The New York Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1873, Page 3

A oe FAT AND LEAN Two Extraordinary Festivals in Connecticut Yesterday. ‘A Fat Man’s Clam Bake at Gregory’s Point and a Lean Man’s Clam Bake at Grove House. ‘ALL NORWALK TURNS OUT EN MASSE, The Lean Dyspeptics Make a Sal- ary Grab at Health and Claim Sanitary Back Pay. "Tho President of the Fat Man's Olub Too Heavy to Move Out of Office. He Inaugurates Cesarism and Wants a Third Term, The Lean Men Eat 200 Bushels of Clams and the Fat Men Only 30. THE NAMES OF THE FORTUNATE FAT. : t Conscience, Clams and Corporosity — Their Mutual Influence, Where the Clams Were Cooked and How the Clams Were Eaten. All About the Last Clam Bake Norwalk Will Ever See. NoRWALK, Conn., August 28, 1873, It is seven years ago since the institution known as the Fat Men’s Association was founded on clams. It originated in a joke, as do all good things, provided the joke is not bad at the begin- Bing. Smith Barnum, of Danbury (a place where Tun flows as readily as water from a pump)—Smith, asI was about to say, wasajoker. For a long time he cherished the daring scheme of burlesquing the people of his native town, Attenuation in everything except a joke’ is the rule in Danbury. The population physically is the thinnest on earth. It takes amass meeting there to cast a shadow. Well, Smith knew all about this. He rolled in adipose tissue himself, and irom morn- ing wll night it was Smiths delight to poke fun at his shadowy fellow citizens, Finally he made a pompous announcement through Bailey's paper that a fatmen’s association, to be composed exclusively of Danbury people, would be formed on‘a certain day, having for its main and most exalted object the destruction of numer- ‘ous bushels of clams on the beach at Norwalk. Of course people laughed at the idea of a fatmen’s so- ciety in Danbury, where onc man had a monopoly of the fat and all the rest were as lean ay the famine stricken kine of Egypt. However, the day arrived for the enrolment of members, and all the people of Danbury shut up shop and repaired to the Music Hall to see who had the amaz- Ing impudence to proclaim himself a fat man. THE ORIGIN OF “TOO THIN.” Numerically, the crowd was very large; physt- ally, very thin; so that the entire population of over 11,000 when assembied in the littie Music Hall left room to spare for a prayer meeting in each corner. Smith had a heap of pillows, hair cushions, old mattresses, quilts, blankets, piles of straw, and what not on the stage. He made a melancholy address to his townsmen, bewail- ing the circumstance that the age of grease and chivalry was tied, but he was resolved that Danbury at least should no longer lie under the imputation that her citizens were mere ciphers— mere chalk marks on the face of creation— and he was resolved it should go that the first fat men’s association in the annals of tory should spring from fhis native town. Thereupon, while depioring the mecessity that existed for such extreme measures, he appealed to his ghostly audience to step for- ward and make up for that of which Providence deprived them by recourse to the expedients of art. The appeal was a taking one. A joke in Dan- bury goes iurther than a $10 bill. Ten jokes would pay for hulf a year’s board. Up they came to the stage, all the thin and Jestive fellows; and Smith, ‘with the genius of an artist, transformed them in a twinkling, by the ald oi his straw pillows and mat- tresses, into a most imposing brigade of fat men, It was towards the close of this performance that the expression originated which has since be- come incorporated among the most sententions phrases in the American vocabulary. A tall, thin youth—so thin that he was only recognized by his Voice—approached tne platform. Smith had ai- ready disposed of ail his mattresses and pillows, and only half a ton of straw was left. Though equai to almost any emergency, he was obliged to confess his inability to make anything out of this @tienuated youth, As the youth approached, Bmith, facing his transmogrified audience with ‘istracted looks, in wild, despairing accents ex- claimed (and who bas not heard of the memora- ble exclamation?) ‘Too thin! Here, then, in the town of Danbury, State of Connecticut, the ‘institootion’ of fat men was started, It waxed and grew fat and fatter as the years roiled around, but tradition has it that the @rtificial fat men, for uproarious fun, have never been eclipsed. Danbury bowled and roared, and howled and roared again over the doings of that memorable day of her genial and frolicsome sons, There are few lean and hungry citizens in that delightfal village now. They laughed themselves Into a state of corporosity that has become the envy of the surrounding hamlets. A LITTLE CLAMBAKE HISTORY. But I most not tarry with this history, though, however conscientiously disposed to set posterity Tight as to how this interesting association had its beginning. To proceed. The first clambake was hela in August, 1868, under the presidency of Sid- Mey Smith, of Stamford. In the archives of the soclety It is recorded that thirty bushels of clams appeased the appetites of the pioneer fat men. Now it takes several hundred, and the cry is still for more, J. A. P. Fiske, of New York, flourished a8 President after Smith, He was the most mag- nificent President that ever reigned over this jolly society. Sceptics insinuated that he wore a feather bed inside his frilled shirt. It would tax the faith of your readers to tell of the number ‘of pounds he weighed; suffice it to say that the arm chair built for his accommodation was large enough for @ small tea party. When Fiske waddled out of office C, W. Bradley, of New Haven, waddled in, and now, contrary to the laws of the constitution, is enjoying a third term. He has inaugurated Cesarism, will undoubtedly be President for years to come, unless he is choked bya ciam. He dg too fat to move out of office, and so he sticky, CLAMS AND CORPOROSITY. And now, as to the phenomenon of the mysterious sympathy between fat men and ciams, it is a well known fact that the early New England colonists, at one period in their history, lived almost entirely pon clams, History does not inform us whether this diet induced a tendency to onesity among our forefatters, or whether a constant familiarity with Sho clambake led to pw graduq) perversion of forth | te Morals in tnose who emigrated’ for conscience’ sake. The general history of humanity justifies us in assuming that then, as now, mankind were divided into three great classes—the fat, the lean, and that large “bat unhappy proportion who are neither one nor the other, but dragged out a miserable existence, fluctuating be- tween hone and despair. tormented with the vain vaticination of reacning an ideal which a remorseless fate forever denied them. Whatever differencein diet there may have beep between the fat an the ‘lean in the early time, very litte was perceptible in their descendants to-day. The materials digested were the same, and if there was any difference in the appetite and digestion | think