Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-03

and which the sheriff y officers could
probably tell all about. 1t is com,
mon thing for them to find some
case of imputed irregularity, aud to
arrest the party and hold him, till
he pays, not the claim that may be
against him-that is> always com.
promised for Q little or nothing
but the costs. The ofiisers hunt up
the case, make the arrest, act a. 60.
between, make the compromise, but
mercyi what q long list of fees
they have. They all get rich. Speak.
ing Of
This prince Of medicine men is o
poor lunatic in the streets, without
a dollar, and subsisting on the char
ity of those who knew him in his
prospe rous days. This man was at
one time worth milliOn-his On.
nual income was over q quarter Of
a million, and he had the best hors.
es, the most expensive carriages,
and the finest retinue of servants
in the city. He lived extravagant-
ly, got in debt, dropped out to Eu-
rope, and there his insanity devel-
oped in series of the most extrav.
agant freaks. His wife, q most
beautiful woman, returned, and was
compelled to get divorce, and
Helmbold, after being confined in
several lunatic asylums, was given
his liberty, and he roams the city
at will, a mere wreck of what was
never a very large pattern Of a man.
His career was q curious one. Not
a dollar is left of his once great
wealth, and lie has become the ter
ror of his former friends. 1t is cur
ious that so many of the men who
have grown rich out of patent med
icines have gone insane. Aver, the
great pill man, who owns some of
the most valuable real estate in
this city, is insane, and yesterday
an application was made for guar
dian.
POLITICAL.
Yhe electoral bill has passed the
Senate, and of course it will pass
the House. The Republicans of
New York are opposed to it. from
first to last. They consider it a
simple throwing away of the chan
ces of decent administration for
four years, for the way the tribunal
will be constructed Tilden will be
counted in as sure as fate. 1t was
most singular move. Hayes was
fairly elected, the constitutional pow
er was in the hands of the Republi-
can party to declare him the Presi-
dent. but the Republican majority
in the Senate throw up the sponge,
and turn the Government over to
the Democracy. AT the best, they
put it into the hands of tribunal,
a part of which would do anything
to see Tilden President, and the
others-welI, judges are but men,
and in a matter in which their feel
ings and prejudices are engaged l
don't see that they would do differ
ent from other men. l confess a
feeling of disappointment, though
the election Of Davis to the Senate
from Illinois may change it, for the
tribunal must now be Republican.
1t is the curse of the Republican
party that it always has been gen.
erous enough to give away it's vic
tories, and so just that it never fail
ed to abuse itself. Reverse the sit.
uation and what would have hap.
pened? Had Tilden a good legal
claim upon 1S5 votes, does any one
suppose that he would leave it to
the uncertain chances Of a tribu-
nal7 Not any. he would have
held it, and demanded his inaugu.
ration. Hayes may get a fair show,
but l guess we may as we'll prepare
ourselves for four years Of Demo.
cratic rule. We shall feel the bet
ter if we are disappointed,
THE SUFFERING POOR
Are likely to be allowed to suffer,
for Charity moves very slowly this
winter. st. Johns Guild, the no.
blest of them all, is without funds,
and distributes from day to day
what it receives. 1t has not means
for one tenth the calls that are made
upon it. 1t gathers about one thous-
and dollars day, but that is a
mere nothing. The other Charities
are just as poorly provided for the
calls that are made upon them, and
the city is doing very little work.
Last Sunday thousand men were
given twenty -four hours work clear
ing the ice from a portion of the
streets. Ten thousand could be so
employed, and it would be mer.
cy could it be done. The suffering
this year is among the honest class
of naOplo tho lohororo 1,1,o L>a