Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-09-12
ouR new HoRk LETTER.

QUIZ NEW YORK LETTER.
The Heated Term and the Bd6ics--BGtter
and Cheese for Btr0pe-A Chnreh sun
The Great BTidge-1he -Aonm to1R az
er' Sn it-BHssHess-hdsty IhedtT1edtS-
THE WEATHER AND THE BABIES.
The last weeks of August in this city
were cool, ,uIcomfoFtably so. In the mid
die of the day there would be two hours
of schOrching heat, but by three O'Clock it
would get cool, and further on still cool.
er, till the night demanded light over
coats, and plenty of clothing on the beds.
But September is making amends for it
It is hot. Warm is no name for tit is
hot. And with the renewal of the heat
com es the renewal of mortality among
the children; aud September. unless the
beat decreases, will show still more
CHASTITY record. Fer New York. even in
its best parts, IS no place for children.
Even in the most comfortable parts in
the upper city. the heat of the summers
sun, reflected from briok walls and paved
streets, keeps The air in an unhealthy con-
diiion that requires the strength ofmaturi-
~ 10 endure il And then think of the con
dition of the children ofthe poor in lower
townl Think of the narrow lanes and al
leys, the insufficient drainage, the utter
absence of ventilation, the scant and unfit
food; in short, The poison that is in the
earth, the air, the bedding, the food. in
everything, in short, and the wonder is
not that so many children die, but that
any live.
or course charitable people do what
they can TO alleviate and mitigate this
suffering but what can private charity
do with such multitudes to do forS 1t
cannot touch one case in thousand.
What is wanted is law, sweeping in its
provisions and inexorable in its execu.
ton. The old rookeries, in which the
suffering thousands exist for awhile and
die, should be torn down, and no build
ings of the kind should be permitted. The
authorities should have the power to
COMPEL the proper ventilation and the
proper drainage and overcroE ding should
be prohibited Excursions on the river are
good as far as they go, but the life sick
child gets in one day on the river is taken
outofit the night itgets home. Its
pity that our great cities could not be
governed with reference to the sanitary
condition of those compelled to live in
them. But they never are and never will
be. Every man for himself" is the mot
to in the city, where it takes mans un-
divided attention TO keep himself afloat.
| BUTTER
America will eventually feed the world.
Our wheat and corn Europe has 10 have,
and now comes other articles for Euro
pean stomachs that are going over in
large quantities The steamer City of
Chester sailed last Wednesday, and in her
cargo was seyenty-fve thousand pounds
of butter for the English market, and as
much more cheese. The butter was from
Western New York, Ohio, Michigan and
Indiana and the cheese from Western New
York and Northeastern Ohio.
1t was all irst-class,; and the consigners
say they make an excellent profit on it.
The business has been carried on for some
years, but it has increased to very great
proportions. l saw one tub opened and
tried. 1t was of excellent taste and even
quality all the way down. The establish
ments that do this business buy from
thousands dairies and of course get all col
ors and grades. Down TO certain grade
they export H. Il is taken and dumped
all together, worked by machinery to an
even consistency, -salted, and then COL
ored to an even. uniform color. 1t is a.
curious process; but butter that is strong
and rancid, if not too strong, comes out OF
their hands sweet and palatable. But
don't let this fact make your butter max
ers careless. Re-worked butter may be
made saleable, but it never brings the
price, or tastes like the sweet product of
the really good dairy-mald.
A CURIOUS SUIT FORA CHURCH.
A singular lawsuit has been commenced
in the city court, which is exciting some
comment in religions circles. ,.o .lssjg
The Fulton Street Church, known far
and wide for its. MONDAY prayer meet
ings, was built by a bequest made, over
century ago, by Dutchman named Har.
pendich, the conditions of which were
that the gospel according to the Dutch
Calvinists should be preached therein for.
ever, in the Neither Dutch language, and
the services should be conducted accord.
ing TO the usages of the Dutch Reformed
Church of that day.
The Neither Dutch language is no more
spoken in New York, to-day, than is the
Hotentot, and the usages and ceremonials
of the Reformed Church went out cen.
tury ago. But there comes one William
Hastings, of California, who claims to be
the Iightful- owner of pew No. 76, on the
ground floor of the venerable pile, who
praysthat the court shall interfere to re-
store the ancient services Of that Church
sin thetlanguage Of the Neither Dutch" It
is a9question among the legal lights
whether, according to the Harpendich be-
quest, Mr.. Hastings cannot make his case.
The terms of the bequest were plain
enough, and opinion differs as to whether
there can be any departure made there
from. Irhemakes his case, the church
viii either be compelled to give up its reva
enues or go back to language which
went outwit the Dutch, and TO ceremo-
mails that died hundred years ago. 1t is
a queer case. $50.
THE GREAT BRIDGE.
For some years the cities of New York
and Brooklyn have been at work on an
enormous suspension bridge across East
River. The tower-piers on either shore
are nearly completed, some millions of
dollars having been expended upon them.
Andnow comes an important question,
over which the engineers are puzzling
their wise heads: Can bridge 1900 feet
long be suspended in the air with safety
4 T.