst he thinks the rowdy- in the |
Senate much out of proportion to the issue |
and event possible thereto, he believes the
party should hold to the principles of '76 |
and 80, and make an out and out fight on |
them in 1884. H. W.
FAN FANCIES.
a fan becomes an oracle, hope, an ad |
vice, fete, promise, a refusal, threat |
and pardon-in skilful hands, it praises,
it blames, it encourages, it persuades, it |
can excite laughter, irony, contempt,
grace and fascination. 1t can be used, |
shut up, or opened; it is employed to show
pretty hands or to caress ones half-opened |
neck in order to attract to its beauty the
eyes of stupid men who do not know how
to appreciate it. 1t is useful for every
thing-for peace, for war, for tenderness,
for infatuating for battle, for replies, for
questioning, for righteousness, and for
perfdy. Shoulder arms and fire! A gun
kills, fan wounds, 1t is capable of all
sorts of caresses and quarrels and then
what help in love makingi a fan drops,
is picked up; it gets lost and is brought
back; it trembles at pleasure and opens it
self to affection; it can sing verse canti-
Gle.