The New York herald., 1866-08-04
POPULAR IDEAS.
The New Bounty Law.

POPULAR IDEAS.
The New Bounty Law.
veteran wishes to know why the socasd equalizfno
Bounty bill passed in such shape exclude the swt
years volunteers from Its bensnts The bill reads thai
who received bounty Of $50 shall receive nf,y mere
while the fact 10 that the United States governmsns
never paid $50 bounty. The two years men, he ssys.
received bounty OF $780, and hs thinks they are -
titled 70 something more notwithstanding they did nos
vote At the last Presidential election in accordance win
the ideas and plans Of certain radical politicians Thess
two years volunteered In the service Of the country
before drafts and large bounties talked about and
the writer thinks their a. valuable 70 the
nation least in the proportion Of TO twenty =
those Of the men who voted an addition OF 81 600 ysse
to their saiarisa
The Garbage Box Nuisance.
resident Of the Fifth ward says, why In the a
sense and decenoy do not the Board Of HeasA
mitigate the extent Of their power tho garbage
nuisance Why lot them stand so long, he asks, win
their reeking, soothing contents mixed oftentmes win
the fousss fluids and nh the hot SUM- pollutng ne
atmosphere Let tho boxes bs cleanssd and dsnfeossA
as least day, and especially on Saturday nshaA
This could be done without fear Of inunctons from c.
judges and the Board Of Health should not lot
other day pass without Issuing the necessary orders ~
carrying out tho object herein alluded 70
What Shall wo Eafs
gentleman w seems puzzled shout his diet thinn
would be good plan for tho Board Of Health 70 isns
list Of what kind Of provisions ws should eas In
these cholera times Let thsm state what veg
etabiss We can copsume with impunity, saA
what are dangerous; what meats we can -
with safety and what kinds would be likely %
prove Injurious and let thom also state what effects
tain meats and vegetables produce upon che system He
goes further and thinks the Board Of Health could fur
nish list Of drinks, and tell us what kind q
beverages to avoid.
Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad.
resident or Red Bank N j., complains Of the above
road nasmuch they start their boat from this city be-
fore time their trains the road considerably altar
time and that they charge seventyve cents faro u
Red Bank and only twenty-five cents to Long Branch,
which is seven or eight miles further
Employment for Disabled Soldiers.
There thousands says one OF tho number, of
who have served their country and become disabled
by leaving leg arm the battlefield, who are
forced throw themselves upon the generosity Of the
public for living. Something ought to be done 70 rs
lieve them by giving them such employment as they
able perform. The veteran who thus writes says
in up town parks there stout healthy men en-
ployed keepers In Washington park there seven
whose duties are simply to sweep the paths and keep
the place In order for which they receive three dollars
each day These duties he says could be performed
by crippled soldiers, many Of whom have families d.
pending upon them, and who unable by their d.
ability, TO do the work OF laborers.
Stale Vegetables and Unripc Fruit.
Aphyscian is fearful that the attention Of the Board
Of Health has boon diverted from the saes Of
stale vegetables and unrpe fruit which made daily 10
this city He says the sale OF such trash prohisassA
there will be decrease Of at least half the sickness
tending cholera and cholera morbuA He bases hia
opinion upon the fact that he has visited fifteen hun
dred families this summer and the majority OF cssss
found that their ailments proceeded from eating sals
vegetables or uurpe fruit -
The Steam Fire Engines.
We cannot opea columns to controversy bsswsao
remen any other class Of aggricved pegsoos but
publish the following contradiction In order mat the pss
may not DO msnformed in relation 70 the rules of ~
steam Ore engine companies:--
In your vslusbls journal notice . few suggssA1sa0
made BY an old nrsmsa. Permit me, also old Ass.
man. state that whom alarm Of fre 10 sounded -
have hot water in their boiIs and often several poas1s
Of steam on There are very few cases on reaching
nre that they ere not ready 70 commence WORK.
Another member Of The Metropolitan Fire Dspartnsas
writes - follows:--
Fireman. respecting the time which ID consumed by sas
Metropolitan nrs engass IN raising sulcent ssea.a -
r.sar % sh. %as xO~ ms . Sn Ss
returning from are the engine, boiler end furascs
thoeoughly CLEANED and dry shavnss and wood paesA
under the boiler which u constanty ned with Woeog.
and kept q the boiling pont BY means Of gAs whicA
burning under the boiler the whole ms thaa the sasne
Dustbis material IN ,hs furnace d instantly isuissd -
In less than minutes after leaving the houss As
is . sufficient head Of steam 70 answer al purpossa
Washins Hsrses the Sidewalks.
The above prastios has been repeatedly complassl =
BY citizens who are annoyed BY t. gentleman vAs
resides in East Twenty street says that there
stable opposite his .rssidencs THE horses belonging
which are washed every afternoon on the sidewaA.
which renders the locality complete nuisance and
pss ladies and gentlemen 20 take to the street whsn
passing The Board Of Health do not seem 70 hAvs
adopted any measures 10 abats the practice and sha
policemen, although they must be that clearly
violation Of the city ordinances, pass by - unooS
cernedly as though the nuisance did not exist