Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-10-31
Our New York Letter.
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HORSES INFLUX OF CoRN-ALL SORTS.
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HORSES INFLUX OF CoRN-ALL SORTS
New YORK, Oct. 27th, 1879.
We are all sovereigns in this free country,
but it does not often happen that any one of
our elders find out that they are the fathers
OF real live kings across the Atlantic It
seems that the famous John Dunn of Zulu
land, who has been enthroned in part of the
territory which used to belong to King Cete-
wayo, is New Yorker-of Irish birth, it is
true but grew up here was n good pasterer,
studied law, and also made money as an
architect and civil engineer till the time of
! our little unpleasantness, when he Joined the
Corcoran legion as q captain. Why he disap-
peared from among his old friends, and bur
led himself among his fat, forty, and not fair
wives is something his old father, very re-
spectacle old gentleman, can give no reason
for.
New York is, l believe the only city in
the world that has floating public school
The st. Mary's training ship is one of the
regular schools under the direction of the
Board of Education 1t is by no means re-
formatory institution. On the contrary, the
boys received have to be of the best charac-
ter and no little education before entering on
their new studies The commander is al
ways an officer of the United States Navy
and the instructors are exceptionally able and
carefully selected men. The youngsters are
put through n regular course of sprouts as
common sailors, and take at least one long
sea voyage each year When they graduate
they usually find little difficulty in obtaining
responsible positions as mates in the mer-
chant service. The ship is somewhat an ex-
pensive style of school, and on that account
there is always more or less opposition to it
among large class of tax payers. But 9th
ers are very strongly in its favor, and its exam
nation days, one of which has Just passed, is
always a great occasion. The Chamber of
Commerce, which claims the position Of pa
irons to the school, always turns out in force
with their sisters, cousins, and aunts, and
the boys have gay and festive time indeed
One of the sensations of the day is the an
nounced unreserved auction sale next week
of ffty-six horses, brood mares, colts, etc,
of the fhrIoaa trottng stock of Mr.. Robert
Bonner of the Ledger. lie does not surren-
der the two or three supreme marvels Of his
stable hut the records of some of the horses
to be offered are rarely approached by those
of even what are usually considered first-class
trotters. The value of the fifty six is proba-
bly, as many thousand dollars but the no.
tice of sale says there will be no reserve, even
If they don't bring S1Oa head.
Speaking of which reminds me of another
current item of news which interests lovers
of horses and which runs after this wise
The purchasing officers of the L. s. army are
located in this city, and an enormous amount
of supplies of all kinds are absorbed by them.
Pursuant to the orders of the Board of Army
Equipment at Washington, the agents here
are soon to give some very heavy orders for
the Whitman saddle, which after official tests
and examinations has been decided by the
Government to so far surpass all other English
and American saddles as to warrant the alan-
donment of the kinds now in use, and the ex-
elusive adoption of the Whitman throughout
the mounted branch of the service. The new
saddle is the invention of Col. Il. f.. Whit
man OF the regular army, and has for the ba-
sis of its absolute superiority a tree the I'M
der side of which is so modelled as to con-
form exactly to the constantly varying curves
of horses back, which it fits like glove.
The result is that all the hot and irritating
pads necessary to the English style of saddle
are dispensed with, slipping is made impossi-
bic, and there In produced the lghtest, cool
est hrmest most compact, and above all the
most comfortable saddle, both for horse and
rider, that was ever invented Since its adop-
ton by our own cavalry, foreign governments
are examining it with view to it's iutroduc-
ton abroad. The new saddle is equally
adapted to general use, being made both for
ladies and gentlemen in all styles, and must
displace all others wherever it is known.
The British gold, against which Fenian
leaders have spoken so eloquently when adj
ministered in recent brides, is pouring in
openly by millions as well as other foreign
gold In the last six weeks no less than 500
400 = 4
cry steamship is loaded down with gold and
the wisest financiers say that now the coun-
try cannot help prospecting. For the first
time in the history of the country we have
currency on a gold basis, and there is moth
ing but the widest speculation that can him
der our attaining degree of prosperity as
brilliant as the adversely we have struggled
through has been dark Hurrah for the for
eign gold
Missing men, women and children, are too
common here for more than a passing
thought to be given to them, but it is not ev-
cry day we have such joke as was played
on our yachtsmen the other day. Four
sloops of different sizes sailed to Cape May
and back for a cup given by Mr.. Robert Cen
ter There was no particular excitement, be-
cause everybody knew precisely what must
be the order of their return. The owner of
the saucy little Wave, however, thought he
would get some fun out of the cruise, and ac-
cordingly slipped in at night and went off in
the interior of the State. The other vessels
reported in due course, and then inquiries
were made for the Wave. She had apparent
ly been lost or disabled at sea, and tugs put
to sea to see if they could find her, and
friends said all sorts of kind things about the
good fellow and his crew, whom they sup
posed were drowned. When somebody hap
pened to come across her comfortably moor
ed in her home quarters, and asked few
questions, the remarks took vigorous turn
which is not exactly edifying in Sunday
school.
The river pirates have been unusually sue
cessful and bold of late. Hardly night
passes without some of their depredatons be-
ing reported They invest quite a respecta-
BILE amount of capital in their ventures
Three of the latest discovered, for instance,
had a beautiful sloop yacht of their own, which
was chased by the police and when over
hauled after the crew escaped found to be
literally full of plumber carefully packed.
The Hudson River Tunnel which has been
talked about for so many years, is at last
showing signs ofprogress. The shaft on the
Jersey side has been sunk to the full required
depth-sixty-fiv feet-and now another will
be sunk near the corner of Broadway and
Bleecker street in this city. 1t will be an
immense affair, rivaling, if not excelling, the
Brooklyn bridge in importance, and will be-
including the approaches, 1000 feet long,
or a mile under the river and three-quarters
of mile on either shore. A double track
will be laid through it, on which over 400
trains can pass daily, and the passenger from
San Francisco will be deposited close to his
hotel, at the end of his long journey, with
out the necessity of changing cars.
mot guilty, but don't do it again" is
about the substance of the verdict of the pub