Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-24
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence.
New YORK, Feb. IL. 1875


and pastry and lard, in accordance with
custom. So, too, has the
walters ball, where, as in former sea.
sons, the merriment took on a 'scan-can-
ical''-and, l fear Brother Talmage
would say, an unorthodox FORM The
Liedeakranz ball. too, perhaps the most
famous of the periodical revels of the
metropolis, transpired on Valentines
Eve at the Academy of Music, amid
blaze of lights, the blare of two man.
moth orchestras, banks upon banks of
flowers, vast whirl of beautiful and
grotesque costumes, masks, dominoes,
and all the other paraphernalia of the
reckless but aristocratic rout. St. Val
entine himself, moreover, has passed
over our heads, dropping upon them in
his flight some millions of sentimental
missives, not to mention ton or so of
the monstrous caricatures with which
this sportive saint is wont to fire the
plebeian heart. Just think what an ar
ray And besides all these gayeties,
this little understood month still holds
in reserve for us Washington's Birth
day, and the inevitable Martha WASH
ington Reception, which comes in 10
crown this career of dissipation, and
prepare us through sheer exhaustion 10
welcome the austerities of Lent.
For many years, and especially fer
the last three years, the exporting If
live cattle and meat to Great Britain
has been one of the heaviest and most
rapidly growing items of our foreign
business. Considerable CONSERVATION
was therefore the natural consequence
of recent cablegram to the effect that
strong pressure was being brought on
the British Government to compel it to
forbid the importation of American cat
tie. The reason given for this action
was the alleged existence of plague
among our animals. This report was
at first secuted on this side of the wa.
ter; but still an investigation of the
subject was vigorously undertaken, AND
sure enough, serious amount of dis
ease has been discovered in this city
and on both sides of Long Island Sound
Stringent measures have been adopted
to prevent the spread of the pest, which
has been decided to be pleuro-pneumania
On Long Island, where the trouble il
most severe, all diseased cattle are to b.
slaughtered. all infected ones quaran
tined, and all stables inspected and dis
infected. $4,000 has been approp1a
ted by the State Legislature to prose
cute the war upon the plague, and there
is little cause for alarm that it viii
spread from this point.
In some respects, the most deplora
BILE of the many fires which have recent
ly afflicted thio island. WOO that which
on Thursday night last, destroyed th
"New York Tattersalls," a large up
town boarding stable called after tn
famous London establishment of tina
name. Nearly ninety horses were dom
iciled in the building, less than twent
of which were rescued. Seventy of tn
noble animals, most of them bloode
stock and very valuable, were burne
or suffocated. The loss which is pei
haps most to be regretted, is that of
pair of Norwegian ponies, owned an
recently imported by Mr.. Theodor
Havemeyer. They were the only spec
linens of this beautiful breed in th
country, and were Waived at $4,000.
A number of fremen were more &
less injured in the work of extinguist
ing this conhagration, one or two {
whom will probably die. The mortal
ty among these brave fellows during tt
Performance of their duty has been {
heavy this winter, that one would thin
there would be difficulty in keeping Il
ranks full, especially in view of the la
discussions in our noble city governmel
some members of which are so zealol
in the cause of retrenchment that, viii
they do not think it would be expedie
to ''cripple the public service" by +
ducing their own salaries, are incline
to believe that the pay of the policem'
and firemen ought to be cut down. P
contra, it ought to be some consolati,
to the surviving fire laddies to see Il
result of a grand benefit performan
which is being got up for the widoy
, of two of their numbers who PERISH
at the Broadway fires last mouth. It
7 said that the bereaved women will ]
ceive from this benefit at least 81,
apiece.
3 The most brilliant billiard tourn
a ment ever seen in this country, or
: any country so far as [ know, came
: close last week. 1t consisted of fift
six public games. played in the gre
4 hall of the Cooper Institute. by eight
5 the most expert players in Ameri'
4 The audiences were large and enthusi;
: tic, and of exceptionally good quail
: including large proportion of ladi
! The prizes distributed amounted to sol
o $4,000 in value. RADIx.