St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-05-12

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LECTION MATTERS At PHILADELPHIA
THE LIvELl LAST DAYS RAILRoAI
| FARES.
NEW YORK, May ), 1876.
| 10 the EEior Of tie Cdic,ioHion
Gotham is green with jealousy. Isn't
she the biggest town, with the most
and tour-n-h hands in America And
isn't that sleepy, rambling old village
of Philadelphia stealing her hirthright
and momopnliZing the lions share ol
| the worlds attention which would 9th
crwi>r centre on Manhattan Island
OF course; and under these circumI-
>tamccS how else should New York feel
but injured and indignant But We
must submit I" the inevitable with the
/ fer Il partial eclipse for the neat six
months. And with this fact in view |
will notice only slightly the doing> "i
the week here that more space may hc
lett for the Quaker City.
In view of the haIctaccd lengths tn
/ Which dishonest composition with cred
Itor> has been carried of late. the ac-
/ Ilon JUS taken 10y Il certain mauui;lc-
turcI> a~>oclati"u OF this city l. inpor-
/ tant and significant. The chairman Of
/ this body in Il very able letter. brought
ont 10y an unusually Shameless "ti,r
: la. III ,i..l,t..,.-. -
on the dnllal Immediately after saving
they were perfectly solvent. very justly
SAYS that Nv hen we compel our GOOD
customers I" compete with rotten con
Genus Nh" only pay fifty cents on the
d"llar We stick the knife into the very
| heart al commercial honor and ability .
and ottcI Il premium on fraud and I'M
hccilitN. lie then appeals To- business
men generally to band together for the
! pulp">' of crrI>him" ont this enormous
evil. The ball thus sci in motion is
rapidly gathering" momentum the press
hay" taken II up. and am much ni>tnk
rn II within Il N"II : time fraudulent
settlements are I:ot made both danger
"u> and unpopular. 1T least anon" mrr-
chants draliu" with lmgr New York
| houses
Now that "ur >uh-trca>uN j. hand,
I'm" :" much specie. lt> guardians feel
my naturally anxious tor lis security.
! hay" Iu>t put upon their two vaults a
sci "t doors that will make the average
'rr;Ick >uiIn scratch his head to yet
through. These doors are four in num-
hcI. each four inches thick and made,
of welded non Ind steel. the whole.
weighing" some twenty five tons. and.
~ though sixteen inches ot cold metal
were not enough To discourage the les
tive hm "lII. the dnoI> have an au"Ic-
gate of sixteen combination and chro-
n"mctrr locks. 50, ON the whole. Tn
Gle sam may sleep pretty easy 81 tal a>
| his cash bon j. concerned
The great opera h"utfr composer
Otlcmharh arrived nn the 9TH. Il lar"t.
load "i the theatrical and musical pro
ic>>inu going down the bay to meet and
welcome him. He will open the sum
mcr season of GilmuIc'> concert garden
| tttr seen" of Moody and SANKEY'S Late
lah"r>) on Thursday next. when a h.
| time III the musical line i ANTICIPATED.
f"I his ScIN ices IN this country Often
bach receives the very handsome sum
of : 1000 per night.
Two notable ant sales have been held
Ibis week. one. that of the Blnd"rtt col
lection of paintings netting nearly 500
900 and the other. that of the. Jenkins
collection bringing about S1O.OUO. 1t
Is estimated that private galleries al
this rItv alone contain paiutInus to th,.
| value OF at least two millions of dol
lars. One oi the finest of its size in
| New "rk "r in the country i that OF
j. II. Johnston th, we'll Lun,,,, hawaiian.
"i TINS Guy: Ills collection embraces
many "'"''Il''' gems "i the prominent
,,""'I' l'''.l''i>. "i T.. l.uctZc. 'r"p>''l
n"'S'l"i' 'h' 'Idtr ahd Younger Moran.
way ana numerous others. and one
''''S''lii''h' rembrandt that shines
i.",I,S ''S 'l"'.''l" a>>"'iatr> Hike the
. M""'n'". '" ir, 'n' lesser jewels "i
'' ''"" IT, MS a"n'liahIe work. tn"
'J''' VI |h,rh Is ~. Mark and tn"
i-nn' ''''Sn' '"r P'Hr'lSrd rI" OF Mi.
",''"''? h'iIh"'r "i ordinary
,'',''' at P''t"ir STORE mere III New
i''N' anu WIS 'l''i'''H bought 10y MN
1T n"'''Iil'tl H%llic. ''lcat WAS the
SUI Prise oI HIS artist ilIeh;;S when called
I" view the new treasure, and much IN
',en"'i'A was III lrNt expressed 10y them
ma, S.''h Il treasure could have existed
~ .'.ri' ll''S. "l''"nt 'hrlr knowledge.
'' NV Pi"'iT were 700 S,i"h e anu he
- nv" s'"'''''H c"ii'ruc" I" he the pos
NSH"' :" Il genuine htlnhrindt worth
at ,c'S' 9'"""'' Al Mr. J"hnSton'>
"',,'''n weekly receptions, when his
'hi"Nh open 10 invited
S'N'>' MAY ne seen many "l til" most
'''uN' '''S art'N'S ana WcFdh of the
country