Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-03

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ally came along and arrested all con-
cerned. Arrived at the station house,
the official inquired of the Cinnamon if
they wished to make charge against
their adversary. No answer being rem
dered, the question was repeated till it
was evident that none of the three spoke
English. enough to say what was neces-
sary.
The riotous customer took in the stu
alton at a glance. He stepped boldly
up and preferred charge of assault and
battery against his well-nigh martyred
victims, alleging that while he was in
their shop they had sought to slay him
with fat-iron. The charge was duly
entered, and the unfortunate washermen,
after having suffered thus grievously in
mind, body and estate, were remanded
for trial and led speechless away, while
their assallant walked off with his
friends, the picture of injured innocence.
At last accounts the poor heather were
still trying to figure out the situation
and to get the hang of the Mclean mans
law.
1t is hardly probable that our venera-
BILE philanthropist, Peter Cooper. will
want to run for president again. Not
only did he find his following rather
scanty in 1876, but now he is being
dragged over the Goals in a lawsuit for
libel, brought by Wallace P. Groom,
who was his henchman during the can
vass. Mr.. Groom wants $4,000, which
is the amount, in his opinion, to which
his feelings and character were damaged
by Mr.. Cooper's accusation that he had
Incorporated certain of the funds be-
longing to the Greenback party. The
suit will probably amount to nothing
beyond showing what queer set of pol.
iticians the worthy old gentleman fell
among and how they handled him.
All through the eight years that have
passed since the Harvard Oxford, race
on the Thames, we have felt trihe sore
over the crushing defeat of the Ameri
can oarsmen. To be sure some crumbs
of comfort were obtainable from the re
suit of the little contest on the Schuyl
kill in Centennial times, but that wa
not enough to heal our wounded pride
so on the 23d four of our Columbia Col
lege boys sailed on the City of Cheste
to try once more what can be done i
recapturing our lost laurels. Whethe
they will succeed in accomplishing thi
/ object or only in losing a few more wi
{ all come out in due time.
Since our million dollar Manhatta
: Market was opened in l872-it was sol
' under foreclosure for $780, 00-tt
: number of stalls occupied has steadil
: diminished, until now there are onl
}, about half a dozen. 1t covers about for
i acres. and looks like mammoth birt
e cage. the sparrows having taken posse
o sion of it for the last two or three yea
: and built their nests and Matched the
It young in the trusses which support t
o arched roof overhead. The birds are
e great nuisance to the marketmen. Thr
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It drive them out of the building, but th,
b are now more numerous than ever. III
h birds, in fact, have the best of it, al
l. will probably outstay the stall-keepel
Y, If ferry is established between Thirt
rs fourth street and Jersey City the mark
" may revive. Otherwise it can be ma
r to pay good return on $4,000 as
re warehouse for foreign steamers.
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