What Everybody Says.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1871, 2 January 1875, Page 2

What Everybody Says.

" In multitude of sounscllors there is safety." —Old Proverb.

Everybody 1m gone for a ho^day, and . the consequence is that whau appears ri th;s column may, ve*y possibly be put down as "flat, stfl'e rud unprofitable." No brokers to fall back upon for a bit of gossip; they hare betaken themselves to the couTui'jr, lea.v.'ng.the Exchpnfce to the care of the sweeper, and the painters pnd decorators; th& latter having been erijgaged in making thep.lace presenlable for the association on iti reassenibling. 1 It is to be hopod, for everybody's srke, tbat the latter state of the house, swept pnd garnished, w.' 1! not be worse thonthe first, either "5n ttie character of its cccu--pants or their occupation. Eyeiybody .that's left m town is prophesying are:viv£«l—wh.cn, h"i)w or where they are' reticent about. Evei/body says, let it revive.

Some inatfcer-of-fact individual went to the spoifcs the other day, accompanied by the parLnor of lis joys and sorrows, and the joys a»d so: rows themselves, as represented by a; number of—say, oliyo branches. 'J he day was warmr-rhot, in fact; so.the fanj'ly party had to bus it to the scene of the sports. Then the head of the fanrly had to pay admission money. Once inside tlie sport was entered upon. Clouds of dust—crowds of people; evci/ bit of shelter f"cm wbich the sports could be seen was occupied. Everybody was refreshing ; taring to neutralise the effects of the dust and the heat. Strawberries and cream appeared t? be the favorite remedy, so strawboriies and cream were induced at the usual figure. Item 3 "of the expenditure. Two or three hoars were thus spent, ?i& the gay and fesl've scene was left behind. More bussing—more parting with the rex pecunarum. Heated, tired, and Winded and choked to boot, the f?T?-"y parly arrived ab home, end on making a rough calctfaticn the trip was found tD havje made a considerable hole in two one pound notes. Of course pateifamM;as had to refresh himself with sundry liqr'd applications; andybe'ng a smoker, nothing but the''best cigars would do^ Jvin on holiday occasions; and it is is .said— though he doesn't admit tfo this—tbat one or two half-crofi'n sweeps were veriujred on. The spoifcs were no doubt as gocd as such!sports, generally are; but the fanrly parcy- aitt open to the adnr'ssion that the plealsrrea of anticipation were mucli greater than the rea^'sation ; and if this does not represent the experience of many other farriUes, everybody is ye./ mucK out, '■'. will confess to~ knowing very J't^e of human nature, and plead guilt" to noting doTV.I observations not baseel upon factji. Its a ll p^ng of them women—they muit go- where there's a crowd; and jf the sports don't afford much pleasure, a good day's outing furnishes matter for gossip for a whole month. • <•■"-" ■ .People who r«ad newspapers w«U have noticed "that a venerable (in respect of age; for he is said to be four score and tw<s) clergyman of the Church of Engl?nd t«w(-teenJ3«oiig^,t to bppk_by hia.-bishop-for racing horseu. "Tfie bishop appears to have come to ttie.cpnclusion that a ?lne mustlje, drawn somewhere even, ia the sptfrts iadulged by. his clergy, ?nd-he , wrote the oldpai.'son a k;adly letter ur^'ig him to give up racing as it was a scandal to lils profession. The " venerable," how> ©Yer;didn't give up', racing—he gay« up his preferment, llis excuse— -ov. rather his reason, for he didn't require to furnish an excuse—was: that he had a famous

breed of horses, possessed by his family for years,' s.nd he d'dn't want.the breed to become ext;nct or to deteriorate. So the lino drawn by the bishop, it would appear, stops'at racing. Fox-hunting parsons are not uncommon ; many of the cloth are good shots ; they keep hounds and chase the hare, and many other old English sports pre permissible. Of course eveiybody -wiU admit that it is very wrong for the clergy to own race horses—especially winrrng:hbrscs. (The " Parson's mare " was one.) A gieat many will at the same time agree that there are other sports which even bishops countenance, that do not conduce to make the cloth more respected or respe stable. .