Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-10
Our New York Letter
woMENS wILEs AND wAILs-KIDNAPPlNG AS
A sCIENCE-DoMEsTIC CHARACTERIZATION
LIFE BELOW STAIRS.

LIFE BELOW STAIRS.
NEW YORK. Aug. 30, 1880.
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Among the odds and ends of newspaper
controversy which turn up in the silly season
has been 4 revival oil the whole discussion
about whether 1t Is good to be married or the
other thing. The HerdId has opened It's COL
uns to dIsconsolate and defiant spinsters oil
all ages widowers' grass widoWerS ana
others, and there has been quite an interest
ing correspondence. "hether 1t Will tend
coward the increase OF the next census re-
mans 10 be seen
The iawiess classes have been dispor'ing
themselves with unwonted restlessness OF
late. Banditti have appeared on our streets
and pirates on our waters. A party OF high
waymen jumped horse car The other morn
ing and cleaned 1t out, hammerlng the pas
schScis' uflVer ana conductor Win lmpartiai
severity am casing them of any valuable
nortable propcrtv they misbt possess A
a.;uoo, ,,.o, ,oo.,,,, j., ,ho So,na ,ho o,hor
sa'i'o''' was oo"''ei Il" '''o Soun', 'le o'n''
day, and ITS occupant coolly pitched over
board 10y couple Of rufilans. He luckily
was n GOOD swimmer and was afforded
,,o or,or,,r;,u g. It. :,
An outraeeous system 81 wicKedness Inns
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the great elhiSfahl uepot. Is 10
be hoped that its ramifcations are
not extensive. and that the ewes of
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'ie au'iioii'ieS na'inS Deeh oPeheu II
will cilectually be crushed out. a young
Irish girl arrived last Saturday without
,ro,- Ian. oxnoo,o, 10 ho ,,o,oooa ~.
va, ~, eu -
ifiehds IN brooHlyn- lhey uid hot come,
but two young men of insinuating manners
did. saving they had been deputed TO escort
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Siie anu '''p'''oA w
oped the TACT that they were lmposters pre-
sumably engaged in the basest of schemes.
7, turned ont that her messorc WINS not do.
r., an a. .,sa,;-o,;a
'Ne''" III ''oii''"s " '' P'oPei ues''l"''on'
but had been suffered to leak out where it
was promptly put to bad use. a fellow
passenger, u German girl, was actually alb
Quoted by specious stranger TO the despair
of her father who came TO fetch her half an
hour after she had disappeared. Lynchng
would be almost too good for the culprits.
The weather has been hot and was broken
by one Of the severest thunder squalls of the
season which played havoc with yacht of
Rockaway, five out OF six OF the crew being
drowned. Political and other clambakes
have become the feature of the beach resorts,
and tended to cool off the perspiring citizen,
but the heat was not healthy nor is the sud-
den and great lowering OF the temperature
which has succeeded it, and the scythe ofthe
destroyer has been busy. Downing, the
famous bandmaster, is dead, and so is the
Great Panjandrum OF Shoddy Society,
Brown, the Grace Church sexton, the discrim-
mating authority from whom no one dared
to appeal, who was Indispensable at all such
events as stylish weddings, funerals, gar
den parties and other festivities Consid-
cradle pomp attended their obsequies. And
we have lost another New Yorker whom
we are proud of General Albert Myers,
"Old Probabilities" whose system OF
army telegraphing was of immense service
in the war and to which, indeed, may he
attributed the avoidance of the great Union
disaster ai Gettysburg, where, but for the
warning of some of his menthe enemy would
have broken the lines between Round Top
and Little Round Top. Ills Vaccinations in
the succeeding days of peace have, since they
became generally appreciated, saved hun
dreds of millions oil dollars in one way or an
other to our agricultural and marine in
tcrests.
Mrs. Glass used to recommend the catch
ing of the hare before you cooked him. a
marshal has just found out that even after
putting the salt on the taIl OF an intended
prize, il is not always possible TO secure it.
We have among us gentleman who con-
tracts TO carry the United States mails, and
he necessarily keeps large number of
horses. These he stables In slX-story
structure, and runs them up in an immense
elevator. Some spies who were courteously
shown over the establishment discerned n
horse which had been stolen from Il friend
two years ago. and the consequence was u
visit from a court officer with warrant of
replevin Mr.. Otis foreman let the horse
20 easily enough, but declined to accommo-
date man or horse with a passage on the
elevator 80 TINT nj Inst accounts the bone of
contention was still ensconced up aloft in
calm contentment.
While New York and BROOKLYN boast a
| l,rre proportion of the champion rltemcn of
the country. the ladies have combined with
the gentlemen of more or less ELEGANT leisure
in reyiyins the grand old sport Of archery.
II is certainly n fascinating spectable, that Of
well dressed refined pcople taking their mus
culnr exercise comfortably together ON the
Green sward with all the accompaniments of
Cheering music tents targets etc IL is
voted !; vast Improvement on croouct and
even lawn tennis. and while it may be onite
inexpensive, admits of much taste in outfit,
for in fancy bows, etc, no little can he in