Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-27
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Obeltsk-Another strike
The Last wtndie-.POiitteai--
teries,

AS everything pertaining to Il
business of the country is of inte
est, called upon several of Il
heaviest jobbers. The reports wei
all alike. Business Ia now healtl
Ter than at any time since the wa
The volume of trade Is not SO larg,
more discretion and Judgment
being used, aud the quality of III
goods purchased is different. I'll
purchases of fine goods are niue
less, and trade runs largely to ne,
essaries. In brief, merchants ar
buying literally, though very care
fully, and buying intending to pay
The reports are all to the effect tina
the farmers are doing wei, and buy
ing fairly well, while the working
people IN the towns, especially thos,
that are dependent upon manuiac
turers, are poor, and are buyin.
very little, as yet. But there is
strong hope of improvement il
these, rs the good condition of til,
farming community cannot bat i'm
prove their condition. Altogether
the merchants are of the opinion
that the good times have commenc
ed, and that they will continue til
we get back to good, safe, steady
going condition OF things
THE onElisK.
The English succeeded in getting
permission OF the Khedive of Egyp,
to remove to London the Alcxan
d!ian OheliSk, which every school
boy has "ead of, known as "Cleopa
tra's Needle.n 1t is now on it's way
to England, and will be set up in
Trafalgar Square. Not to be be.
midland, an American merchant,
who withholds his name, nersuad.
ed the Khedive to permit another
to be brought to New York, and he
donated the cost of bringing it,
100000. The papers are all drawn,
ana as soon rs steam can do it, an
that Moses and Aaron look
ed upon will be set up in the young.
est of the great cities of the world,
Who the donor is, no one knows,
but time will reveal tie secret. 1t
was generous and noble act.
ANOTHER STRIKE.
This time it is the cigar.makers.
Five thousand of them, and doubt
less justly so. have quit work, and
are trying TO make the strike gen
eral. The notable feature in this
is the fact that a woman is
one of the leaders, and a principal
one. Mary Heisler, a young Bohe-
milan woman who has gained grea,
deal of influence over the laborers
Of the city by her fervid oratory
aud advanced communistic ideas.
was elected Vice President of the
central Association, and she at
'nce took position as its real head.
The cigar. makers, who are largely
orelgners, look upon her as a sec
md Joan of Arc, and they obey
ler commands without question.
Ihe majority of the cigar,makers
ire the lowest grade of Germans
md Poles, who live in the filthiest
enement houses, doing their work
here. They are underpaid and
'verworked, for the reason that the
rade is easily learned. aud there is
ncll a 9lut of workers that the EN-
'loyers can get any amount of la
of at their own price. The EN-
'loyerS are almost all foreigners.
nd are merciless toward the poor
+ their own nationalities. The
trlkers now number five thousand,
nd 1t is probable that the move.
lent Will 90 on till it will embrace
II the operatives in tie city.
THE LAST swINDLE.
The Lass swindle is a variation of
he old one, which originated in
ms city, and is being prosecuted
'om here. The modus 0perandi is
cry simple. 1t is IL wire fence of
not very new pattern, and which
not even patentable. The smooth
'nSued agent shows it to a farmer.
MT soliclts him to become an agent
" it. AS an inducement he is of.
red fifty rods free, provided he
ill put it up along the road where
can be seen and serve as an adj i
ertlsemellt. 1t is q handsome {
nee, and the farmer bites at the |
fer. First he gets fifty rods of c
nee for nothing, and if he does t
Ike an order, he gets a liberal com
isslon. He signs what he suppos-
is an order for fifty rods, and i'm
edlately the wire is shipped hin.
en comes another agent who de,
ands pay for one hundred and fit. ri
rods. Indignant farmer explains p
at he was to have fifty rods tsee. te
gent says, "certainly, but you a a'
We ordered one hundred and fifty :" N
dis, and the one hundred rods vCu pl
lst pay for at four cents a FOOT D
nd he produces an order with the al
signature. to that effect. I'll
he process is very simple. The
'mer saw contract for fifty rods.
t when he came to sign, that or. n
r was slipped up, and he really p,
t his name to another one for one Sc
ndred and fifty rods, that Law ga
It underneath. He is frightened Nv
o giving his note for, say 5000. s,s
Itch he expects to resist, but he AZ
Ways finds that it has been dis.
lnted at the nearest bank, and 20
pays It. When will farmers i;
RI that all these gifts and every,
ng of the kind are merely swim. gu
$. and that there is always d cat Ad
Ter the meal. c"
PoLl1ICALa
The Democracy of the city oppos. .
to Tammany are attempting TO
lbine their forces, so as to make wo,
lccessfnl fight against the hydra for
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