The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-09

ton in Cincinnati of being the greatest
eater in that section of the country. hap
pened to be seated at a table ex-
actly adjoining that of the man from
Colorado. They were not acquainted with
each other nor did they even know each
other by sight. Halstead noticed that VOL
colt had an appetite as great as that of his
by the amount of food consumed by the
great field marshal of journalism. Imme-
diately they felt an affinity for each other.
Each inquired who the other was, and after
their mutual request they were introduced
for the first time. and they talked about
high living for several hours one night on
the hotel piazza.
They took in everything in the realm of
~gastronomy and even went into the results
of it 80 far as to exchange their experiences
with the govt.
Murat Halstead, by the way, is having a
great lot of fun here. He is at the race
track every day and he is not a heavy
plunger. but he likes to take a flyer at al
most every race. He asks the advice of al
most every one that will giveit and he is al
ways surrounded by::a lot of stable boys, who
are always supposed to have a knowledge
of the horses.
The oldest summer inhabitant of Sara
toga is the Rev. Dr.. George E.. Ellis, one of
the most eminent dlvines in Boston. He
began coming to Saratoga sixty years ago,
and he ID now upward of 80, but is as Wig
orous and interesting as he was twenty
years ago. He is the successor of Robert
Winthrop as president of the Historical
society of Massachusetts, a position which
is considered a great honor, and means
that the incumbent must be a
ranks mnn of With great .1o %lessnin Ensse Rr' 1d Mla11
and some of he other prominent
Bostonians as one of the best read men in
this country. He tells me that he expects
to keep up his reading as long as he lives.
He never thinks of retiring for the night,
he tells me, without reading from three to
four hours, never less than three. Besides
this he reads a good deal in the day time.
The Rev. Doctors f~avorite hobby is to To-
cate himself near the cigar stand in his
hotel, and every time a person buys a high
priced cigar he will remark: Fifty cents
for a cigar. Thank God, l don't want any
of them"
Saratoga is putting on great airs now
| since it has been settled that President
Harrison will spend a week here about the
middle of the month. A big celebration
will be given in his honor, and every day
during his stay there will De festivities of
| some kind.
There is a young man here from q south
ern state who lives in one of the swell hotels
| and drives every afternoon in q handsome
turnout, and Is also n man of fashion. He
manages to get III with the best class of peo-
| PIE among LuOSt WHO Iaks any Interest," Ill
affairs of the turf. He tells all sorts of
stot les about his origin. and there is hardly
n great man in the country whom he does
not claim to be a family connection. His
manners are those of Il gentleman and he
makes friends readily. He has been coming
here for two years, but until this season his
true occupation has not become generally
Known. 1t is believed last season he must
have made several thousand dollars during
the time he spent here. His method OF
carrying on his calling is to pretend that he
has sources of information about tho races
TINT are possessed by no one else and
his acqunintanoes depend upon him fol
tips. Probably h. will supply tips
to ten people on an average on every race
He advises people to bet on various horsei
and there is not u horse in the race that he
does not tell some of his acquaintance il
winner. OF course those TINT hntpen tt
awe the winning horse think that this per
son is Il very desirable acquaintance and b,
usually manages it in n graceful way, st
that they will offer him a share OF the win
nings. II il known that one day this weel
this young mans share in II tip which h.
gave u friend amounted to several hundred
dollars. The surprising thing about it !
that he has been able to continue this spe
cies of fraud so long, but there are Away
new suckers here every year.
ase, HARRY WALKER.
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