Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-12-18

family-tather, brother, and mother
had come in from Port Jervis
way, because they could got moth.
in & to do, and were depending OH
tirely on her earnings. There isn't
work enough TO 60 round. The
manager of Booths Theater lately
advertised for five hundred men six
feet high to act as soldiers in the
play of julius Caesar for thirty cents
q night apiece. He feared that it
would not be possible to fnd men
enough of tho desired height will
ing to take such poor pay, but at
the hour appointed the street was
filled with applicants absolutely
fighting to DO nearest the door, and
get the best chance for a position
Heavens! what a pitiful BACKGROUND
that five hundred will make to the
glittering pageant for every specta'
tor who knows the facts. There
will be more exciting scenes in the
city before winter is out. Thefts
are daily committed simply out OF
hunger. In one case a tramp broke
into the basement of house, where
all the Thanksgiving eatables were
set out in tempting array, but left
them untouched and carried off a
plate of cold meat scraps. The wine.
decanter was on the mantel, but
instead of using the glasses beside
1t, the bottle was carried tn the
Kitchen and the wine drank from a
tin cup. Nothing else Was disturb
ed, showing that starvation must
have led to the deed. A respecta.
BILE mechanic was arrested the other
day for stealing something outside
of store to get his wife and three
children food to eat, as no had been
unable to get work for weeks. The
bricklayers' association have peti.
toned tho Common Council to
give them work to keep their fam
lilies from starving, and the Depart
ment of Public Works is to pnsh
ahead all enterprises possible to az
ford this relief,
CRUELTY.
A strange malignity seems be-
gotten by the cruelty of the times.
A boy of sixteen tried to burn his
father and mother in bed by pour.
ing kerosene round them and set
ting fire to it. Kerosene, for once,
failed to explode and kill the user.
A Jersey couple we're arrested for
killing their little boy of six, by
cruel treatment. His stepmother, q
Southern woman of frightful temper
told a neighbor they were going
South before winter, but she meant
to bury the boy first. His arm was
once broken by rough treatment at
home, and he was an object OF pity
among the neighbors for the con.
tinual beating by which he was tor
mented. About two weeks ago he
went to school frightfully bruised,
and seemed stupid, instead of bright
and active, as usual. When ques-
toned he said he didn't dare to tell
what had hurt him. His little sis.
ter said the stepmother knocked
him down with IL piece of board,
and kicked him about the house.
A neighbor took him in, but the
brutal father came for him, scolding
the child for not going home. A
bed was made for him on two chairs,
before the fire, where he lay a few
DAYS till he died. When his poor
little body was dressed for the grave
it was found covered with welts
and bruises from the waist to the
feet. The story is but one OF the
dark and narrowing tales that
might be told of the lonesome coun-
try districts within twenty miles of
the metropolis, where brutality and
low passion 60 unnoticed. In the
city they cannot be hidden.
THE ESCAPE OF BOSS TWEED
Has been nine days wonder,
and is almost forgotten, 1t was no
escape at all-his prison doors were
opened by the officials whose duty
it was to keep him in custody, and
he walked off. He could have gone
any time the last three years-he
went when he did, doubtless by
the advice of his lawyers.
predict that the Boss will never
be taken. Those who assisted in
his escape, don't want him to come
back to claim any of the property
they have got their claws upon.
The miserable old man is abroad,
by this time, and he will probably
stay there till he dies-the compan-
ion of Sweeny, Connolly and Genet,
his accomplices. Would that some
of the present officials would 90 and
do likewise, before they have quite
bankruped the city.
1t is said, that David Dudley
Field, lawyer of the Boss, advised
his flight. The bondsmen of the
sheriff are shivering in their shoes,
for the city will at once proceed
against them. Conner expects,
of course, to be removed.
BUSINESS
Is dullness itself, and the wealth
er is fearful.
PIETRO.