The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-27


gave his home warming to all the
shoddy millonaires OF Gotham,
killing two birds with one stone, By
ringing la reception for his recently
married daughter, Mis-. DIR. Webb.
The aesthetic mansion WIS inspected
from cellar to attic by rapturous
Gaaldens and business.like mammas
and papas, and brothers and lovers
who mentally appraised the cost OF
the marvelously expensive outfit.
The million dollar stables, with Min
ton tile furnishings for the asthe ic
horses, and vaccine purveyors Of
homemade milk for the prospecting
plutocrats were greatly admired.
Among other visitors who felt deeply
filtered by an invitation was young
Mayor Low, Of Brooklyn. who pug
zled the politicians by putting
"business principles" carefully on
the shelf for the day, and going
home to dress at noon. He didn't
say where he was going and the
evening papers who didn't get invi-
tations to the too too toney racket
were editorially inquisitive. They
"tumbled" next day. To pay court
to richer people is no doubt good
Cuisines principle"
The young fellow celebrated his
CAD birthday and first msgisteral
marriage ceremony the other day,
and after performing his mayoral
functions in this regard in admirable
form, kissed the bride with prompt.
ness and JUNCTION. The precedent
will undoubtedly bring him plenty of
business of the same sort, Of course
he'll have to kiss all the brides.
This one happened to be young and
pretty. Some time ago, when our
American Cardinal was instituted, il
was the propah capaw for all very
fashionable weddings to be blessed
by his ministratlons. and the tenn
porary converts of hard shell Baptists
and other Rome abhorring sectarians
were amusingly frequent. The cor.
rect thing now viii be osculatory
salutation by his Honor, and civil
marriage. By the time he gets
through, his tea-iasting lips will be
those Of a connolsseur of female
loveliness and other things. The
Germans and italians are rather fond
of municiple ma,rimony, and OF
Limburger cheese and garlic, respec
lively. Among he other things might
Oe suggested the flavor of these
Your RADIX amt running for Mayo
This evening.
Mr.. Seney, the Brooklyn philan
,hropist, seems to have felt himseli
rather left out in the cold for some
few weeks, and has revived newspa-
per attentions aid all that sort e
thing, by making another hand5on
present, 100000 thus time, to the
Brooklyn Library, on condition, e
course, that some ore or more Other
rich men would make up 100000
more. That will be done w,thou
any trouble or delay. Plenty will
chip in, feeling that $4,000 on the
tail of Seney's kite will be almost a.
effective in bringing them before tie
public, as his 100000. and be eleven.
twelfths less expensive. In Iudia,
when the Government wants to &c,
mp famine subscription or a recep.
tim to a visiting son Of the Empress
Queen, they call public meetings of
rich natives and bestow taffy on
them. Then sort Of auction gOe
on. One fat fellow will start the
ball with wh.cl;ing. Subscription
Another will see him and go ever Sc
much better, and other ever increas.
ing bids come in fast; then No.
doubles his first offer and others d.
the same, and then they wax exci,eo
and the fun grows fast and furious
Tney pay cash out there, and afte
the battle is over, some Of the gen
erous givers feel as if they'd paid
quite literally for their tafy. Here.
according to Kimble, of Chicago, the
famous professional church deb,
raiser, large percentage has 10 bt
for deductions in cases where
people in cooler moments decline to
back up their enthusiastic promises to
pay. The poor fellow, who worked
we were told, so ungrudingly and
for the Cause, complain
that he can t collect even his
on money paid in. A.
your RADlx has previously remarked,
it is queer world RADIX.