Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-18
II A RID TIM e s.

! 1t seems to be generally conceded that
never were times like the present" To |
hear people talk one might suppose that !
the circulating medium bad utterly disap- !
peared from the terrestrial globe, to aug
ment the Golfers OF hoarders in Symmes'S |
hole, or some of the other provinces in ter
IA incogni,a. Brokers complain that they
are not clearing expenses bankers that
their business will not permit them to de-
clare dividends; merchants that their goods
lie unsold on the shelves; mechanics hat
they can fnd no employment, even for their
apprentices, and laborers that they and
their families are starving. And yet with
all these complaints before US. we suspect
THAT there must be some mistake in the
matter. Money may not be so plentiful
as it was, apparently, under a more inaa.-
ed currency, but that it has totally disap-
peafed from among US is by 20 means ev-
dent. Place only some attraction before
the darling public, and there is a loosen
ing OF the purse strings which causes the
!" yellow boys" to float around much more
labunda0ily than Senator Benton has yet
succeeded in making them flow up tie
Mississippi Let foreign dancer appear
in galmeEfs of narrowesl nrevity and most
transparent texture, and straightway the
deserted seats of the playhouse are. crowd
ed even TO their utmost capacity, and at the
close Of her six.night engagement we see
it heralded in one ofthe journals that Mad
7 ame So aud so has cleared her thousands
Of dollars. u
Walk along Broadway. and inspect the
: throng Of q sunny morning in that fish
ionabe thorough Mark the ladies
e with feathers flying, gay silks, expensive
$ EyeIvets and precious jewelry; or the gen
0 llIemen with their gold watches, massive
: chains and diamond brooch hes. Can it bt
ei that the times are so hard2 Perhaps so
q bat Broadway, al least, gives little toker
g OF destitution in the land.
q Here is fashionable shop. and it i;
y crowded too. There stands Mrs. Il.
J. whose husband was heard to say last weel
Q that he must discharge one half Of hi
7. clerks; business was so dull that he mus
Is reduce his expenses. She has iusl mad
is purchase. What is il! An embroid
cred kerchief-dog cheap, at forty dollars
to Verify this tells OF money being Ger!
C scarce.
10 Let us walk farther up. See, the fan
10 CIV stores show as mucn attraction as OF OLE
so and the purchasers about the counters ar
ty apparently as numerous as ever. Tn;
!" man has Just paid hundred dollars for a
IN inlaid dressing case. He, at least, canine
er realize that times are so rery bard.s
re But see what crowd there is roun
Or that shop near the corner of Leonard stree
Some accident must have happened-fC
~ surely in such dreadful tines as lhes
lie so many could not have assenb led to mal
us purchases. But then they are all ladie
no and they, you know, are not fond Of &c
ny ting into crowds merely for the sake OF b
ise holding distress which they cannot aliev
'de ate. Let US inquire. Why, il is the ne
ess store OF the SELBYs. Their old place
= business was on fire few weeks sine
an aad portion oflheir sock was damage
pts. They are now advertising it for sale at
his duceJ prices, AID mark the Consequence
my So much eagerness is manifested to secu
TO portion of the bargains, that their ste
me is thronged from morning till night. a
its the proprietors are obliged to employ sol
the forty or fifty clerks to wait upon their f
~ customers. Some money must be nee
ave sary to complete the daily purchases tn
Inc made. and whatever the rest osthe wo
hat may say. we warrant that the Selbys
least will tell you, "never was money m
osi- abundanu"-N Y. Spee.
rom
or The LGtimer Case.-The people
= Virginia cry out Justify against the
proceedings in Boston, to procure