Middletown transcript., 1888-09-20
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
CAMPAIGN CLUBs.-sTATE FAIR.-A
STORY OF A DONEn YOUNG
MAN.-NOTES.

CAMPAIGN CLUBs.-sTATE FAIR.-A
STORY OF A "DONEn YOUNG
MAN.-NOTEs.
We shall probably have more politi-
cal parades this fall than ever before.
Never during any campaign have there
been SO many uniformed political
clubs. Money for such purposes seems
to be plentiful, and it needs not the
saying that there are plenty of people
who are ready to spend it.
1t used to be that politicians were
content to signalize the proceedings of
their turnouts by displays of the
American flags and transparencies not
always remarkable, either for their ar
tistic character or the pertinency of the
legends inscribed on them. But that
was yeas ago. Times changes and we
change with them. 1t appears to be
the fancy of lthe politicians on both
sides to add picturesqueness to politi-
cal parades. The result is that the
various clubs are vieing with each
other in their endeavors to appear in
line in the finest and most attractive
array and in the regularity of their
marching, and it must be admitted
that while these snowy performances
will not, perhaps, change asingle vote,
they afford great deal OF satisfaction
to the spectators and no doubt still
greater satisfaction to the paraders,
even though the latter purchase their
pleasure at the expense of sore feet and
wearied limbs.
The State Fair has been in progress
all this week at the Agricultural So
cietie's grounds at Broad and Hunting
don streets. This is the thirty-fourth
annual exhibition and as far as the
first week is concerned as successful
as any. The exhibits are numerous
and the horses, oxen, sheep, pigs,
fruits and flowers are the finest the
State has ever produced. DR.. E. A.
Herby exhibits two COWS and three
calves bred from Chinese imported
stock. While they are small and thin
in flesh, they show remarkable quality
for milk and to all appearances make
valuable family COWS. They do not
look to be more than five hundred
pounds in weight.
Thousands of dollars have been
awarded as premiums for the live stock
on exhibition.
The amusement programme consists
of the usual races. Prof. Oscar Glea-
son, the horse-tamer and the Provi-
dence Polo Club, who play game
every afternoon, opening their exhibi-
tion with quadrille on horseback.
A neat game was played upon one of
your young men the other day by a
woman who is not received into the
best society for various reasons. The
young gentleman in question was
slowly meandering down Chest
nut ssrset, about $50 in the
evening, just above 10th street.
The woman who is quite
stylish and pretty, passed and bestowed
on him one of her sweetest smiles. He
turned to walk after her and their eyes
met again, with an unmistakable sign
of " company wanted" in hers. The
young man paused, thought of his
lonely walk entered his head, his
mind was made up in moment, He
followed her, spoke to her and was
shyly informed that his company was
agreeable. The pair strolled around
for an hour or so when he suggested a
visit to Green's, she aquiesced, and
they were soon seated at table discus
sing neat little champagne supper.
They stayed till quite late and the
lady" at last said she must go home.
The young man arose, settled the bill,
which by the way was no small one
and together they left the restaurant.
She informed Mr.. Rustirus that she
lived on Van Pelt street, a consider
| able distance up town. He boarded
car with her and the cable soon
landed them at 10th street where they
alighted. AS they passed up on the
way to Van Pelt he noticed the woman
look back with a rather anxious air,
and he turned in the same direction
but did not see anything to excite his
attention, except tall man about 100
yards or so behind them. They soon
arrived at the house and as she was
feeling in her pocket for her key, the
tall man suddenly made his appearance
and demanded to know what in thun-
der the young man meant in being out
so late with his wife ! The poor
fellow was dumb-founded. The wife
said he was her cousin, but it didn't
work. The man swore and raved and
threatened to have the young man ar
rested for number of offences. The
neighbors was in danger of being
aroused and sooner than be arrested
and the affair known all over town and
perhaps reach quiet little Middletown,
the young man offered to do anything
in his power to make things straight.
The husband at first would not hear of
it, but finally thought that $50 bill
would be a sufficient balm for his in