The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15
From cur Special Correspondent.
Our New York Letter.

MEssRs. EDITORS ITS on US at last,
all We want Of it. The cars this morning
are few and overloaded, and drawn -
four steaming horses. Pedestrians look
like Santa Clauses, or like Arctic eXplcr.
ers at the very least. The leahcss branch
es are heavy with clipging mass. and
those round brown saucy sparrows eter.
nally hopping about Union Square look
like 30 many flies in pan of milk. Thou.
sands Of men and boys who for montha
have been sinking idly about the streets
have suddenly Strengthened up, put on an
air oil Importance, and armed with all
conceivable weapons, shovels, brooms
boards, and even shutters, are at this mo.
ment manfully fighting the enemy out
into cutters. The slcigh.bells jingle ex.
pectantly from their nails on the stable
walls-the snow has come and the shame
OF the winter is taken away.
Not every body likes snow for its own
sake, but guess few are sorry to sec
the aeecy masses which tardily prove the
correctness of the almauac-for really
the joke was being carried almost too far
and precedent being set for eccentric.
tiles on the part of weather clerk which,
if allowed to continue, might eventually
damage this old globe in which, as oul
only support until we become ghosts. We
naturally feel considerable interest.
The annual Charity Ball, under the
auspices Of the ladies of New York, came
oft on Tuesday evening at the Academy
of Music, and in spite of hard times wa.
one of the most brilliant and successful
since the Inauguration of the series. The
hall decoration, were elegant but accord
ing to the rules Of the association, severe
ly simple. In the matter of dresses anC
jewelry. however, no such restrictions ex
ist, and the well.filled floor was absolute
ly dazzling the whole night through. Th,
committee Of management. numbering
over two hundred. comprised the cream
Of society, and the guests included we'll
nigh everyone OF any social importac,
from Mayor Wickham down. The pro
ceeds, which must be exceptionally large
will afford timely aid to the poor in th,
increased severity Of the weather.
On the succeeding evening occurred
another entertainment whish although
pitched at lower key, socially speaking
was hardly less noteworthy. This wa
the tenth annual ball or ;Ae French cooks
on the banquet tables Of which were dis
played marvels of their professional skill
which went far to establish the claim o
cookery to place among the fine arts
Among the table ornaments we're a vas
of richly colorcd flowers, SO delicate tha
they trembled on their stems, and forme,
entirely of sugar, an admirably modslle,
statue OF Greece four feet in height
and made Of appropriate material,
group of Washington and his Generals
in ice cream, and pastry chariot occu
pied BY .wo Holsters, and drawn by mag
nifcent swans made Of whipped lard
sailing over tossing waves Of parsley snt
mashed potato. Tue architects OF thes
wonderful designs we're the chief cooks 0
our prominent hotels.
The full text Of Mr.. Morrison's ney
tariff bill has appeared, together with tn
comments ofvarious prominent New I orl
merchants aud importers, interviewe,
for the purpose. The weight of their tes
timonY is, that the bill is well considere,
and commendable, and that its effec
would be to both simplify the importin
} business, and TO stimulate American man
} ufactures.
That new animal whose existence i
one form or another has long been known
but whose classification has but recent
been accomplished by the creation Of tn
name tramp" has become alarmingl
numerous, and is reaching high degre
of development. The species as common
ly met with in the rural districts, seem I
be cross between the pig, the sloth, an
the wolf That there is also little Q
the fox blood, in certain individuals q
least. is shown by their late perfornanc
in Washington, where five of them wer
arrested for stepping up to the doors c
Congress, calling out individual member
and by representing themselves as hard
. up constituents, endeavoring to extras
. small loans from our national Legislators
8 If this sort Of development goes On, an
! there is any reliance to be placed on Dal
win, who knows but this strange bipe
may "eyolute" into man, with whom thi
, last exploit would indicate its close cor
0 nections
. 1t seems that the United States ha
not got monopoly of the Barnum gepiu
0 A dispatch from Berlin informs us tha
an eaterprising sdventurer has secure
the clock.work Of Thomassen's dynamit
internal machine, and proposes to displa
. its horrors among the fly gobbling cor
;. stituency Of rural Germany, At 80 man
s grosehsn per head. |! looks as though
q Yankea ooos aion allv oot horn In so,,a g.,