The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-04-07


Thirty-fourth Street Ferry. Keegan
was arrasted and now poses as mar
tyr. He is kind of mild political
monomaniac. Some years ago when
he was in the Assembly he started
out as reformer. l believe, in fact
I am sure, that he kept his hands
clean, and he fully deserved the Sob
rlduet of "Honest John Keegan,"
which some of his constituents gave
him. He was so honest however that
he became kind of a crank on the
subject of reform, and since the close
of his term has been kind of hang
err on who in the intervals of urging
his claims to political distinctions,
spent his time in discovering mares
nests. He was protege of the late
James w. Brooks, who took him
from the mail room of the old EUen-
ing Express and landed him in poll
tics, Whether his charges against
his Democratic friends are true will
have to be seen. Keegan however
swears that he will prove them.
The Vanderbilt ball is an event of
the past, but what subject for gossip
it has been for both those who were
there and those who were absent.
tThat it was a success cannot be said.
In fact, how could such barefaced
worship of the golden calf be an occa-
sion for entertaining people. Now
to begin at the beginning. The floral
decorations, and the other ornamen-
tations were not nearly so elaborate
as represented in the papers, and the
fabulous figures which were men,
toned as having been expended may
be safely discounted sixty per cent,
and still leave a margin. Of the
twelve hundred invited guests about
five hundred did not come. Our real
''society" declined to be present to
help swell the Vanderbilt pride. OF
those that did come, a great many
ladies dressed very plainly. Itseems
that number of them had got artists
to design costumes for them. These
designs however were indiscreetly
communicated by the 0aOdisteS to
other ladies, and thus in several in
stances they were copied. The origi-
majors thereupon declined to appear
in their selected costumes and put on
some simple makeshift. But the
worst disappointment of all was that
about one O'Clock the champagne
gave out. Most of the gentlemen
were unable to get anything to eat
and therefore tried to drown their
sorrow with the cup that cheereth.
When the calamity occurred the hat
was quietly passed around and some
one then went to drug store not far
off, and purchased his entire stock of
Appolinaris water. So much for this
much talked about social event.
The weather has been extremely
raw and changeable during the past
week. AS aresult the mortality from
lung and bronchial diseases is very
heavy. Last week there were 166
fatal cases. the heaviest mortality for
thirteen years for the corresponding
weeks. This week the indications
are that this number will be largely
increased. What has saved us thus
far is the humidity of the atmosphere
which has been so great as to make
our climate closely resemble that of
Colorado, which is now fayorite re-
sort for those suffering from affections
of the respiratory organs. Yet in
spite of this, physicians with any sort
of elientage are kept almost constant
ly on the go. Business too languishes
under this weather. When ladies find
comfort beneath fur lined circulars
and sealskin coats, they are not going
to imperil their health by changing
them for the light spring fabric. The
weather may be delightful enough
for an hour or two after noon, but the
chances are five to one every time
that a raw breeze will spring up and
cut through ones clothes like knife,
and then there is pneumonia in less
than no time.
On Sunday nominally, but actually
on Monday the trout season opens.
April first may be FOOLS day TO many,
but not to the angler who has spent
week in overhauling his rod, fly
books, hooks and other paraphernalia
of the modern piscatoriaf artist. On
the night before the season opens
there is a general emigration for the
ponds and streams of Long Island.
Happy the man who either owns his
own preserves, or friend who will
allow him to cast a fly on his domain.
Most of the trout on Long Island are
cultivated fish, that is to say they are
artificially Matched and carefully rails
ed on chicken liver, etc. As result
thay freuuentlv lack that gameV fla