St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-18

further increased.
To reach the height of the roadway
mt the waters edge 10y Il sufficiently |
easy ascent it was found necessary to
90 back half IL mile on the New York |
side and more than one third of il mile |
in BrookIvm to commence building the
approaches. BY this means the decliv
it> ON either side will he made 50 gentle
as to present no obstacle to the passage
of teams or horse cars.
II will he Il gala day for BROOKLYN
when this bridge is opened. +" show
of what importance she considers it, il
need ONLY he stated that she pays two
thirds of the bill against New York
oue-third. The present system of fer
riage is uncertain and really dangerous
in winter. and at all times is So Obj ec-
tionahlc to many people as to deter
them from making brooklyn their resi-
dcncc The new avenue of communl
cation will remove that objection and
will repay the city its share of the en-
pcnse many times over.
ON workingmrn aIe having another
season of discomfort. The lOngshore-
men. who form IL body highly respect
able in point of numbers. and who per
form duties of quite an important char
acter in the loading and unloading of
the thousands of cargoes which cross
our wharveS. Incoming desperate at
the little work and less pay" rs they
put it, struck IL few days since, and
hung around the dock in numbers. en-
deavoring to prev ent the ship agents
from filling their places. That effort
being unsuccessful. many of their mum
] al, nt..lN II. ll.,N
gone to work again: but the majority
still hold out, saying that they cant
live ut the present rates. and if they
must die it might us we'll he now aS
later Their condition Is Il hard one. ii
is natural that they should feel in II
blind way that something ought t" he
done: but in times of depression 1t Is
useless to try and force payments from
employers which sooner or later ruin
the latter. That. however. is IL fact
that strikers generally can only he
taught bv the stern logic of events.
Besides this class, to whom attention
has been drawn 10y their recent action,
there are uunumhercd artisans and la
boring men idle, but having done moth
ing aS II body besides marching I" the
CITY Hall. some six hundred # them.
a>kim" for work and then dispensing.
little is known of their condition. That
a feeling of sullcm despair perNadrS
them. liable ut amy time to bc famed
into flame 10y the first denIagoguc who
addresses them i more than probable.
and if the city gets through the season
without trouble we shall Il" we'll.
Walking through the City Hall Park
Yesterday. | SAW hundreds of the NaII-
oIl> laholing CLASSES lnun"ing idly about,
filling all the hruchc> and the shadows
of the trees. Most of them had on their
SUNDAY clothes, and We're either sitting
silent and moody OF else in little knots,
We're earnestly discussing the situation.
Occasionally could see in the gestures
Of clcnchrd fists the unlcr"ppln@ OF
strong feeling. Many glanced from lime
, To- time at the Ring Court House. and
could fancy them longing f"r the return
to power of the man VIII" built II.
Tweed WIS their prophet. :" long a.
hr remained there were "liVrlN times "
Little did they care where the money
came from that paid Ton their Labor. then
whi>krN and them votes. The coal
which warmed THEN miserable homes
wa~ Just AZ good to them ~ though the
Boss had come h\ it honestly instead al
stealing it To buy his popularity amongst
them. And thus they cherish his mem
oIN. unable to carry their reasoning ial
enough t" see that their present c"ndi-
ton j. LARGELY the direct cause of th"s,
few fcvrIi>h wears.
, PuILApELPIIIA. August II.
No considerable description of the EN
: position can Ice called al all satisfactory
. Il. al al,
, ont side tlI. magic circle which maIVcl>
+ if one is dl>p">cd to take the word Z"
their own labels tnr it. clearly prov,
I themselves +" hc the grand central AT
| fractions of Philadelphia and reduce TIA,
I collection within the Centennial grounds
Il to the rank of Il very modest side show
; But people must have been cruelty in
t. rlrdulon> Judging from the number &"
b these affairs which have folded tlril
n tents like the Arabs. etc" OnrhN one TIA,
| loses fall and fear that before the en-,
- of the Exposition the phcn"mrna OF ua
t. tur. will all have passed away tI"m
u this un;ipuitriatiNc public. and that TIA,
"A cditN inn >pcctaclcS at the learned pig
e the mammoth oN and the equally ta>
= cinltiug fat Woman can no longer h'
q witnessed Ion love 81 money. And les
: this state oi things should come sud
=. denly upon Us and no longer have til,
i opportunity "i chInniclin" these gIc;I
= things let me cnumcrItc Il few WhlCl
e Vet remain t" Us. FIRST in Importance
d perhaps. is Il small frame ShantN ul
d which is Ir>crrntiLlly inscribed Il lrgcm'
+, setting forth that within that humhl
+ structure the patriot may view the idcn
II teal coach used 10y the father of hi
IT, country. Barring the fact that the We
Is hiclc has Il look of suspicious nrWnc>s
% it is beyond question IL relic second nnl
q in interest To Mount Vernon.
II Not ftl from this Mecca of the free
Il is IL tent nearly covered with il mos
rcckleS>lN gorgeous sign, setting fort
II that within its pIecintS. for the insi =
;, niticant sum of tWcnt N-iiNe cents. tn
:. gaping Granger NAV feast his eyes upo
% "Asophigrrous," the great wonder {
y creation. the only living thing which
IT, unaidcd 10y Noah, traces its lineage hac
= of the flood for the Snowman upon h
ut knightly honor swcars that the dire,
~ ancestor of this animal WAS the onl
" creature which refused to go into tit
~ Ark but swan the waters on his ow
% account, IL statement which seldom tli
ST. to impress the most hardened auditor
&c Beside these browning glories of VIII;
M may he called the a-Centennial E1
to hibtion there are myriad minor attrl,
m tions. For instance, there is the L,
N mowncd horned African. the three lee
mt gcd baby. the two-headed calf. the Ii,
X ing skeleton. the great original swoI
= swallower, and enough more monStros
It. ties, human and otherwise, to almo
H. warrant the belief that nature had f,
=" wears been reversing or changing Ii,