Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-18

but they viii not be while they can b,
made profitable. Wha
nonsense TO preach about Baden-IIomburg
when hundreds Of thousands of pound,
change hands on the Derby alone. The
: madness has taken snoh deep root here
0 that almost nobody dares attend it. a
> On your side Of the Atlantic the turf is
not vet a national institution; but the
travelled fools who would carry home the
: worst rascalties Of foreign lands are
doing their best to plant its fatal seed in
American soil, That they will be de.
stroyed by it if they succeed is certain
but that is poor comfort. II there is any
virtue, press or pulpit, they ought TO
stranglo this monster in his cradle lie
will strangle them, if they wait too long,
just as he has here, where no pulpit thun-
ders against a social crime, and where no
newspaper can exist II il refuses TO pub
lish turf reports. He speaks of the turf
as an institution which half England
thinks not less sacred than the church,
and with which they would much more
reluctantly dispense. lie asserts that the
Marquis of Hastings has flung away in
an uncommonly short time one of the
finest fortunes in England, and that on
the turf. OF the whole amount lost and
won on this race nobody can form an est-
mate, but one authority asserts that two
commission agents have to pay to the
. hackers Of the winner, Blue Gown, more
than million and half of dollars.
These may be the two largest, but there
are some hundreds Of such agents seat
tered all over England. All this is well
worth the consideration of American
turfists. The turf here is not the danger /
1t is in England, but even here it has
great abuses. 1t is hard to put the gam
bling element down. The Jockey Club
abolishes pool-selling on the grounds, but
forthwith springs up the Tattersalls,
where the bets are recorded. Even of the
first days racing at Jerome Park very
large amount of money must have changed
hands in betting.
We have had another rainy spell, and
people began to get quite discouraged .
The farmers in this section of the country
have gloomy forebodings of corn and
some other crops 1t has been too wet
even, for grass in some counties. The
strawberry will probably be less abundant,
because of the rains, But the prospects
in many fruits are excellent Should we
be favored with continuous good weather
now, even the grain might not be so
backward to come forward" as some peo-
pie prophesy. We have something now
as an encouragement, for to-day is beau
tiful.
The workingmen still continue their
efforts for an increase of wages. Strikes
are still being organized. Many of these
have been signally successful. General
business offers but little change, the pre-
vailing tone being one of quiet. Real es-
tate, awhile ago SO remarkably active, is
again finding its level, is perhaps going
below it, if we may Judge of the sale of
the property last occupied by Barnum for
a museum This was offered in 1868 Tor
$1,000 and was purchased few
months ago for $3.50, 900, and on Wednes-
day was sold nj public auction for $432,-
A., H.
day, for the first time this year, seaside
cottages were offered for sale The prop
erty sold consisted of two small cottages
at Long Branch, n. J,
The political world is fearfully excited.
The Republicans are organizing Grant
and Colfax clubs in all directions, fixing
up wigwams, holding meetings, &c, and
the Democrats are arranging any quanti-
ty OF plans pending the great National
Convention. There is not, however. any.
thing startlingly new to ofter-for all
which we are thankful. Politics are fast
getting to be Il tremendous bore, for the
politicians are striving TO absorb every
body's time-and loose change, too-and
are very successful in their manipulations
with certain classes. Mrs Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, at the close of political article,
says; Remember Lots wife. So say we.
That is our political creed Mrs. STAN
ton prophecies that the Democrats,
:" if they will only mind their p.s
and as in the coming July Convention,
with the Chief Justice as their school |
master and universal suffrage for their
text, will give law to the nation. But if, |
in moment Of weakness, they look back
ward for inspiration, thick darkness and
death will again encompass them, and
Il eir sun will set to rise no more forever
Lots wife is introduced just here. Uni
versal suffrage will of course include the
woman.
The Supreme Court of this district YES.
terday reversed the Judgment of the low.
er court in the case of Margaret Welsh,
the murdercss Of policeman McChesney.
by which she Is to have new trial She
had been sentenced to imprisonment for
life
You had better come on here and take
one OF our steamboat lines TO Boston yo,,
can live on these boats far cheaper than
where you are. So great is the competi.
ton between these lines that it is said the