the lean men are to be gizep, the preference, Heavens and earth! how those clams did disap- pear! Ueur tn mind that Shoales, who entertained the lean, had provided not less than 200 bushels of the article, whe Hooper, who spread the bill of fare for the fat, had prepared not more than thirty, There may, indeed, be some truth in the suspicion that the enormous capability of the lean men for getting on the outside of so formi- dable a ptle of clams th so short a space of ume was helped to some extent by the ae of rivairy and competition—a ~ spirit which may bave reversed the patural process oj digestion set the laws of health at deflance. There is no knowing what emulation, properly goaded, will not accomplish, and the proprievor of the Grove Ronse, who has studied leanness in all its phases, only showed his knowledge of human nature in weneral, and of lean human ‘nature in particular, by Drove Ad extraordinary quantity of clams. His guests knew that the eyes of the world were upon them, and that a due respect tor public sentiment, setting aside al) promptings of anibi- tion, ree ufred that they should worry down an in- calculable quantity of bivaivalar dainties, WAITING FOR THE CLAM EATERS. Scarcely had the sun began to cast his beams upon the boilers of the locomotives belonging to the early morning trains when the juvenile population of Norwalk turned out en masse to watch the arrival of the fat’ men. They thronged around the depot, netrated the waiting rooms, climbed trees, hooked them- selves to lamp posts, monopolized the curbstones, and evinced @ curiosity to inspect: the phenomena of morbid anatomy as evinced in an anomalous aggregation of muscular tissue which would have done credit to the first physiologist of the age. As time passed and suceessive trains brought in the usual number of passengers of the , ordinary weight, a murmur of disappointment arose from the expectant ranks, and nothing but a belief that their expectations would ultimately be fulfilled prevented their visiting these wretched beings with opprobrious epithets. No detective on the lookout for ad 4 eriminal could: have watched wit: a keener eye every peeeeiigye who got out than did these Argus-eyed imps of Nor- walk. ‘Here they come!” ‘Here they are at last!” were cries renewed again and again, only to die awav in something like a how! o! indigna- tion as the train swept on and left at the depot two or three ignominious human beings of not more than one hundred and twenty pounds apiece. Even these frail specimens 01 humanity were sub- jected to much juvenile sarcasm, and their being there at all under the circumstances was con- strucd into a signal breach of that etiquette which the proprieties of the occasion demanded. In the absence of police it 18 diMecult to say what the ultimate consequences might have been had the arrival of the fat men been much longer delayed; for the children of Norwalk are reared, 80 to speak, under the very shadow of adiposity. The: may not perhaps know that such a man as Daniel Lambert existed @ hundred years ago, Who hb giao 739 pounds and measured nine feet round the body and three feet round the leg. They may not know that there are other cases on record of men who, inspired with a nobie ambition and a prodigious genius for assimi- lation, reached the respective weights of 600, 580 and 500 pounds. But they are taught from their earliest years to believe that the Fat Man’s clam- bake Js the very Obristmas of corpulency, and that to miss peclng. hose who are to take part in it Is to miss the chief end of life and to tind the rest of existence a delusion and a snare. Mention “the fat of the land” to a child of Norwalk, and, instead o1 picturing to himself that material wealth and prosperity of which, it is claimed, vhe expression 38 symbolic, he will ieap at once to the true inter- Preeatioh einen) the fat men of the land, “fat? eing an adjective qualifying ‘men’? understood, THE FIRST ARRIVALS, The long-expectant crowd were at length re- warded, At precisely eleven A. M. the local ex- press train stopped at the South Norwalk depot, opposite the Ola Well Hotel, and a scene took place which will long be remembered by those who par- ticipated in it. It will be borne in mind that while a fat clambake was to be given at Gregory's Point @ Jean ,clambake, in opposition thereto, was to be held at the Grove House, Now, although the tra- ditions of the place are in favor of fat men, still there 18 quite an appreciable proportion of the inhabitants who have a sympathy. with leanness, Whether they are the “lean-eal” descendants of those of whoin the Scriptures say that Providence sent leanness into their souls, 1 do not know, but certain it is that their teelings are on the side of hysical rarification. Between the two factions here 18 an antmosity as bitter as between the Coionna and Orsifii.©.Judge, then, of the scene which ensued when, the train stopping, two figures simultaneously appeared upon the con- necting platiorms of the two cars, one of whom was the very beaa ideal of unctuousness and juicy lurrows, and the other the highest standard of bone and tendon. The effect was instantancous and overwhelming. A shout rent the air, and meiodious whistles mounted to the welkin shrill, as. those with which the Bowery Koy, cracking peanuts, expresses his admiration at tl trinmph of virtue and the downfall of vice. “When Greek meets Greek,"’ I heard @ classical spectator observe on my right, while a German gentieman, who had evidently sat up all night in order to be on hand in time, frantically inquired, “Vich isde fat mans and vich ig de Jean.” To describe the expres- ston of the two antagonists—for the: hardly less--passes my art. Envy and heart- burn’ were, I grieve to say, but too plainly indicated on the face of the attenuated genileman, wiile supreme self-satisfaction tlumi- Rated the countenance of his rival, whose throat was one large and luxurious dewiap, and the very crown of whose head, as he removed his hat, was @ monument to the cushion-creating power of those stearic and margaric acids which are the solid components of fat. Loud were the cheers and fierce was the elbowing of the constituents of these respective gentlemen, neither of whom for several minutes was able to dismount. But engi- neers wait tor no man, whatever weight of opinion his weight of person may entitle him to, ‘The locomotive gave a sudden whistle, the train gave a sudden lurch, as though she one had given it an unexpected flick behind, and the rivals, taken by surprise and trying to accomplish a rapid descent, were precipitated almost into each other’s arms, THE WAY THE THING IS DONE, Comparatively few know what a clambake 1s. In ancient times the art of clambaking was known to the natives of Coney Island and to a small priv- lleged ctasss of New Yorkers. In Manhattan it 1s now reckoned among the lost arts. Tne way they did it to-day was in this manner :—A bed of stone, sixteen by ten feet, was raised on the dbly beach. Top of it was placed three cords of hard wood. The wood was set on fire, and for two hours