The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-02-13

The hostess provides kettle dr1Inn IN a
corner OF the parlor, and this luelzless
wight must go to that drum and beat it.
not loudly, throughout the entertain
ment, or until latter unfortunate re-
heves hlm. The rub-a-dub of the drum
makes just enough noise to enable the
couple properly mated to indulge Ia al
the soft talk they desire without being
overheard, and the luckless. drummer
makes an excellent butt for all the small
WITS present. The tea is taken through
straws, as male drikers in saloon. AXE
cobblers and juleps. By the way. Rus
saan tea Is the variety offered at these
entertainments. Russian tea is tho or
dlnary tea, with a slice of lemon added
to each cup. How long this absurd
thing viii last no one knows, but it is all
the rage now. Frivolous New York has
to have something new which is not pro-
found enough to require through all the
time. The spectacle of full grown man
beating a kettle drum for two hours is
one OF exceptional sublmity.
| THE COMMERCE OF NEW YORK.
The merchants of New York are in
sore trouble. The fact is, the exporting
OF grain from this city is growing small
by degrees and beautifully less. Mon
treal is taking it one side, and Baltimore
and Philadelphia on the other. For in
stance the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and the Pennsylvania Central have both
reached out to Toledo, the second grain
market OF the country-the latter having
built branch to that city-and large
proportion of the enormous quantity of
grain gathered at Toledo has been diver
ted to these points. Then Toledo has
got into a habit of sending another
moiety OF her grain to Montreal,
for the Montrealers deal literally and
fairly with the forwarders. A vessel
loaded with grain from Toledo, say, goes
direct to Montreal, where it is unloaded
into English vessels, with no charge ex-
cept for handling, and that charge being
reasonable
| Now New York has no facilities, and
no system. Grain has to be handled in
trucks and loaded by all sorts of pri,ni
tive appliances, and besides, there are
charges piled upon charges from the
time it strikes Buffalo till it gets upon
ship-boaro. In Buffalo it has to be
taken from vessels into elevators, and
charges are loaded on it for elevating
insurance, and dre-loading into canal-boats
Then come the tolls in the canal, ano
then in New York the charges for un
loading, Insurance, carting, handling ar,o
reloading. It is easy to see why grair
avoids this route as much as possible.
The Cheap Transportation Association
OF New York are trying to better this
condition of things. Their COMMITTEES
on Terminal Facilities recommend the
construction of warehouses of large cap
aclty along the water front to which
freight may be taken by double-tr track
railway, and from which it may be ship
ped without carriage. Several plans fo1
efecting this are discussed. It is claim
ed by the committee that time, expense
and loss by weather and theft will thus
be saved. The establishments of grair
elevators on the river fronts of New Yorl
and Jersey City is also urged, and O.
large warehouses for storing and selling
cotton. This is well enough, as far as il
goes, but it is not enough to hold the
trade for New York The Erie Cana
ought to be enlarged so as to admit boats
OF twice the present capacity and il
should be kept free to all, without tolls
Then grain should be loaded from The
lake to the boats, without paying tribute
to Buffalo. This, with the improvements
mentioned above, will restore the trade
to New York and nothing else will.
RATS
A society has been organized in the
city-for what Z? Why to promote the
consumption of rats as food One en-
thusiast AYERS that as compared with
rats, squirrels, rabbits and chickens are
diminutlve tubers. The Parisians ate
them during the seige, and rat was pro-
nounced good eating. People could live
cheaply in New York if they could only
come to liking rodents. PHTRo.
Wisconsin Legislature.