Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-18
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Some Fair Tourists Return--Greenup Has
No Observation-Disclosures ationBoOm-
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Some Fair Tourists Return-Greenup Has
No Hnndkerchisfs-Nat ationBOOm-
ing-Odds and Ends.
The party OF ladies from this city who went
to Cincinnati last week on the steamer Scotia
have returned safely. There were no casuali-
ties during the voyage, although one or two OF
the ladies had to return home by rail, because
Of family illness. On the second day out the
party organized with Mrs. Dr. Easton as Presi-
dent, and Mrs. A. M. Watson as Vice Presi-
dent, and Mrs. Schaefer, Secretary. These
ladies fulfilled their duties to the satisfaction
Of the whole party. Mrs. Schaefer has written
q history of the voyage, or rather a humorous
account of all its incidents, and this will be
written out and given to every member of the
party as a memento Of the trip. A committee
has been appointed to look after the little book
and it will be handsomely bound with hand
painted covers, and otherwise made beautiful.
The Off GERS of the Scotia were extremely sorry
to see the band of 30 ladies get of, and the
ladies themselves would gladly make the trip
again. The news that she carried such fair
cargo went ahead of the Scotia all the way
down, and the journey consequently became
something like a triumphal progress. The gal
liant captain had q band taken on board soon
after the vessel passed into the State of Ohio,
and its music coupled with the fact that so
many ladies were known to be on board brought
out the inhabitants of all the towns.
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On their way up from Cincinnati their recep-
ton was no less enthusiastic The entire popu.
lation of every town invariably lined the banks
as the Scotia drew near, and handkerchiefs
were waved continuously from the shore and
from the boats deck. An idea of how much
handkerchief waving was done on board the
Scotia may be obtained from the fact that
hardly member of the party but had lost two
or more handkerchiefs before reaching Pitts
burg. One of the ladies tells me funny story
about Greenup. small town in Kentucky on
the river bank. When the Scotia drew near to
it the people Of Greenup. as usual, came out to
salute the vessel, and the ladies lined the
Scotia's rails to return the greeting Thirty
handkerchiefs waved from the deck but not
one appeared on shore. The good people of
Greenup cheered and waved their hands, but
not one of them seemed to be the owner of
handkerchief At last q colored barber ran
out from his shop with two towels in his hand,
and with these he made magnificent demon
stration. A small dog of the white Pomeranian
breed also added his tail to the salutation.
Greenup had an unpleasant reputation during
the war for hanging runaway slaves, and it
looks as if its people had not got out Of bar.
barism yet
Es#
THE food of applicants for naturalization pa.
pers continues to be very great In all the courts.
Court officials tell me that nine-tenths Of the
new citizens are carefully getting their votes
ready to throw against the prohibition ques-
ton. From casual glance at the names Of the
new citizens should imagine that the German
element very largely predominates.
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EVEN the best restaurants in town make
little or no attempt to fix their bill OF fare to
suit the weather. The same hot meats the
same entrees, and the same side dishes we were
glad enough to eat in December are still offered
to US. When the thermometer shows 300 in the
shade men are not anxious to gorge themselves
with rich food. What men want now are cool,
appetizing dishes, salads, fresh vegetables and
liquids. The restaurant which takes
a lesson from the New York lunch bars, and
makes study Of hot weather dietetics viii catch
an enormous number Of Pitsburgers who
practically prefer TO- go lunchless under exist
ing conditions.
THE Mail Pouch disgorged letter 40 hours
ago which the editor of that department
kindly hands to me to answer. Here 10 the
letter:
DEAR SIR-Please give me little information as
to the number OF newspapers published, their
early history and when first issued. and obliee
Yours truly, Z. r. s.
p. S.-Please answer this query tomorrow
morning, as very much need the information.
1t would be pleasant bagatelle to give E. R.
s. the information he desires, a. far as the
mere work of compilation is concerned The
only objection TO the publication of the early
history Of the worlds newspapers, etc., in this
column is that it would keep it nlled for about
half dozen years, and the subject, we fear,
might become somewhat monotonous to most
readers Of THE DISPATCH.