it burned and burned, until the stones were heated to the very core and nothing but ashes remained of the tue}. ‘The ashes were raked away, and then broom finished the process of preparing tie sur- ofthe stones for the reception of the clams. e were brought palpitating from the sea-beat sands and tumbled from bushel baskets down upon the heated bed. When this was covered over with many layers of clams—when the foundation, so to speak, was laid—bluefish, weakfish, eels, lobsters, canned and cooked chickens, woodcbuck, green corn, sweet snd common potatoes, crabs and lobsters were thrown promiscuously on top, and on top of them was placed, so as to campletely en- velop the bed, . canvass coveriet. This was tucked in al! round so as to make the clams as comfortabie as possible and keep them from catching cold, Over the coveriet was placed 4 great mass of wet rock weed to supplement the canvas in keeping the steam from escaping. It was no use, however; the steam insisted on escaping, and the appearance of the clambake was precisely like a dunghill smoking on a frosty morn- ing. It was fun to the fat men, but death to the clums, That was all. The next thing had nothing to do with the bake, but it had everything to do with tue the main purpose of the day, and that was the dinner, so many dollars and a half per head, ‘The clams were buttered up, sauced and served, and every mother’s son of @ fat man did his level best to polish off more plates than his neighbor. But, alas! there was a limit. It Was while the clams were in their agony that A TUGBOAT FROM BRIDGEPORT steamed up to the whar!, bringing the ope and only presentable fat man in that municipality, But there was a swarm of lean men, hungry look- ing iellows with iantern jaws, terrible foes of tue gentie clam and enemies of everything unctuous and oleagino' 'rhey passed with scowling looks through the ranks of the good-natured children of unction aad moved over the meadows to Shoales’ jean clamoake inthe grove. ‘The express wagons of Norwalk brought dowa at intervals a human elephant or two, hailing invariably from either Springfield or Norwich. This went on for some time, until, 1 am proud to say, a brewery wagon drawn by jour horses me slowly on the scene and deposited @ man megath- erium, from New York, t) took the breath away from all beholders. The band played “see the Conquering Hero Vomes,” the crowd fell back filty feet, and the megatherium was conducted to be Weighed amid suppressed murmurs of envy and admiration. There were loud calis for a hay scales and a derrick. Somebody wanted a windlass to turn him around, but none of these useful and in- genious inventions were at hand, 8 the ordinary scales bad to be used and the other things dis- pensed with. The incredible weight of this son of ‘Adam is recorded elsewhere. He said he had swal- lowed @ small boy before leaving New York, and that he hoped his extraordinary bulk and weight would be the occasion of no beartburning or bitter- ness or envious feeling among huis fellow fatiings, He was moved away by @ ten-horse power effort, and when iast seen he was trying to feel if his feet were under him, for itis many @ day since he caught a glimpse of his toes. Immediately tol- lowing the advent of the megatherium came, by casual contrast, were A SLIM GIRAFFR, 2 Whose proper place was over the meadows at Shoales’ lean clambake. He mounted the scales and asked to be weighed, amid a shout of derision enough vo appa the stoutest muscle, The phiegm Of Uke Jat mek Wag aroused, They wexe mdi 4 Wy HERALD, FRIDAY. ‘This was an insult put upon them to create discord in their ranks, to stir up bile and wrath and Hert. The fe hel pr gronne on the wed gravely and said it was true, when last weighs he counted two pounds short of @ hundred; but his mother, in the town of Litchfield, weighed 250 pounds; his grandmother Was an equi heavy weight; tat ran in the family and he hoped betore he was as oid as the ele- Rants, the whales and porpoises he saw around im, to rival Daniel Lambert. Then, as if it were at all apropos to his case, ne exclaimed, “Don’t despise aman because he wears a ragged coat.” ‘This sentiment was cheered and the pand played “God save the Queen,’? CRITICISM AND CONVERSATION, Tt was not all bappltines, and harmony among m; fat friends, I heard a number of grunts here an there about the leanness of the ciams. As he Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat, so he who eats lean clams should lumseif be lean. “Everything goes by tie laws of con- trary,” said Charle: Bradley. “There's them fellows over at Shoales’, every man of ’em lean as a fence rail, and by the oil oi tur- uips they have the fattest clams that was ever hoed tn Norwalk.” ‘Chis was the case, and the shade of thought that passed over Charley’s oily brows as he stood in the noontide sun might be interpreted as a wish passing through his soul that Jor the nonce at least he was one of the lean kine over the way, When Charley was asked how he Wawed so tat as to reach 37) pounds avoidupoise, he answered thatit was a huvit that grew upon him by degrees, and he couldn't shuite oif his mor- tal coil now except in case of extreme necessity, The megatheriam from New York on being questioned as to how he swallowed the bootbiack, brushes and all, said his stomach felt empty and that the meals of modern times were inadequate to bis requirements. Joe Lincoln aud Billy Diggs were two very funny boys, considering their weight. They got entrapped by a lively quick- step played by the band, and the band Played nothing but jokes. In place of the ‘Dead March in Sani or some such quiet, aecorous, air they would insist on rattling up “Cap- tain Jinks,” “Rory O’More’? and the like, inviting apoplexy and*ali manner of accidents. But Billy Diggs and Joe Lincoln would have nothing else, and so they whisked with miraculous lightness nearly through a polka, or something like it, to the great admiration of the ladies. But a perilous time came for both these festive boys. Lhey collided with the New York megatherium, and the next moment they were Soundering in the dust of by- gone clamshells, An elephant on his vack 1s a de- lorable exhibitiop of awkward and constrained elpiessness, but Billy Diggs in the dust, with Joe Lincoin on top of him, might move the pity of the gods. Billy, on being restored to his tect and to the tresh air, declared lite was not worth living (or, and that clams were the primeval curse. Johnny Tompkins, an elephant irom Orange county, paid a furtive visit to the lean clambake. He was afraid of being lynched, but when he re- flected that it woud neéd a wire cable and a Cali- fornia cedar to execute the purpose he was easier tn his mind and walked boldly in and demanded fifty cents’ worth of clama; but he was too late. He was told to call the next time, and was very Ill used every way. They booted him and cailed him bad names—“An old slab-sided porpoise,” ‘a lubper,” “an overgrown squash,” “a tallow,” “a runaway menagerie,” and many things besides that preyed upon his feelings and spoiled his” = supper. He said he