Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28
railroad terminus and great Atlantic Sea-

port.
tant that the Ponce de Leon Hotel was
built over made ground in very swampy
portion ofSt. Augustine, and that the sIeat
palace is practically saturated now Win
malaria. At all events the notei mas pee q
we had mad colder season in the North
more rich yaletudinarians would have
been driven TO ST. Augustine, but
as our weather has thus Tar been
exceedingly mild the great Ponce de
Leon ia almost as lonely as the broken
palaces of Aihambra. IL is said that Jag
Ter and his olcaginous partners apsoiu,ev
own more than half OF FLORIDA, Iha' Is
to say. the money which they have IN
vested there amounts 70 as much as Tue ,,
remaining portion of the State would sell
for at auction. The State IS too small ana
insignificant TO be OF much service poiiti-
cally, barring the two United states sena-
torships. which can be secured by them
when wanted, presume. And the great ex-
pectant public is wondering how Dir. Flag
Ter is gong TO get his millions out OF the
reeking swamps and everglades. However.
that is his own business. Although resi-
dent Of New York city, Mr.. flagler has never
taken any interest in metropolitan ahsirs
and do not know that he has associated
UluStll WIFI u S-uElt
cept that which pertains TO the intolerance
of the great Standard Oil monopoly.
DE. PARKHURsT GETS RISE.
DIR. Charles II. Parkburst. pastor of the
Madison-Souare PRESBYTERIAN church,
preached good many years IN this town
without people finding 1t out. He saw tue
Rev. Tom Dixon and DIR. Peters, Ike
couple of young Lochinvars, come out OF
tho West-or maybe II was the Southland
lift themselves amid the stars by their own
waist bands, while he, the scholarly and
refined Parkhurst, pounded his Presbyte-
rian pulpit in vain. The trumpet tongue
of tame took up none OF his learned ser
mons, and he preached and passed the
plate with scarcely Indifferent success.
Then he concluded TO out-Dixon Dixon.
and 10! he is at once the most
talked Of preacher in town. In SIN
gle morning he has achieved what
Ialmage mas struggled years to gam.
DR.. Parkhurst simply forged a thunder
bolt and hurled it into the "qulyering
yitals" Of the 1ammany Tiger. As re-
suit of this. the beast, like error. writhes
in pain, and also threatens TO DIE anld
its worshppers. At the same time Dr;
Parkhurst is not very well himself: ana
doubtless wishes he had made use OF ia9-
guage more becoming to his clotn. ne
has gained nothing and proved nothing
by shouting from the pulpit that the city
authorities are lying. perJured. rum
soaked. libidinous lot;" that they
are polluted harpies VINO, under pre-
tense OF governing the city. are fetdlne
day and night on It's quiyerlng yItals."
Dr. Parkhurst uttered many other gems
OF thought, including a reference TO
"crminality that is fllthifyIng our entire
municipal life" In this and other Instances
the Doctors vehemence forced him outside
the dictionary TO find words to express the
feelings that surged for utterance. IL IL
not often that a minister succeeds IN so
thoroughly tearing a passion 10 tatters
in every respect. and Of course, the
Doctor is the reigning sensation. Caiiph,
the big hippopotamus IN the Central PARK
mensgerie, has had the stomach-ache. ana
it required the united efforts OF Twelve
stalwart men and a horse doctor to give
him a pill as formidable as a base oall.
And vet. through all this excitement. Or.
Parkhurst has steadily held the public eve.
Still, NAV as well state that there is
fixed and stony glare about it which makes
the Doctor slightly uncomfortable.