St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-15
Our New York Letter.

6ALAh1 VI 16E SChOOl MA ANS SOnAA-
STARTLING CoMPARIsoNs-THE LORD
CoNTRovERsY-JoHN MoRRIsSEYs ILL
NEss-REy. BOB INGERsOLL-ARREsT
OF TWO PROMINENT MEN-THE CHAR
ITY BALL.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 1873.
To the Editor of the CaIedOniGn
A resolution has passed the Board OF
Education to cut down the salaries of
the overworked and poorly paid teach
ers in the public schools ten per cent.
This measure of Jealous economy is
particularly praiseworthy in view of
the fact that there are now on the city's
pay roll 474 officials drawing salaries of
1000, or over, some as high as $4,000,
for doing lOafing more or less heavy
according to circumstances. A large pro-
portion of these self-sacrificing states
men wear rich brOgue, and know
about as much about the duties of the
positions whose salaries they draw as
might be expected under the circum-
stances. Feeling the popular pressure
for retrenchment, they have nobly de-
termined among themselves that the
public demand shall be satisfied even If
it becomes necessary to cut down to
nothing the pay of these bloated aristO-
crats-the school teachers-whO now
enjoy princely revenues of some five or
six hundred dollars year. Of course,
it won't do to interfere with the salary
of Pat this or Mike that, who, having
shown surprising talent as a voter of
the ''sthrate tickit' and general election
worker, now holds his position as re-
ward for his services, so they wreak
their economy on a class who are of no
value whatever at polls or primaries.
In connection with this act, which
would be ridiculous if it were not too
outrageous, the Evening Telegram has
hit upon neat way of showing up the
city's scandalOus extravaganza in pay
ing its barDacles. 1t publishes list of
the principal salaries paid by the Q. S.
Government at Washington and com
pares each item with the pay of the
nearest corresponding official in the city
of New York. | have space for only a
few samples. For instance, the Presi-
dent of the United States has $4,000 a
year, and the Sheriff and Register of
the county of New York each about
900. The Vice-President gets S.
900, and our Mayor $4,000. The Sec
rotary of the Treasury gets $4,000, and
our Comptroller $4,000. The Score
tary of War gets 1000, and our four
Police Commissioners get $4,000.
The Attorney General of the Z. S.
and i've assistants together get So, 900,
and cur Corporation Counsel and thirteen
assistants together get $40, 800. The
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
the L. 5. gets Sl0.500, and the Com
missioner of Jurors of the city of New
York (whose most laborious duty is
drawing his paw gets $4,000. Each |
Circuit Judge of the Z. ). gets $4,000, |
and the City Judge of this city SI5. 900. /
/ might I'LL this letter with similar
comparisons, all showing this enormous
dlsproportlon III favor of the Tammany
ofnclais. Comment. as the Telegram
says, Is entirely unnecessary.
The marriage and disappearance of
the octogenarian millionaire. Thomas |
Lord to which | referred two or three |
weeks ago, was a nine DAYS wonder |
interest III which was kept up by the .
violent agitation of Mr.. Lords expect /
ant heirs, who have been and still are
working desperately to have him de- |
ciared insane, that they may get hold |
of the property which they fear his |
young and pretty wife will otherwise |
possess. Mr.. and Mrs. Lord have been
supposed to be out of town since they |
vanished on their wedding day. and |
have been sought for high and low, in |
all the neighboring cities. Now, how
ever, they suddenly emerge from their
retirement. and 1t turns out that they
nave been quietly in their house all the .
time. Mr.. Lord says they secluded |
themselves mainly on account of the
threats of his sons, which extended even
to taking the life of his new wife. The
old gentleman has now concluded that
torbearance has ceased to be a virtue.
and has commenced vigorous defense
against the legal assaults of his IN
natural offspring, whose meanness he is
mercllessly exposing. He has had him
self declared sane by two of the most
eminent physicians in the city. and pro
poses to show ''the boys that they are
Mr.. John MOrrissey is still in Florida
his condition being still too uncertain
TO admit of his removal north. His dis
order is the terrible Bright's disease of
the kidneys, which of late wears is be-
coming a scOurge in this country. and
therefore his recent improvement is
likely to be only temporary. Failing
III every other mode of treatment. if Is
intended to send down a physician from
here to administer a new remedy called
Craig's Kidney Cure, which is very
reasonably asserted to be the first and
only absolute cure for this and other
kindred troubles, for it has certainly
saved The lives OF many prominent men
Id New York during the few months
Ihitt IL mas been I'D use. If it proves to
DE the long sought check upon a class
OF hitherto lncurable diseases of which
thousands OF Americans live in constant
dread, 1t is the greatest achievement of
medical science since the discovery of
On Sunday last Chickering Hall was
nlled to overt1owing, the attraction be-
lhS discourse on the much discussed
subject of ''Hell'' by the REV. Bob
1ngersoll as the illustriOus infidel from
ILLINOIS has come to be called. This
performance, as reported in the papers.
was olasphemOus, eloquent, shocking
and humorous and in the police gov
erned countries of Europe would have
oeen likely to have insured the reckless
speaker berth IN the station house or
at least polite invitation from head
quarters, to make himself scarce. But
free America not only lets him talk,
but on this occasion applauded him up
roarlousl y. After long TRADE, ridicul-
mo the iHaa of thara