Litchfield enquirer., 1854-12-28
matters and Things IN new York.


Of evergrsens 10 the streets. foods Of
aercs wooden warriors and fascinating
rag babies Ia the shop~windows proclaim
its advent. This year. there is an unu-
sual number Of Ladies' Fairs. institutions
which turn consecEated buildings into
shaving shops. and fair ladies into re-
lenlless sharpers. Money Is too tight just
now TO be extracted by any common
means, for benevolent purposes nothing
will do il but the magnetism Of woman's
bright eyes. Under that magic infu-
ence. the dire separations Of Failure and
Famine. vanish from the sight, and The
dsvOtee is ready TO empty his purse for
pincushion or bon. bon. No small
amount Of money is realized by their nm
dertakings for worthy ends. A fair is
being hsld by up town ladies, for the
purpose Of presenting new chapel as q
Ladies memorial 10 Bishop wainwright. "
individual churches ale doing great deal
for the poor in this time Of cxtremities |;
So 500 was taken up at one collection in
DR.. Smiths church. Fourieeth street. Ter
the use OF the Church Missionary Asso.
citation, W hich operates among ;hs poo,
Of the city. the number Of unemployed
laborers has now become so large. aud
their necessities so urgent. that a meets
ing was yesterday held in Tho Park to
consult as to what measure could be ta>
ken for relief. Il was resolved TO hi, e
a room for meeting. and to solicit sub
sc,iptions from the business men Of the
city, to be distributed among applicants
according to merit. There seemed to be
in the minds OF some present at this
meeting, bitter feeling against those
who were able 10 live in undated auxu>
~. while many were in danger Of stary-
alton.
! lately happened to become aware Of
the existence Of mnniiceLt provision
made for the poor children Of Brooklyn
by form,r citizen, now deceased, named
Henry. or Healy. He left an immense
estate, q e annual income Of which was
to provide the poor school children Of
Brooklyn with shoss and other articles Of
clothing .luring the three winter ucnths.
The estate is managed BY a Board Of Ad-
ministrators in which Catholics have the
maturity, and b. their Efforts the bequest
has been diverted almost entirely 10 the
benefit Of their denominatorial inssitu>
tons. especially the Roman Catholic Or.
phan Asylum. The teatasor was poor
boy many years ago, serving ona farm
in a tnenial capacity. and suffered hi,n-
self the hardships Of poverty. He bought
large tr Is, Of wild-iand in The ancient
town Of Brooklyn, as he grew up and ac-
cumulat,i q little money. He was laugh-
ed at for wasting his hard earning on
such worthless land, bat, regardless Of
the worlds opinion, he built little hut
in tho centre of his possessions. and lived
on contentedly many years Till streets
began to open and houses TO spring up,
and ill. finally. his property lay in the
heart Of the city Of Brooklyn and was
worth money incalculabls. lie died a,
last, a. all men must, leaving his fortune
to be perpetual poor fund. under the
control Of eleven administrators, six Of
whom were Roman Catholics. and five
Protestau.s: 50 per cent. Of this sum
goes to the Roman Catholic Orphan Asy.
lam !; The les, should be distributed among
the poor Unfortunately. bus the Jesui,
craft has thus far succeeded in keeping
| it within the limi Of the 'lrrue Church"
Thu, is altogether contrary to the in,pn>
tion Of the testator. who was a Roman
Catholic but Of liberal vi,ws. Know
Notbingsm is coming into power and will
turn irquisi'iye eyes uron this and some
similar matters.
The curiosity Of newspaper and other
critics and busybodies about here, is con-
siderably excited As to whether Fanny
Fern has Introduced domestic matters
into her new and fascins.ing work Ruth
Hall" That she Intended it, in any de-
gree, as an autobiography, is quite inn
possible. The description Of Mr.. Ellet
does not in the lea,t ans Her to the char
acter Of her excsllrnt father, who is well
known 70 The newspaper p'ess Of Boston
and elsewhere. But, on reading the
book. one is strongly tempted to believe
that the authorizes intended to caricature
under the name Of Hyacin,h. her gifted
brother. who united in his person the in
congraoas functions Of poet and man Of
ton. The desc.iIton of HYacinth's coun.