St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-18
Our New York Letter.

NEW York, Feb. llth, 1876.
To Ire Editor Of he tdIeaOnidH
How doth the little busy b -
should he glad To answer. Every we'll.
thank you," To DR.. Watts conundrum.
but S""th to say that would hardly he
the truth. The fact is. Is is Il good deal
trials OF life and law. For instance
there's Bccchtr laborimg to get IL hun
dred OF two of the congregational
Churches throughout the country, to
come to Brooklyn forthwith. and tell
Mrs. Moulton and all the other carperS.
whether he is really guilty or not.
Poor man. He has already had trouble
and worry enough in this humiliating
affair, to cNpiate Il good deal of wrong
doing. And then there is Bowen, the
thinh looded dragon, who like his pro-
totype of the Apocalypse, has east out
of his mouth il flood of water in the
shape of IL long letter, to swallow up
the object of his enmity, and who, after
publishing his column or so of bitter
Snecr, sarcasm and innuendo, settled
back in his chair to receive the plauditS
of the country for this convincing de
livery, only to see 10y the Scathing CON
tempt heapcd upon him from all sides
that he had "opcned his mouth and put
his foot in it," Then, too. there's Bah
cock and his is indeed IL very hard
case. Only few short weeks ago. this
little busy b WAS hummin" peacefully
and ol,Scurely about the flower garden
of Washington society. cairclcSSly sip
ping the honey from lis Thousand flow
crS. and ba>king in the full sunlight OF
Presidential favor. Few realized the
existence of Bahcock. and even of this
l-numbcr none could imagine that the
little huuquct- holder of the executive
mansion was soon to set the country bv
the ears. But truth WAS ever stranger
than fiction, and to-day the work of the
st. Louis court. as ii traces the trail of
the serpent almost To he very door of
the White House. is watched by nearly
a> many people, and with an interest
scarcely less GREATNESS and intense than
that given to the proceedings of Judge
Nelson's tribunal in the wear gone by.
The best resources of law. of rhetoric.
of party and personal influence are to
he exhausted on the trial. and it is not
impossible hat the fate of this little B
Nainly flying from that big b rStow
may he the fate of the next presidential
election.
And speaking of that coming event.
brings me To mention the other b which
had III mind. \ very busy b is this
one. o. such Il busy Il. Improving
each shining hour-t" say nothing of
most of the dark ones working 81 hard
and Yet So quietly to get all its little
cells made 10y next June. and filled with
the honey which through some subtle
alchemy, known only to itself. il man
ages to gather from thistle and night
shade. as we'll rs from fragrant clover :.
from violent personal abuse. Islander.
calumny. and even just reproach as
easily aS from popularity and applause.
and all this while it appears easy.
atfablc. and bland; and its name is
b -lainc.
Those are the BIS that are attracting
rather mole of New York'S attention
this week than any othcI> III the hive.
But III addition to apiarN pursuits. We
have other things to think of
We have had this week IL warning of
what may he in store for lis. 10y the
burning" of Il whole square in the heart
of the city. Favorable circumstances
alone prevented Il confla"iati"n. which
il takes away ones breath to think Of
As it VAS. the scene ON Broadway Tues
daI-cvrning, was Il sufficiently forcihlc
reminder of Il similar one which the
writer witnessed in Chicag" four Years
ago, to he anything bat pleasant.
1t may be that this experience will
hasten definite action on the water sup
ply. the inadcquacy of which has long
been urged: but never 81 folcibIy dem
ouStrated rs on this OCCASION
OF course Il contlagration of this mag
nitudc WAS terrible ordeal for vaults
and safes. The size of the buildings
and character of most of the stocks
burned were of Il kind To produce Il
heat, for many hours. equal to that of IA
blast furnace. No wonder the papers
report that many safes. several of them
of new and improved pattern. failed to
protect their contents in the way of
money and valuable papers. which were
:" charrcd as to fall to pieces on being
exposed to the air. But the severe trial
WAS. as usual. only the occasion for an
other triumph of Marvin'S Alum and
Dry Plaster safes. One of them already
extracted from its fiery bed and stand
ing in blackcmcd triumph before the
door of Marvin \ Cos waleroomS. pre-
served the money, books. and other
NaluahlrS of Leschcr. Whitman x Co..
in whose establishment the fire oriri
mated, after twrnt! -four hours exposure
Ia the ticrcest heat. The safe. of Catlin.
Brnndreit n Co.. WAS equally faithful
III protecting It's contents, and several
others which still remain buried are
confidently expected 10 return in good
order every thing entrusted to their
keeping.
There Is something about the process