Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-07
LETTER FROM NEW YoRk.
NEw YoRk. Feb lst. ls76.

two that came to Us from the Bay State
Both Of these are on = scale 90 entitle
them to be recorded among easssss eslsb-
RS. The Northampton Bank robbery.
which was accomplished BY the at pres
ent fashionable expedient Of gagging the
cashier, and his household. and forcing
him to disclose the combination on the
vault lock. resulted in the carrying Of
Of three-quarters Of . million in bonds
and currency. And the presence Of this
large sum in country bank, by the way.
is striking illustration Of the abnor-
nal condition Of finances While mer-
chants and the large purchasing class
feel the scarcity of money, the banks
and money centres are fairly eOngested
with this blood Of trade. which hardly
anything short of a burglary sufhces to
set in motion
The other sensation. as the reader has
doubtless already guessed. is thspbig
swindle Of the Hub" where an ex-
shoemaker. ex-MethOdist preacher. and
ex-COngre<sman. the publisher Of two
daily papers, and prominent capital
list, after an unparalleled course Of two
years forging and swindling. suddenly
bursts as completely as any sOap-bub-
bic, and quietly slips off to country
where no unpleasant extradition treaty
exists to return him TO his anxious
friends.
The darkies Of Brooklyn have been
giving hint to the managers of church
fairs and other similar affairs, by get
ting up what they call q 'Cake-walk"
for some benevolent purpose which 1
cannot remember, but which does not
signify. the point of interest being the
performance itself. This consisted of
the introduction into dancing party of
competitive pedestrianism. not. however,
with speed for the main object, but
style Now if there is anything that
the average African prides him or her
self upon, it Is style; and therefore, as
viii easily be imagined. the effect of
some fifty couples of these sable swells
and bellies. attired with all the brillian-
CT of 4 6rst-elass minstrel troupe. strut
ting Up and down. the hall under the
judges eyes, intent on the toothsome
prizes, and still more coveted glory
which their elegant bearing was to win
them. This effect, [ say. was not mere
ly gorgeous it was exerueiatingly grand.
At the close Of the contest, the most
graceful Dinah was handed an immense
frosted cake amid the applause of the
audience. and the pouting Of her defeat
ed competitors. while the young buck
who had managed his number ISIS with
the greatest skill. walked modestly Of
with huge turkey.
In these days when the time-houored
devices for raising the wind for char
table purposes-fairs. rafies. church
concerts, and the ike-are getting rath
er threadbare. the hint thus furnishes
may be 4 valuable one; though wheth
er We poor white trash" could give t
such affairs the interest impaired by th'
innate elegance of cur sable 'bredderin.
experience alone can determine.
Hardly any other name than the on
it bears. could guarantee the success o
such magazine as the new Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly" which with th
opening Of the Centennial year, has in
augurated a new era in American pub
llshing. Ii it nearly double the size q
any other-similar periodical. and Ia
ten times as many illustrations as an
other. These illustrations alone $50 t
loo in number cost over four thousan
dollars for each issue The astOnishin
part Of it all, hswever, Is. that thi
great mass Of illustrated literature
sold for 2Oc- copy. or $3.50 per yea
As matter Of course, > magazine {
this size, quality, and eheapness sweep
the country OF the initial numbel
about 10000 have already been sOlC
while Of the February issue. Just on
the edition must be nearly doubled. f
in addition 20 all its other attraction
this issue contains the opening chapter
Of Joaquin MiIler's first novel. III
Pink Countess" purchased at heav
cost BY Frank Leslie. expressly for ii
. periodical The great name which Il
poet Of the Sierrzs has made for himse
on either side the Atlantic attaches
deep interest to his first efforts in ser
| Gus fetiOn- and It's appearance in Ii
! extremely inexpensive form will give
Z the widest currency
Il would be natural % suppose III
4 the sole management Of such = publIsl
ing house would be work enough for ar
: one nan. but Mr.. Leslie finds tine
\ spite OF It all TO attend to his duties
4 Chief Of the New York State Centenr
/ al Commission, which As may readily
: concluded. Is no sinecHre. aud 70 hi
B are largely due the thanks Of the II
n pIre State for the comprehensive Al
!. discriminating representation which :
= will have next summer
Z IL seems that The United States