Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK. Oct. %. l87

OF a lew years. Think OF the sameness,
the tedious, wearisome monotony of GO
ing through the same words and actions
over and over again, week after week,
and month after month, as do Mr.. JEFF |
ferson, Mr. Sothern and Mr.. Owens and |
then imagine how much worse it-becomes
when grimaces take the place of words,
and uncouth antics of measured move
ment and gesture But Geo. L. Fox,
whom death has just relieved from the
sad condition into which overwork and
money troubles had forced him, had re-
peated his "Humpty Dumpty" at least
that often, and really seemed to enjoy,
and take pride in, his ridiculous bust
ness.
1t has been reported ever since Fox
left the stage, that his partial insanity
was caused by the poisonous influence of
the metallic powder which he used in
whitening his face for this part. 1t is
now believed that work and worry were
entirely responsible for the disaster He
made money fast and easily; his receipts
from "Humpty Dumpty." averaging
$4,000 year. But like most actors
he was no business man and he spent or
lost everything and died poor and in
debt, Mr.. Fox was something over fif-
ty-two years old at the time of his death.
A benefit was rendered him short time
since but was refused.
The Edwin Adams benefit movement
still goes on. On Thursday a special
train conveyed Sothern, Lolita and a
number of other artists to Philadelphia
for matinee performance for this OBJ
ject, and brought them back to New
York in time for the regular evening
performances here. This train made the
fastest time on record between these
points, going the ninety miles in ninety
nine minutes. [ wonder what Ben.
Franklin's ghost would have thought of
mundane progress if it could have ''ma-
terialized" and made the old two days
journey in an hour and half, in the
aristocratic society of Lord Dandreary.
The battle of the dictionaries, which
periodically prevails, runs high at the
present time. This is curious exhibit
ton of persistency on the part of the OPP
ponents of webster" which has so in
, variably remained master of the field in
previous contests that the wonder is that
any further dispute of its precedence can
exist. The publishers of Webster's have
, lately launched fresh thunderbolt at
\ their adversaries in the shape of new
and enlarged edition of the illustrated
unabridged, containing 5000 engravings.
Of what use these engravings are may
be seen by reference to the three pic
4 lures of ship which, occurring at Their
1 proper places, illustrate far better than
any words could do, the meaning of over
hundred different words and terms. Oh
8 this immense work one of our leading
8 papers says that it is the best book fo'
r eUerybady that the press has produced il
e the present century, and should be re
Il garded as indispensable to the well-reg
ulated home, reading-room, library anC
. place of business.
: Politicians, like curses and chickens
come home to roost. Not long ago Sen
ator Conkling went over to Europe WHERE
o he stayed few days and in due tim,
: re-entered New York harbor with grea
" ecLat, waving-so say some cynical OBJ
l. servers-the same little four-by-si1
20 American flag, which he was last seel
e grasping as his outgoing vessel was los
v nor Tilden and his lieutenant, Abram S
re Hewitt, after somewhat more protract
20 ed tour among the monarchies, both ex
. tremely rapturous in their patriotism
1t only remains now for General Gran
20 to get home with hurrah- boys, and tel
az us what he thinks of Scotch whisky an
e. standing armies, amid great applaus
a. from the populace. 1t is amusing to Sc
- how very like ordinary humanity GU
4 statesmen are, and how willing they a
be seem to be to tear themselves away fC
er short time from the glorious republi
81 which they are always endeavoring
a save, for the sake of a popular receE
v ton" on their return.
u The cigar makers strike, the breakir
out of which | mentioned last wee
'ol turns out to be one of the most impor
" ant ever experienced in this city. II
,lv thousands of operatives who demand Ii
ing wages still hold out, encouraged
as the sympathy and support of the unto
here and elsewhere, and it looks as tn
AZ they would ultimately carry their polr
90 a1 Contributions of money and provislo
&C. are freely made, and the strikers
do thus kept from starvation during the
But efforts to force their avaricious emplo
lnu ers to some better arrangement. L
no contest is certain to be long one If
of manufacturers wait for the submissi
the of the strikers, for the latter decls
the they prefer quick starvation in idlen'
'e eas to slow starvation at work under the
tes' rate.
Ct The season comes on apace in viii