New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

That cnterprising journal with the unconcIllatory
name "The oil City Blizzard" says that all those
who pass through the door to success Will find it
labelled .push,o No. not all, Por there be that
find il labelled "pull" And others syly avoid
the rush" by going around and climbing the back
fence.
At the old Guard ball recently wine was allowed
to be sold after a. m. In bottles, that IS 10 say
yet until the small hours had grown quite large again.
the thirsty and extra thirsty continued to be
modaed with champagne in pitchers, at the ride
ulousy low price," Mr. Tgg would say, Of 50 the
pitcher Yes and six. Now, your pitcher of
champagne is elastic term one particular Jug Is
certified honor to have contained four pounds OF
assorted ice three gs best heetaps, and Just a
| sprinkling of parsley, the whole enlivencd Wlti
| crumb and crust Of bread What time the vigil OF
cccded.
! History Of the L. S. Camels, continued Colonel
| Curtis formerly of the Sd Colorado Volunteers Is
kind enough to inform The Tribune that the camelS
captured by his regiment at Helena in 1862 were sold in
ST. Louis in 1854 for $50 head-or, rather hump.
Thanks. Colonel Now, how many hump were there
And where those camcs now Or their interesting
| families Does anybody knOw3
'Rah. rah. at last railway without plush. but
gray fabric, inst such suggested in these
columns last summer. and-w0uld you believe it-with
a place for the human head Proceed, dear Pullman
Re ever thus. :. T. 4. l. did It years and years ago.
Hardly seems as II that could be railway but II is
stradc Farrate Alta Italia or Upper Iallc r. r. Co.
"Yes, yes,7 said an eminent railway manager the
other day, facilities, and facilities. and facilities.
| Facilities literally till you can't rest. telegraph,
telephone phonograph, stenographer. typewriter ty-
poTapher, typOstenographcr what does 1t all amount
| to Why. Ike the Irishmans brick klayng, more
work for the man at the top. Take the whole lot ana
give me a good old fashioned private secretary. who
! knows what l think, what ! mean, what want TO
say. and the name and nature of the man don't
SO "people who have kept record are saying
the winter Of 1s74'75 Just like this are they
Nonsense the winter Of 1e74-75 was unusually Sc
we're. The cold weather set in before Christmas. At
! this time the country fairly covered with ice,
| and the ice with snow. The Hudson River was
frozen over, hard and fast; even at New York the
ferry boats were fighting the ice f0r weeks ana u
was nearly the end of February before the gorge
| broke up.
! Ficld-cc has been seen and met by the Atlantic
steamers probably five or six earlier than ever
before In the winter of 157i'75 the feldice began
to be met near the banks of Newfoundland in the last
week of February. Thi- year iceberg, have been
seen already. Is not April their earliest record?
! Looking at the green grass in the Park and the
swelling buds the question asked in these col
umns about a fortnight ago, what Of the Jersey
| peach what Of all the peaches7 Well Delaware
Is heard from. with peaches in blossom on the 21st
day Of January. Who can beat that for utter map
proprIatcne-s!
Speaking Of peaches, will no kind soul take pity on
on anxous qucrist and tell The Tribune whether in
all Maryland and Virginia that delicious peachleather
/ Of oar forcmOthere har utterly vanished lIou Ihe
/ band II SD. why1 II not. where and how can
thi, rarc-t ~ dclcace surprising barrels OF your
dcl!cates,en be had Tell
ono more paragraph. and yet another, and this
Sladlcy business shall be closed forever. Do you
know The Tribune has received perfect Connecticut
nood ~ letters all revolving and twisting about those
/ two simple lines
/ 4. Poll ON thou Connccticut who forever hast ran,
Hrn-.uc ~had to south Hadlcv and pleasure 10 man."
! Nor-hlmp'ou the Rey. Edward Everett Hale South
IIadlcy. Eobcrt Treat Paine ir and Daniel Webster.
Here however. IS the first ,;anza and chorus OF
the original lines whereof the couplet above Nc.t-4
| is a parody From "The Yeomen Of Hampshire
written for and sung at celebration Of tlc Artillery
election Bo,on), June 1. 1901. from The Works IN
Verse and Prose Of the late Robert Treat Paine, IT,
esq Boston; J. Becher. 1872. Tune: " Adams
and Liberty
10 the shades Of our ancestors loud is the praise,
That dc,ccnds with their deeds and inspires by re
action
To re h,r- ~ their glory the pean We rail-. I.
! the lcomcn of Hamp,hlrc,' the RictoTS OK
uc theirs the proud tale
! That though AuarCh aSSau,
Each plouginan still sings to The stream or his Vale
Chorus
RoH on. loved Connecticut. long hast thOu ran
| Gvins blossoms to Nature and morals 10 man.
And now ~ o wrote the parody that he's called forth
all this Shadl.y literature from loved Connecticut
/ and c-cWhcrr' Wa, 10 D1n.e webster. As Mrs.
Musgrave susgestsi II 50. when and why