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Landon, Melville D. (Melville De Lancey), 1839-1910 [1872], Saratoga in 1901: fun, love, society & satire. Illustrated with 200 photo-etchings by Arthur Lumley. (Sheldon & Company, New York) [word count] [eaf628T].

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Preliminaries

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Title Page Saratoga
IN 1901. By
Eliperkins.
ILLUSTRATED
WITH
200
Photo-Etchings
by
Arthurlumley.
FUN
LOVE
SOCIETY
& Satire. New York.
1872.
Sheldon & Company.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
LANDON & LUMLEY,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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PREFACE

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Many of the letters in this volume first appeared in the New
York Commercial Advertiser, but, with others, they are now
presented in a changed and highly improved form.

The Press has echoed the following sentiment of the Richmond
Whig:—

“`Lan,' the wicked, mischievous and dashing correspondent of the
Commercial Advertiser, has surpassed all contemporaneous letter writers in
waggery, fun, invention, and sensational effect. He has made a national
reputation.”

“`Lan's' Saratoga letters were supplemented, after the return of their
author, Mr. Melville D. Landon, to New York, by the humorous and
statistical letters of `Eli Perkins'; and this new nom de plume has become
as well known as `Lan.”'

“The letters of both `Lan' and `Eli Perkins' have won so wide a
popularity throughout the United States that we have asked Mr. Landon
to prune them, enrich them with suitable additions, and arrange them for
publication in a book.”

Here is the book—embellished, moreover, with numerous
graphic illustrations from the felicitous pencil of Mr. Arthur
Lumley.

THE PUBLISHERS. Preliminaries

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CONTENTS

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UP THE HUDSON—Off for Saratoga
1

