The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-24

A Bohemian Raid ON Groccrs and Butchers.
During some few days past there has been
band of Bohemians out among the grocers
and butchers. These fellows have been intent
on winter groceries and mutton. They have
bought cinnamon, and cloves, and citron, not
knowing exactly what people eat who live
on other things than whiskey; or maybe
hoping to get up mince pie among them.
They have also bought little buckwheat and
an immense amount of sugar and heavy
quantities of tea. They have bought these
things, and, we suppose, paid for them
counting that money as sprat cast to
catch mackerel-for they use the gro
ceries thus bought only to make list
for blackmail purposes. This thing has been
done often, but the public seems hot vel
to be sufficiently isili..t n... :. n NE days
lrs5 9etcre the war man made in this city, for
circulation in the South, list of firms that were
sound on the slavery issue and of firms that
were not sound on that issue. II was under
stood that not to be sound on that issue would
immensely damage any house in its Southern
business. And every house was so put down
that did not "meet the views of the man who
made the list. In the same way list has
been made Of properly qualified physicians in
this city, and every doctor who did not sub
scribe was kept out Of the list, that it might
be understood there was some reproach against
him.
1o IL
grand flourish Of trumpets against the grocers,
because the poor Bohemians are hungry and
dup. The election has damaged these fellows
badly-left them high and dry-for the city cleo
ton was too sure thing for anything to be made
on it, and the Presidential election went the
wrong way. Who, then, shall sufferp Why
not the grocer and the butcher at once? For
all plumber is for the means to live, and much
of it for the means to pay these necessary
merchants. SO away goes the Bohemian to
grocer in the city know that he will be pub
lished as scoundrel If he does not hasten to
silence the hungry Bohemian. The terms on
which grocer may be put down as one who
sells true weight, are that he shall repen-
ish the cupboards Of Bohemia, that he shall
fiji up that poor starved barrel, guiltless of
sugar these many months, and its associate bar
rels for hsur, buckwheat, hominy, and the
innumerable boxes for tea, coffee, spices, &c.
In making the black list il is astonishing how
little the Bohemians have been able to allege
and how handsomely our city grocers have
come out in the test Not charge can fairly
be made Of dishonesty on any Of the Bohe
mans facts. They declare that their scales
differ In regard to certain articles from the
scales the grocers use and in any such differ
ence we would infinitely rather trust such
respectable and responsible body as the grocers
of this city than the poor slipshod, tipsy,
frozen fellows who are adopting this dodge to
replenish.
They allege difference in weight; and, after
all, what is the difference? Generally il Is
difference of one-eighth Of an ounce on three
pounds Of sugar-that is, difference of one
three hundred and eighty-fourth part on
bulky and not expensive article-a difference OF
three mills on dollar. Here is mares nest
to be sure Sometimes the difference Is less
than this. Sometimes IL Is ne-sixteenth of
an ounce on a similar quantity, or one and
half mills on dollar. This difference is easily
explained by the particles Of sugar that ad-
here to the paper and by the moisture that
dries out of it on exposure to the air for
day. Why, if one Of these Bohemians