Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03

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All the Year Round.
On ine Monday morning, the season
Just fairly started. the country people up IN
town for Epson. for Ascot, for Goodw God,
for all the delights and pleasures OF the
opening summer. what plea>anter resort
than Iattersal's, under the great span roDt
with the glazed openings. with the soft gray
el under the feet, horses trampIng and cur
vetting about, and general sound Of voic-
es,more thar murmur and Vet not amount
ing TO roar voices Of every pitch aud
cadence, from the husky monotone Of the
country boniface to the aristocratic concert
pitch Of Lady We're de We're. And while a
good, number are assembled in the hail of
sales. making its roof resound with anmat-
ed talk-nov OF the events Of the last hunt
ing season, now of hat may be expected IN
the next-there is general tramp, tramp,
all through the stables and stalls, where all
the horses that are on sale today may be
seen and criticised by the public. Here is
+ the good hunter, ridden on parade, and quiet
/ in harness. that cranes his neck and views
/ from the corner of his ewes his accustomed
I visitors Here is BlaeKstrap by Doctor,
| dam By Jalap, up to fifteen stone and has
/ carried lady, and Blackstrap toys careless
I " with loose hind leg and seems to meas
/ ure distances carefully as he sees his friends
| approach. Here they are, line upon line,
/ end box after box, chestnuts, browns and
roans, bay geldings and black mares, tenn
| perate and clever. good action and manners,
| good fencer and fast, quiet to ride and drive,
| and so on through the l6-stall stable and
along the Install stable, and getting quite
| bewildered among them ala hundred and
| fiftv horses munching their hay and corn,
| and all Indifferent to the change of masters
the next few hours may bring.
Right in the center of the great hall is
| the palladium of the establishment, without
which it would not be Tattersall's at all, and
would necessarily come to grief. and that is
rather pretty little temple of classic model,
with bust of the once Prince of Wales,
| the future Adouis. on the top, and within
the well-known effigy of fox that has oc-
cupied the same position so long as the mem-
| orv of man can testify. All around is a
| light, handsome gallery, occupied by car
riages of every description sent here for sale;
while one side of the area below is fenced
off, and corner is occupied by substan-
tial pulpit, with sounding board overhead.
II is some way past / o'clock, and the
serious feeling Of the moment is increased
as YOU see an attendant horse keeper feck-
ing the last specks of dust from the pulpit
desk, while a clerk carefully arranges a
book and papers, for all the world as in a
Scotch church just before the minister makes
his appearance. And before the great clock
| in the hall shows the half-hour mysterious
whisper has passed among all the attend
ts-quiet-looking men in blue cricketing
caps-wth here and there one with whip,
used for cracking purposes only, like the
little guns YOU see on board ship for firing
salutes. But one says to the other, ''Is it
lock up yet?" And the other replies eau
tiously. Not yet
But the word is passed before long, "Lock
up," and from every side resounds the slam
ming of doors and turning of keys, while
those who have been taking last lingering
look at their fancies hasten forth TO Join the
rest of the crowd in the hall. One lively
youth has fingered too long and been
locked in. and is helped out through awin-
| dow. And while our attention is engrossed
| BY this little episode, we find that the pulpit
is now occupied. and that business has COM
menced. why, they've got the two-year-
old out to-day" observes a vheezy voice