The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-01-11
PHILADELPHIA.
PnrLApELpnrA. Jannary z.

PHILADELPHIA, January z, 1873.
ME5sRs. LDIToRs After all unlrec-
edeuted pleasant aud beautiful auIuml
and early winter, just at the BEGINNING
OF the New Year, old Boreas, with hi.
usual bluntness Of iilanner, came trouD.
ing down from the NOrihward, whirl.
ing and sprinkling snowflakes and
raln-drops, intermingled and indiscrim.
inatelyS but the rain ut length gained
the mastery, and the beautiful snow
gracefully retired from the contest and
became dissipaied aud dissolved: and
Ii is now the general opinion Of ile
Quakers and others that the season Is
50 far advanced, there will not be
much continuous cold weather before
the opening spring will interfere in the
matter; and 1t is hoped The prediction
may prove true, for in city OF this
magnitude, with such an enormous
manufacturing interest, large numbers
are liable to suffer much restitution,
especially In such stringent times as now
aud for few years past; but Philadel-
phia is pre-eminently in the foreground
in providing charitable institution.
which lessons to quite all extent the
suffering that would uuavoidablv oc-
cur were there not such institutions.
On New Years day, ten thousand
loaves Of bread were given away and
distributed among the needy, Mt one
point in Chestnut street, besides a les
ser number In different parts of the city.
As an evidence Of the increasing
foreign trade of Philadelphia, the
steamship "sicrccdita" sailed from this
port few days since for Rio Janroo,
Brazil iseishted with one thousand
tons Of rails for tho new railroad that
Collins Brothers of this city have COLI
tractcd to build in that far off empire
In addition 20 which was tho frame.
work of three substantial houses, and a
hospital AID officers tents, and III adtli-
tiOu, over NO hundred workmen sail
| ed, many Of whom are sons of the En-.
craid Isle. Dom Pedro and his asso-
cates were not here as idle spectators
during the centennial, neither were
their explorations in and about Phila-
dclphia made with unobserving eyes.
Although our government has been
rather tardy in providing tho WAYS and
means for the United States to make n
creditable exhibit at Paris, the coming
season, yet now tho matter il beiny
rapidly pushed by Mr.. Mccormick. The
three United States vessels designated
to transfer goods to the exhibition will
DO ready for sea by the goth of Febru.
ary,. the Supply, sailing from New
YORK, tho trigate Constitution-"Old
lronsides"-trom this port, andthe Wv
omlng from Washington. The last
named steamer will carry the govern
inent exhibit.
The Permanent Exhibition IL pro-
crossing favorably. Among the special
attractions during the HOLIDAYS, a
mammoth Christmas tree was erected
III the spacious rotunda of the Main
building; forty feet in height, loaded
with presents both ornamental and use
full. During the holidays, children
throughout the city were admitted for
five cents; aud all children from the
various charitable institutions were
admitted free, In addition to which,
each and every one Of the entire juve-
nile party was presented with a gift
from the tree. A very colnmendable
and liberal act by the managers.
There has lately been quite mania
i'll town, in the matter of walking
against time; the last feat being per-
formed by Miss Bertha Won Hillern.
The German miss walked one hundred
and fifty miles in fifty successive hours.
She accomplished it within the time.
and had eleven minutes to spare; ave-
raging about mile In fourteen min
utes. The feat was performed in the
spacious Horticultural Hall, on Broad
street. Admission to witness the feat.
fifty cents. am of tho opinion that
the Yankee girls that conld perform
such feat would be found-if found
at sil--am0ng the missing. 1t feeures
Dutch pluck and muscle to ACCOMPLISH
an act of that kind.
Quite an episode occurred at the
Geological Garden few DAYS since.
which came near bringing to an abrupt
termination the life of the monster lion
ess. They feed this queen of the for
est on raw beef, in Jumps of large size.
AS the beast was eating with great
avidity, large piece of gristlc lodged
in the royal esophagus. Sho soon turn
cd OH her back, and was apparently in
great distress. AS the keeper put In an
appearance, no Immediately sprang III
to the cage, and seizing the monster bv
tho tail, swung her around, hvpin0 10
dislodge the offending gristle; but of
no avail; the lioness was evidently be-
coming exhausted. AT this iuncture,
the Keeper As d dcnicr resort attempted
hazardous feat, and succeeded. He
barred his arm and thrusting 1t into tho
mouth of the animal to the elbow, STIR
red tho gristlo, dlslodged 1t, and sprang
from the cage, and was out of harm 5
way before her majesty had time to
realize what had happened.
The famous trotter. "Flora Temple, i"
died about week since, at Chestnut
Hill, o suburb Of the city. 1t appears
that she was foaled in l645, in Oneida
county, n. Y. Her first appearance on
the turf was in September, 1850, at the
Union course, Long Island, when she
tr0tted in 2:49. Her fastest tiine was
2:l2 IA, ut Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Her last owner paid eight thousand
dollars for her and has owned her since
1864. She was tenderly cared for and
died Of declining age.
Some idea may be formed of the
amount of travel between this CITY and
New York, from the fact that on the
three railway lines connecting the two
cities there are twenty-threo through
daily passenger trains each way; thir-
teen OF them via West philadelphia.
During the late holidays tho Psnnsyl-
wanna railroad issued tickets to New
Y0rl: and return for four dollars.
Notwithstanding tho hard tilnes, tho
board of building inspectors show that
permits were granted during tho last
yoar for the erection of5il5 buildings
and 1857 additions and attractions;
among the buildings erected wore six
market houses, seven school buildings
and eight churches; sufficient In the
aggregate TO constitute quite respec-
table little city. r.w.o.