Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-01-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
Beecher 7weed-Murier and
SMcide-1he Repipal Season-Bnsi-
Ness-JUe Nam Year

Su,ciie-lhe Repicai Season--Bnsl
ness-1he Now Year.
BEECHER AGAIN.
The Beechsr case reopens in a diff
|, ferent spirit from that in which !
has been met before. There Is lesi
disposition to search for sensations
and Mrs. Moulton presses her righ
to fair hearing IN the Church will
a tirmness and dignity that promise
? her part at least will be wolthil,
performed. There is not one sincere
friend of purity and order who does
not long to see this CHASTITY scanda
set at rest, not left to be the mystcr,
of modern times, worse than tn,
story Of the Iron Mask. Whethe
Beecher is innocent or not, tn,
course of Plymouth Church ha.
prejudicod it to the eyes Of the worlt
which is not used to see innocence
defending itself by the tactics OF
guilt. The Church finds itself nj
q disadvantage for the first time,
Mrs. MOultOn dem ands her right as
a church member to II hearing before
being summarily expelled, and her
husband is determined not to die
without fight for life. AS Bcecher
refuses to prosecute him, he will
prosecute Beecher, SO that a jury
shall decide which of the twois per.
iured. So you see the old scandal
is still alive, and will probably drag
through another year.
TWEED
is not in Hayana, that any on Q
knows of. The man supposed to be
great thief is another man who is
so unfortunate as to resemble him.
The theory now is that he is in
hidin 6 in New York, waiting till
O'COnor gets we'll, that his troubles
may be arranged. Wherever he
may be, one thing is certain, the
plundered city will never get cent
of what has been stolen from it.
No New York politician ever refund
a dollar that he had stolen, and
Tweed is not the man to begin.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
Last night man, woman and
two children were found dead in
room on Fourth Avenue, with bull
let-holes through them. 1t was
CHASTITY sight, and u CHASTITY story
is behind it. Edward Minister, the
son of a wealthy man, fell in love
with a woman whose character was
SO bad that he would not marry her,
but he did live with her. The old
story was repeated. She drained
him of his money, enstranged him
from his friends, and finally, when
he had nothing left, was getting
ready to leave him. Mad with jeal-
ousy, he shot her, then the children,
and then himself. There are twenty
thousand men in this city living in
this way, and every week more or
less of them make tragical ending.
THE REVIVAL SEASON
Is passing away, but there are no
revivals. Moody and SanLey did
not succeed in creating an y enthusi-
asm in Brooklyn, and their failure
chilled the churches to degree that
precludes the possibility of sue
cessful movement against Satan
this winter. 1t was intended to
make decisive charge along the
whole line, and extensive prepare
lions were made to that end, but it
has all been abandoned, and the
churches are colder than ever. The
organizations are max
ing little Roadway, but they are
evidently discouraged and are wor-
King with no heart. Depression in
business-the struggle for life that
avery business man has to make,
caves little opportunity for purely
or unselfish operations.
The man up to his eyes in debt and
! bad business has but little heart
or work of this kind. There will
70 10 revivals worth speaking Of
his winter in New York.
BUSINESS
Continues horribly dull-in fact
here isn't any business. The hotels
ire empty, the wholesale trade is
lothing, and the retail trade is not
lalf what it ought to be. The
ongest faced man in the world just
low is the New Yorker who has .
tore on his hands for which he is
aging $4,000 rent per annum.
lis expenses 60 on mercilessly, and
lis business out of which he is to ,
'ay is nothing. 1t is the worst sea :
on ever known, and no one feels
ertain Of improvement. Happy is {
he man who is well out. .
NEW YEAR TOPICS. h
New Year calls will be paid with l
esS ceremony this year than for Z
many years before. In fact the t
lshionables mourn the small and
uiet ways in which everything is /
o,,o nNlox, oro afraid that Tho 4