Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-05-24
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MoNIroR.l
NEW YORK, May IL, 1880.

NEW IOhh, M6J II, 1OOU.
The coaching 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 they acre happy up to, few
days ago, since when their feelings have
been damaged and their somewhat snob-
bish exclusiveness severely sat upon, by
the appearance of gorgeous four-in-
hand drag, which resembles the aristo.
cratic turn-outs, and is run by an en-
terprising soap man for advertising
purposes. Two digni6ed darkies in
drab coats with bright brass buttons
and high hats with gold bands. sit on
the box, and 1.-two other colored brothers
sit on the rear seat and persistently blow
long brass horns to attract attention.
The upper crust do not enjoy this trav-
esty, but the rest of the city seems to
appreciate it hugely.
Another humorous advertising dodge
creates considerable amusement on our
great thoroughfares. 1t is the opposite
attraction of rival soap manufacturer.
Each day through the busiest streets
strut two tall darkies arrayed in expen-
sive 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 appar-
emily engaged in the most confidential
and earnest conversation, promenade up
and down all day long. Their high
white hats are almost entirely covered
with Grape band upon the front of
which is painted in white letters TRY
1T, while the back is adorned with the
name of the soap advertiser. A laugh
ing crowd follows them wherever they
60.
To attract the attention of the public
many devices are arranged, and "entcr-
prising" merchants with more avarice
than scruples, sometimes resort to heart
less methods. One of the most detesta-
BILE practices is to enclose a circular
in an envelope, representing telegraph
dispatch, and having it delivered by
uniformed boys at private residences
1t, of course, commands attention, which
card or circular would not ordinarily
receive; but it also occasions anxiety
sometimes amounting to torture, befor,
the hoax is understood, and in severa
cases, where relatives have been absen
it has caused excitement that has beer
attended by dangerous consequences
Of course no legitimate business mai
will resort to such trick, but there ar
thousands of quacks in this city VIII,
will practice any device to add to thei
notoriety.
While riding down town in an elevat
ed railroad car few nights ago, wa
startled by shrek, and looking in tn
direction from whence it came, saw tn
form of woman hang for moment il
mid-air from the upper window of tai
building, then swiftly fall to the pave
ment below with a sickening thud.
laborer had returned home after har,
days work and found his wife lyin,
upon the floor in druken stupor. Afte
some words he struck her. She at
tempted to escape from the room an,
was prevented by her brute of a hus
band, who was heard to say, "I'll thro,
you out of the window" They lived il
the fourth story of tenement house
The woman, when picked up from tb
flag stones, was dead. The husband i
held by the authorities on the charge Q
murder. RADIx.
THE CARR MURDER CAsE.-The Duz
bury child murder horror brings
mind the case Of Royal Carr. who i
now IN Montpelier Jail awaiting th
action of the Supreme court next August
1t is said that an arrangement had bee
made for Royal to enter plea of guilt
of murder in the second degree with i'm
prisonment for life if his cousin, Cheste
Carr, the absconding witness, had bee
secured. Royal now states that Cheste
was the one who planned the crime an
went after the Indian Murcommuck an
wife for the purpose of getting the In
dian out of the way by having Roys
murder him. The miserable tool {
Chester's passion is haunted, he claims
by the spirit of the murdered man. II
says he is frequently awakened in tn
night by his bed being violently shake
and that upon awakening he beholds th
Indian standing by him; than he COZ
verses with him and the Indian declare
that he knows Royal is only guilty in
techinal point of view and that Chestt
is in fact the guilty one, as he con
PEELED Royal to do the deed. There
in the minds of his counsel no doubt
his guilt; in fact they know that
committed the deed. They have no no,
. &C I'll