Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-08
THANKSGIVING

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i, THANKSGIVING.
0 New York is about as much a
h New England city rs Boston, and
:, Thanksgiving, the Presidents Sun
y day, is as religiouSly observed.
Il Business of every kind was suS
\ pended, except the uptown drink
$ ing places, which did bigger bust
, ness than usual. There were thOus-
ahds of turkeys consumed, acres of
v pumpkin pies, barrels of cider, and
!. he day was given over to mirth
u and joIlity The Charities all gave
, their beneficiaries a turkey dinner.
The Newsboys' Home fed over two
thousand waits, on turkey AMI
} mince pies, and a pleasant sight it
! was to see the homeless and hun
D gry take a square meal, something
they won't get again till next
> Thanksgiving. The churches were
more than usually crowded, ami al
. together the day was success.
POLITICAL.
) There is no question out that I'll
den has arranged a bold stroke for
rhe Presidency. If Spofford and
Butler are given seats in the Sen
ate, and Patterson and Conovtr
stay with the Democracy. giving
them the control of the Senate, he
expects TO have both Houses de.
, clare him the legally elected Prrsi-
, dent, aud will be inaugurated.
Then he will have both Houses re
cognize him, and thus elbow Presi-
dent Hayes out of tho way. Of|
course this would precipitate civil
war, but little does Tllden care for
that. tie spent five millions to buy
he Presidency. and he has 10 more
idea of giving up the chase than he
had last October. 1t is the ambi-
ton of his life, the one thing he
has lived for, and this is his last
chance. The Democracy will new
er nominate him again, aNd it is
now or never. But outside OF the
desperate politicians, who consider
themselves defrauded out of places,
the scheme does not meet with Ia
vor. The respectable portion OF the
party in this city believe in the hon
psty and integrity of President
Hayes, and they know the effect
his policy has had upon trade. The
| Southern trade has more thah
doubled since last March, and it is
increasing daily. The South is earn
ing something and has a surplus.
Hayes did what Tilden could not
have done, and the merchants of
New York realize it. The scheme
of the great fraud will find no EN-
Encouragement here.
Silver is so plenty as to become
a NUISANCE. 1t is only worth 90
cents on the dollar, and the retail.
ers. restaurant keepers and others
are taking advantage of it. You
go into a restaurant and tender IA
$5 gret4lback aud you will get back :,
81 in silver dollars. AS these peo-
pie pay SO cents for them, they
make seven cents every time they
can do this. which is u very hand.
some addition to their profits. The
places of amusement buy silver u
regul rly to give out in change, Z
aud the result is, silver is the cir. :
medium. If the Bland bill s
should pass, it would drive out gold Z
and paper money altogether. "The a
dollar of our daddies" is getting as
plenty as blackhrEries. G
LIFE INSURANCE AND SING SING. g
The scoundrelIy President Of the il
security Life Insurance Company, h
who swore to a surplus of about a Il
quarter Of II million when it hadn't '
! dollar, and who dill all sorts Of fr
Kings in most irregular way, has AZ
,een sentenced to five years in the ~
'enitentiary at hard labor. This il 81
we'll. Case was a man Of large re
property, aud QUE of the class "
inown as .eminentIy respectable v
lie stood high IN the c4I,r4 aud j.
society, aud, it is probable, :" :"
ealize that IN plundevi" r. ',nnt v
lumber of peon!. by means M a. vast i;sI Il q
. Insurance that he was doing any r a a
wrong. 1t is d fashionable kind ~ !,
tea!'ng, this life insurance and saw "
"es bank swindling, and the ra y
lec'ao'e Case was an astonisbed a,
nan when he was pulled ND to an. II
"tr' oaoh q thing had never te
apPened before, and he could nor
e''eve that anything serious would -,
'''e OF Il. He protested that Inc -,
au never examined the condition nf
the company that the state. 10,
eht was brought to him, and he th
wore to it, without knowing what an
was. But the Judge held that a ou
resident who received $40, 900 Der OH
mum to manage the interests of So,
'en;y Thousand widows and or. so o'
'ahs ought to know something oo,
out it, and so he sends him mn san
!. hve years, despite his respecta. ;"
ity. DIR. lambert, the President
the swindling American Pom. tt
VIII go next, and the law is r.,
'chIng for Forbes, the President
the North American. A Life In. III
'ance President in striped clothes n
cheerful and improving sight. =, i :,
there ought to be more of them !"
good companies i'm the CIV
re been largely instrumental in
lglng about this most excellent n
Mt, tor the reason that the com. hotu
q had n h,rI ~. .;, W pay losses dept
|, tna sm;,''i, u ,'nhe conpetihg vello
'hiz'h to fail when they could Tins
i more money 10y failing than
mulng. Now the business is
a better aud saler basis than end
descl