Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-27
From the Boston Daily Advertiser
The Chicago Calamity in New York
Manhattan Sympathy and Manhattan
Contributions-the inequality
of Giving.

NEw YORK, Oct. 10, ISL.
1t is not often that the selEsufhoient ero,is,
of New York allows itself to be overriden ty
ANYTHING else. The Chicago ere has proved al
execution Since the neSs Of tha; terrible dis
aster was ioated over the wires, the imp0rianes
Of the metropolis ha. given way to the calamity
Of the provincial city. Nothing has been
thought Of or talked Of for the Last ten days tut
Chicago At that one word, every heart and
every purse has opened, and charity, following
the course Of empire, has taken IT'S way west
ward.
Such bounteous and universal giving has new
er been known here before. Prosperous hAnke-s
and merchants in Wall street, South street AZ
Broadway, have always been liberal, As thay
might well be, with their vast incomes. Bur
the great majority Of our citizens have hlri
struggle for life, and what money they part With
il charity indeed. The humbiest and the p01r-f.
have gladly bestowed their mite; have h,sra
divided their crust with the hungry anil ta
homeless Of their sister city. The Chiclza co.
lauitv has proved human nature 20 be better
than most Of US have thought. II has struck
the key note of cur common symysthils, All
made the sweet hymn Of charity rise suI .
echo throughout the land In It's nora. sf-.-
and in the enlarged faith it has inspired - a-
kind, it is really blessing in disZuis-- ts..
heard men naturally scepticsl and cynical sos
within & few days, &" The world is better -.sr
hal supposed; mankind ism 10 selfish 8.'.-,.
Chicago has taught me q lesson ] shan .lr-.-
have more respect for my fellows ,lal ...-
bad before. -
have been iuexpreStioly to1cn.I 70. -a--
accounts Of tie contributions meie lu --a..
I and postal currency by raggei news. go.
mon servants receiving only lev ia t--4 --..
/ Old app.e-W0men, t0iiing se1iug-Er --.
/ u-paif laborers, and men and won u -
fortune seems 70 have borne the h.- r
estimated that this city Will make uF l
fully -, Ol0,00) There seems o. be-
ing off 10 the daily contributions, Walsh l-ll-
/ to pour in from persons 10. every s.rr a.
AMI every grade Of life.
The purses Of the rich are usually Che -r
d.H,ult 20 loosen. The voluntary 1u,r-,s '.
+ Chicago seen 10 show this. OF the three
I men here. or in America, ia fact, 4lsZtul.- H..
Stessl { has given S5J015 William j. --..
50 900. and Cornelius Vanderbilt nothing
Law, reputei 20 be one Of cur wes.tlies'
has equalei Vanderbilt in bis negative -l-
cerce- Twenty or thirty merchants Win
. CONES varying from $50, 200 90 --NH,I.' as.
auuum hsye expressed the ezrau. % their cls-
by zsros. while certain traie-meu, poor pr..a
sioual men and hari workers fr Irtle, va.-
might name, with yearly earnings not ez-.-i.--
$1,000. have sen in 50, SD AMI .a >.-
cases 500. I- was generally believed -a.
william " Tweed, Peter .. SEeer-. j. sls-l b.
Connolly, jay Gould, james t.sl. .-., i1l ..-
residents If Manhattan who is.e long ..l
under a cloud, soull try 90 i.s-.rl.a 8, ts draw
ihr heavily On their baus t.e sa-s Do t,..r
the modern Moscow Iae7 have uo, done e..
IS presumed they suppress t-e.r .r-.ls- A.
generosity, fearing they might seem - ts
made the amounts Of money they are .----.t
with making by disLolesr mems. G.-- a--
F.sk. who, As every one knows. --e Gle En-
railway have been liberal in tel ielia- OIL.
Of their ROAD for the trsasp0r-aul1 Of pr
and clothing to the western sufferer
public has expected that the owners Of a -.--
tcu which receives 50 Iu-h L.-eT on .s
nothing out might feel able 90 declare --
one Of the unpaid dividends ln che utl- ...
most deserving charity
New York is more interested Tecl1 s-.s
Chicar1's misfortune than ls commonly a-..r
she probably ovei this city, a. The time ol
destruction, iuc.uii1c moneys lens ON -.a
bonds ami real estate, no, less than $1,000"
600. This msv partially ac-lun for the real
ness Of lis prosperous classes 20 sid her iu be-.
extremity. but cannot stain the radiant shit.
ness Of the universal giving Chicago c.eit
tors here sre not only willing % wait until t1.
eago can afford 90 pay they are determined Cd
advance another Sl01Nuu,ulu, if ueel be, I'd
bring her safely out q her prsseu troubles Cd
Ell the merchants who have come and viii c-l.
thence 20 this city TO obtain credit, NOT one who's
record stauis FAIR has been or vii. BE- lsl-
Wal street today seems reaiier 90 help The sui
ferers in the West than the financially euaar-ls
ei az home. I heard 2 " short broker, obi
other day. in Broad street, gay rudtl-y enough
&c wish hal been burnt cut il Chicago t.e-
could get what money I want but being a-
poor devil Of New Yorker, / can. raise
cent 90
one # the most remarkable instances q obi
effect Of the chicago fire upon a nature -u-1-- 20
considered here almost totally ialrGyei. is Sc
7ealei In the alleged fact thar one .f cl- Cs.1
hackueu drove a stranger, whom be- sneT 10 %.
a Chicago sufferer from the Hudson Riser Rail
wEv station 20 a down town hotel, and snsa-u te.y
resisted the temptation % charge the pt-=sa-e.
more than the proper fare. sincerely trust
. this story is true. though Iu bound o. sl-
that 10 needs confirmation The heart OF e'.-
nation has been touched By the ournaE 90 Fl
I Lake City but the heart Of View orb -
meu-if there be any such superdaaus ira-
/ o. physi0l 1gy-must De REGARDED SIS an eZes
I We should not lock for u,rscle-, nor can 81. .-
I meet tnc impCssltle