St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-21
NEW YORK. NAV IA. 1880.

RIBLE -CRIME-ASTRONOMIC DAN
GERS.
New YORK, May IA, 1880.
To the Editor of the CdledOaiGn:
heard dog story the other day
which seemed to me curious enough II
be worth repeating. A little Skye terri
er called jersey" belonging to thu
chief engineer of great factory over IL
Jersey City, was of very inquIrInt
turn of mind as regards machinery, ant
used to make his way, carefully bu
curiously arOnnd the great engine
snufing at every part within his reach
The incident referred TO is best told IL
the words of the engineer himself: "a
about 90 O'Clock one morning, nearly
three years ago, saw him doing under
nv desk there. / went out of the room
for a moment, and when returned
missed Jersey. l looked for him, but
could not find him. Then l whistleC
and called. l heard a plaintive wal
coming from among the machinery Ii
was so faint that l supposed Jersey
might have fallen down the f1y-whee
race into the cellar. / lit lantern and
CROPPED among the machinery in the
cellar, but Vainly. Occasionally l heard
the wall repeated, each time less dis
tinctly. At - o'clock the machinery
was stopped. The last revolution OF
the fiy-wheel threw little fluffy object
at the feet of one of the fireman in the
cellar. He picked it up, and running
to the light saw that it was poor Jer-
sey. He did not appear to breathe and
his body was cold. The fireman called
me. and said that it was all over with
the dog. But the fireman felt warmth
in the tip of his right ear, and we set to
work to resuscitate him. In half an
hour he got up, shook himself as though
he wanted To find out whether he was
all there, and began to frisk around
me. Well, he had been in the fiy-wheel
for fully two hours and half, revolv-
ing ut the rate of about fifty revOlu-
tiOns to the minute. He was probably
making a little private examination of
the working of the wheel, when he lost
his balance and fell into one of the seq
ments of the wheel The rapid motion
kept him in place until the machinery
was stopped. He was snug enough
where he was, but the breath was al
most out of his body when the wheel
stopped. He lived in apparently good
health until some time ago. Then he
died"
And speaking of dogs. it may be OF
interest to state, that the Fourth An
nual Bench Show of dogs, which has
just closed at the Inflated Gilmore's
Garden, was the largest similar exhibit
ton ever held, surprising in size and
quality even the English dog shows.
The prizes awarded amounted to thou
sands of dollars in value; while the
aggregate value of the dogs themselves,
if we accept the estimates of their own
ers, would be somewhere among the
millions.
The eOaching season is fairly opened
again, and the young blOods who make
''show" drives to Philadelphia and back
and run regular trips over shorter
routes about the city are once more
happy. That is, Shey acre happy up
to few days ago, since when their feel
ings have been damaged, and their
somewhat snObbish exclusiveness Sc
" %l.a
the street of a gorgeous four-in-hand
drag, which resembles the aristocratiC
turn-Outs, and is run by an enterprising
soap man for advertising purposes
| Two dignified darkies in drab coats
with bright brass buttons and high hats
with gold bands sit on the box, and
two other col0red brothers sit on the
rear seat and persistently blow long
brass horns to attract attention. The
upper crust do not enjoy this travesty
but the rest of the city seems to appre-
ciate it hugely.
Another numerous advertising dodge
creates considerable amusement on oul
great thOrOughfares. 1t is the opposite
attraction of a rival soap manufacturer
Each day through the busiest streets
strut two tall darkies arrayed in ex-
pensive garments. They wear nobby
spring suits of light fabric, sport gold
headed canes in their hands, which are
covered with canary-colored kid gloves
They necessarily smoke fine segars
and, apparently engaged in the mos
confidential and earnest conversation
promenade up and down all day long
Their high white hats are almost entire
/. ~ covered with IL Grape band, upon thu
|; front of which is painted in white let
} tiers TRY IT, while the back is adorned
} with the name of the soap advertiser
! A laughing crowd follows them wher
ever they go.
To attract the attention of the public
many devices are arranged, and zen
: terprlsing" merchants, with more avar
/, ice than scruples, sometimes resort t,
heartless methods. One of the most de
testable practices is to enclose a circu
lar in an envelope, representing tele
F graph dispatch, and having it deliveret
by uniformed boys at private residences
1t of course commands attention whicl
card or circular would not ordinaril
, receive; but 1t also occasions anxiety
sometimes amounting to torture, befor
the hoax is understood, and in severa
cases, where relatives have been alb
sent, it has caused excitement that la
been attended by dangerous conse
quences. Of course no legitimate busi
: ness man will resort to such a trick, bu
, there are thousands of quacks in thi
city who will practice any device t