The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-13
CUR NEW YORK LETTER.
tFrc- oar ORR Correspondent
New York, Feb. 9th, 1873.

New York, Feb. 9Th 1919
To THE EDITOR OF News:
A resolution has passed the Board
of Education TO cut down the salaries
Of the overworked and poorly paid
teachers in the public schools ten per
cent. This measure of jealous econ
omy Is particularly praiseworthy IN
view of the fact that there are low on
the city's pay roll i74 officials drawing
salaries of go. 900, or over, some as
high rs $4,000, for doing loafing
more orless heavy according to circum-
stances. A large proportion of these
self-sacrifcing statesmen wear rlch
brogue, and know about as much about
the duties of the positions, whose sal
aries they draw as might be expected
under the circumstances. Feeling the
popular pressure for retrenchment,
they have nobly determined among
themselves that the public demand
shall he satisfied even if it becomes
necessary to cut down to nothing the
pay of these bloated aTistocrats-the
school teachers, who now enjoy prince
" revenues of some five or six hun
bred dollars a 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 "sthratatickit" and general cleo
ton worker now holds his position as
a reward for his services, so wreak
their economy on a class who are of
no value whatever-at polls or prima-
ries.
Mr.. John Morrissey is still in Flor
ida, his condition being still too I'M
certain to admit of his removal north.
His disorder is the terrible Bright's
disease of the kidneys, which of late
years is becoming q scourge in this
country, and therefore his recent i'm
provement is likely to be only tempo
rary. Failing in every other mode Of
treatment, it is intended to send down
a physician from here to administer q
new remedy called Craig's Kidney
Cure, which is very reasonably assert
ed to be the first and only absolute
cure for this and other kindred trou-
bles, for it has certainly saved the
lives of many prominent men in New
York during the few months that it
has been in use. If it proves to be
the long sought check upon class of
hitherto incurable diseases of which
Of Americans live in
constant dread, it is the greatest
of medical science since
the discovery of anesthesia.
On Sunday last Chickering Hall was
filled to oyerhowing, the attraction be-
ing a discourse on the much discussed
subject Of "HelP' by the "Rev." Bob
Ingersoll as the illustrious infdel from
Illinois has come to be called. This
performance, as reported in the papers,
was blaphemous, eloquent, shocking
and humorous; and in the police gov
erned countries of Europe would have
been likely to have insured the reck-
less speaker berth in the station
house or at least a polite invitation from
headquarters to make himself scarce.
But free America not only let him talk,
but on this occasion applauded him
uproariously. After a long TRADE,
the idea of there being a
hell, the orator concluded by vowing
that he mould rather reason himself
into the perdition against whose exis-
tence he had been arguing, than, Civ
ing up his reason, to get into Paradise
by blind faith.
Two arrests in high life within the
past week were not very serious mat
tiers, but they were enough to make
very mad men out Of Frank Leslie and
Mr.. Hugh j. Jewett, receiver of the
Erie Railroad. Mr.. Leslie was pass
ing through Philadelphia on his way
from Washington, where he had been
the guest of the President, when some
one with an old spite to crafty got
warrant against him, and bouncing
upon the veteran publisher in the par
lor car in which he was travelling,
dragged him off to the station-house
where he had to remain till he could
procure a heavy bail-bond.
Mr.. Jewett was arrested at the in
stigation of an English bondholder of
the road who charges him with PERU
ry. He at once procured $4,000 bail
however, and is at liberty again.
RADIX.