Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-27
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[srrorAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE nosrron.l
NEW York, Oct. 20, 1879.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MoNIToRl
NEW YORK, Oct 20, 1879.
The New Yorker is proverbially a
mex creature and it takes a good deal
to rouse him. He has even submitted
to the unconstitutional municipal regu-
laion of the pig-headed aldermen against
carrying pistols, chiefly for the reason
that with few exceptions, the New Yorker
WAS not in the habit of making walk
irg gunsmith's shop of himself. But
nan is only mortal, and the average New
Yorker may be expected to blossom out
with an arsenal of revolvers like pros
pctor in the Far West with Indians
about. The cause of the trouble is, as
night be guessed, that irrepressible
clubber, Capt. Williams. 1 really am
getting as tired of mentioning, as your
readers must be of hearing about this
extraordinary parsonage, but his tricks
are too obtrusive to be ignored, and ne
was worse than usual this time. While
pretending to keep the peace at review
Of the National Guard in Madison Square
before the Governor of the State. the
imported rufian Che halls from Nova
Scotia) with another blue-coated brute,
so murderously maltreated an inoffensive
spectator, that they ran within an ace of
being lynched on the spot. a, little bit
of man acted with the spirit of David
| before Goliath and dared the officer, who
4------~ r--s
ing to blow his alleged brains out if he
did. Rarely indeed have our peaceful
places of public resort witnessed such an
exciting scene; complaints have been
made by very prominent citizens to the
| Police Commissioners, and it would real
ly seem as if at last means would be eff
fectually adopted to purge the police
force of the worst brawler in the city,.
The man is so excellent detective and
useful in keeping down the criminal
classes, that much of his eccentricity has
been overlooked, but he has no more
Judgment with club in his hand than
the Evolutionary Irishman at Donnybrook
Fair Where he sees head he hits it,
if it is within reach, and would .appar-
emily pound the venerable brainpan of
good old Peter Cooper with as much vig-
orous promptness as the skull of a thief,
if it unfortunately was found within two
yards of him.
The disgust which has been growing
at the shameless jockeying SO disgrace
fully conspicuous in recent walking
matches and other exhibitions of so-called
sport, has been intensified to the last de-
gree by the story of the saving of the
boats of Courtney, and the remarkable
condolences of misfortune which have
: attended SO many of his rowing matches
: Whether he or his friends, or his oppo.
nents or their friends, were concerned il
the matter, does not seem to signify 9
particle. The whole crew of profession
ais are under cloud of deep discredit
. and they have evidently wounded almos
! to death the goose that laid the green
back eggs for them. The public which
7 has lavished its dollars for the purpos,
of witnessing trials of strength and skill
or both, and has sometimes foolishly
risked considerably more dollars in bet
: ting on what is shrewdly suspected ar,
ccrtainties, known only to select rings
| are sick of the whole thing. The ath
: letes, honest or otherwise. are grouped
under the generic title of .skins," ant
the average citizen has evidently mad
! up his mind to save his money in futur
e and let the skins skin each other.
Niblo's Garden was early the othe
e morning, about 3 o'clock, a. m, in fact
i the scene of little dramatic perform
J ance, which was not down on the bills
: but was as funny as the funniest farce
u that are heralded in all the glories of
three-sheet poster. The Waterman il
e patrolling the auditorium came across
e loving couple wrapped in the arms 0
. Morpheus and of each other. They wer
j. awakened amid sad blushing and dis
u may. Poor, happy young creatures
n They proved to be bride and groor
u from somewhere near Utica who ha
J wandered far and fast all day sightsee
y ing in the great city and wound up b
IS visit to the theatre. There exhauste
nature gave up, and as the Performance
y wound up their energies ran down, an
n they sank to slumber as profound a
e that of grandfather's clock.
Il The approaches to the great bridg
u across the East River are fast assumin
= an imposing appearance. The enormou
span of the lofty arches and the massiv
simplicity of the cornice and coping al
$. very striking. The Commissioners hav
l. decided on widening the roadway at tn
? junction with the crowded thoroughfare
{ in New York. The whole structure wi
,e certainly be a magnificent monument
h American enterprise and skill.
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