Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-12

open. The large retail dealers have nc
time to stop to complain Of the times an
doubt II any Of them want to. The
have found the way to abolish hard time
by putting their goods down to sellin
prices. They know exactly what MI
Greeley meant when hs said "the wa
to resume Is to resume A. Il. Stewar
Il Co. when questioned about the pros
poets for the season ahead, said that the
, never knew trade to be better, and tina
last month they had sent out more good
than ever before in the same time. Thei
books for January showed l00, 900 pack
ages delivered, an increase of 10, 900 owe
the same month of last year. They als'
report that they find collections easier
and little perceptible abatement in tn
quality of goods demanded. But under
stand, this only applies to the very larg
est of the retailers-thoso who have cap
ital to command and control trade. They
get the cream Of it, for they can deal il
such goods as fit the classes to whom III
seasons are alike. All except these arr
suffering. The package trade last year
spite Of the high postage was between
$4,000 and 10000 packages. 1t is aston
ishing how popular this system of send
ing goods is at the Far West. speak
from observation. The women of Colo
RADIO and Wyoming do not intend to lool
like Guys if they are week by rail from
the shops of Broadway. They get their
samples and patterns from New York di.
rect, and the consequence is that they are,
as rule, often better dressed than their
sisters Nearer civilization, who take what
the merchants choose to bring them.
THE GALE.
The gale of Wednesday was one of the
severest that ever alarmed New York.
Out in the country gale doesn't matter,
but in crowded city it is quite another
thing. The seven-story buildings, stand
ing alone and towering in the air, the
sign-boards projecting over the side
walks, the immense cornices insecurity
attached all combine to make gale a
thing to be dreaded; tor it is not nice
when walking home with your head down
to the gale to have sign-board twenty
feet long come whistling down upon you.
Nor is it comfortable to have building
seven stories high fall upon you, There
is as much shammy building done in
New York as in any other city, and it is
not pleasant to try to sleep with the
walls of your house swaying. In short,
a gale in this city is terror, any way it
can be taken. The wind moved at the
rate of sixty-six miles an hour; and while
no casualties are reported, there were
many narrow escapes. A great many
buildings were badly twisted, and thous-
ands of signs and cornices blown off.
THE POOR.
The different charitable organizations
of the city have their hands full justnow.
St, Johns Guild, the best and most practi-
cal of all of them, have 10000 souls, or
rather bodies, depending upon them for
1t is a sight to see the throng
1T their buildings every day drawing
heir rations. The halt, the blind, the
anne, sick and we'll, they are all repre-
sented. All who are known to be deserv-
ng get, each week, enough Of plain food
% support life, and such clothing as can
De procured. 1t is noble charity and
S doing world of good.
THE HIPPODROME
S nearly ready for the reception of
Moody and Sankey. A choir of 700
'oices is being trained every night, under
he leadership of General Dodge, to lead
he singing under the charge Of Sankey.
t will be magnificent to hear this i'm
aense chorus giving the popular music
f the singing Evangelist. This feature
lone will keep the vast building filled
0 its utmost capacity. The meetings
yill commence about the middle of the
lonth. PIETRO.