St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-28
Our New York Letter.
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT FAIR-A COST
LY BREAKFAST-THE WOODRUFF Elk
PEDITION-MR. vANDERBILT'S MAR
ROW EsCAPE-VARIOUs GLEANINGS.

To the Editor of the CaledOnian:
The Seventh Regiment Fair is the
sensation of the day, and is an enOr-
nous success. Husbands, fathers, low
ers and amiable brothers are likely
long to feel the results in empty pockets,
for the pickets thrown out by the ia
vorite militia corps are the most charm
ing of their feminine connections and
friends. Adorned by nature and art to
an indispensable degree, these fair
Amazons challenge every visitor, and
none is so bold as to refuse to yield to
their peremtory demands. A rosebud
costs 81, and other things in proportion.
The grand armOry, to help pay for
which the fair is held, is beautiful
sight at night, lit up as it is by the
electric light, and blazing with dia-
mOnds and happy faces. Prominent
dealers in all sorts of things have do
mated samples of their best productions
with lavish generosity. These are
81 800 pianos, and furniture, organs,
crockery ware, iewelry, and every
imaginable species of knickknack and
furniture to tempt the eye of the visit
or, and as every one thinks it mean to
go away without buying something, if
only to be in the fashion of petting the
Seventh, the sums realized are remarka-
BILE. On the first day alone over $4,000
were gathered into the Golfers of the
treasurer of the Building Committee,
and the first four days brought in $685.
600. There are all the usual features of
fairs exaggerated. Some of the swords,
for instance, which are put up to be
presented to the most popular officers
of various grades, would be cheap at
81 900. All the fashionable world is to
be found gathered together at this tran
silent headquarters of Vanity Fair.
$l6,6OOis rather large sum for man
to pay for a breakfast. This, according
to the complaint in a case which is now
before the courts, is what an eccentric
old German paid invoIuntarily a
year ago. The old gentleman, who
with economical ideas, frequently ate
in cheap restaurants and lodged in COW
stables, barns, or the cellars of his
friends houses, called in, he says, for
some breakfast at il downtown hotel.
He was served with pork chops. He
said they were bad. The waiter said
they we're not. He ordered others.
They were brought. He ate them. Then
he proposed to pay for those he ate, not
for those he rejected. The waiter re-
mOnstrated. Words flew, and the pro-
prietor appeared and took hand in.
Finally, the linen buster of the guest
was fOrcibly appropriated by way of
security and himself put out. The po-
lice now entered OH the festive scene
and the coat was restored. Here is a
he had $l6,S 300 in the pockets, where he
kept it for safety, Directing to banks,
or other suppOsed-tob be- places of secu-
rity. The hotel man declared no one
had touched the coat. There is no doubt
the plaintiff was worth money, but
whether he lost it is not so clear. 1t is
intimated that he had carefully disposed
of his plumber before breakfast, and got
up the little pork chop comedy OH pur-
pose to try and double his capital in an
easy way.
Your readers may, perhaps, remem-
Der that in April last l devoted letter
to the magnificent educational scheme
then known as the Woodruff Scientific
Expedition around the world, which
was expected 10 set sail from New York
early in May. The subsequent history
of the enterprise sad death of its
large-minded protector, and the neces-
sary pOstponement of its execution-is
well known. The idea, however, was
never allowed to drop, and is now be-
ing vigorously prosecuted under the
direction of President w. S. Clark, of
Amherst, Mass, who now solicits cor
respOndence and interviews relative to
booking of young men for the magnifi-
cent tour around the world for which
preparations are being made, and which
will set out as soon as requisite mem
bership is obtained. Students of this
floating institution OF learning, which it
is hoped may become permanent, will
enjoy the society and instruction of ac-
cOmpllshed professors, and the use of
all necessary books and apparatus, and
the privilege of visiting under the most
favorable conditions the principal cities
and most important localities of various
countries during the two years occu-
pied in circumnavigating the globe.
All communications in relation to the
undertaking should be addressed to
President w. S. Clark, Amherst, Mass.
Professor Proctor, the great English
star-gazer and philosopher, has been
enlightening and delighting the scien-
lists and that section of society which
goes in for the olOgies, by series of
lectures which read like poetry. The
hall he discourses in is literally cram
med every night by the most distin-
guished people, eagerly hanging on the
words of the gifted orator. If this is a
wonderful world we live in, it seems
there are others which deserve no little
attention. One good thing he promises
US, and that is grand display of celes-
tlal fireworks on the evening of Thanks
giving Day, when it is believed the
earth will give friendly shake to the
tail of broken down comet.
True to its traditions, the Stock Ex-
change has been "taking tumble" af-
ter "bOom" of almost unprecedented
dimensions. One day this week over
1000 shares of stock changed hands.
The "bulls" have had glorious time
OF 1t, and everybody seems to have
made money. Now the "bears" are
vlclously taking their turn, and in the
squeeze the usual number of widows
and orphans, needy ministers and peo-
pie with small invested capital gener-
ally, have seen their savings swept
away: The big fish swallow the small