Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-07-27
NV York July s4th, 1883.

4 Alvernon Harrison wy hheI
.ap Ell 75ad day, that they may enjoy a
vacation. enIiged by the nunnncry Of
alIrgsd military life. The farce Of play
~ ,..a cider. h.. never been better enact
Il ;, pr.k,klll than this year Mark
IVAN r. description Of bis own expert
enee At military life is not mar!ser to
!, How could anything like discipline
h. maintained when Private x. whose
f,brr keeps grocery store tells all his
t.;and. nat Lieutenant J who is sim.
nva bookkeeper 10 wholesale grocery
store il putting on too man airs, and
,b.t Il be doe, not stop ordering him
about he will get him discharged from
II. nosi,ion. Officers, as a rule, there
fore are more Inclined to follow the ex.
annie Of the Swiss lieutenant in the
comic opera Captain Nieol, who, a
good natured fellow, steps up to an indi-
yidual in the ranks who insists on step
ping GU. Of time, and protests against
walking in line, and says: Now. my
dear s,ilsw, please keep IN line, do me
the favor just once" Private Bockel-
mans example who has brought suit
against Colonel Austin Of the Thirteenth
Regiment to recover damages for the
way in which be had been treated while
N cann will soon be followed by other
alleged soldiers should BOckelman sue.
coed in getting a verdict.
However much we'll disposed persons
might have been inclined not to think
i'll Of the eoings on of Mrs. Langtry and
Freddie Gebhard. their last escapade at
Long Branch has broken the camel's
back. Whatever their relations may
have been before, they were at least
private, aud their doings really did not
concern the public But when lady
comes to a fashionable watering place in
a private car, and remains there instead
Of going to hotel, takes her meals there
in the company of gentleman not her
husband, aud he remains with her after
dinner in the evening until very IN
seemly hours, then the matter becomes
public scandal. Why, the very women
whom custom describes as belonging to
the demi monde would not dream { in
dulging in adventures Of this kind. =
After this, | for one am 10 favor of ex-
polling them from any respectable hotel
which they should venture to enter"
said well-known lady on the piazza of
the West End Hotel at Long Branch to
me the other night. Il was told by a
friend of mine. she added. that at the
oriea,a! Hotc! On Coney Island, all the
ladies gave her a wide berth One lady
told the head waiter, that that wo-
man, were placed anywhere Uear her ia
bles in the DINING room she would
leave the house at once i have Swo
daughters, she afterwards said to one
Of the managers, 'and il isny duty to
protect them against meeting persons pr
that kind. :" Langtry has cleared over
800, 900 last season. IL she>expects
to do the same this year, sue nj find
b ,r e { soefully missaSsS. J
Freddie Gebbard. 's5s s1stlrg
tired Of horse racing. Sines hi. fam
'us horse Eole was beaten for VI Mon
mouth Cup by Monitor last week, he
las grown disguised with him, and
wants to sell him. believe that he
Isks SIS. 900 for him, ana it sunder-
hood that the Dryers are negotiating
or him. as they have not a cup horse in
heir stable Freddie backed bis horse
or s. goo in the cup. The loss Of this
'roks his heart. He was always known
or his misery love of money. Though
possessed of an income of between 500
100 and $4,000 year. he would hes
tate a long time before spending pen
". The elements Of Dutch thrift are
cry strongly developed in him
But after all be shares this feeling of
economy with many other rich young
aen Young Astor particularly was
oted for this. He kept little memoir
ndum book in which he recorded every
ent of his expenditures. One day while
e was in the Assembly the little book
ell out of his pocket A brother leg
slator found it, and glancing over it
,und such entries as Zone apple cts. )"
car fare. 5 CENTS" Zone evening paper
CENTS" church, 5 CENTS" and other
milar evidences Of how the young man
'ok care of bis pennies.
The blue fishing season this year is
For some reason or other.
re fsh this year are more plentiful, are
etter in quality and bite more freely
nan they have for years. As IA result
arties going out along Sandy Hook have
scellent sport, and the price asked for
is esculent fish in the markets are alse
cry low. In fact this is about the only
nelly favored FISH at present which is
OF too great a luxury to eat.
While attending a funeral the other
~ at Evergreen Cemetery Long
Stand, | stepped out of the carriage for
few minutes to have a look at the bur-
Il plot friendless sesmen. is a
reuy spot. Composed offs bit bf rising
round. the apex of which is,crOwned
y a number of tall leafy trees, it re-
,mbIes very much a well kept lawn
% tombstones tell of the dead that lie
uried beneath the sward which glitters
! the sunlight. But around the edges
T the little bill small marble slabs divide
# into sections and tell to what nation
titles the different sailors belonged. =
he plot was purchased by the seaman's
r end Society. and at present contains
bout two thousands bodies. Ii is a
IDLY suggestive spot to visit when one
in the humor of it.
The theatrical season this year will
pen much earlier than last. Many Of
,e theatres will be open by August Is,
bile few will remain closed as long as
eptember LIST. | met Bolossy kiralfy
D Union Square yesterday morning.
Ie had returned from abroad on the
laska the other evening. lie told me