St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-09-13


HORSE CAR sTRIKEs-How NEW YoRF
EATs-RIvERs OF MILK-A MISTAKEN
PASSENGER.
New YORK, Sept. 6, 1878.
To the Editor of the Caledonian
The New York Herald, our grea
sensation paper, of whose sporting and
un-American proprietor have severa
times had occasion to tell your readers
something, has recently broken out il
a new spot. In publishing statement
of its circulation, which it claims to be
the largest in the country, some days
ago, it took occasion to make violent
onslaught on Geo. P. Rowell & Co. and
their American Newspaper Directory
for both of whom the Herald processes
a violent and rather oveTdone con-
tempt. 1t has been the general i'm
preston that the "Chambermaids' or
gan" held itself so high as to be quite
oblivious of anything that might be
said about it by any one; but this out
| coicO ChO"o buIb 1AOW W. STATE
ment in the Directory cut too near the
truth to be pleasant, and the Great
American pOlo-player is furious. I'm
mediately upon the Heralds publication
OF its figures, the Sun challenged it to
submit to an examination of the books
of both institutions by a committee of
newspaper men, agreeing if the Herald
made good its claims to forfeit 81 900.
Messrs. Rowell & Co. at once came
forward and offered to swell the amount
to $6,OOO-as an inducement to the
Herald to ''put up or shut up" But
the latter did neither. 1t declined the
proposition, but challenged Rowell
d Co. to somewhat different test, the
penalty of the beaten party to be a
$685. 900 forfeit to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Rowell & Co. prompt
ly accepted the challenge, and at the
same time made the Herald four other
propositions, each of which displayed
such confidence in the latter's lack of
veracity that it was thought the paper
must in self defence accept at least one
OF them. Instead of this it ignored
them all, and cOntented itself by throw
ing little mud at its Inquisitors, claim
ing that ROwelPs Directory was merely
scheme for matchmaking the news
papers of the country. Thus the ''great
American newspaper" places itself in
an unenviable position. 1t fails to back
up its assertions and it is guilty of
SANDER. As newspaper man, l hap
pen to know that Rowell's Directory is
neither to be bought nor intimidated,
and that it is the most fearless and
truthful work of the kind in the coun-
try.
Kearney is spreading. He has come
to New York, and greatly astonished
the clerk of the hotel at which he is
stopping by asking his way to the Astor
Library. His purpose, doubtless. was
to hunt up fresh adjectives to hurl at
the "moon-eyed, leprOus sons of Bloated
BOndholders," with capital BIS.
Dennis proves himself an alien to
this class by always taking up collec-
ton for his own special benefit at the
close OF each harangue. After the hat |
has been passed around, and when the |
senseless Jargon has gone from his lis
teners' ears, his hearers must wonder |
what it all amounts to anyway and
whether they got their moneys worth.
Dennis has about as much hold upon
the real workingmen of the country as
a debilitated leech on the leg of kick
ing COW when making through a swamp.
He proposes no intelligent methods by
means of which his colleagues may bet
ter their fortune; for if they followed
his advice, incendiarism and plumber
would mark the course of the new
party's progress. Kearney went to
Coney Island after be had passed
around the hat in Jersey City the other
evening. He said he wanted to "scour
out his throat" before speaking in New
York. How he proceeded to do this
can be as easily imagined as described.
Whether the vapOrings of this blatant
demagOgue have been the effective
cause or not l cannot say but certain
1t is, that his speeches seem to have
been the signal for the general strike
now in progress among the hOrse-car
drivers. This strike is causing the
travelling public considerable incon-
Venlence, and the companies themselves
much trouble and loss, but by the time
THIS letter reaches you, will probably
De at an end. The companies claim
that the elevated roads have so dimin-
shed their receipts that they are forced
20 cut down wages.
In Paris, culinary frugality takes the
orm of a cafe, in New York, that of a
larry. These latter have started up
I'll over the city and next to the de-
ightful announcement of "Milk from
our own farm" comes the encouraging
"with rolls, crackers or rice.
'nly 10 cents" With a glass of ice 1
water and an easy conscience-to saw ]
nothing of AKA napkin for each Gus J
omer it is needless to assert that New t
fork can be well fed, and lay up money \
u the stocking into the bargain. These
escorts are becoming quite as fashion |
lble as their big brothers, the regular 9
restaurants, and are rolling up just so |
many little fortunes. New Workers. !
NOW little or nothing of the sources of i
upply of the half million quarts of /
milk they drink every day. They have s
sleepy idea, we'll mixed up with =
lream land, that they hear mild signals il
IN the streets at five o'clock in the \
morning, and that's as far back as thew J
are to go. The immense supply comes b
rom the counties of this State and New r
ersey. The farmers, under contracts b
With the dealers here, furnish the milk a
regular quantities, carting it to the f
earest stations where it is taken bv n