The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-13
to be hoped that the ravages of the destroy
er may be so abated that next season shall
witness lower price.



The destruction of model edifce, whose
graceful architecture and elegant convent
ence commanded universal admiration, is
now parsgraphed in 1.-THE Bond street FIRE.
Rarely is spot found in which metallic
wealth was so intensely concentrated. This
arose from the fact that for many years the
jewelry and watch trade was the chief fea-
ture In Maiden lane, but the greed of prop
erty owners alarmed some of the chief deal
ers. They determined to seek new quart
ers, and Bond street was chosen. A build
ing was erected for the special accnmmo-
dalton of this craft, and the tenants were
in themselves grand jewelry guild-whieh
is now but a smoking ruin. Bond street
in it's day was the centre of fashion. Near
the ruins above referred 10 stood the Ward
mansion, which has given place to the
Brooks clothing palace. Here Sam. Ward
and Julia Ward Howe were reared, and, as
their father was rich banker, they had all
the facilities Of fortune and high life. The
senior Ward died on this spot, and his son
took his place as a banker, but in five years
he was ruined. This shows the difference
in management. Since then the upward
march of fashion left Bond street to board
ing houses aud dentists, and this explains
Burdell's residence there. The Bond street
tragedy, in which Burdell was the chief
victim, gave the place permanent notorety
in the annals of crime, and the recent fire
gives 1t equal distinction in another form of
calamity.
REAL ESTATE ITEMS.
A curious incident in this line may be
thus chronicled. Ten years ago Stewards
uptown warehouse covered an entire
square with the exception of one corner.
This was occupied by a small brick build
ing, the lot being 30 feet front by about
sixty deep. The property was held on
lease from the sailors snug harbor, and
| this is the tenure of the entire plot covered
| by the palace. The merchant prince was
very desirous of this corner in order to flu
| ish his grand edifice, and after long negotia-
ton paid $4,000 for the lease. This was
the highest price ever given for a lease of
| this kind in America, and it illustrates the
power of stern necessity. The grand
palace soon covered the spot, and thus
reached perfection. Now look at the diff
| ference. The corner next below has been
sold to close an estate. The lease is the
same, and the building itself is OF double
value. 1t brought only oDe-third the price
paid for the other. The reason was that
there was no palace requiring the plot and
no Stewart ready to indulge his taste with
the facilities of boundless wealth. Stew
art was the great builder of his day. He
constructed warehouses on the same prin-
ciple with which he built up trade. No
sacrifice could be too great for perfection.
Never has merchant existed who so thor
oughly loved architecture and made it so
| important feature In his life work. In
view of this New York owes much TO A.
| T. Stewart.
sHRLLEYANA.
Leavtt & Co., sell this week George
Averys collection of books, which is more
highly seasoned with the genius and char
acter of Shelley than any other library on
the continent. This shows how men of
wealth and taste may indulge their fancy.
The Hastic collection, for instance, be-
longed to Scotchman who might naturally
incline toward Burns. 1t contained So diff
| ferent editions of that poets works. Avery,
| on the other hand, was an admirer of Shell
ley, and he spared no pains to procure in
teresting publications concerning that won
derful genius. The Shelleyana, in his COL
| lection, numbers 108 lots, and contains
| everything of the kind that has been pub
lished. Out of such collection correct
| biography might be made. What a remark
able tribute to his genius is this devotion
from an American The admirers of Shell
ley are few compared with those of such
poets as Byron and Tennyson. Only those
who can follow the ethereal flight of his
genius will measure its exsltation above the
bards of his day. That youth early shat
| tered by social errors and early darkened
by the blight of infidelity (mis-called Athe-
ism) shonld, while an exile, give the world
such sublime productions-all before his
thirtieth year-is a wonder which long ago
| awoke the admiration of
THE HERMIT OF New YORK.