The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-11

But though Wiekham viii probably
be elected, il will be by q greatly re-
duced majority. which will help the
State ticket IN the city Gen. Dix
has a hold upon the people Of the
city. anu it is probably that a large
share Of the Ottendorfer vote will be
cast for Dix Let us 80 hope. The
election of 1ilden would be a disas-
ter tc the whole country. The cleo
tons irf0hio and Indiana possessed
no political significance, for they were
decided by questions not political in
their nature. Bal they went to the
country as Democratic victories, be-
cause democrats were elected. If
New York should elect q Deias iceatic
Governor, it would put the 1.rpubli-
can party o. the track in ls7l handi
capped. a1d twice the effort would be
required to achieve success. But
we shall see what we shall see.
DRESSES OF ACTRESSES.
In a recent letter / referred to the
remuneration actors and actresses re-
ceive. The dresses aud jewelry in
the possession Of ~Janauschek, the
German iragedienne, make a bit of
interesting reading. She has one
cross which has only twenty-eight
diamonds in ii. aud all of them OF
large size. Then she has chains,
strung with precious stones, bracelets
innumerable, and one pair of solitaire
earrings that cost 500, 600. She has
q ruby pin worth $1,000, and a pearl
pendant worth So, 600, and another
diamond cross worth SIC, 5000. Then
the great actress carries with her six
ty-six dresses, which is about one
third of her wardrobe. And that
the style may be understood let it be
known that there are many of them
for which she paid S22 per yard gold
for the yelTet on them. The dresses
cost her from $500 to $500 each.
What do you think ofthat. poor plod-
ders at 80 per day? This womsn who
d~ecorates her person with 81, 500 dres-
ses $50, 900 diamonds, plays perhaps
three hours each day. People pay
Sl,50 to $500 for seats to see her,
and she lives the life of a princess.
Things are not equally distributed in
this world. She rolls in velvet.
get nv boots half-soled three times.
and live in a clearinghouse.
THE OTHER CLERICAL SCANDAL.
The trial Ct Rev. John S. GIenden-
ming for the seduction of Mary Pom
eroy in Jersey City is dragging its
slow length along: Much unfavora.
bic comment is being made upon the
manner upon which the trial is be-
ing conducted. The counsel for
Glendenning seems determined to
admit no evidence against him, or at
least just as little as possible. They
threw out the statement made by the
poor girl upon her death-bed. There
has been ~indecorous wrangling and
the bitterest kind of personalities
The defence is making an effort now
to show that the girl was of bad
character, and especially untruthful.
The resnl. of the trial no one can tell,
but the people have already made up
their verdict. They believe the
statement Of the girl, and in any
event Glendenning is gone. 1t is a
pitiful case.
ADuLTERATIoS OF MILK-FoOD.
1t is possible that there may be
honest milkmen somewhere under the
canopy, but they do not live in New
York. The Tribune, some two years
ago, investigated the milk trade, and
happened to tread upon the toes of a
milkman named Ganong. Feeling
aggrieved by the publication, Ganong
sued for $4,000 damages, and the
trial took place last week. 1t was a
bad thing, that trial, for the milkmen.
II was shown in court that all the
milk sold in that city was adulterated
fearfully-that to every two gallons
of milk not less than one gallon of
water was added. This reducing the
milk with water is the least objec-
tionable form of adulteration for
while the people do not get the milk
they pay for, they are not injured by
foreign or deleterious substances.
But. unfortunately, the poor are sery-
ed with an article that can scarcely +,
be called milk. There is a little milk
in the compound, and but precious
little. 1t is a pity that New York
could not be under a despotism for
just a year, so that this matter of
food could be regulated in some way.
Watered or manufactured milk, stale,
h~alf-rotteD, vegetable, immature and
tainted meat-tbese are the articles
of food which the poor of this great,
miserably-governed city are fed with.
and which they are compelled TO eat,
because they can get nothing else.
1t is a curious thing that New York,
surrounded as it is by the richest
agricultural aud gardening lads in
the world, should be so miserably
provided as it is with food. The rich
can, of course, get all that they want
that is good, for they can pay for it
but ia the absence of stringent con- (,
tol, the po1r are at the mercy of
the hucksters, who combine with
the middle-meE to fleece them, and {
they are compelled to take the refuse, {
and that which, age or bad handling
has made unstable, and unfit for {
use. Napoleon never allowed such s
things in Paris. don't like Napo-
Icons, but a year or two of n in
New York wouldn't be a bad thing.
Down would go the rookery tene-
ment houses. and, | should hope, up
would go the villainous hucksters, !
who sell stale vegetables and COM !
pounded milk. {
THE WEATHER +,
is us delightful as weather can be.
The days are warm but crisp, and
the nights arc cool and delicious. Y
New York has a beantiful climate in j
the autumn. I
BUSINESS ;
has at last revived, for which all {
New York is thankful. The country /