St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-17

CLUB THE SUGAR CONTROVERSY
TROUBLE AT THE 9TH AvENUE-MA-
DAME ANDERSON AND CAPT. BOGAR-
DUS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 1873.
To the Editor of the CaledOnian:
New York has discovered trio OF
young heroes, under the leadership of a
lad known as "Nan, the newsbOy.'
They have made it their business to save
the lives of those who, willingly, or I'M
willingly, have found themselves in the
waters about our docks. Like TOpsy,
Nan seems to have "growed." He APP
pears to have burst upon the commune
ty at bound, as full-blOwn hero, and
to have constituted himself and his two
companions life-saving service. After
the work of the day is over they devote
their time to this humane, and entirely
self-impOsed task. With rubber boots,
cork belts, life-lines and lanterns, they
patrol the dangerous and unprotected
portions of the wharves, guarding
drunken sailors from tumbling over the
low stringpiece, or plunging into the
water when too late to prevent a fall.
This hOmely devotion to the good of
humanity has not been permitted to go
unnOticed. The newspapers have taken
the matter up, and it looks now as
though the boys would have substan-
tial recognition of their services in the
| 81 np nf finds with vIhioh tr
Mans pet idea-the establishment of a
service i'll good and regular standing.
Captain Paul BOytOn, the inventor of
the llte-Savlng armor suit, has taken a
great fancy to Nan and his comrades,
and give them an invitation to dine
with him at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 1t
must have been Il harder thing for the
brave yOnng fellows to face the gorge
BUSINESS of the fashionable hotel, than
to have leaped into the icy waters of the
bay /; but with oysters, soups, fish, en-
trees, roasts, game and dessert, twenty
year-old hunger got the better of shy
ness, as well as of the viands. "Now,
lads, sit down anywhere and make your
selves at home," said their host. Gen
tlemen," said Nan, "this here is Gilbert
LOug, and that's Edward Kelly" and
then the destruction began. "Have a
little light wine, Nan ?" '.No, it would
raise me head we're all temperance"
AS the dinner proceeded, vests were un-
buttOned, and collars gave way under
the strain. Nan told story about Il wO-
man who WAS determined to jump off
one of the piers. 81 ketched her by the
back hair just as she was throwing her
self over the stringpiece. Then she tried
to scratch me. 'rve lost all my money
and all my things said she, and don't
want to live any longer | see she was
as iull us IL tick, aud says |, You've
| kept away from the water up to now.
and | guess you can keep away awhile
longer When I'm grabbed around the
neck by man in the water, | clips him
over the ear, and if that don't make him
let go, then belt him in the mug. That
always tetches him." With Il mans
heart III the right place, the relative po-
sitions of subjects and predicates, and
the somewhat Shaky use of the English
language in general, fall to the back
ground as matters of no Importance.
The cost of organizing the corps con-
tempIated by Nan, together with the
furnishing of three stations at different
points along the river front, will be
about $500, and the cost of keeping up
the service, about $1,000 wear. Al
ready the open handed brokers of Wall
street have subscribed enough to insure
the success OF the scheme. The boys
have received little or no reward for
their unSelfish devotion. 1t is Il we'll
known fact that il rescued person eX-
presses little gratitude for his deliver
ance. Captain BOytOn says that if YOU
want a man To avoid YOU ever after,
lend him so or save his life.
Since June last, Nan has saved fifteen
lives; Long six; and Kelly, two, and
us their labOrs are among those from
whom no reward could be expected, the
work is the result of Il conscientious de-
sire to serve the cause of humanity
and II little romantic excitement come
III us one cause of keeping up this ser
vice. no one will think the less of it,
or hold back his hearty plaudits for the
good work done, or his best wishes and
assistance for the future of Nan, the
newsboy's lite-saving corps.
New York policemen, with all their
faults have one strong point. They rig
idly uphold the dignity and majesty of
the law as embodied in themselves, A
couple of these noble creatures are now
up before the Police Commissioners, to
whom it has been clearly shown, OH the
testimony of a score of witnesses, that
they nearly dubbed to death a man
who ventured to demonstrate against his
unexpected and causeIess arrest. Dur
ing their examination, one of the Offend
ing peelers admitted that he didn't know
what they arrested the man for, and
! that ha nn1y nlnlNhaI him e
form. On the same evening, and lust
before the exploit mentioned, the same
worthy pair had collared an old man
"on suspicion" and told him they would
let him go if he would stand treat,
which he accordingly did. 1t is rather
more than possible that these two yalu-
able clubs will be lost to the force here
after, and that these over-vigilant
guardians of the peace will be returned
to private life, where they can club their
fellow-men only on equal terms and at
the risk OF serving their country in the
penitentiary.
The sugar agitation still continues
lively hereabOuts. The enemies of the
retiners finding themselves beginning to
lose ground In the public estimation,
are making the most strenuous exertions
to obtain credence for their stories of
fraud and adulteration. Last Monday
night there was a mass meeting at
Chickering Hall, which they had previ-
ously called, and at which their ring
leader. "the man named Fuller" whom
L mentioned in recent letter on this
subject, made violent speech denounc-
ing the retiners, and urging the same old
charges, which have been repeatedly
discredited. 1t was loves labor lost for
the Cubans, however, for not only did