never saw out of a water cure cstavlish- ment for consumptives and dyspeptics such an Gla 4 contemptible crowd. They were so thin that they had to swallow their clams sideways. The women reminded. him of paper patterns in a dressmaker’s window. If he had to marry any of them he should commit polygamy and take a dozen or more before he felt satisfied of having a whole woman, Jotnny’s story of the lean men’s ciam- bake was perfectly tright'ul, and, as I am in a posi- tion to testify, sieht exaygerated. All accounts agree, however, in awarding the lean men the superior appetites, They tett poor Shoales supper- less, and his heart is sad m consequence, Mark this, however: all the really pretty girls of Norwalk, who went out as spectators, drifted to the Jean men’s ¢lambake, because, as [soun discovered, the lean men where the best dancers. Take heart, Q! all ye lean males of humanity. The heavy weights had fewer smiles from lovely lips and sparkling eyes, TDIOBYNCRASIES OF THE LEAN AND THE PAT. Thave already mentioned that at the (at Man’s Clambake the orchester played the fastest meas- ures that ever @ musician’s brain devised, All the galops, quicksteps, hornpipes and reels that the past century has given birth to were played over and over again, And it would be reasonable to suppose that men so heavily weighted by nature would demand tunes of a gravity and slowness that would enable them to move with becoming dignity. Not a bit of it. The faster the tunes the better the fat men liked them, I never saw leviathan legs move with such happy nimbleness, Puck himself could not lave ex- ceded it, Had at been exhibited by the Vokcses, or the Majiltons, or the Kiralfys, there would nave been no room for surprise; but the reader will agree with me that tere is some cause for amaze- Ment at secing a human megatherium, weighing not jess than 3650 pounds, moving as though bis pedais were made of feathers and his paunch was abalioon, With the exception o! “God Save the Queen,” which was introduced partly in honor of the John Bull element, scarcely a tune was exceutcd but was like a musical flash of lightning. And when these colossuses danced while the band piped unto them the effect was that of a Terpsichorean thunderbolt lightly leaping in a sort of furious amiability. On the ofher d, the band of the lean men Was en- tirely given up to melodies of a sedate and melan- choly cast. Of tnese, perhaps, ‘Old Hundred,” or @ tune that much resembied it, was the least inap- proneeateay atone as it was that 100 pounds was the andary which any jean man might be permitted to maintain. And the same remarkable contrasts were found among the songs that were troiled. The fat men invariably chose the most mouraiul and despair-breathing ditties, Here a rosy-faced. Fal- stat, with a complexion like a leat reddened by the torch of Autumn, bellowed forth, ‘My cheek is pale and wan, Mary,” and there a roysterer with the physique of Henry the Eighth might be heard pleading to a platotive refrain, “I’m bat the shade of what 1 was since first 1 saw thy smile.” The thin men were equally uproarious and contra- dictory in a different way. One corpse-like individ. aal, with melancholy in every line of his features, and deep-seated misanthropy peering from the corners of his mouth, uttered, probably with much interior satisfaction (for none was visible on his counte- Dance), the depraved chorus :— For to-night we'll merry, mei For to-night we'll merry, me: For to-night we'll merry, m To-morrow we'll be sober. Idon't believe the deluded creature had ever been otherwise than sober curing the whoie course | lo. ol his life. Certainly he did not look as though be could survive being once drunk. A PORTICAL LOOK AT CLAM RATING. The clams were ready tor consumption at Gregory’s fotnt at two o’clock; at Grove House a few minutes after. At Gregory’s Point several wooden siructures had been built, and inside were arranged tables and benches, the former lined with everything necessary to a complete enjoyment of the repast. As two o'clock approached, waiters, with long towels wreathed diagonally around them trom the lett shoulder to the right side, like scaris, came, bearing immense trays <1 with dishes of tomatoes and beets. These, being placed on the table at regular intervals, were aliowed sweetly to arrive at that lukewarm condition to which, like the Church of the Laodiceans, they were neither hot nor cold, Then the clams were removed from their cover of seaweed and canvas and placed, hot ana delectable, beiore the impatient people. Ah! how delicious it was to open the baked bivalve, thrusting in the point of the knife when they refused to yield to the fiugers’ pres@mre, aud discover the white, pearly, palatable and Micy morsel snug and swee Within! It was like opening a succession of jewel- boxes and discovering a set of edinie gems, The shell once open, there lay the coy bonne bouche, white, bashful, retiring, curled up into itself, en- ticing as 4 kiss snatched on the siy, and demure as & country girl awaiting her lover in a grotto, But 1 don’t believe the fat men, no, nor the jean ones either, stopped to sentimentalize like this. Not they. You might have thought (heir precious exist- ence had been to them one long fast, and that for the first time their appetites had been lib- erated and allowed carte blanche. ‘There is probably only one class of men by whom the fat men could be exceeded in this interesting particular, and that is by their brethren, the lean me: As for me, judge whether I ate my fill of clams or not. Between the fat men and the lean men (and | was ronniug from one to the other) [had time to swallow only about fourteen dozen or so in all, and aiter such a mere snatch at the dainties Jam unable to say whether they surpass or are ex- ceeded by those of former years, Scarceiy had L gulped down a dozen or two among the lymphatic wassailers of Gregory Point ere L was hurried off, in a gust of clambake enthusiasm, tothe saturnine rollickers of Urove House. But there was one point which I religiousiy opserved—a refusal to drink any one’s health; it seemed such a misap- plication of good liquor. So I ate their health in Stead and ate it all in clams, WEIGHING THE LADIFS. When the weighing was almost completed a lady, whom I will call Fat-ima, for want of a better, ap- proached. If the scaies had been those which are sometimes said to fall from a person’s eyes sbe could not have surveyed them with greater inter- est and curiosity. The lady was one of whose pro- portions any fat man might be proud. Cast in Na- ture’s most Bigantic mould, her every movement was yet velled with that grace which Is almost everywhere characteristic of femininity. The thi crowa eee as she advanced, With every ate she took the serried ranks more EPay receded, ‘until an open pathway was ieit her to the scales# These she mounted, and having done 80, looked around her with the caimness of conscious merit, agreeably distinct from pashful timidity and demonstrative self-assertion, This calmness was the equipoise of en int, the Tepose of a well-balanced