Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-06-03


attraction on every Saturday afternoon during
the summer. Everything was in spring attire,
even the variable weather seeming to feel at last
that it was time to put aside its hcklenoss.
A hot sun and a cool shade are two things con-
duciye to health and strength, but one must
not remain long at time in either. Too much
sunshine is too stimulating, too much shade is
too chilling, and to preserve tranquility one
must move occasionally from one to the other
There were people in thousands to listen to the
music and to enjoy the freedom and space, and
the other hundred attractions, which the Park
presents to the city folk but the place seemed
lonely, after all, coming from the midst Of
a Broadway crowd Everything is in complete
order now for summer Omusements. One thing
may be mentioned, chat while wines and beer
are sold in the reireshment saloons, which are
under the auspices and directions Of the Park
Commissioners drunkenness is a very rare thing
in a Park crowd and although the flowers are
now in proiusion everywhere an arrest for
picking them is rarely heard Of. Such good
order has become the haJH Of the people who
visit the place, and the many police whoappcar
in the place have scarcely anything to do. But
twelve arrests Tor violation OF the Park regula-
tons, except those relating to fast driving, were
made among some millions Of visitors 10 year
past
The disappointment Of Boston in commercial
expectation, by the announced withdrawal Of the
Cunard line Of steamers to Europe from that
port, on the ground that there was not business
enough to pay, has been a subject Of merri-
mont in commercial circles But New York
has got to exert herself, or she will be materi-
ally damaged in trade by both Philadelphia and
Baltimore, or by Montreal and Quebec, each Of
which cities are bidding lower for Western
traffic than New York, in its present state Of
confusion in transhipment Of freight, can afford
The Erie Canal has saved New York city loss Of
trade heretofore, but the business has fairly out
grown canal facilities, and the surplus already
| finds easier routes to tide water than those ai
| lorded by the railway lines to the city The
great loss of time and money in New York city
10 business arises from the bad facilities for
transhipment especially in railway freights,
which have to pay charges for carriage from
cars to rivers, which absords a large margin Of
profit Many plans have been proposed to rem
edy this, as a railway on the pier line directly
around the city, but all these things await the
final opening Of llell-gate, to see whether Eu-
ropean business is going to turn into her
channels or remain as at present. The latest
proposal Of this kind is Of some interest to
New Eugsnders being plan to avoid pas
sage through the city at all from Boston to the
West and Southwest, by bridging the Sound at
Sand Point, where bridge could readily be
constructed passing over Long Island to a
point on the shore Of the narrows, where o
f short ferry would transfer freight and passen'
gers directly 10 the Pennsylvania Central rail
road for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh
aud all points in the West and South, thus en-
tirely avoiding the city Of New York. The
railway king Of Pennsylvania is probably tn,
. author Of this scheme which will undouhtedl,
e be as stouty resisted by the propretors Of othe
lines.
a new line Of railway has been opened from
the Harlem River to New Rochelle, on thl
: Hartford K New Haven railroad, the pecu
n larity Of which is, that by means Of a line o
: fast steamers on the Harlem and East Rivers
Il, it affords facilities of passing directly to to-
, commercial heart Of the city by water. 1t is
- great convenience, avoiding as it does tn
: tedious rides in horse-carS and the intermin
e able changing of vehicles.
n The disaster by food in Massachusetts, ex
cited thrill Of horror for a day, but seems al
most forgotten now. The opinion was unani
u nous that the cause lay in the besettng sin O
= manuf featuring oorPoraiionn' parsimony Pc,
o tive recklessness, which takes chance Of If
d and death with every nerve on the 9ii rire, dc
stroys but one life, while lstless indifference
and guessing thing is all right, destroys
=, hundred. The first ia punished, but the Ia,
u sin, the worst Of the two, seems to have bee
r forgotten on most Of our statute books.
j. Flowers are almost everywhere now on tn
streets for sale. The markets are full Of then
in peoples hands or pinned to their person
ID and flower charity is 10 active operation t
y provide them for the public hospitals. Tn
10 cultivation Of them has greatly increased
i. the city Of late years, and nearly all of the r,
~ tail streets have several florists. The bushes
has grown from small to great, and now q wee
ding or funeral, among even the poor classe,
rs without flowers, is a rarity. Nearly all on
Is better class of city homes have yards devote
y to their cultivation, and it is truly astonishin
what variety and style can be raised from III
smallest bits Of land, with little care. Pee
AZ pie living in the same block have generally
oil rivalry in the matter Of njwer-raising, as ii
u flower beds and their contents are in exhibito
rs to the windows Of the whole row and whcr,
as in some Of the best localities, the houses t
nearly ill the entire lots to leave any was
room useful for the purpose. they all vie wit
al each other in small Conservatives built off froi
% parlors, and especially in hanging baskets
us flowers for the front windows If you don
as know your neighbours name, you still eye h
flower baskets with maleyolent eyes, if he hi
better show in his window than you have.
er strawberries, the chief fruit of the seasoi
st still remain scarce in the markets, the price
as rying with astonishing rapidity every day. q
or account Of the uncertainty of the supply,
few days ago there was sudden influx fro
the South, and the price descended from fifty
nu twenty-eight cents per quart, retail Tn
u, lasted twenty-four hours, then as suddenly r.
bit turned to forty cents, at which point the pri,
in remained waiting for further supplies Ne
;; potatoes, peas, tomatoes, and all the yegetabl
commonly used, are plentiful and fresh-eyt
IT. sweet potatoes have arrived of the new crop.
a. mention these market matters for the reasC
that the agricultural community of Vernon
"a. may see to what perfection their Southern al
Western brethren have arrived in market ga
W dening. Tho Bermuda Islands furnish sma
d. proportion of these early fruits and vegetable
C. but the majority come from the South Atlant
I'D States. Norfolk, Va, is the centre of Il
vii early fruit and vegetable trade, and the SUI
plies are there re-shipped to Washington, Ba
timore, Philadelphia and New York Sim
TIC the war, the trade and supplies have inereas,
ne ten-iold.
he Decoration day, public holiday in tn
M State, was celebrated with the usual flow
an offerings to the honored dead, not only of Il
war, but of civil life. In fact it ought 10
called neurological day, ms, JR.
ut ONE Of the finest sights Professor Slime
an the aeronaut, says that he ever saw, was ii
view he had of two sunsets while IN his ha