St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-08-16

FULL ACCOUNT OF THE ARIsToCRACY ~
SOME NEW YORK CHARITIES - THE
FLOWER MISSIONARY GOULD's COR
NER-TWO DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
New YORK, Aug. 3, 1873.
To the Editor of the CaledOnian:
That class of Americans to which I
have occasionally referred as signing af-
ter the titles and customs of European
aristocracy, have had a tit-bit this week
in the accounts of the marriage in Lon
don, on the 9th ult., of Miss Minnie
Stevens, daughter of the late Paran Ste
vens, of this city, to "Arthur Henry
Paget, lieutenant and captain of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, eldest son of
Lieut. General Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk
Marshal of the Royal Household, and
fifth son of the first Marquis of Anglesey.'
Think of it +! And as though it were not
honor enough of itself for daughter of
this poor plebian republic, which can't
even confer knighthood, to marry all
more excruciating by the august pres
ence of the Prince of Wales, and four or
five others of the royal blood. We have
not yet had time to receive the mail
containing the inevitable columns of
spread eagle minutie. but breathless
and awe-struck cablegram has favored
us with the points which were too i'm
pOrtant to keep. Thus we learn that
not only was the future King of England
there, but that he actually condescended
to converse" with the bride, as did
also his Gracious Nibs, the Duke of Con-
naught, that younger scion of royalty,
who has just popped the question to a
German princess, and been voted $5O,-
900 a year for life by grateful Parlia-
ment for so doing. Altogether this was
a most refreshing season, and the ac-
counts thereof will be a joy to the title
worshipers for months to come.
The wedding is also announced of
Mile. Albani, ian Albany, N. Y. girl
the well-knOwn prima donna, to Mr..
Ernest Gye, son of famous operatic
manager of London.
At time when defaultings and busi-
ness corruptions are daily unearthed, a
crowdlng succession of brutal crimes,
and prevalence of low political huck-
sterlng combine to enforce belief in the
doctrine OF human depravity, it is gen.
uine satisfaction to discover evidences
that the better side of human nature
does assert itself despite them all, and
by works of delicate and disinterested
charity proves that the capacity for self
sacrifice and devotion has not been lost
from among us. The winter months are
those which call out the most frequent
expressions OF sympathy for the poor,
but in New York, at least, the rigOrs of
summer are even more deadly and tor
menting to large portion of that class
whom we have always with us. The
sickening details of tenement life dur
ing the hottest weather have been print
ed so often that they are painfully IA
mllIar; and it is in mitigation of the
suffering III these pest holes that some
OF the nOblest and humane efforts of
charitable New York are being expend-
ed. Hospitals for old and young are
literally and effectively managed, and,
what is more important, vast amount
OF sickness and consequent death are
prevented by the work of physicians,
who, either as volunteers, or as en-
ployes of philanthropic individuals or
bodies, penetrate the very strongholds
OF disease, and not only prescribe for the