St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-28
Our New York Letter.

THE SAINT OF THE SHAMROCK.-wALK-
ING, STILL WALKING. - OFFICIAL
ROWS. II END OF THE VANDERBILT
CONTEST. - FIRE BUGS AT LONG
BRANCH.
New YORK, March 81, 1879.
To the Editor of the CdledOnidn:
Why Saint Patrick, who, as so prom
inent and pious saint, ought at least to
have had the gift of prophecy, should
have selected such day as the 18th OF
March for his own particular anniver-
sary, is a puzzle. 1t is always wet and
miserable. 1t looks as though the
weather bureau were attempting to ac-
cOmplish 900 stoims in 900 consecu-
tive I7ths of March. The oldest inhab-
liant can't name recurrence of this
anniversary when the weather was not
to some extent bad, both over head and
under foot. And yet the invariable
programme continues to be carried out.
Paddy puts on shocking bad hat and
parades, and Biddy stands on the side
walk and applauds, both more or less
heavily draped with green and mud,
and, toward night especially, more oil
less heavily charged with the national
beverage. 1t is a-great and Il glorious
day, and was duly observed in the me-
trOpOlis last week, the traditional wet
ness, procession and whiskey being all
present.
Apart from the occurrence of st. Pat
rick's Day, the calendar week past has
celebrated itself in various small ways,
Il few of which will notice briefly. In
the first place the three successful walk
ers i'll the late match at GilmOre's, have
had their final business meeting, audit
ed their accounts, received their re-
spective checks, been mildly feted, and
at last dispersed, leaving Gotham only
partially cOnvalescent from her pedes-
TRAN lunacy. | thought that when this
big match was over, the population
would calm down and resume their
senses but that result has not yet al
rived.
He on -'t''s,'i 'i'e.'N-eRerX- available public
18th Pel~stsiss>.- l--t - ----~7s-
money, but three fourths of the people
one meets in the street plainly show
the symptoms of the general mania.
When walking abroad and watching
the passing throng l have even found
myself uncOnsciOusly affected by the
pedestrian atmosphere, and caught nv
self wondering whether my gait was the
regulation "toe-and-heel,n whether nv
elbows had just the proper "play," and
if my "knee action" was exactly what
it ought to be. It's awful, but we can
comfort ourselves with the old Tartar's
motto, that "This too shall finally pass
away"
Some OF those who govern us are hav.
ing passably breezy time of it JUS
now. After hard fight on the part o.
our Tammany County Clerk to keel
his populations and his place at thu
same time he has had his official heaC
taken off by Governor Robinson will
such clean and sudden stroke that h,
was out on the street and his successor
In his place before he had any opportu
nifty to make the forcible resistance t,
his ejectment which he had threatened
There was raving in Tammany for
little while, with threats of suits ant
arrests and troubles of all sort but tn,
raging Sachems have finally settled
down into sullen quiet. In the CITY
Hall also there is war. Mayor COope
being fnlly aware of the disgraceful de
moralizatiOn which has of late come t.
be the distinguishing characteristic O
| the New York Police denartmant ON,
all Its subordinate bureaus, has writer
to each of our three Police Commission
ers a brief but pithy letter, charging