Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-04-27


bined with the steamship lines, and are
taking the trade. The trouble with New
York is it has no terminal facilities the
city and its railroads are managed as sell
ishly as possible, and are not in the inter
est os the city at all. They are run in the inter
est of Vanderbilt and his adherents and they
depend upon the fact that certain amount
OF freight and a certain number of passengers
have no other way of getting into the city
The other roads are managed on broader
ideas, and the other cities, better governed
and depending more upon their enterprise
than natural facilities, are taking the trade
and New York is suffering. Its trade is be-
ing pared off here and sliced off there, till
the diminution is seriously felt But what
can be done The city is in the hands Of
the class of Democracy who have no interest in
its prosperity land who know nothing about
it and care less, and so the merchants and
manufacturers suffer.
AN ARIsTocRATIC swINpLF.
Up in Twenty-third street is house Of
designation irequented only by the ariStoc-
racy. Here married women from Murray
Hill meet their lovers and rich men their
unlawful loves. Ii is so quiet that none of
its frcquenters ever had the slightest fear of
being disturbed by the police or anyone else.
Last Friday night, to the horror of the emf
nenty respectable sinners, the police sur
rounded the house, and all the occupants
were marched out of their rooms into the
grand parlOrs, where the sergeant Of the
squad reviewed them. OF course everyone
saw every other one, and quite number of
surprises were the consequence. The parties
were all so respectable" that the sergeant
let them OIL with modicum of good advice,
and they departed considering themselves
lucky at escaping so easily. Alas for those
highly respectable people They had little
difficulty in recognizing each other. except
three gentleman who were strangers to all
the rest. The next day one of the respect
ables was called upon by one of the three
unknown men. They recognized each other
and smiled a CHASTITY grin. Rather ugly
thing, that last night said unknown
Indeed it was" replied the respectable
The idea of bringing us all together
in the parlor, where every one
present might and did see every
other one ~ said unknown. 1t was
outrageous" replied respectable, " but each
one will be compelled to keep it n secret for
his own sake" Yes" replied the I'M
known significantly. "unless there might
have been one or two present who had as
soon be known as not, having nothing to
lose. BY the way, Mr.. -, have a note
for $4,000 to pay this afternoon, and | am
short; will you be good enough to accom-
modate me with the amount, for few
days." Mr.. -, looked at the stranger
for minute-the stranger smiled, Mr.. -
saw the character of the man, and without
another word wrote chequc for the
and az every one OF the respect
,bles received call, the object of which |
was the same. from one of the three I'M
known, it is evident enough that the three
we're in collision with the police, and
possibly with the keeper of the house. and
hat it was very pretty scheme of black
mailing most audaciously devised and skill
ully carried out The ladies present that
light were also visited, either by note or in
,erson, and they are paying handsomely that
heir guilt may not find Their: out. BE vir-
uOus, and you may bid the blaekmailers
etiance.