Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR
NEw Y0RR. Sent g 1879


u NEW YORK, Sept. s, 1879.
Apropos of a wordy discussion in the
papers as to whether it is possible for
railroad train to actually make the speed
of mile a minute, one of our dailies de-
tailed a reporter last week to ride on the
locomotive of one of the regular trains
between Philadelphia and New York,
and take the time of various miles with
the aid of the stopwatch used in timing
Goldsmith Maid and various other flyers
at the Jersey State Fairs of dozen years
past. In detailing his experience, the
reporter states that no extra speed was
used, the train making its trip in usual
way, and that three successive miles
were made in the extraordinary periods
of "a, so. and so IA seconds respect
lively. This time was taken by three
persons, the reporter, the conductor and
a passenger, so that it is certainly accur-
ate. Whether this is the fastest time
on record or not, | am not sure, but at
all events, such a space comes about as
near annihiiatiug space, I fancy, as most
travellers would desire, that is, if they
were conscious of it. But in point of
fact. here we are spinning along cease
lessly by night and day, asleep or awake,
at rate which makes that railroad train
the LATEST of snails, for the astronomers
instruct US that the earth in its revolution
around the sun, travels something like
five hundred miles a minute-which is
certainly "going it." l 81
Some ct our philosophers might prof
itably enquire whether chowder, and
especially clam chowder, possesses dan
gerous and belliger ent qualities. Some
of our neighboring seaside friends have
just been treated to regular old fash
Toned riot of the "b'hoys," and they all
say it was the chowder. 1t was quite a
serious affair and novel, too, in these
peaceful days. for since the abolition of
of the Volunteer Fire Department the
target companies and similar associations
of the wilder elements have faded grad.
ually but effectually away. However,
some genius of tender years in the histo-
rio "Bloody Fourth" Ward, fred by
some old story, probably, of his grand.
fathers conceived the idea of rare old
spree at Sheelsherd Bay. Some fifty
hobbledehoyes of toe hoodlum persuasion
with five corresponding females, consti.
tuted themselves into a'"Chowder Club
and sailed forth with a huge stage
drawn. by ten horses and wagon lader
with kegs of beer and demijohns contain
ing something stronger. Equipped will
fish horns, clubs, pistols and the choices
vocabulary Of foul language, they mad
day hideous wherever they went, and, a
their destination, after backing eacl
others eyes and otherwise disportin.
themselves all day, they wound up b,
stealing a calm dealers CLANS and hal
killing the clam dealer for the few
remarks he made. Then the vilIager
rose in their wrath and drove the ruff
ans out, while two nimble policeman
calling steam and electricity to their aid
managed to cause the arrest of the con
vivial crew as they triumphantly an
noisily neared the ferry and hauled ther
off to durance vile. Thirty-five of ther
were fined So apiece, and were relieve
from the alternative Imprisonment b
their weeping sisters, aunts and othe
connections of the tender sex.
The spasmodic virtue of the city off
Gals has again displayed itself in crl
SADIE on the small dealers whose hucl
STEERING booths and barrows have infe.
ted the purlieus of Washington Marke
1t is certainly a hardship to these poo
people, most of whom have all their live
been, in one way or another, connecte
with the place, and why they should fir
be pitched upon in the zeal for reform
not easy to understand. Or perhaps it
too easy to understand They were poi
} and could not pay to be let alone.
all the sidewalks of New York wei
cleared. as well of numbering packag,
of merchandise as of the skids whic
|, obstruct every few feet of leading dow
town thoroughfares. it would be plaaan