Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19
LETTER FROM NEW YoRR.
NEW YORK, June Is, 1876.

Thursday afternoon was grand success.
The heat on shore only served to set off
and render more grateful the refreshing
GOODNESS and stiff breeze on the bay.
There were twenty entries for the race,
and the spectacle formed by the large
feet of white wings and shapely bulls |
flying over the water was inspisitring
indeed.
We have suffered a municipal bereave-
ment in the death Of the second of the
two white whales recently brought down
from the coast of Labrador for Coup's
Aquarium. One of these animals, which
were the first ever known to be taken
alive, died shortly after their arrival
and now the second has followed it.
The loss is severe one, as the cost of
taking and transporting the huge crea-
lures was very large. but nothing daunt-
ed, Mr.. Coup has this week dispatched
another expedition to Labrador for
duplicate monster Extra care is to be
taken of their next prize. Instead of
letting him beat himself to death in a
tank it is proposed to tow him down, at
least part way. by river or canal. Who
wouldn't be white whale this weather
In my last omitted mention of an
event which caused immeasurably ex-
citefnent among our social creme de Ia
creme, namely, the marriage of a real
live English lord to a beautiful Cuban.
The aristOcrat who so greatly honored
plebeian America was Lord Mandyille,
heir to the Duchy of Manchester and to
one of the finest estates in England.
The haunt ton are ecstatic over the re-
hected glory with which the occasion
covered them, and the newspapers plume
themselves on the future American
Duchess" and the brilliant pedigree
of the noble fish taken in an American
matrimonial net. Considering that the
lady is herself foreigner. the daughter
of Cuban refugee and belongs in NJ
way to our republic, the extreme funk
eyism of this Is rich indeed. Would il
not be well for the government to repea
p, all taxes and obtain its revenues b.
: selling titles to our Goldfish aristocrac,
who so evidently yearn for them How
the bOsoms of Lord Corruption and Lad,
!, Shoddy would swell with pride aud graf
fled ambition on receiving their patent
=. of nobility. and how carefully would the
, gather up their skirts to save thei
! persons from the contamination of cor
= tact with the common herd ! The pla
o. is respectfully submitted to Congress q
entirely feasible and certain to be poi
ular.
10 twas generally supposed that tt
no old "Ring" serpent was pretty thorough
70 ly killed, but there is little life in Il
IL tail yet. The "wiggle" that attract
A notice this time is the suit of the wido
,,s of the Ring architect, Kellum to recov
Al his commission of three per cent.
an sS,OO0.OO0, the alleged cost of the
&c nous Court House, which furnished {
Al daily bread of those industrious and 81
ant sacrificing patriots, Tweed. Connolly
nor Co., for several years. This clai
60 which amounted to some $4,000 "
the prosecuted with vigOr, until the eli
;tol after getting the testimony of experts
but the effect that the building should
dar have cost over s2,3OO,OOO, limited
the suing Kellum's estate for the amount
will had lost through the architects Villa
ma or incompetence, when the widow ''fo
nor ed her tents like the Arabs. and as
ans lently stole away" finding that that
IN all she could steal.
sO The most distinguished stranger
ora- New York at present is Jerome Napol
old BOnaparte. grand nephew of the I
this and nephew of the second Empe
bese himself showing the hereditary instr
fear by his brilliant record as Colonel in
IRONS French army in Egypt. He is
striking looking man of middle age,
tingne and of fine presence, altoge
S. worthy, in appearance at least, of
gen illustrious name he bears. Col. B
In parte, who intends visiting the Cen
'en- NAL and then passing the summt
part Newport, is now staying with his
raOle lily at the Westminster. one of the
the quietly elegant hotels on this contir
'ates' and the one especially sought BY me
ence- prominence in literature, science.
I'M art. Here was the New York hon
only the lamented Dickens and of w
nope Collins during his recent visit to
les Oh country and here during their sol
ever IN the metropolis may always be
nave Proctor, the great English lecturer
Isl De astronomer. our own John B. Cough
with scores of others among the class '
CEN men delight to honor.
nu al Ofenbach having finished very
eViVe' cessful season here will next direct
! ana ries of his own operas to be give
d are Booths Theatre With A;nao a.
d will donna G;lmors With his u;I,.rr
at are and Levy. the cornetist, will occup
IL. stand thus vacated amid the yerdan
ned - " w A'ueu'