The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-22
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Correspondence of the Democrat

Ken uOtCn- OLuLeSWeB UTQCICULtng
to N. Y. to Engage an the Mining
Business.-1he Mexican Treaty.
Tails of an Extra Session of the
Senate.-The Star Route Trial.
= Congressman Co.'s Hea1th.-
The Disorce Question.-A Fact
for DR.. Di1.-Edster FoWerS and
Easter Cards.-Poor Higgins.
New YORK, March ID, 1888.
Congressman Page was in town
for a few days last week, and endeav-
ored to look as if he were not a dead
in the political affairs of Cali
He spoke cheerfully of the
good effect the tariff act would have
the industries of his State, and
expressed himself as satisfied with
in general, but when ~allusion
was made to his defeat by the very
people for whom as he says, he "sac-
rificed" himself he became so wroth
as to make it advisable to drop the
subject. 1t is not a little singular
that all those broken down Republi-
can party-hacks are gravitating to
New York. Page it is said is going
to join the Windows who have pre-
coded him. AS a rule law does not
pay them, and SO they generally take
to the banking or preferably, the
mining business. Mining operations
afford a-grand opportunity for the
remains of politicians to display the
fine arts they have learned at Wash
ington, and they generally use them
TO the fullest extent.
1t is understood here that the
President will probably call an extra
session of the Senate to considerthe
Mexican treaty. The matter was
interfered with by a number of Re-
publican Senators at the regular SEES
sion, but an effort is heing made now
to induce the President to give it a
fair chance. 1 am reliably informed
however that all depends on what
General Grant advises.
The infamous Star Route trial
drags its slow length along, and is
e~nlivened only by the occasional ex
p~losions of bubbles of vile air caused
by Colonel Ingersoll. His method
of defence alone is enough to damn
Dorsey and his party. There is
scarcely a question now that Rer-
dells testimony is amply sufficient
to convict them, and yet it is remark
able that nobody seems to think it
likely that the jury will convict
Such a condition of affairs is the
crowning glory of the years of Re
publican misrule which are o for
tunately ended in the Legislature at
last. All. Washington seems to be
corrupt when the integrity of twelve
men whom it took sc long to collect
as a jury is questioned.
Congressman Cox has been in
town, but true to his mercurial in
stincts has fitted off again. He says
that his health is poor, that his
nerves are over excited, and that his
physician recommends rest. But
how is he TO get rest with his tenn
permanent? He evidently believes i,
preferable to rust out than veal out
When he travelled abroad two sea
sons ago he worked harder than al
home; thus his wife thinks he hac
better not try travelling again.
DR.. DiX's Lenten lectures Hbou'
women have created a decided sen
satlon, but his address of last Friday
evening on divorce fairly capped thu
climax. Divorces are really increas
ing at an alarming rate, and thu
question arises under what circum
stances. do people really marry now
a-days when so many couples fint
that they have made mistakes. !
marriage is only a civil contract liza
BILE to be dissolved whenever the par
ties to it desire, how will their chill
dren eventually be able to recogniz
their own parents. We will have t
get to the ideal of the rapid socialis
and communist who maintains tina
the State should take care of all chi.
dren. But to return TO the increas
of divorce. 1 called at the Office c
a man in Broadway not far from s.
Paul's Church the other day. &"
have to go out for half an hour, pleas
wait. If you wish to muse yourse
sit down at the wiEdow and waite
the building on the other side of tn
way. Tell me what you notice." II
returned in about twenty minute
"Did you notice anytLing?' he ash
! ed. Nothing" l answered. II
stepped over to the window. "Wht
: is that going into that building?"-
"a handsomely dressed lady, and c
far as 1 can make out good looking,
= = was my reply. "And is that the fir:
l one you noticed entering there
: "No, 1 did not keep count, but thel
must have been a dozen before her
THAT'S it," he exclaimed. "TheI
are four or five divorce lawyers
that establishment-misery love
l company you kpow-and there is
: regular stream of women, ladies
> suppose 1 ought to call them, goin
in and out of that building from te
. to four o'clock every day. If yc
value your peace of mind, my frien
$ never get married." Here is a ia
which DR.. Dix might have introdu
ed very nicely in his serman.
= Easter cards and Easter fiowe
are what interest everybody mo-
The fashion has been set that churc
es on Christmas and Easter must
decorated superbly with cut flower
and every church no matter he
u poo: it may be spends from hundred
to thousands oil them. These dec
rations will be very expensive tn
= year, as the prolonged cold wealth
: makes the price of flowers come We
.. high. Violets and other spring flo
ers have seldom been so eXpensi
as they are now, and as regards fl
and are roses they are worth fro
twenty-five cents to a dollar a pieo