Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19
Our New York Letter.
HOLIDAY HArP1NEss-A M1L1IoNA1BE's TBoUB-
LEs-A REMABKABLI cAsE-ALL SORTS

HOLIDAY HAPPINESS M1L1IoNA1RE's TROUT
LEs-A REMARKABLE cAsE-AlL SORTS.
New York, Dec. 18th. 1879.
Holiday happenings are the order Of the
day now. The women have begun already 10
lay in their stocks Of Xmas presents, and arti-
Giles Of nobbiness in general, Of dress, chiefly
in particular. The uptown shopping districts
Of New York and the corresponding ladies
block on Fulton street, in Brooklyn, are
thronged with beauty and fashion all day
from quite an early hour. Such stores as
Stewards and Macy's, and five hundred others
Of more modest pretensions are literally
jammed, and the streets in the vicinity are
lined three deep on either curb with carriages
owned by the wealthiest Of the wealthy.
Union square. Fourteenth street and Broad
way are full Of attractions every store seems
to have put its best foot foremost, aud art,
fashion and utility are combined in bewilder-
ing variety to tempt the yawning purses of
the gazers. There are evidences Of prosperi-
ty abroad on every hand. Eighth avenue
looks as gay as Sixth did year or so ngo,
and Sixth avenue is a finer and buster street
any day in the week than Broadway was IN its
most famous days Of old when the bulk of all
the retail business Of the city was done on the
great thorougLfare Third avenue aud the
Bowery, that peculiarly cosmopolitan street.
are scarcely less filed with the surgiug tide
Of eager humanity. l cannot begin to speak
Of what is to be seen on the counters. and in
the glittering windows of the stores As the
gold Of the world has been pouring il by the
million il every incoming steamer for months,
the rich products Of the Oldest civilization
have followed in its track European houses
have been busy for months making goods for
our holiday display. With the results Of their
labor, and those Of our home manufacturers.
the caterers for public taste have certainly
achieved wonderful display New York
never was so attractive.
Mr.. Rufus Hatch, the Wall street million
aire has just been doing good turn to people
whose employees take Commission" from
trndcsmen who supply them with the various
necesssries and comforts Of life He had d
carriage which. Tx 4 ladys watch. seemed to
be always wanting something done to it. The
thing began TO get HOMOGENEOUS and, on il
vest igation, finding tina, his goodman always
seemed flush Of money and redder about the
nose than usual, whenever the carriage was
on the sick list, Nj Hatch refused to pay the
next bill The case came into court, and the
/ plaintiff acknowledging that be had made
/ sundry presents Of money to the coachman
mentioned that it was a custom Of the trade
/ and hence that it wRs n defensibie practice.
| On some legal technically the cause was de
cided against Mr. Hatch. He has appealed
/ it and has very general sympathy in his cru
salc Oh this mean form Of dishou, sly
A brave and otherwise remarkable boy,
John McEyoy 10y name. has just shown how
in some cases the human family CAL rival the
feline race in vitality The young fellow was
| sent for some saw dust in Paterson. n j,
factory last week, aud was gathering it from
| under a circular saw which was not in mo
ton, when suddenly the man running 1t, lot
knowing the boy was there, set j, going
The poor boys head was cut clear through to
the nos;rils like n piece of cake He WAS con
scious when taken out and spoke nationally
frequently afterwards. Although complain
ing that the pain was very severe not &
whimper escaped the young hero and he sur.
| vived, strangely enough til this morning.
Tie neighboring City of Churches ses Ius tc
be ID a very bad way, to judge from the state.
meuts Of the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
4 a r,auilrn ana utNuueu Irleuu 70 Our graz
suburb where he made his money. II ap
pears the taxes and assessments IL Rrrear,
amount 10 SlO,0l :, GA. -, and the property
owners prefer to let their POSSESSIONS 60 rnth
10, al n L.. Fa.t
has, Of course, stirred up Il lively newspaper
war.
\ national agricultural society has JUS
been formed here About a hundred dele
gates from over twenty States organized
adopted Z constitution and by laws, and OK
pect to 60 down to posterity as founder o.
one Of the most important, eventually, o.
American institutions. The aims of tn, asso
citation are similar 10 those Of the Royal Ag
ricultural Society in Great Britain
A petition praying for the repeal Of the le
sal tender law, for presentation to Congress
has been signed by many hundreds Of til,
foremost bankers, manufacturers and rner
chants Of this city Their signatures, il
small type crowd four columns Of q morning
paper. 1t Is formidable and Influential
document and as the Administration is il
sympathy with its objects, something may
come Of il.
Household friends, as Scribners Magazine
and st. Nicholas have become their present
Christmas numbers will be welcomed as sur
passing in beauty and interest even the very
best Of those which have gone before. tn,
recent new departures il wood engraving, il
which Scribner's took an early start have
been availed Of with bewitching effect. The
very poorest print III the varied collection
if such term can be used where all is 81
good, is a work Of art. Truly, in typogra-
ply and illustration we have far advanced be.
yond the best work of Europe. RADI1.