Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-16
LETTER FROM NEW YORR.
Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK, July 8, 1877

NEW YORK, July 8, 1877.
The glories of l0l years formed the
stimulus of rather feeble jubilee in
New York. Whether popular interest
in Uncle Sans birthday is waning, now
that that fine old centenarian has start
ed out on a new hundred of similar an
niversaries, or whether it is merely that
our citizens have not quite got rested
yet from their violent demonstrations of
one year ago, is not quite clear. think
the latter is nearer the fact, however,
and sufficiently explains the comparative
quiet which reigned on Wednesday. Not
but what there were flags and cannon
and bells and fireworks, but they were
not as plentiful as usual, and their op-
orators moved in languid and perfume
tory way which detracted largely from
their effect. Even the small boy SEEM
ed to suffer a little from the nervous
strain put upon him by the protracted
delay of the city authorities in deciding
to allow him his customary license, and
apparently went about his annual rava-
ges on life and property with shade
less enthusiasm than is his wont.
One of the events of the Fourth was
the opening at Broadway and 26th St.,
of the new National Anatomical Muse
um, preparations for which have been in
progress for many months under the di-
rection of celebrated anatomist and
scientist, who has perhaps founded more
similar institutions than any other man
In America or Europe. The collections
here shown are very rich, and form a
complete guide to the study of Natural
History. The anatomy of all animals,
wild and domestic, from the elephant to
the honey bee, the anatomy of plants
and flowers, and the wondrous structure
of the human body are all set forth,
making of the institution valuable
public instructor beside whose teachings
the study of books dwindles terribly in
importance.
By far the most gratifying feature of
the day was the smallness of the casual
ty list, and the almost entire absence of
the accustomed conhagrations.
After almost endless talk and contro-
versy the municipal dog DISCRIMINATING
machinery has finally got into full blast,
to the great relief of twenty-five regular
ly appointed dog catchers and number.
less skirmishing urchins, who, misled
by the announcement that the pound
would be ready a week ago, have each
had a yelping crowd of captives to guard
and feed for several days, until Thurs
day, when, all being in readiness, thu
pound yawned for its prey and swallow
ed up about 900 ours of every descrip
ton, for the capture of which the cit!
pays thirty cents head.
) The new method of dlsposing of thes
: four-footed culprits is an improvement
over the one tried some three years ago
i when the dog crusade was last in stat
of organized activity. The plan the
was to put lot of the animals in
tight cage and then by pumping out tn
air, to suffocate them. This did no
> work we'll for the cages would leak, am
Q the condemned purps would not die
The hapless 900 above referred to, de
parted this life by being placed, on
, hundred at a time, in large iron crate
which was then sunk for ten minutes
the East river. Despite the extensiv
captures already made. the number {
canine Migrants is SO large that they
not seem as yet to have been perceptibl
lessened, and the work will probably G
on all summer. The expense to the c
ty will be nearly or quite met by th
sale of the skins, which are used mol
and more largely each year for the mar
e ufacture of gloves.
u The wealth of New York has bee
9 again made the subject of prayerful col
4 sideration by the tax Commissioner
L who have just sent in their annual al
e praisement of the real and persons
|" property in the city as basis for IL
e years tax levy. From this formidab
g document it appears that the real esta
9 amounts to 100000, 1000, and the pc
10 sonal property to over 100000, 900, I
l. altogether, considerably over billie
u of dollars. The increase over last year
a. valuation is about ten millions, whic
is pretty well for year during most
D. which we have been assured that Il
In country generally and New York parti
ularly were running down like wat.
of with broken handspring. The tax
be levied on this property amounts