physique. The spectacie Was beautiful and impressive, and not without its moral significance. e weight was 370 pounds— a mderosity which, on dismounting Fatima modestly disclaimed. But there was no mistaking the testimony of the scale. They photographed the specific gravity of the individual as accurately a8 the sun photographs the face, and all that tue lady could do was to accept the situation, which she sul uently did, Another lady, who was weighed at the same time, and who was put down at 217,!was inclined to be more rebellious, declarin; that she had been weighed a short time ago an the scales had then given her 220 pounds; and that she had since had dinner and consequently Ought to weigh more instead of less. THE MBGATHERIUMS, hh The following jy a list of the megatheriums of the | cotrecti, or rat men weighing 800 pounds and 0; Wiifadiey, of New Haven, President W. i, Burns: New Yorke meembe Jose] . Lincoln, w. iP Di Vawtuok bee Mason Sinith, Hartior G, Eldridge, Jr., Mystic River THE RLEPIANTS, Then came the elephants, weighing 250, pounds and over:— ©, Fuller, Pittstetd. L, Smith, Spi Mts 30 T, J. Coe, or J. B, Voot, Springticid.. G. ©, Hallo e" dartiond. D. |, Saiem. 3,0. Tompkins, of Orai .6. Fuller, Springfield . W. Richmond, © pring Peter Reid, New York Lyman Rahdall, Norwich. |*.! Inuac J. Harland, Bridgeport. J. W. Carpenter, Norwich 7 THE SMALL FRY. A. D. Studley, Norwich, J.D. Reade, hirtdy H. syington, Salen Ovid Warren, de} Andrew tinll, i) W. Hl. Crossnian, D, L, Jones, Watert Dan Kelly, Watervury John Clogs, Bridgeport. WW. Watlace, Secretar: SHH, Now Niltord. : ah J. Abbot, Wanbington, Goan, W. M. Kiteh, Portchester om COO” Edward Story, New York: H, J. Simmons, New York : —and & guod many more wio bobbe pounds aud are working up for the pre: mush and milk, pumpkin pie, stewed tripe, f seed eel and cod liver oi, in the concrete it Was estimated by a learned corn doctor present that there was enough spare grease at this clambake to supply the Pennsylvania Railroad and its con: nections for twelve montis, FAREWELL ALIKE 10 FAT AND LEAN. Finally, when the affair was all over and the con- viction that the last clambake that was ever to be held in the annals of Norwalk had indeed been cel- ebrated entered my soul, L turned away from the | deserted tents and the forsaken pavilion and something like @ pang shot through me. The last shell lina ween opened and | the ultimate clam devoured. Was not this what the poet dreamed of when he wrote “Shells of Ocean?” Were not those shells clan shells? Who shall say. Who shall venture to con- tradict so pleasing a supposition? This thought | entered Into my imind as Y turned away. ‘The | evening was fine, and through a pellucid air the | golden stars shed their immortal light, ‘The Jaad- | scape gleamed aud shimmered ina spirited giow. The clam shell walk glistened like a pathway of pearl A ghostly breeze swept over the fragments of the wreck that lined the shore, Beneath the | moonlight the Waves glittered as though the eyes i} of water nymphs shone bencath, A wild, roman- tie Monte Cristo glamour threw over the scene a mournful ensemble, anc 1 seemed to hear the voice of Haidce murmuring, “Kdouard! Edouara!” Here and there tat men and lean men stumbled on together like the streaks in a slice of bacon, And still as 1 went on my devious way the whole spirit of the festival wus reproduced in memory, and 1 | seemed to hear the sad waves breaking on the | store breathe ‘Fatty! ana “Leany!” to the listening toilage. And the fohage took it up, and bush and brake woke into answering fucter, and faucy imaged the very birds turning over m their nests as the echo mingled with their evening dreams, THE BIG MEN AT BASE BALL. ‘The game on the Union Grounds yesterday, be- tween the “fat? men of the Seventh and Thir- teenth wards, was a decided failure owing to a combination of uniortuitous circumstances. First the “fat” men, with two exceptions, were ican men, and played ball just good enough to be unin- teresting and not bad enough to be ridiculous. When the ideas—fat men and base ball—are coupled there is something so incongruent im tie wedding that one is prepared to laugh, With the single exception of 4 lean man’s bounding irom the belly of a tat man, with whom ke came in | contaet while running to the home bases, the game Was devoid of all fun. No sectional aaimusity was displayed on either side, and it the weight of fat men Was lacking their good humor was there, _ The Thirteenth warders beat the boys from the Seventh by a score of 23 to 9 A BRUTAL MURDER, A Saloon Keeper Hurls a Man Ont ot His Place, Then Shoots at Him Three Times from a Revolver, SCRANTON, Pa., August 28, 1873, A thrilling murder was committed late last night ata little place called the Basket Station, about two miles and a half trom Port Jervis, at @ boatman’s saloon, kept on the towpath of the canal. The Victim oi the tragedy was a young man named Michael Hafey, twenty-five years of age, employed as a boatman on the Delaware and Hudson Canal, He was passing by the saloon in charge of his boat and halted to take “another drink.” It seems he had been drinking at stations along the way, and CR boterous when he entered the side hostiery; so much so that the proprictor | ordered him out, and, refusing to comply, threw him out and shut the door in nis face. ths aggra- vated Hafey to such a degree that he seized a large gtone close by and battered the door with it for admission, threatening to “do sor” the keeper of the groghouse. ‘the saloon keeper seized his revolver, opened the door, and when Uafey made un attempt to enter fred a shot at him, which entered the rgnt arm. ‘The wounded man reeled back and tus antagonist fired a second shot at him, which entered the right hip. Tnis was followed rapidly by a third and fatal shot, which eptered the ieit breast, piercing the heart right through aad ros Instantaneous death, Hasey fell suddenly back, uttering a feeble moan, and the briefand fittul struggle of life was over. The blood spurted from his breast and crim- soned the ground around him. ing What he had done the saloon keeper was suddeniy seized with remorse, and burried to the depot and took the first train to Port Jervis to sur- reuder himself there to the authorities, On takin; nis seat in the car the conductor asked him who | Was that shot the boatman in the village beyond, and he replied with surprising nonchalance for a man of his temperament that it was he who did it. On arriving at Port Jervis he went directly to the office of the ’Squire, and remained there until the Chief of Police came and took him in custody, He was placed in safe keeping just in time, for as soon as the boatinen on the canal learned that their (riend and comrade Hatey was murdered by the “German saloon keeper,” they congregated together aud swore to wreak instant vengeance on the murderer, The utmost excitement pre- vailed and it was feared at one time that the saloon keeper would be torn out ot prison and lyne: ‘The remaias of the unfortunate Hafey were con- veyed to the residence of his parents