Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-20
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
NEW YoRK, Oct. Is, 1879.

NEW lORK, OcG. 10, lOI y.
1t seems we are shortly to boast new
attraction in the way of Geological Gar
dens which are to eclipse the famous
popular resorts where the lords of crea-
ton make themselves acquainted with
wild and curious birds, beasts, reptiles
and fishes, in London, Paris or Berlin.
A regular trap was sprung on the Wall
street people, and capital was subscribed
quietly for the new enterprise without
letting them have finger in the pie.
Two million dollars have been raised by
"the Universal Conservatory and Zoolog-
ical Garden Company" which, it is said,
consists so far of quite limited number
of wealthy people. They have bought
thirty. three acres of ground between
155th and 159th streets. st. Nicho-
las avenue and the Harlem River, with
in view of High Bridge, the Croton
Aqueduct and the lively scene of almost
ing and steaming. Eminent engineers
and artists have been engaged to lay
out the grounds, and small army of
workmen will shortly be busily employ
ed in carrying out their instructions.
Besides beautiful gardens and the in
closure for the animals, there will be a
lake and island, an arcade for stores of
all kinds, quite an imposing architecture
al affair, restaurants, billiard halls,
bowling alleys, Swiss cottages, and 9TH
err attractions innumerable. In fact, it
seems determined to draw all the people
to the north end of Manhattan Island
next year, and away from Coney Island.
The result probably will be that both
will be largely patronized, as good times
are now on US, no better proof being
required to show that just such invest
ments of prudent business men. What
the circus people must think of all this
sort of thing can only be surmised. The
visiting menageries are familiar enough
now, but can scarcely hold their own
against really valuable permanent
collection, and for many miles in the
vicinity of New York even the most un-
sophisticated of country persons will
prefer to lay up few dollars. and see
New York and its wonders, rather than
vegetate at home and contribute to the
casual circus.
The O'Leary walking match has been
dragging on in a melancholy way. 1t
is very evident public interest in this
particular form of trying the utmost
limit of mans endurance is fast dying
out. In this instance, so many started
that it was simply bewildering to even
try to keep any track of them, and &C
cordingly people very soon ceased to try.
Men dropped out. and nobody cared ;
others stay in, and nine out of ten can't
tell the name of half of them. The
bulletin boards of the daily papers,
round which great crowds gathered at
the last champion match. have been
deserted, except by comparatively small
throngs of idle persons, most of whom
occupy the parks as bed chambers in
Summer weather.
The dentists are in trouble now. Two
dreadful cases of malpractice have JUS
resulted fatally. In one case, the cap
tain of canal boat had his tooth ex
tracted so unskilfully, and the bleeding
so carelessly stopped, that it broke ou
afresh and could not be checked. Tn,
poor fellow bled to death. In the othe
case, which occurred the next day, ;
well-known citizen Of Brooklyn, by tn,
name of Gardiner, who had been treate(
for toothache by a dentist in Boston
and another in New York, the treatmen
consisting. it is believed, in the unskil
full insertion of plug or pointed pencil
of arsenic. suffered according to tn
statements OF the physicians who attend
ed him. the most awful death that eve
came to man. The fortunes of Chinese
red Indians. or the tormentors of tn
Middle Ages could scarcely bear com
parisOn with the agonies the wretche