Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-08-05

working his campaign by the SAME
agency. Tie Is buying mp his oppo,
nents, with money he Ia silencing'
those who are dangerous to hi &
and with money he Ia organizing
that vast mass of dangerous voters,
the purely venal. There are men
ut work for Tilden in this city hand,
ling thousands, who never saw ten
dollars OF their own mOney-therc
are thousands of small Democratic
papers paying of their little mort
cages, aud the starving "indepen.
dent" press, all over the country,
are supporting Tillen, and their ed
itOrs, for the first time IN their lives
are wearing decent clothes. Sam.
Iilden ia the first man who has ever
undertaken to buy himself into the
Presidency. Should he, by any nc
cidcnt, be elected, his administers
ton will be the most corrupt that
the country has ever been cursed
with. Only think Of the National
Government controlled by John
Morrissey and Boss Kelly! The
Republican who fails to do his whole
duty this fall, don't deserve the
name.
THE HEATED NIGHTS.
To the poor who are crowded in.
to the miserable tenements in the
lower parts Of the city, the hot
nights of the past month have been
terrible. TO stay in their misarably
ventilated rooms was to smother.
and so they took the streets for it,,
where it was a trihe better. AS
early as nine o'clock, thousands up
on thousands OF the poor, men, wO'
men and children, were out on the
sidewalks. getting ready for sleep.
They brought out with them such
blankets and bed ticks as they pos
sessed-thousands had nothing
whatever to lie upon-and made up
beds as they could upon the side
walks, cellar doors, or any other
place that was dry. 1t was Curl
Gus sight to see mothers getting
their little ones ready for sleep, to
see girls aud women twisting up
their hair and making their limited
toilet in the open air, under the
glare of the gas lamps. But they
were compelled to do it, or die. The
heat was so intense that to attempt
to sleep in the rooms would be to
invite death while living was posi-.
ble even amid the stenches of filthy
streets. This continued regularly
every night for over a month. TO
the poor in New York all seasons
are terrible. In the winter they
freeze to death, and in the summer
they smother. The weather is still
hot, but it is more endurable.
Since my last there has a change
come over Mrs. Tilton. She has sig
nified a willingness to take assist
ance trom Theodore, and he has sent
her a thousand dollars, upon which
she is now living. The children
hereafter are to live where they
choose, and the probability is that
this much. wrecked family will, here
after enjoy something like peace.
By the way the people of Plymouth
Church have not used her properly.
Since the trial they have absolutely
ignored her-onIy two or three of
the ladies of the congregation hav-
ing called upQn her. They did raise
a purse of $1,000 for her at the close
of the trial, but never a cent since,
nor have they in any way taken any
trouble to see that she was in COM
Portable circumstances. Mr.. Beech
er, for whose sake she suffered so
much, has been as negligent as the
others, and among them the poor
little lady has had a hard time, and
will have u harder. She has already
kept boarders and taken in sewing
to keep herself, and but for the IT.
lief Theodore has extended to her,
would have suffered for food to eat.
1t is not impossible that the twain
may come together again.
Frank Moulton is after Beecher
again, hotter than ever, and he
swears that he will never give him
rest till he has fastened the crime
upon him. He claims to have the
power to do it, if he can ever get
into a court that will give him a
show. The public have, however,
lost interest in the matter. What
it wants is fresh, healthy scandal.
STOKES,
The murderer of Fisk, has been re,
moved to Auburn Prison, and he is
now, for the first time, actually a
convict. At Sing Sing he was a
clerk in the Office of shoe manu-
facturer who employed prison labor,
and he never slept in cell, or en-
joyed prison fare. There he had a
very good time, and was as comfort
able as a man could be who was un.
der any restraint. But in Auburn
it is quite different. Mr.. Stokes has
Oh him the prison garb, he practices
the lOck-step, he eats us do other
prisoners, and is treated precisely
as the rest are. For the rest of his
term Mr.. Stokes is likely to know
what it is to he a prisoner in earn
est. He growls about it, but to no
purpose. He is to old a sensation
to excite any interest, and he will
serve his time out and subside into
II common lOater when he is dis.
charged. The way Of the transgres
sor is hard. Even Josie Mansfield,
who lured him to his ruin, laughs
at him as silly fool, who made an
unpleasant thing for her by his fol.
ly.
THE HEALTH
Of the city has improved somewhat
with the reduced temperature, but
the mortality, especially among chill.
dren, is still frightful. Twelve chill.
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