Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-09-03
LETTER FROM NEW YORR.
Special Correspondence.


Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK, August 27, 1877.
am not astronomer enough to know
whether your readers were treated to
the same show or not, but we of New
York have been INDUCED IN an eclipse
this week. OF course we admit that it
was in the highest degree unmannerly
for the earth to get in the moons way
in that style, and perhaps it was our
duty to get out the tom-toms and tin
pans as the Asiatic heather do under
like circumstances and scare it out of
its improper position. But as our gov
eminent policy is at present one of strict
non-intervention we took no action in
the matter further than to station our
selves in our front doors or windows to
watch for moon rise that didn't come
off. Precisely at the moment when fair
Cynthia should have shown her counte-
! nance above the sands of Long Island,
our planet had shut off the whole supply
of radiance which she usually obtains at
at secondhand from the orb of night;
nor did we begin to get out of our own
light, until the latter got up several de-
grees above the horizon. Then came
the curious sight of full moon grad
ually appearing out of the darkness of a
clear sky. If the silver goddess is at
all inclined to bashfulness she must
have suffered at this juncture, for the
number of telescopes and opera glasses
directed at her from the metropolis alone
was enough to discomfort Lydia Thomp-
son herself.
The Chinaman is getting to be an OBJ
ject of attention in other relations than
those of the mimic stage. About doz-
en- of hun were up this week before the
q. S. Commissioner for selling unstamp-
ed cigars. No description could convey
an idea of the blandness and child-llke-
ness of their yellow faces when arraign-
ed to answer. 1t seemed as if butter
wouldn't melt in their mouths when
they indicated that they understood
nothing of the charge or of the language,
nor when, finding that that wouldn't
work, they set up the somewhat start
ling defense that their cigars being en-
tirely made of cabbage leaves, did not
come under the tobacco laws. Altogeth-
er, they proved too much for the Com
missioner, who unable to make anything
of them, finally discharged the whole
lot after severe reprimand which of
course rolled off them like water off a
ducks back.
They are by no means such fools as
they look, these serene wooden-shoed
rascals. Not long ago, one of them.
whom | will call All Sam, procured
from another, who shall be designated
as All Ling. about $3.50. in money
which the obliging All Sam told his
compatriot ought to be deposited to the
latter's credit. So the two went togeth-
er and made the deposit taking receipt
7 for it in All Ling's name. This receipt
All Sam retained saying that he would
| keep it safe till All Ling should want
. it. Next day the perfdious Sam re-
: turned to the place of deposit alone,
, assuming the identity of All Ling, pro-
duced the receipt and said he wanted
. his money. One of these heathens
looks so much like all the rest that the
= cashier, naturally suspecting nothing
!. counted out the $3.50, but said he must
t have the signature of All Ling to the
{. receipt. Sam readily acceded to this
/; and made on the paper tea chest char
f acter which he assured the confding
!. stamp-slinger was Asiatic for that name
: Shortly afterward the genuine All Ling
]; discovered the ways that were dark o.
!. his benighted brother and tore his pig
!, tail in an equal mixture of wrath ano
:, anguish. He rushed to the cashier. ex-
# planned the circumstances and received
the advice to have All Sam arrested fol
y forging his name to the receipt. This
e counsel was acted upon and Sam was
y hauled before the bar of Justice. HI
+ was observed to smile sweetly when the
e charge was preferred, but said nothing
it The cashier excitedly produced the re
r. ceipt, and showed it to All Ling fol
}, Identification. No sooner had the latte