St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-04
Our New York Letter.

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WARD ;. STOKES julius CESAR
PARADISE LOsT--ALL SORTS.
NEW York, Jan. 2Sth. I-76.
10 the Editor Of tie CuIe,{Onidn
In the matter If SENSATIONS this week
New York has nothing to offer that will
compare with the two that come to us
from the Bay State. Both of tlIcs,. are.
on Il scale to entitlc them to be record
ed among causes ceIebrcs. The North
ampton Bank robbery, which WAS ac-
compli>hed by the at present fashion
able eNpedient OF gagging the cashier.
and his household. and forcing him to
disclose the combination on the vault
lock, resulted in the carving off of
thlcc-quarterS of il million in bonds and
currency. And the presence of this
large sum III Il country bank. by the
way, is Il striking illustration of the alb
normal condition of finances. While
merchants and the large purchasing class
feel the scarcity of money. the banks
and money ccntrls are fairly congcSted
with this blood ni trade. which hardly
anything short ct il burglary sutlceS to
set in motion.
The other sensations. is the header has
doubtless already guessed, is the bic
>windlr ut the Hub" where an cx-
shoemaker. eN-Mcthodi>t preacher. and
"mgre>>mam. the publisher of two
italy papciS. and Il prominent capital
list. after an unparalleled course of Two
Years forging and >windling. suddenly
bursts ;S completely as any soap bubble.
and quietly slips oft to i country whcrr
no unpleasant cXtIadiIion treaty exists
I" return him to his anxious friends.
This gentleman sailed from New York
t" Rotterdam with his family. on Tues
day last, carrlin. with him. 50 it is
said. oven >2un.nn "i his l-ynttrn
gains. | he amount of his torgcii,>. all
told. Is about SlOO. OUU. and bctra\, le-
markablc audacity and nerve. to say
nothing at an amount of luck in cScap-
ing detection during the long period of
his operations. which goes far toward
verifying tn" SAYING. that 1.-THE Devil
takes care of his own" If WinSloN's
exploits are Il correct indication. our
second century finds us AT lm advanced
stage of the SWindler'> art. the pcrfrc-
ton of which would make the petty
pecuatorS of revolutionary times hang
their heads with shame and envy. If
we can show equal progress in other
branches. we may well he proud OF our
achievements.
long article appears i'll the Times of
last Tuesday, the contents of which are
valuable To any one interested in Stati>-
ties of >uch crimes. Ii gives i list of
the murders which have been reported
III New York during the five Years end
ing with last month. together with the
fate "i the criminals. The number fouts
up tw" hundred and cighty-onc. and of
this army of malI-killrr> only scren have
eXpiatrd THEN crime ON the gallowS. and
oven onc-f"uith of the whole list never
we've brought to trial ut all. 1t is Il
shameful showing. and is enough to
convince any one that justice in New
York Is indeed Il blind goddess. too
blind to catch and punish the Offenders
her laws II j.. =.
arIaignmcnt of boss" government, cS-
prclalll III its Judicial Qualifications. and
ought to awaken sufficient popular in
dIgnatlnn tn inauTuratc some genuine
reforms.
Hardly any other name than the one
it heaIS. could guarantee the success of
such II magazine Us the new Frank
Lc>lic'> Popular Monthly" which the
opening of the Centennial year. has III
auguiatcd il new era i'll American pub
fishing. 1t is nearly double the size of
any other similar pcriodical, and has
ten times as many illustrations as any
other. These illustrations alone $50 to
100 in numher) cost over four thousand
dollars for each issue. The astonishing
part of 1t all, however, is, that this great
ma>> of illustrated literature is sold for
~ cents Il copy. or S2.30 per year. As
Il matter of course, il magazine of this
size, quality and cheapne>s. sweeps the
country. OF the initial number, about
10000 have already been sold. while of
the February ISSUE, just out. the edition
must he nearly doubled, for i'll addition
to all its other attractions. this issue
contains the opening chapters of JoaJuin
Milicr> first novel, The Pink Coun-
less, purchased 1T heavy cost by Frank
Leslie. expressly for this periodical The
great name which the poet of the SieI-
las has uiade Ior himself on either side
of the Atlantic attache. ii deep interest
to his first efforts III serious fiction. ant,
its appearance in this extremely lneA-
pcnSive style will give it the widest cur
rency.
1t wouIH he natural To suppose that
the e,,lr management of such publish
ing house Nould he work enough for
any one man. bur Nj. Leslie finds time
i'll spite of it all to attend to his duties
IL chief of the New York State Cemten-
NAL Commission, which aS may readily
he concluded. Is no sintcure and to him
are largely due the thanks Of the En-
pire State for the comprehensive and
discriminating representation which she
will have next summer
Edwhld ;. stokes Intellectual efforts