at Honesdale. Hafey wad bcen married but a few years and his wie had died lately, since whieh time, it is said, he became rather reckless and dissipated, and an only child @ad boy remains to mourn the death of his mocher and the untimely fate of a father suddenly hurled into eternity. DROWNING AUVOIDENT IN THE BAY, Another sad case of drowning occurred yester- day afternoon in the Upper Bay, near the Narrows, Two young men named Thomas Murphy, residing in Bast Kighteenth street, and frank Hamblin, of East Twenty-first street, near First avenue, hired @ rowbout at one of the Kast River docks, for the purpose of going down the Bay to fish. ‘They tn- tended going Outside the Narrows, but the water being too rough they concluded to anchor near Fort Hamiiton, While Marphy was pulling in that direction lis companion attempted to pass him to | the forward part of the boat, so as to drop the | anchor when they caine near shore, in deing so | he lost is balance and fell overboard, dragging Murphy with him, The latter succeeded in freeing himself from a, after sinking twice in qne struggle, and gained the boat, after which he Mid ois utmost to rescue bis comrade, but in vain, as he ad disap- peared for the last time, Murphy returned sorrowfully to the city in the evening and related the circumstances to the unfortunate man’s relatives, OOMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the full amounts re- ceived yesterday into the city treasury:—From Burean of Collection of Assessments—Assessments for street openings, improvements and interest, $22,070. Bureau of Arrears—Arrears of taxes, as- sessments, Water Tents and interest, $8,651. Bu- reau of Clty Revenue—Market rents and fees, $2,333, Bureau of Water kegistrar—Croton water, rents and penalties, $2,025 95; permits to tap water pipes, $167 50; total, $2,193, Engineers in charge of sewers—Connection with sewers and drains, $510; sale of Scotch sewer pipe, $503 50; total, $1,013, Register of Permits, Mayor's Oftice— Permits for signs, street stands, showcases, &c., $1,472. Mayor's Second Marshal—Licenses and fines, $47, City Courts—Fees from Fourth Dis- trict Court, $7i, Total, $38,463, WHO OWNS THE SAND? Several parties were arrested yesterday by the Staten Island authorities for loading their schooners and sloops with sand from the south beach. The prisoners claim that the sand ne more velongs to the owners of property along the shore than tt does to any one else, inasmuch as it was washed in and out by the sea, some of it, probably, being washed from Coney Island. A RAILROAD SLAUGHTER IN THE SOUTH. WHEELING, W. Va., August 28, 1973, The Columbus express tratn going West last evening collided with a freight train standing on the track at Moundville. William Hendricks, the engineer of the express train, was instantly Killed anda mail agent and @ lady passenger were in- Jured. The freight train should have peenu on the side track seventeen minuics garlicn, i] $203,000 Taken from the | Board of Education jund was taken $50,000 and | preve BROOKLYN'S TREASURY ROBBED, wasSeaSaatt del City Coffers. neler saeetae THE DEFAULTING DEPUTY M, T. RODMAN. ; Sec LA How He Carried On His System- atie Roguery. Treasurer Sprague and His Bondsmen Reimburse the City. « Statement of the Comptroller, Corpora- tion Connsel and Mr. Sprague About the - Case. It became known yesterday that ex-Deputy City Treasurer M. 'T. Rodman, lately discharged from the dual positions of Secretary of the Brooklyn Trust Company and Assistant City Treasurer, was & defaulter to the amount of $293,000. The announcement was, of courss, startling to the general public, who could not be expected to | realize the extent of the robbery on the part of an oiicial whose accounts were supposed to have been under the inspection of other “trusted ser- vants of the people.” Hence the commotion attendant upon the revelations was extreme, and the popular pulse beat faster than has been its wont for some time. It will be borne in mind, however, by the readers of the Hrranp that Rodman was alleged to have been behindhand in his accounts with the Trust Company, atthe time the defalca- tion of the late President of that institution, K. S. Mills, was discovered, in the early part of July last. Rodman was then said to have overdrawn his account to the amount of $30,000, and to have been acting in collusion with the President in the Appropriation of the funds of the company. When questioned at the time as to why he did not ex- | pose the frauds on the part o! Mr. Mills, of which he as Secretary must have been fully aware, hic re- plied that “he knew nothing of Mills’ speculations except his real estate and building operations, in which he doubtless met with some losses and em- barrassments. These were not, however, as dis- astrous as had been represented.” Ho claimed that he did not represent the overdrawn accounts of Mills to the directors for the reason that MILLS WAS HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER, As to the charge that he (Rodman) had 2 de- ficiency in his accounts of $30,000, he asserted that he had deposited ample security in the forin of Connecticut town bonds 28 collaterals for that amount, There was an air of prevarication in all this, and, a8 public confidence could no longer, by any possibility, be reposed in him, City Treasurer Sprague discharged him from the office of Deputy ‘Treasurer, but too late, as the sequel shows, to avoid the losses, which had been accumulating under the adfoit system of roguery which nad been carried on tor a couple of years past. Just as soon as the ‘treasurer could look over his books in @ casual way he found out, but kept the secret locked within himself, that foul piay m figures had been the order of Many days and months. Rodman had pockoted the money received from the city in the Trust Company, and had entered it upon the books of the Treasurer as if deposited to the credit of the city’s account. An expert was employed to go over the books of the Trust Company and to com- pare the items credited to: the city fund’s money in their keeping with the City Treasurer's accounts, Mr. Sprague, on last Tuesday morning two weeks ago, repaired to the residence of Mr. Rodman, in Union street, near Hoyt, Brookiyy, and had “a talk” with him, the resalt of which the City Treasurer declined to give, but admitted subse- quently that Rodman had promised to come down to the office on the day following and explain some little matters, “not of any particular importance in themselves, perhaps, but, neverthe- less, requiring explanation.” Such was the ver- sion of the case given by Mr. Sprague at that time, The next duy Mr. Rodman quietly, and with- out informing his househoid of his intention, left the city in a close cab, in company with his wife, for parts unknown. THE SUDDEN FLIGHT while the explanation was pending caused the greatest consternation amoung the bondsmen of the ex-oflicial, who began to realize in the fullest sense possible that their bonds were in jeopardy, Inquiry failed to elicit the point of destination aimed at by Rodman, and as