Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-09
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Iecial Correspondence independent.

TRANSIT ACTIVITY IN THE So
CIAL WORLD - ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY SIX DEBUTANTEs.
THE REIGN OF THE YOUNG
GIRL AND THE STRIPPING Wal
TONS RETURN "A LIKELIHOOD
THAT HE WILL BE RULED OFF
RACE COURSES. Cos
SIP -LANGTRY IN THE HONEY
MOON NELSON'S RETU N
PATTI PITTED AGAINST HER.
MAPLEsoN IN HIS TRUE COLORs.
AS | passed by the Hudson River
Railroad Freight Depot, the other
evening, train load after train load
of cackling geese, sadly cackling
hens, and woefully gobbling turkeys
came in. They were packed like sar
dimes in low crates, wherein they
could not move and they were de-
prived of three necessaTies of life,
water and air. In each crate there
were at least six animals, that had
died in transit. The poor birds had
core from far in the State and from
the West, packed in this agoniZi ng
manner, | confess 1t took my appe-
tite away. How can good cheer
come from such misery?
Society is being kept in a perfect
whirl of excitement at present
There is no less than 1875 debHdates
in the fashionable world, that are to
be drought about" this season, and
after fitting their brief hours in the
glare of gas light, and amid the
sitting odors of strongly scented
flowers, VIII sink into the dullness
of matrimony or the spitefulness of
old maidhood. For the girls this
entree into life may be delightful,
not alone with its exciting pleasures,
but also with the promises for the
future. that are awakened on this
sudden commingling with the men
and women who are supposed to have
drank deep of its Intoxicating
springs. For the men however, the
work in prospect is anything but
pleasant. The outlook of being com
PEELED for weeks to LBS NICE" to
lot of pretty young things who are
eager to bs pleased and to please,
may be idyllic but not exciting
enough for the spoit tastes of the
average man about town. The club
and the barrOom are so much more
interesting. The result is that the
striplings rule supreme in our draw
ing rooms, and girls who have been
out a couple of seasons get no show
to display their graces and expert
ences, for the aforesaid striplings
consult none but the young girls
The older ones awe them.
Our friend, Mr.. Walton, the In
ternational Plunger has returned
from England, and judging by any
thing but pleased looks, they have
relieved him Of q great deal Of
money on the English race courses.
He got over his head 50 to speak. IL
may not be true, us the English pa
pers have it that he lost Sl25 900, but
| am Informed by some in q position
to be acquainted with his affairs,
that he has lost between fifty and
sixty thousand dollars And VIVA.
is worst for him, he got into q row
with the Duchess OF MontrOse, the
famous SpOrtSWOman, through fore
staling her in the betting on one of
the horses belonging to her husband
When the money Of the owners came
out to be land with the boOkmakers,
it was found that Walton had back
ed the horse SO heavily that the sta
bic could get next to nothing on. 1t
was claimed that Walton had got
hold of the information that the
horse was to go surreptitiOusly. The
matter has been brought to the no
tice of the stewards Of the Jockey
Club, and the probabilities are that
if the charge be subStantiated, he
will be ruled off every race track in
Europe, and of course, that Will be
followed by his being ruled off in
this country, and that will be good
bye to Mr.. Walton.
The publishers this year can GER
tainly not complain of bad business.
They have literally flooded the mar
ket with elegant and artistic Illus
trated holiday books and everything
seems to sell, Osgood u Co., IA short
time ago got out an illustrated edi-
tion of Scott's Lady Of the Lake.
The wood cuts, which are really tri-
umphs of the engraVerS art, We're
taken from drawings made on The
spot OF the scenes represented 10y A.
). V. Anthony, the artist, whom the
publishers sent to Scotland for that
purpose. The first edition consisted
OF 5000 copies, and although an eX-
pensive book the entire edition is eX-
hausted. The Appleton recently
got out a collection Of poems selected
by ROssiteT Johnson and Charles \.
Dana, under the title FIFTY Perfect
Poems" According to the belief Of
the compilers, these are the only
ones in the English language that
satisfy every poetic and metric re-
quirement. The book took instantly,
and one OF the members OF the lirm
told ME the other day that it was
doubted whether they were able to
supply the demand. The book is