Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-05
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NV YoRk. SEPT u. 1874.

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at hotels One cannot live at any first
class house on less than s. per day;
and if ones tastes are at all extrayagant
the cost viii come very close to twice
that sum. The fault IS not altogether
with the proprietors-the owners Of the
property have something to do with 1t
The rents paid for these hotels are sim
ply fearful. For instance, the Fifth
Avenue rents for 100000. the owners
paying taxes, assessments and repairs.
But we must guard carefully against
shedding any tears for these martyrs
Despite the enormous rent, the lessees
manage to skin the public 50 that they
clear s26O.OOO per anuun- The Wind
scr, finer but smaller hotel, pays : ren-
tai Of sI25.OO0; the Gilsey $4,000;
the St. Nicholas for s65.OO the Met
rOpolitan 100000, the Hoffman s74,-
600, and the Brunswick $4,000 On
this latter house s25O.OO0 Was paid for
Improvements in 1878.
YOu see the prOPrletors have 70 make
the people pay their rents and keep up
the style that the said people seem to
demand 1t Is estimated that it costs
the prvprietors ofthe ST. Nicholas $780,
900 per aunum to keep the house in re-
pair and make gOOd the wear and tear
Of furniture. But notwithstanding all
this. the pr1ees are too high, and there
must be break before long. Wealthy
men can afford to pay these rates Cthey
don't like to- but to the country mer-
chant in moderate circumstances the mat
ter Of hotel bulls IS very serious one
A merchant frcla Wisconsin cannot come
to New York for goods and get home
again without its costing him $500,
which Is two per cent on $4,000. his
probable purchases. It cuts hole in
his profits
TGE TRICKS OF TIE GAMBLERS
The fact that gambling Is regular
profession. and regularly followed IS a
profession, is well known. but the meth
DDS are not so we'll known 1 came
across circular, the other day, Of .
dealer in what are politely called sport
ing goods. that throws some little light
on the subject
The manufacturer proposes to sell to
whoever wants such goods advantage and
marked cards, which can be Rad from
the back as well IS from the faces, an
advantage that Is obvioas, for the play
er who knows the cards reads his cppou-
ent's hand readily. Then this dealer
obliges his patrons with cards cut pecui-
lar shapes, by which any kind Of hand
can be dealt For example. the backs
Of these cards are marked to show the
size in the right hand upper corner. and
the suit in the left. A certain mark in
the right hand upper eorner shows the
card to be king. and = certain mark
on the opposite eorner shows 1t to be q
spade. Which brings gambling down to
tolerzble degree Of certainty.
But this dealer doesn't stop with cards.
He makes dice that viii throw any num-
Der you choose; and furthermore he viii
sell you machines which you may con.
eeal in your sleeve, by the aid Of which
you may hold out cards or play extra
ones And that young nan shall
have 10 lack Of facilities for being I
seoundrel. he sells. for the absurd,
small sum Of fifty cents. book givin.
full and explicit directions for using al
his devices.
| mention these things for the pur
pose Of warning inpulzive youths WI,
are just commencing that there Is Z.
such thing as honest gaublinz. tia
men gamble to win. and that there !
but 0ue end to gambling. In one va
Or another the hawks viii pluck the pis
cons The gambler never plays gan
OF ch2nce-on his side il Is eertaintv.
RUN AMONG CHILPKES.
Iii terrible thing to see fuI
grown nan hcpelessly under the j.
fueuce Of alcohol stiuuIauss it i
thousand times worse to see = Eonan
confirmed drunkard- Buff It Is 50 fsa
ful for adults. what can Be thought
It IN case Of children? Drunkeune
among children in this city Is qui
common now, and IS growing with fea
ful rsPidity. One boy in Brook,
died last week aged fourteen A Dos
n0rten examination revealed the Il
that death had been caused by the co
tnued and excessive drinking Of the Vi
est run The medical testimony NJ
to show that the vital organs had Be,
literally eaten away. that the liver =
IN as shocking state Is If It had
l0nged 70 drunkard Of fifty years stan
ing The mother Of the deceased |,
stated to the eoruner that be had arr
ed at that stage when he oOuId do 10;
ing bat drink He hid not eaten =
kind Of slid food for considerable III
before his death.
saw yesterday, frou ny window
boy and girl lot over twelve years
age-the girl could not have been ten
rolling along the sideEzIk-Doz IN
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