The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-11-17
sunshinc and Shallow,

Burr & Co., of Hartford, Conn, are
about to issue new work by Matthew
Hale Smith, entitled ''Sunshinc and Shad-
ow in New York" 1t will be illustrated
with full page engravngs, and will be
printed on good paper.
Mr. Smiths acknowledged ability as "A
writer, aud his wcll-e-tal,lished teputa-
ito" IS a correspondent Of the Boston and
\ orli press are sufficient Guarrantecsof
tLs quality and style of the work. His
professional experience has given him
abundant opportunity for collecting mas
tcrial, and his peculiar talent for nara,
tion is allowed lis widest scope in dcscrib-
ing High Life and Low Life in New
York City.
We have seen lie advance sheets, and
do not hesitate TO pronounce it an inton-
slcy interesting book, and one which gives
promise of being profitable to the reader,
Price g. Gilt edges $3.50 Below we
give few extracts taken from different
j paris Of the book at random:
THE sEPuLCuRE or roEruNr3.
The failures of mercantile life are com
mon TO New York. Scarcely firm stands
that has been in business quarter Of "A
century. Stock speculations underlic
these failures. Gambling is not more So
ducive or more ruinous. The few who
rise to sudden wealth by dabbling in stocks
tempt the many tc venture on this trcach-
ercus sea. Professional men Of all CLASSES
an grades, merchants, retired capitalists,
trustees, widows, farmers, try their hand
at gaining sudden wealth in Wall Street.
Merchants who have a largo balance in
the bank, hotel men who. have made
money, salesmen and clerks, are tempted
to make venture, and bring only ruin
on themselves, their families, and their
employers.
Men who live in Wall Srtcct live fast,
anj grow Prlmaturely old. Tncy gam
ble IN stock ALI day. They renew the con-
| 49, " " "l' '.''c' W '''' ""''i' 1T l'-n''
Sunday brings some OF them no = pose
4hcy 1--we h2h, drink deep, "nd the excl
'ement IN Stocks Is cNchA"grd lor
Gaming at hlGh'. bad heads On y"nrg
men. premature erdw hairs, nervous de-
biily, paralysis and untimcy decay,
winch mark so many OF the business men
o, NeW ork' "it'i faineu l'rtune' and
cn"rac''r rs snow bow pcrlIonS anu uo-at
l9l"clory Is NE III " 'i' H'r''l'
TWO siIARrERs
n,,o,f s,ortyo,ap t,l;po d;,pp, ot
o,e orour clubs cvb;bitod = diamond
,;,o IF ,,,eoi hoonty and annorent value
an Ills Gnocr 1ent'oman present had
q cr,ot n,s.;on far diamonds After din.
,or tbo ,,,rt;cs met in ,Lc ,(Ii.e Nlfer
,,r,,, b,n,cr;p, the owner consented 70
horto,. ,bc r,nr ror the sum Of six hundred
1,u.r, A.. tho bnvcr lctt the room. y
sr,,,,rossol t;ttoriro sirpcl. his oor lie
oori.aal,lo1 ,bot tLc frnor owner hqd sold
L,u, tI,o rim, and thc nprclascr He said
,,,,l.;n,, b,,t collal tbr next dov unon q
;,,yclIfr whore bo leorncd that fine dia,
mgul yruc puGlp. and the riIr HO'tU about
,,,.,,.,,.-c,.o lolI,rs lie ovnn,inod soma
ro,l d;on,onIs and C,pnd one closely r,
so,n,J;rr tbc no.tc in his own rinc. lie
I.;ro1 ,Lo d,omop1 for = few davs. plcdr.
81 ,nolro hnnnrod doll,rs tbo nr;cc off
onl ,aro bnnJrcd far ;ts usc. UC
,.on, 70 oro,bor iovllor hoa thc noste 70.
moved and thc real diamond set. Iii,
olrr,s L,ou,;rc how hc bad becn i'm.
nosoJ rnor ;mrotiontlv waited for hi.
onnearancc the next nioht. TO their AS
toni.bmop, tlcv found him in hinh nlce
a Tia Aourishod his riru. boasled of his bar
5 Gin and said If cny gentleman nrcsep
! hal - twolyc hundred dollar ,inc TO sci
for six hundred dollars. he knew of Z
j. nnrchoscr. When be was told that III,
II r;ro ,,osn no.to and that ho had bcen chca
tod he lauobed at their folly. Bets wer,
n GooIv of,srod that the rinr did not con
= tain real diamond Two men bet
= noueond dollars each Two bet dy
1t hrndrod dollars All were taken; nm
,,:ros ,,.oro ohoso, Tho money and th