Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-17
New York Letter.

LOOK BEFoHE YOU LEAF AS A MOTTO FOR |
DIvERs-IsRAELITEs ISAUGURATING INNo- |
vATIoNs INPoITED ICE-A GRATEFUL |
GEIMALKIN-THE LATEST FRoIIC OF THE I
FIRE FIEND.
NV YoRk, Sept. 18th, 1880
To the Editor ofthc Free Press and Times:
am given to understand, on the best au-
thority, that Secretary of War Ramsey is
an applicant TO succeed General Myers, sold
Probabilities" Rather an undignifcd solic-
itation, one would think, on the part of n
Cabinet minister, but it is life position with
a good salary. Captain lIowgatc, of Arctic
Exploration fame, has been circulating pc
tition to recommend his installation, but the
only effect seems to be his being relieved
from the control of the disbursing depart
mcnt and relocated to the command of the
stations. 1t is contemplated as one OF the
last acts Of the retiring administration to
break up the corps, and while attaching the
signal department TO the United States en-
gineers, transferring the Geographic and
meteorological sections TO the wing of the
Treasury How the mercantile, marine and
agricultural interests of the country would
be subscrvcd by the proposed change is n
question.
\ collateral descendant of Count Pulaski,
of Revolutionary renown, Countess Joseph
inc SuiIerquski Jaroka, is resident OF
Brooklyn, where she has resided for some
years after an eventful and somewhat stormy
life in Russia, Paris and other places, in
somewhat Strengthened circumstances. Pu-
Task: would take no pay for his great SER
vices which are familiar to every public
schoolhoy, but claim on account of them
has been preferred in behalf of the lady and
it seems to be more than probable that she
will receive a grant Of 100000 from Con
gress.
The respectable Hebrew bankers, the
Seigmans, whose race controversy with
Judge Hilton year or so ago was nine
days topic of conversation, the other day
paid a chedue to Il man named John c. King,
which came through the mails but happened
to be intended for another person of the
same patronymic The recipient was ar
rested but explained that he gothic chequc
| cashcd in good faith, thinking that it was
the restitution by penitent thief of part of
some money OF which he was robbed some
time ago The case made considerable
noise at the time. King, who was wealthy,
and indeed is now, kept large sum in coin
| and bills in an old barrel in a lumber room
"rETI oIu iI5s, paper s..aps, GIG, nDa s0Iiie
$50, 900 were calmly annexed by some thief
who considerably left at least as much more
for the old man to get along with.
Most extraordinary weather we have had
Friglltfully hot aad proportonately cold in
swift succession. 1t has been a trying time
for the children going back from their vaca-
tons 10 school, and the theatres, churches
and other serious and secular arrangements
have all been more or less affected by the
barometric and thcrmometric changes. How
ever, people seem TO feel cheerful in the fact
that good times have come again and we are
all looking forward to splendid fall trade all
round, even if it is a presidential year. Elec-
ton matters this time don't seem to interfere
with anybody's prosperity.
The ingenuity of some swinders i'll getting
money is surprising. One of the boldest
tricks played for long time, with strong
flavor of sacrilcge about it, involved the per-
sonatng of an Episcopalian clergyman, the
thief imposing himself on the assistant rec
tor of Holy Trinity Church as a friend Of
DR.. Tying who is in Europe, and being invited
to assist in the services. lie performed his
part like IN adept and then managed by the
assistance of DIR. Tyng's brother in getting
| check cashcd by the clerk of the Everett
| House where he was stopping He paid
his bill and departed for parts unknown
Our Israclitisll fellow citizens have been
celebrating their New Years Day with IN
wonted splendor, or ut least there has been
| II great deal more public notice taken of their
proceedings than usual by people of other
races and faiths. In some cases great limo
vations on the established methods of wor-
ship by the orthodox have been introduced
on the occasions, such as the use OF the or
gan, Congregational singing, the mingling of
| the sexes in the pews, and the abandonment
of the white scarf worn at prayers by the
males, relic of the Ephod or Oriental
mantle of their forefathers in the Holy
Land The Jews are good citizens and
| there is every day growth Of general SYM
| patty with them.
The mild Winter and short crop of ice gave
the excuse for the ice monopoiists to stick it
on like fury i'll their prices this Summer.
smart Yankee, bound to make money and
beat the men with the corner, deliberately
chartered two ships in Norway and hlled
them with the beautiful clean ice which Is
used in London and Paris, produced under
careful supervision the surface being swept
clean of snow in order that it may freeze
| L. 4 ,,,I bp frat
arrived and sold right out ut remunerativc
prices causing Il heavy tumble in the care
lcssly garnered home product.
| The Mayor has vetoed the cat ordinance
and singuarly enough it seems gratitude Is
| feline virtue. No sooner was the fact pro
mulgated than Sedatc Thomas OF jetty hue,
| apparently sent rs delegate from Il cat CON
vcntinn called on the Mayor at his office in
the City Hall and signitcd the conlolnt APP
prevail of his fellows al Ills Honors action
| in appropriate news. Some of the Alder
men who are down on poor Pussy drove the
| handsome animal away.
| Manhattan Market is burned II was
something more than a promise of being
one of the glories of the Metropolis. 1t was
superb building, admirably adapted for
the purposes to which it was dedicated
| with II handsome dome, Il clock tower 2o0
feet high and II generally digniiicd and
pleasing architectural appearance. Old Full
ton market has been condemned over and
over again and it is now nj last intended to
erect Il new structure forthwith. The up
town people, however, with the leading no
tel folks foremost i'll the movement had de
tcrmincd To patroni1c the new market IN pre-
ference To the downtown resorts and here
there is considerable suspicion that the fire
was inccndiary The blaze was grand
Five entire blocks were burned over, includ
Ing several lumber yards full OF fine, dry
timber, and the aggregate losses mount up
into the millions. ours, D.