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Show JAY COOKE'S CHARITIES TO CONSPICUOUS CONSPI-CUOUS CLEEGVMZS. The location of I'ut-iii-Bay, and tliC I.ilanU of OibralLir, have n3t b.-en very generally understood by western newpaptT re;ulers, neither have their proprietorship and UM3. The name-s MUlud familiar, but the eney-clupa-dias fail to dc .-.eribe either place, and they are not to be found upon tint general maps of the country. Of course their use cannot be very well understood, but the general idea lias prevailed that the bay and island together form some rocky Unification, Unifica-tion, it may be miniature of the renowned re-nowned stronghold guarding the entrance en-trance from the Atlantic Ocean into tlie M'tliterranean Sea. Singular as it may seem, the financial crash has made widely known, not only the location of this modern Gibraltar, but the peculiar purposes which it has served." The Xew York Sun, in alate issue, explains all the mysteries connected con-nected therewith. Put-in-Bay is a lovely cove upon the southern coast of Lake Erie, and Gibraltar is a charming summer retreat nestling in the bosom of the bay. A magnificent residence and delightful grounds adorn the island, whence enchanting glimpses of lake scenery catch the eye of the visitor, and with cool breezes and shady nooks aiding him to overcome the scorching scorch-ing heatd of Summer, ho vividly realizes rea-lizes how good a thing it is to dwell at 'dibraltur during the dog days, and fervently blesses the proprietor of bo desirable a retreat. Of course this latter person must have been possessed pos-sessed of wealth, as well as Lute, and our renders can appreciate the situation situa-tion when told that Jay Cooke is the gentleman to whom all credit 13 due. I But this place ot beauty was not the idle fancy of a leisure hour. It had a purpose, and was mado a powerful lever in aiding the sale ot Northern Pacific railroad bonds. For years Gibraltar has been the Summer resort re-sort ot clergymen who " without money and without price," have here whiled away the heated term, boating, boat-ing, loafing, fistiing, smoking, studying study-ing the neat and picturesque maps of the great isothermal railway route, and discus-sing with appreciative stomachs the. peculiar advantages of investing the spare funds of themselves them-selves and their flocks in the bonds of the Northern Pacific road, placed upon up-on the market by those very pious, loval, anil benevolent bankers Jay Cooke & Co. Js .it any wonder that their siestas should be full .of fairy visions, and that "little Gibraltar's of their own" danced before their-eyes their-eyes in fantastic confusion? And at the end of the vacation, it they returned to their eliarges . to . dwell pathetically upon the great privilege that awaited their parishoncrs who should invest in isothermal .bonds, is it occasion for marvel? Thus we perceive tho use of Gibraltar island. Free lodgings and freer "feast of reason rea-son and How of soul," in the shape of bounteous repasts, opened the heart I of the clergy, chosen always with due , regard to their standing and the wealth of their churches, and poured . into the "lap of their host" assests innumerable and without stint. The purse-strings loosened under the unctuous unc-tuous and irresistible arguments ' of the "credulous clergymen-" Wealth v elders, defU'onp.and carriers of the in-miv-bx in in tiling crime down with their thousands for the alluring bonds, while widows of narrow inconu;, "Red grandmothers d-prndent on a little fund in the savings bank, thrifty cook?; and washerwomen with a suiail hoard stowed nwav in a stocking, and other communicants of the lower class, made hai-lt- lo Imy richc- at the shop to which their infatuated cantor led the way. And this was the purpose of this model modern Gibralter, in the calm and cozy cave of Put-in-Bay, upon the southern coast of Lake Eric where the gentle zephyrs fanned tho brows, juicy beefsteaks warmed the. bowels, bow-els, and " every ' chilrin that wealth and liberality could bestow 1 even to "dead-head" tickets to and fro was lavished upon the chosen petst tho "ecclesiastical bencficiares," whose eloquence was to persuade into the coffers of the Cookcs the savings of hundreds of thousands. The little plan has worked like a charm, and with the shock of the sudden crash of the great house of the pious bankers, have come weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. The season at Gibraltar is ended and it will not be renewal with the return of t June roses. As the considcralely-ex-presses it: The unhappy gentVim-n who have renovated re-novated their shattered constitutions there, during pa-t Summer? will have enough to do to lo.-k after their shattered puies in the future, and their noses, sharpened at th'1 erind-ione of debt, wilt nevermore ouiiTthc fresh breezes of Put-in-Bay. |