, 1873-04-01
NEW YORK,
The English sparrows---Bul-
Wef's Posthumoue Novels. g
The Graphic "---0ommodore Van
derblt's Gift for d Metho-
dist Seminary.
John Livingston md Ills Railroad Pass...
Prospective Struggle for the Lake "a
Shore Roail. ..r


s:2tetal Correspondence c:f 7ht Chicago Tribune.
e., ., 80: NEW Yonx, March 27, 1879.
Tho stranger visiting this city can hardly fall
to hive hia attention attracted by tho ahrl1, un'
musical ohirping Of
THE ENGLISH BpAnnoWg
~ they hop. .fcarces1y about tho etrcats md In
tho parks; and porch on tho trces and fenoos, or
Theresoovor they List. Everybody Welcomes and
,3eeda tho Bpnrrows. Scarcely boy in tho city
ia heartoag enough to throw atono at, or in
any way modest thoun. And doubt II half D
dozen aro wantonly killed In New York in tho
courae Of u yoar. During the past winter tho
little follows lad protty rough timo Of 1t, and
quito number wore frozen to death' by the ex1
trcme cold weather; but they Arc busy, these
mild spring dayB mating, and building their
nests; and, "a thoy arc not harassod with any
Of the minor cares Of lifo,-having no house.
ront to pay, or board-hillB to settlo,-and can
give thoir undivided time and attention to tho
fulallmont Of tho soriptural injunction about
replenishing tho earth, the few hundreds that
pershod will scarcely bo missed, Or will soon
have their places filed. The English sparrow was
introduced into this city, and belioyo into
thia country, by h1r. Thomas Woodcoole,
Of brooklyn, at tho instance OF the Brooklyn
Iustituso, In 1866. In tho fall OF that yoar ho
brought ovor from Manchester about dozen,
and liberated tAom tho following spring. Thoy
few away, and nothing moro VAS heard Of thom
till the spring Of 1868, whom two paira wero OBJ
served among tho ivy that Chambers ovor Grace
Church. During tho summer, several young
ones were soon and since then, thoy havo gone
On increasing at an enormous rate, and most
effectuay clearing the city troos Of caterpillars
and other insect posts, with which they were
swarning Mt tho time tho lttlo brown ohirrupers
put il m appearance. We're half our citizens
,,as al.,.an ~ H.. Ti,," 1,e| on "ouu ~
u nlaea IN nlener tao Aneoon1 Oh hehVon than II ls
@o"oas' ,nr,r
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a. rhe time o. us doath, ioit two menuscTlpt 1
noses suupiote aha Ioauy I1t 1no Peep: .Iho
tIaI Tta,st"u7 n ai.a Moilolon onllnIgy nv, Ino
it1a iaPets nmslme naue 1eran9Smsntb Mish hs
iegai representatives Tor their publication
petont crltes 1 Milo nayo examined th9 manuscript
p9oHouuSo. 10y ln.s1'als MoVel OF sur}hs6
ns r5 nu 4ao ~ nnssmng It's autn9r
opndns Witt rare trcst ~ aosts snes
t9e 1oadug public; vondor il s5ura: mestead, IhS
did Nv Nnvni or r. inc nc hn ~ a. .h ~
s n 9 ~ II. ~ l, 'aun aat tnemspaPor PAD
po rIn r;v;n ~ n nuJn Soss 1or romance
fS, %S o doyonred t,at ene a'y S'yy wata
" rasH y taratoc rhs m tg 7onm When
H. Wo.t YAK anno ~ sns sMt oty OF
y" ~ ,,o,r na oals yoangef
tornr mno md nronarinr hms"1f 1s fnr 'Ia liz III
toriM Sareef, ~ Sc1lpplnE swashy STORIES !or tho
cosano'9h o"a nreas mes "ooaly literary
,a4.n', ria ftortssr ~ ,has 1nne ~
s5 2natuca, MhJ tn oa1aoanea eday
9;aseo ht t' ID ogosam. ow ana 1Aed
{ishinH han,ar ~ IN tia n;tu neA.r1 VII, "ua
or.t ~ a!snsi?n ha1 W., atn ~, aT9nno.
.}tence Of tho gf.t, uow yua Bolpsu Gown
passage ah, wen ,,,
pounded tho ta9e With .yotIf"st1aiS hatss 4 af1d,
such stentorian toneB TINT our neighbors were
startled and astoniHhed7 The memory Of those
timos como freshly baok to mo as write and
itrlsf r. you and may both hnd leisure to road
hrarts enough Of the romance and freshness Of
tlose carly days. to enjoy it eB We enjoyed "My
Novel;"
. TIE GRAPHIC, -,
have matio ton-striho. So lar, tic pubIishora
lave been unable to supply tho .lemand, and. az
Il continues to improve In both it's illustrations !
aud reading matter, it can hardly fail to BECOME
that they. fully understand how to mako
an attractive paper. Its illustrations arc
fresh and vigorous, its articles crisp
and spicy, md thoro ia just enough
VI BGnbA1lO0Al about 1t to mako it TGaHhjt1A
for all GLASSES, In brief, tho Graphic. neido
from its Illustrations, is decidedly tho most
high-toned, goBsipY, wido-awako, nogsy. and
readable evening paper in tho city. Encoesa
to it!
COMMODORE Vanderbilt
has given half million dollarp toward founding
= Methodist seminary 1t, Tennessee: Wheroat
the leading mon iu tic various oyHnpa1icn1 Ics
nominations aro jubilant, and arc laudinr tie
Liberal donor to tho ekieu, Yet tlo yarv Snmo
men raiso their hands in holy horrnr Mt novsn.~
pera for publishing tia advertisements ~ mr!ft.
concert y for tho benefit Of Fcnt,,ckv ii,,rSarv
Nov, 1t nny bo very wrong Tor n library tn raiSc
money by lottery or riftecnncert- nniI Il movbn
highly Improper for uoral nowsnonora sn an
courage the raising of money in INV snch msn,
ner BY advertising lilo afrair Int Il It ma .xIit
moro wrong than 1t is for 4 church Or seminary
70 accept money earned in as qucstionabio !
Tay7 hold that tho money raked In by
John A1orriascy over his fayo-couutor or
xou1ette-tablo is Just as honestly. If mt
90 legltfnsatoly, earned rs TINT goL6lod up by
Commodore Vanderbilt or Daniel Drow BY gatof-
Ing railroad stock, or bu1ing and bcari1;s Wild
cat seouritiea in Wall stroot: And tho church or
seminary that accepts money obtained by tho
Donor IN sucl transactions is Just ns guilty aa il
II had obtained it by tue samo methods, and dooH
equally as much to encourage gambling az tho
Aentucky onterprlso and the newspapers that ad-
ssftise u. The men WHO invest their money in
iGttory- tickets, or seok their fortunes in GAM
bAng-denB, may 10 dcmoralizing society by shoir |
example; but how stands the case with those
VINO ttn nh.