Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-10-15
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Metropolis is the Champion Pie
Eater.
Good Drinking "A Calamity Story Flow
er's Responsibility Democratic De-
fections-Gr Traits "A Col
lege in Town
Special correspondence of The Chronicle

In no way does New York show her
rampant Americanism more than in her
consumption of pie. She is colossal and
gigantic in everything, but in this she is
bigger still. When one thinks of the
stupendous pile of pies that goes daily into
Gothams NAV, one is not surprised at
the prevalence of dyspepsia, and kindred
stomachic miseries. Pie is looked down
upon, and thought to be rural weakness
by many unthinking persons, but great
er mistake was never made. The pie
fend is New Yorker.
The biggest pie factory iii town is in
Sullivan street. The foreman told me
that they made every known kind, but
that apple, mince, lemon, pumpkin and
custard are the favorites. He said that
they used 100 dozen of eggs, $50 pounds
of lard, IL barrels of flour, 600 quarts of
milk, $500 quarts of fruit, and turned
out 1000 pies day. The total output
from factories and bakeries is 1900 pies
daily. Why the amount paid for pies
alone is five and half millions yearly
more than we pay for public schools,
and the fire and police systems. New
York produces and consumes over one
thirtieth of the pie crop of the nation.
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The metropolis is not only good place
for good eating New Workers believe
in good drinking as well. That part of
the soul-yearning which is reached and
satisfied by nimble fluids, after the gross
er demands of the mere flesh are satiated,
is by no means forgotten. A dealer in
wines told me few days ago that in Ger
tain section of the city, including not a
very great extent in acres, but including
the region of Madison Square with the
larger hotels, banqueting rooms, and
club rooms, there is opened yearly more
champagne than in all the remainder of
the United States. That is good place
to live in, but no man of moderate means
has any business there.
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The Democratic calamity orators of
your State remind me a story told by
Abraham Lincoln. 1t was a circum-
stance of year in Illinois when the corn
crop was simply magnificent, as it is in
Ohio this year. An old farmer had two
sons who were rejoicing in the bountiful
crop and the high prices ruling in the
market, because they both wanted to get
married, and knew that the result of the
...o,,c ,,-o.lr 1v,.,I,1 au.,hIa tho old orantIa
man to set them up for themselves. But
the farmer himself was preternaturally
silent. He went around with as glum
countenance as Governor Campbell might
now be supposed to wear, spoke in MON
osyllables, and could not be drawn into
any conversation in which he would ex-
press joy or enthusiasm over the big crop |
of corn or the prospect of big prices. 1t
was the custom on the farm when the |
corn crop was scanty and the ears poorly |
filled out, to pick it over for the nubbins,
which were kept to feed the hogs. The
old fellows sons asked him one day why |
he looked so glum and downhearted.
After much persuasion, he said, "Why,
boys, there amt no nubbins for the hogs"
The farmers of Ohio have nothing to
complain of this year except that there
amt no nubbins for the hogs.
Xxx
Now that the Hon. Roswell p Flower
has come into the dazzling white light of
a sizzlingho contest for the Governor
ship of this State, some dusky places in
his record are brought into relief. Some
millions of people whose hearts were set
on having the Worlds Fair in New Y ork
have wondered ever since the discodrag
ing news was flashed from Washing on
that Chicago had gotten it, how the thing
came about After all home difficulties
had been harmoniously adjusted-itfter
our Legislature had passed the compro-
mise bill, which Governor Hill signed,
and which made us sure of getting the
prize, the bill was sent to Mr.. Flower as
Congress for New York. 1t was supposed
that ne would swing his Democratic col
leagues from the South into line, but he
did not do it, and we did not get the fair
1t was simply Mr.. Flowers lack of abili-
ty to control votes that beat New FORK.
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Defections of large and influential
bodies from the Democratic ranks in
crease so rapidly that it takes mental
effort to keep track of them. The latest d
rebellion is that of the Germans. Their
strongest newspapers have come ont !
n hearty endorsement of Fasset. The
lame Jacob S. Fassett appeals to the de-
cendants of the Rhinelanders. Their 7
means thousands of votes !
or Fassett.
Then there was Oelrichs; after him C
Jones; the county Democracy fell into
inc last week by failing to endorse Flow ?
II; the Kings county Democracy had II
,olted Flower before his nomination; o
thousands of instances ofreputable Dem s.
'crats in city and State may be found L
Who will openly oppose Tammany. And p
light here, in the city, the salOonsts who e
ave heretofore voted "Tam" blindly, be- C.
ause he seemed to be their friend, have q
rown tired of his blackmailing and con p
inual extortion, and will go by hundreds
gainst the tiger. The indications are
low that Tam has overreached himself. O.
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Several events show traits of Grover p
Jleveland's character that were promi-
Ient when he was President. His i'm
Moderate egotism cropped up when he
vrote that the Baby was stouter at a day
Id than most children week old. Then 7
lis moral cowardice was never more
learly shown than when last Thursday
light he came out plainly for Tammany
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