Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-22

anu there Is aS lnuch 10 he seen now
rs there will be ut any time. Fares
are down, the landlords are now
civil and reasonable, which will not
be the case when the rush com.
mences in September; and you can
keep cool In Philadelphia il you
observe common prudence and the
ordinary rules of healthful living.
Come, and come now.
THE Pill MEN.
There is something the matter
with the pill men. HelmbOld, the
Buchu man, Is still in an insane asy.
lum, and now James @. Aver, the
proprietor and manufactures of cher.
~ pectoral and n dozen other pro-
prietary medicines has gone insane
and is an inmate of private asy.
lum near New York. He made his
escape the other day, and got into
the city, and conducted himself so
like n sane man--that is, he Dor
rowed money-that his friends did
not know that he was insane till his
physicians got on his track and
brought him back. His insanity
was caused by Over.work. For
thirty years he has made and push
ed nostrums, for the sole purpose of
making money. lie made millions,
but it all did him no good. He at
tempted to get recognition rs pub
lie man, but the fact that he made
his money in pills was against him,
and he was compelled to give way
to men who, probably were no bet
ter than himself. His friends, us
were those of Helmbold, were of
the class of toadies who were will
ling to eat his dinners, aud so he
finds himself at an advanced age,
with millions of money and moth
ing else. And the worry of is, that
he has nothing to spend his money
for, and with Il body and mind over
tasked in the getting of it, with
nothing under Heaven to do with
it, he goes mad, and will doubtless
end his days in an asylum. Mon.
ey is good thing, but you want to
be careful how you get it. Don't
make it out OF pills or pect0ral.
Swindle the people as railroad law
yer, and when you get to middle
life you may be as lucky as Tilden
is, and be nominated by the Democ-
racy for the presidency.
THE TEA MARKET
The depreciation in the prices of
goods is shown as much in such ar
ticles as tea as anything. There
are hundreds of houses in this city
that have made immense fortunes
in tea and coffee, but they have
been very industr;ously losing their
Accommodations in the last four years.
There has been a steady deprecia-
ton in the value of this staple, un-
til at the present time it is a long
way below the before. the war prices.
In 1859, the price of the best young
hyson was so cents per pound; at
wholesale. In ~, it got up to 73c.,
but to-day it is a drug in the mark
ct at 80. And the other grades are
in the same state of health, and the
market shows every tendency to.
ward still further decline. Where
it will end, the oldest a,merchant
can't tell. The United States con-
sumes pound Of tea per aanum
for every man, woman and child,
making the annual importation
about 55,0OO,000 lbs. Those who
had stocks on hand when the de-
cline set in, have gone into bank
ruptcy, and the new houses and the
old ones that were strong enough
to hold out, are shaking for fear of
a decline that will shake them.
And 10y the way, the decline is as
marked in other lines of goods, as
in teas. A suit of clothes that cost
before the war $40, can be had in
New York for that money, provid-
ed it is of American cloth, and ii it
is imported, all the difference is the
addition Of the premium on gold,
which at this time makes very little
difference. Provisions, and every
thing we cat and drink are down to
anti-war prices, and if the people
can't live now, they never will that
is to say, if they have the money to
pay for what they consume. a few
articles Of luxury keep up, but these
will come down in little while. The
bars, restaurants and hotels main
tain war prices, but they will not be
able to do so long. The topers are
growing, and new men are taking
advantage of the feeling to start
new places at cheaper rates. Let
us get work plenty once more, and
the "good old times" will be here
again.
AN OLD LANDMARK GONE.
The burning of Castle Garden is
an event that makes all old New
Workers sad. There is no building
in the city, around which SO many
memories cling or more pleasant
ones. Built originally for fort, it
was, many years ago, made unnec
essary for'that purpose, by the build
ing Of Notifications outside. Then
it became place Of fashionable Ell.
tainments. twas in Castle Gar
den that Jenny Lind first sang in
New York-it was the scene of all
the grand balls and entertainments