a last re- source It was determined to adveruse and offer a reward Jor the “coachman who drove a gentleman and lady” from that locality on the alternoon of the flight, The ruse was seen through, andon the day following an account of the av- sconding of M,. T. Rodman and the suspicious cir- cumstances attending it, together with the re- ported alleged defatcauon in his accounts in tie City Treasurer’s books, appeared in the HERALD. ‘The result was the return of Mr. Rodman to iis | home in Brooklyn on the following day. He has ever since, as far as can be ascertained, kept his bed, and is said to be suffering trom intermittent fever or a species of nervous affection, which has | Warranted his doctor from exciuding representa- tives of the press from his presence, meantime, as haa been previously lished, the accountant has been over the fraudulent accounts, and City ‘Treasurer Sprague has steadfastly and wilfully de- | nied ali knowledge of any defaication on the part oi the invalid Rodman when questioned upon the subject. The writer yesterday morning early in- quired of Mr. sprague if there was any truth in the story of the defaication or Rodman, and he re- plied that he Knew of none and had nothing to say on the subject; that he was not in a position to say anything about the matter; Comptroller Schroder could tell all that was to be said on the subject, and that there wo the press by Mr. facts to the publi STATEMENT OF COMPTROLLER SCHROEDER, | The Comptroiler made the following statement to | several reporters who had assembled in hts | oltice :—Gentiemen, | want to make this as short | and as much to the point as possible. M. I. Rod- | | be a statement prepared for reu, Wh.ch would give aii the man, Deputy City Treasurer and ex-Secretary of the Brooklun Trust Company, has been found to | be a dejaulter to the city to the extent of | $145,000," I have met with his bondsmen, ail ex cepting Mr. Kingsley, who ts out ei town, aud with | Mr. Sprague, City Treasurer, and as a result of that | ing the thing is srranged to make tne deii- ciency good by the vondsmen and Mr. Sprague, so that the city Will not lose a dollar, The defalcation was divided between two accounts, From the | from the general city rund $95,000. ‘The pos- sibliity of the swindle was jurnished by the fact that M. T. Rodman, acted in tho duat capacity of Secretary of the Brooklyn Trust Company and Deputy City Treasurer, These positions enavled | him to make Jalse statements to the Comptrolier Ol the amounts deposited to the credit of the city, He could, for instance, pocket the money received trom the city and enter it upon the books of the . Treasurer, a8 if deposited in the Trast Company, and his office as Secretary of the Trust Company ed the iraud from being found out, exhibits were made to the Comptroller, however, as Deputy City Treasurer, and the Trast Company could not, therefore, be held responsible, The Comptroller declined to give iuformation as to the manner in which the fraud was discovered The Comptroller believes that it would not be possibie in the future for such a robbery to be committed, as the treasurer is to be required to furnish, in connection with his state- ment of the balances in the banks, certificates of the cashier’s that such amounts are actually on de- post Last year the Comptroller wanted this doné, and requested a compliance with this pre- cautionary measure in writing, but Mr, Sprague declined to comply. Tois would at once show any discrepancy between the amount received in the ‘Treasurer’s Department and the amount deposited by him, and had it been done before Rodman could not possibly have made such inroads upon the city’s money, THE RXPERT ACCOUNTANT'S EXPLANATION, The expert, Mr. Warren, employed “by Comp- troller Schroeder, with the sanction and coopera- tion (?) of City Treasurer ee to overhaul the books of the Treasurer of the city and compare them with the items in the Brookiyn Trust Com- pany’s accounts, stated when called upon. that it should be borne in mind that this defaication does not fall on the Trust Company, and that “it is ina sound condition, as | bave found by strict examina tion. As,to the amount of Rodman’s defaication, I found it to be $98,000 on the general fand account and $50,000 on the school fund, making a total of $148,000, This amount the Treasurer and Rod- man’s bondsmen have made up between them, This is in addition to a further detalcation of $55,000, which took place before and was made a ! j he and deserves eredit and sympathy.” Thos it be seen that the total amount originally fee was $203,000, and of Cis sum $55,000 Was made good by Mr. Sprague, who sold ten shares, at 76,000 a share, to Mr. William Van Anden, of stock on @ local paper, The money, amounting to $60,000 in cash, was paid Sprague some weeks ago, and enabled him to reiund the $55,000 deticit growing out of Rodman’s shortcomings, which were then discovered. The gentieman wha purchased the stock, however, it is due to him to State, mformed the writer that he had been seek- ing tor three months past to invest money im this stock, and had months BEVORE THE CRASH IN THE TRUST COMPANY ie of this seame ks age, meeting by chance Mr. Sprague on the street, he (Mro Van Anden) introduced the sabject and re- bewed his effer to purchase the stock, and it was readily accepted. Mr. Sprague, when ques- tioned as to the occasion which gaye rise to nis selling the newspaper stock alluded to, said tl it Was true that he had sold some stock and other, ee Af ordae ie raise money, but that thel ransaction lad nothing to o Sury affairs whatever. = ee ee ie Ne WHAT THE RATION COUNSEL SAYS. ; ‘The reporter next called upon Corporation Cound sel De Witt, with a view of ascertaining What ti knew concerning the defaleation and what cours Would probably be pursued in the case of the exe eputy City Treasurer Rodman, this defalcation: “Mr. De Witt, have you heard of “Yes, sir; I heard of it nearty a week ago. Iw: aud they sent me rend in the office of the City Treasurer?" BS the country at re en, at there Was something Wrong in the office City Treasurer, and [ returned to the city.” Oi “What is the amount of the detalcation ?? “It is $148,000, but Mr. Sprague’s bondsmen havé. made It good.”” “Then the city will not lose anything +? “Oh, no; the amount is all secured,” “What were the amounts of bonds he was under }’” le was under bonds to the amount of $120,000,"7 “Who were his bondsmen?” “There are several gentiemen, Mr. Langue, Mr, Low, Mr. Kingsley, Mr. Tisdaie and one or two others.”? “This ts @ defaleation of Mr. Rodman, the ex- Deputy City ‘Treasurer, 18 1¢ not? “Well, it lies between Mr. Rodman-and THE LATE MR, MILLS. They were, no doubt, associated together in the. various transactions.” “What do you suppose has become of all this money??? “Ah, that 1s*what we would like to know. Itig impossible to tell where the money has gone, & understood Mr. Rodman had a pretty heavy banki account.’”