Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-05-20
OUR NEW YORK LETTER

NEW DIRK, May, Is 1881.
Editor Of the Timrs:
A POOR bat hosest son Of Jnhu. with htial
devotion to his ageing-staging sire has, With
the assistance Of an Lshulan knd an old trunk
been hrungh, into pleasant relationship Hi;h
the family Of the great King Of some American
railroads " H. Vanderbilt II apprsFs that
few wears ago Mr. Vanderbilt lost vAl ushIe
dismond brooch. worth some~ here ntoGi ST.
600 and had an exhaustive Srarrh tns, ituft !
for il in vain. The receptacle uf lhst prIISHssf'
pieCe Of jcwsir, and Who can teN y hat crush
ing triHmphs Of millinery. al last gTe" faded
aud Mas consigned TO the oblivion Of an t,c
for even railroad kings palaces are provided
wi III al;ics BY New York sS,hiiects. In cuurse
Of time, when the attic Lec7,use huf,'cnsd with
great stores OF rubbish, the thrifty IDEA pre-
vAilrd that Wholssemr clearsn,e Hais git bv e.
frrted nv trading of the lnTber. and according
ly he first time The IN, lhauors GOA bc, ut =
dealer in rigs old bottles, soaptsi &c. wrrC
heard In Filth avenue. the enJ, tpTTsiHg msrch
ant Mas invited 10 enter and inspect Tie d,s "a
be goods of red hm tie passed over tn.
shckvls aud got the SUD. which I've urteded
To- dispose Of as rHpdly might ~ He sod
the trunk foE 20 cents 10 Mr., q Rc'iy. That
gentleman thiukjn. that the eofrr ht, h had
contained Mrs Vanierliil's treasures might
serve years OF usefulness br lriis JIiiciUus
attention proceeded to pat il in order and h
found the diamonds The trunk had the in,Ia i,
OF its former owner and an old baggage cheek
with the address. q R'i.lv wenu 10 the Grand
c ntral dept with his Hcws bundled over
his j anouis and positively rrfusri any re-
ward for himself in any shape, but said tina,
II in consequence of his find some good lL,s
might tetail his father, who was driving -
stage on The Madison Avenue line. aud VA.
getting too old for such an occupation ofex-
posture, he would lie grateful,
some time ago mentioned an exodus OF
prominent Brooklyn clergy men 10 various Ert-
way fields. DR. Jefery, for many wears pastor
II one OF the largest Bnp,is, churches. went To
Colorado for the heneht Of his wifes health,
the p.liing wIh his ch. re here being pain
ful 10 his congi esation as TO himself. DR..
Paddock, of ST. Peters p. Z. Church, After
spending his youth and strength and he
esergies Of his devoted wife, in unsel6sh devo-
ton TO the parish, was consecrated Bishop Of
Washington Territory mainly, i, is surmised
because of his becoming aware of and feeling
grieved at sundry jealousies which need no,
eater into details about, resulting in scarcel.
disguised case of squeezing an dorage and throw
ing the rind away, and proceeded TO his
hyperborean charge. His wife, no during
her life here established Child's hospital and
Refuge, president of numerous societies,
an indefarigable worker and good woman,
VINO aDlu All ntr oHtlal tulIs lUunu Tune 10
govern large family and bring them up
worthily to follow In the footsteps OF their pa
rents. set right TO work the day she struck the
field of her future labors on the Pacific slope
She caught cold coming from a meeting nj
Portland, Oregon, where she started the
organization for new hospital, to which
schools were TO be added, and in two DAYS was
dead. A memorial service was held on Thurs
day and a mournful aud immense congregation
assembled. Old parishioners who had been
too feeble TO come 10 church for years, dragged
themselves from their retirement, business men
Of the congregation left their business to take
care of itself in order to attend and people
came hundreds of miles on a flying trip, in
spite of such personal Inconvenience, to do
honor to the memory Of this noble lady whose
pre-en.i ent virtues h ne all the brighter now
that never more can her old friends view her
face to face on earth. Thirteen cergymen as
sisted the ceremonies which were conducted
10y Bishop Litt!rjohn, whose very brieI speech,
in which he referred TO Mrs Paddock as on the
same plane with Agatha and Priscilla and
other women named in Scripture, was marked
by the eloquence ola divine who had attained
great honors IN Europe as well as here, and by
the patho of a complete and unmistakcable
break down On the part OF prelae no has
preached befefe kings and queens and the keen
critics OF foreign universities with unruted
1t WAS a very so'emn scene,
and the Holy Communion was administered AT
the close The whole neighborhood was in
mourning, the blinds of the houses
occupied by members OF Bishop Paddock S old
parish being kept down as if at death had oc-
CURED in each house. By "a singular concd- /
.nce, the same evening the news Came of the
death of Mrs. Jetfery.