Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02
New YORK, Sept. 26, 1878.

New YORK, Sept. 26, 1878.
Nh Dear Herald Il suppose l am
entitled to address you thus, although
we have never met personally or by let
ter before. You know, of course, what
a tremendous snare we have been in here,
and in fact haven't got out of yet, about
our banks, and stocks, and deposits, and
failures, and all the rest of the Wall
street complications. You have had it
by telegraph, by letter, by private COM
munications, by newspapers, by bulletin
boards. by assertion, by contradiction,
and by a hundred other ways until,
have no doubt, you are all as heartily
sick Of it as we are And it isn't
pleasant subject to speak of anyhow,
and so III Just drop Wall street and let
the Ursus-Tauro battle be fought out on
its own merits, if it has any.
THE MIsCIuEyoUs BOYS OF WALL STREET.
II is funny, however, to see Wander
bilt and Drew and the other projectors
Of the row moving about through the
crowds as though they hadn't done any
thing, like the mischievous boy, who has
pulled the chair from under his fathers
favOrite and most hOnOred guest, letting
that irate gentleman down with a ire
mendous crash, then putting on de-
mure face and endeavOring.tO escape be-
| fore the general Indignation centres onthe
culprit. Neither Que of the men men
toned. nor of a score of certain other
| leading operators, can move a step with
| out leading after him trail, (like some
/ sort Of financial cOmet), OF small
| brokers, bank messengers, newspaper
reporters, etc, each one eager and
anxious to pick up some word from the
great ''Sir Oracle, ON which to base an
Cooperation" for to-day in the street, or a
paragraph for tomorrow morning in
''our paper, Sir y
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE PANIC.
In social life the effects of the pane
are most curious-sOmeumes sad. ottener
laughabIe. On the evening OF the first
giving way. when the almost incredible
announcement Of The failure OF Jay
Cook q CO. was rumorcd, there was a
most brilliant gathering at the house OF
leading party, given IN Madison
avenue, once the home OF Miss flora
McFlimsev, and not even yet entirely
deserted by the McFlimsey family
You must know that many OF these up
town Young ladies are quite as well
posted in the course Of stocks and bonds
and securities, and all the rest OF II as
are their brothers and fathers; they
know the pet investments OF their rival
lovers to q hundred dollars, ana as each
banker or heavy dealer IN wall street
securities has a telegraph instrument IN
his own house bv which he is informed
of the momentary changes OF prices, IN
case illness or other causes keep him at
7
learn to read and understand the clicking
of the telegraph and to comprehend the
meaning of the various shiftings OF the
market quite as well as the other and
speculative sex.
The communications ovcI these gulaI
wires cease at the adjournment OF the
Stock Board and the conclusion OF sales
for the day. Many leading operators
however, have a special wire from the
downtown office to the uptown house
and in cases of special excitement then
clerks telegraph up town to their chie'
every rumOr of the street, every bit o.
gossip, and especially every operation
that they can get hold of to as late al
hour as the chief cares to hear.
HOW GERTRUDE LOST HUSBAND.
! The owner OF the house in Madison
= avenue. at which was the grand party
= before mentioned, had one of thes'
snecial wires. the words Of which hi
lovely daughter Gertrude had learned t.
4 read quite as well as he, and to estimate
A their value quite as correctly. And o.
this particular evening the wires wer
, especially talkative, and the young
ladies knew all that was said, ever.
= mptallO-eleCtriC word.
i Gertrudes sister was married and s.
t out of the race, but GeTty was yet un
\ decided between q young fellow, a.
- only son, Fitz Percival let US call him
Who was doing nothing for himself, bu
$ who was prospective heir to a couple 0
n millions. and Mac Twister, middle age
b man Of forty, who had just set up in tn
+ banking business for himself and was re
ported to be doing well. Gertrude knew
of the furry down town. She had tina
S nirbt to give decisive answer to one o
l. the other. She knew the stocks !
which each had investments. She feare
to give one a smile too much, or to be
stow on the other a kind word NOR
than she might not gracefully REGAL
~ MANY were her visits to the fathers teiG
, graph. After one rumOr it would appea
u that Fitz must be irretrievably smashe
+. ON the morrow; then, oh, how affabl
5 she would be to Mac. Then anothe
!. glance at the paper would show tha
,, Macs largest investment IN rallroa
stock must be worth not cent in To
: morning, and then the kindness OF Mis-
e to Fitz was something most reviVin9
L while poor Mac got cold shoulder enoug
+ to feed on for a month. Thus, like III
- tabled Satyr, she blew ultimately he
- and cold on each till both were puzzle
/ beyond measure. At last, in one OF he
d hurried absences from the room sfi
Z lr0pped her Handkerchief: F'ItZ picked
:, up and hurried after her he did NJ
:, overtake her before she reached th
= r fathers private room, where he foun
II my lady eagerly reading the latest di
/ patches. The mystery was explained
4 Without being perceived by her he hurriG
; back and explained to Mac. Thong
= the Young fellows were rivals they wei
e not fools-the handkerchief was speedil
restored the young men left in compan
Il and over a nice little champagne supp'
. it was fully and finally settled that Mi
u Gertrude would never become eth
u Mrs. Mac or Mrs. Fiz. .-5..
is Is my story dull? I'm sorry it III
L only the merit of being true, and
q being true also in many more cases tina
that of Madamoiselle Gertrude and b,
: pair of suitors, neither of whom cou
7r suit her until she knew his fortune
n the last dime. Excuse the wretcht
IF pun, but such a subject will provoke
# man to almost anything,
70 But no | aO0re't say any more about Il
- panic.
IL TOM MAST, THE ARTIST,
he has returned to the Harpers, after q $
N session that lasted more than a yea
J. During that time, the popular cartooni
u has been enjoying himself by trayt
- He has been to Europe, this being /
ID second visit since his childhood, for Ma
is German born. He went once duril
', the italian war, and was with Garibal
- for several months The greater part
= this latter visit was, however, spent
q England. The English papers, netab
sd the Illustrated London Nelos, made We
IF handsome offers to secure his perma