? “Have any measures been taken towards hig arrest 7”? “Not yet; but I think he ought to be arrested and’ punished’? “{n an interview with Mr. Sprague an hour ago . lemed any knowledge of a detaication in hig oMmice, “Well, they were anxious to keep the affair quiet, for ifit had come out at.once it would have injured his credit, and perhaps his bondsmen might, have said, ‘Well, it is all ont now,’ and then felt a disinciination to secure the city. We were anxious to secure the city, and to do It, it Was necessary to Keep the matter quiet until the arrangetonts could be made, The inves- tigation which is vow being made tends to exou- erate Mr. Sprague from any implication in the dis= honorabie aifuir.”” “WHO WOULD BE THE COMPLAINANT against Mr. Rodman??? “I should think Mr. Sprague; but I shall prote ably take some action mysell, [ must, of course, rery upon the Department for the facts in the case, but, a8 an onicer of the city, 1 have no hesitation in Py ale this nan should be arrested and prose- cuted. “It he is prosecuted and convicted criminally what will be the punishment?” “E will read vharter under which he acted, Section 4 sa: avery embezzlement of money by cer elected or appointed under this act, or k. uty, OF assistant of such officer shall ny, punishable by fine and impris- onment, or both.’ Under an amendment to that act the oltice or Deputy City Treasurer was created, and under that Rodman acted. The maximunt punishment 1s imprisonment tor five years in the state Prison, aud the minimum a fine at the dis- cretion of the court.” “Mr. Rodman’s bondsmen, I suppose, will be the: first to make good the amount for which he is re- sponsible 7”? “Yes, but he was only under bonds for $50,000, and that will not cover the amount which has beem taken. “THE LIABILITIES OF MR. SPRAGUE’S BONDEMEN are as follows Henry Sanger 0009 Robert b. auli 40,090 James Olwell. 100,000, John Patton: 100,00 William ©. Kingsley 100,000, — "THE CITY’S SECURITY, The subjoined is acopy of the bond furnished by Courtland H. Sprague when entering upon thé discharge of his responsible ottice,.and which tha bondsmen wiil good :— Know all men by these presents that we, Courtland A, Sprague, of the city ot Brooklyn, N. Y., as principal, and Henry Sanger, Robert L. Muiford, Jiunes Olwell ‘and John Patton and Witham ©. Kingsley, also of the city of sureties, are heid and firmly bound unto the city of Brookiynin the sum of, $154) lawtul money of the United States ot America, io be paid to the said city of Brooklyn, ite successors oF assigns, for which payment weil atid truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs our executors jointly and severally firmly by these ents, aied with our, seals, dated the 234 day of December, reas, The above bounden Courtland A. Sprague 6 said city of Brooklyn, of an act entitied, “An act to consolidate, f Brooklyn and Willlamsburz and the town of into one municipal government, and to in- the same,” passed April 17, 1954, and the ets. amendatory thereof and supplemental Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bounden Courtiand A. Sprague shall faith- rin his duties as such Treasurer, and shall. ace and pay over all moneys by him to be received acity as sach Vreasurer, cording to law, then e written ouligation to be kl, otherwise to re- main in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and de- livered in présence of A, Goodrich Fay, as to ©. Sprague, L, Multord, Henry Sanger, James Olwell and John Patton, HENRY SANGER, ROBERT L, MULFORD, JAMES OLWELL, JOHN PATTON. W. ©. KINGSLEY, MR. RODMAN’S BONDS. When Mr. Kodman was appointed ERS Treas. urer he gave bonds for the faithtul and honest per- formance of his duties, to the amount of $50,000, giving as his bondsmen the following named gen- tlemen, who made affidavit that they were worth the amounts stated : how be called upon to make has been elected Treasurer o1 in pursuance J the cit Bushw 8 0 ry v4 the abo’ 1 Ov rdf ill Josiah kaw: Henry rvey Sanger » to have been stolen by Rodman, iby him without publicity sputy Was not promptly dh have ‘been by his superior. It 18 not even now koown when the first robbery was discovered. That the late Mr. Miils was in leagae with him is generally asserted, as their bank accounts are found to have tnereased to the amounts in’which the treasury hus been fleeced. They, fodman and Mulls, took $50,000 Irom the treasury and divided. it between them, THE CITY REIMBURSED, ruc, or Whom much sympathy is ex. sterday morning, in the presence of signed over every dollar's worth of to reimburse the city treasury. le good the deficiency by drawing their personal notes, payaple between now and January 1, 18’ Financtatly, Mr. Sprague is said to be completely ruined by ‘the nefarious course of his dishonest deputy. RODMAN VIRTUALLY UNDER ARREST, The defaniting ex-beputy Treasurer, M. T. Rod- man, has veen placed virtually under arrest by order of the District Attorney, at his residence, m Union street, between Hoyt and Smith. A re- porter for the HekaLp visited the house of Mr, wdman at alate hour last night and found a fe- male sentinel guarding the gate leading trom the sidewalk into the court yard, with whom the {ol- lowing colloquy took place :— “Does Mr. Rodman reside here “Yes, sir; he lives here, but he is not to be seen, “Will you be so kind as to tell him that a gentle- was wade nd the ghee | arged as he should pressed, witnesses, property be owned lis bondsmen have m: | Man desires tosee htm on particular business for moments 1”? , Sir; 1 cannot tell him, but will you please leave your name *? “That is not necessary. If you say to him a rep- resentative of the press desires to see nim he will certaimly give me an audience.” “Oh, Ho! he would not see newspaper men under any consideration, sir.” This terminated the interview, and a moment later @ couple of police officers were observed closely watching the approaches to the house. Later in the night Sergeant Frost, of the detective squad, Was seen in company witha man answering the description of Mr. Rodman, and the supposi- tion was put forward that it was the suspected ex- oficial, but the officer denied having made the arrest. Mr. Sprague was urged to preier the com- plains be edd his ex-deputy by his friends, but he sald he didn’t want to do it just yet, Ina few days he will be ready to take steps in the matter, should the other oMiciais fail to forestall his tardy action. a lew THE NATIONAL GAME, Another Victory for the Arlingtons at Scranton. ScRANTON, Pa., August 28, 1873, ‘The Arlington Base Ball Club, of New York, have added fresh laurels to their victortes of yesterday and the day before by defeating the Eureka Club this morning at the Scranton Driving. Park, by a score of 25 agai#st 14, There was @ very large number of spectators present, notwithstanding the shortness of the nottco given, and the proceed- ings were characterized by more animation than f the preceding days. a was called aha past. ten A. fi and lasted three ‘The Arlingtona lest on the afternoon train for co York covered with bat glory, after having defeat a by the Treasurer. The whole thing is very Hevere On Mt, Sprawve, but le grads At Yky & AD, the Wee orack glubs of Scrantons