New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04
RICUFIELD'S BUDGET.
SOCIETY AND OTHER AFFAIRS At THE
SPRINGS
LIVING EUCHRE IN REhUTIFrr. FoRM-A FLORAL
CYCLING CAESIvAr-THE DISAPPOINTED
Bf'RGLAR-RECENr ARRIVALS


Rlchneld Springs. y Y. Aug ? (speclaD From
now until the last week Of August will be tho har-
vcsi-tmc OF Richhci hotels and cottages. Al
ready the human harvest rpcns for the rcaplng.
Mrs. John Sherwood has given a reading: Miss l..
g. Emmct, a kinswOman OF R)sna Emmett Shor-
wood has painted Mrs Johns picture: the president
Of the Chemical Bank has given notice OF hls i'm
mediate advent; there's bicycle carnival and fctc
des neurs-ihese things ,lways sound well In
French-o for day after tomorrow the Earng-
ton menagerle IL open-such is the budget OF Rich
field news.
Interesting casualties include a thrilling runaway.
In the course OF which Miss j. L. Howard. Of West
Seventy -hrst-st, was dragged from her dogcart by
barbed-wirc fence. but fortunately escaped un-
hurt. and the msadventure Of a burglar In n James
ST. cottage. which last at least may to warn
other gentry OF the Jimmy and the lantern from In
trudrg on the peaceful but obstinate virtue OF
Richnelders. II Is the custom here for people 10
leave their belongings on their pazzas overnight.
their electric lamps burning. for gas and oil are
practically unused. their front doors unlocked and
their windows unfastenoi. Crime and disorder are
almost unknown. and when this particular thief
crept steathy up the steps that led To- the Wide
porches OF the cottage In question. he found books
easy chairs. work-baskcts. and magazines strcwn
about In profuslon The front door came open as
he touched the knob. and the dining room on his
left. brilliantly Illuminated showed "A sdeboard
well stocked apparently. with decanters and silver.
AS far as ne could see. doors were open ana lights
burning no sound breaking the midnight air
except IA subdurd snore from tho bedrooms up-
stairs. But the wrctched man. whose bosom was
now so full of hope. found the d'canters all empty
and the silver all plated lie could not carry or
the sewing machine. the lights upstairs were so
bright he didn't dare venture there. and after vain
~ trying to find something worth stealing. he took
his departure. dropping 81. In n neat green wad. on
the front stoop, where II was found next morning
Joseph Agostin OF NcwYork. vino has just re-
turned to Richncld with his family after brief
stay early In the season, has options, II Is said.
several hundred acres OF hops. that most uncer-
tain OF all crops. OF which this Otsego County has
long been famous producer. Prices in recent
years have fuctuatcd from dollar to four cents a
pound. so to outsider 1t would seem little else
than lottery. Yet the hop and the hay crops are
practically all that s left In this portion Of the
State OF those great agricultural products which
were once so potent factor In the maintenance Of
New-York as the Empire State.
The bicycle carnival will begin on Monday with
the annual meet OF the Waiontha Club made up OF
wheelmen and wheelwomen from many towns and
cities in Central NewYork. The club members
escorted by Messrs. Babbett and Davis, the ex-
perts In charge. Will proceed with nowcr-decked
wheels around the Darlington oval, some OF their
machines having already been built up by the for
lists until the riders scarcely visible and the
moving figures look at a distance like Brnam Wood
In full bloom moving Dunsinane
Mrs. William Pitt Earle and her sister. Miss
Gwenaolln AiQks. dsughters Of Theodore Nose Of