Horse-Racers 2

Gamblers 3

Clergymen 5

The old Pilot 6

SARATOGA—Preparing for the
Great Race 7

Longfellow 8

Lo! the Poor Indian 10

Joke 10

STEEPLE CHASE 11

Jockeys 12

Jake 12

Albert 13

GRAND STAND 14

The Ladies on the Grand
Stand—Betting 16

ARTEMUS WARD 17

TRAVERSE'S JOKE 19

PHILOSOPHY 19

CONGRESS SPRING, Saratoga 20

The Statistics of Saratoga 20

Early Settlement 22

Growth of Saratoga 22

The Old United States 23

The Race Track 24

Use of the Waters 24

Analysis of Springs in a Nut-Shell
25

RACES—FUN—PERSONAL 26

Horse Talk 26

A PARTY OF TAMMANYITES 27

The Round Lake Camp Meeting
28

Funny 28

Who is Here? (Personal) 28

LOVE AND GEOGRAPHY 31

GINX'S BABY 32

THE BLOOD OF HARRY LEE 35

The Story—Calhoun and Webster's
Big Hearts 35

GEN. SHERMAN TALKS 38

Sherman's Story 39

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Presidential 40

Emperor Grant 41

FUN BETWEEN THE HOUSES 43

Yankee Jews 45

Indignation 45

Dainty Dishes 45

Extreme of Vice 46

Gambling 46

SPRINKLED—New Spring, Jessie
Crane 47

New Indian Spring 48

Fizz 48

Walking Sticks 49

SARATOGA TURN-OUTS 50

MOON ON THE LAKE 53

Rich Sam Duncan 54

Poor Sam Duncan 54

Old “Frank Waddell” Bottle 54

Potatoes (The Secret) 56

SARATOGA GOSSIP 57

Levity at the Clarendon 57

Joke 58

Groesbeck on the War Path 58

Self-made Men 58

“Poker” 59

The First Masquerade 61

Masquerade Generally 62

Brown's Boys 62

The Pirates 63

Ancient Henry 64

Uncle Hank in the Grocery 64

CONGRESS SPRING 68

Dreadful Developments 69

No Word of Hope 70

Our Correspondent Expelled 71

Lan— Invited to Go 72

The Exile's Return 74

ELI PERKINS' SERMON 75

The Contrast 76

Among Gentlemen 76

The Newest Sensation 76

These Cretonne Suits 77

Gentlemen's Toilets 77

Dressing at Saratoga 77

Benches in Congress Spring
Park 78

Statistics 78

SARATOGA AMUSEMENTS 80

One More Joke 81

Eli Perkins Preaches on
Prices 82

Feeing Waiters 83

Hats 84

Eli is Lan— 84

PICTURES 85

A beautiful Christian 85

Full Dress Ball at Congress
Hall 87

Married Ladies with Beautiful
Children 87

LOVE IN A GRAVEYARD 89

The Old Sexton 89

EPITAPHS 92

THE EFFECT OF THE SNAKE
STORY—A JOKE 96

SARKASUM 98

THAT HORRIBLE BUCK 100

REV. ELI PERKINS 102

Types 103

FLIRTING 105

When Fred's a Flirt 106

MEYERS AND THE CEDAR
BLUFF 108

GRAND HOP AT THE CLARENDON
111

Swells 112

KISSES 114

GRAND SOCIAL CONGRESS 116

At the Clarendon 117

Committee on Incomes 118

Committee on Pedigrees 118

Committee on Flirtation 118

Committee on Dress 119

Other Committees 119

The Intriguing Committee 120

These Terrible Developments 120

A CHRISTIAN ACT 121

Subscriptions 122

PORTRAITS—Geo. H. Bissell,
B. F. Beekman, Chas. Wall,
John R. Cecil, Hugh J.
Hastings, Col. A. Boody, Jas.
H. Breslin, Peter Gilsey, Col.
Abeil Heywood 123

Fun 124

Awful Profanity 124

COL. FISK OF THE 9th 125

FASHIONABLE SOCIETY AT
THE CIRCUS 127

Affecting Incident 128

“Society People” 130

Our Circus Mirror 131

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Personal 131

An Episode of War 132

More Personal 133

Toilets 133

Guests Present—Very Personal
134

Eli Perkins of Connecticut 136

JOKE—EVERYBODY SOLD 137

Fun at Dinner 139

SARATOGA CROWDS 140

Old Dog Brave 141

MR. PERKINS GOES TO THE
CLARENDON 142

A Poor Man 143

CLARENDON 145

Watching the Balcony 145

JOSH BILLINGS INTERVIEWED
147

MR. PERKINS MOURNS BECAUSE
HE DOES NOT
DANCE THE ROUND
DANCES 150

Terrible Development 150

Eli in Tears 152

ECLIPSE OF THE GAS WORKS 153

To Sleep 156

THE GREAT SCANDAL CASES—
Barons and Judges Implicated
158

The Joke a Success 159

SARATOGA INDIAN STORY—
Lena and Oronta Disappear
in Congress Spring 163

THE DEFEAT OF LONGFELLOW—
The Breaking of Old
John Harper's Heart 169

A Funeral and a Wedding 169

After the Race 271

ELI CRAZY ON STATISTICS—
Multiplication, Addition, and
Substraction 172

More Statistics 173

The Other Hotel Statistics 176

THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA 177

The Colored Troops 179

The Gun Boats 179

The Battle Rages 180

THE PERKINS FAMILY 182

SARATOGA IN 1901—Eli an Old
Man 191

Europe 193

Dropped Down at Long
Branch 193

Through the Air to Saratoga 195

How the Young Ladies were
Dressed 196

Intemperance 198

NEW YORK IN 1901—Fashion's
Changes 201

GOING TO PARTIES IN 1901 204

CANT WORDS IN 1901 207

New American Dictionary 208

Ritualism in 1901—Candles
Versus the Sun 212

Church of the Imitation Candles
215

SARATOGA AGAIN IN 1901 221

Congress Spring Dries Up 222

Growth of Saratoga 222

Longfellow and Uncle John
Harper 223

The Boys 224

VALE 226

HOME AGAIN 227

NEW YORK—At Ball & Black's 231

ELI CONFESSES HIS SINS 234

FIFTH AVENUE FLIRTING 236

I Like to be Loved 236

Julia's Idea 238

FLIRTING 241

NEW YEAR'S CALLS 245

ALBERT AND JULIA 249

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