St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-05-20
Our New York Letter.

LUCKY FIND-A BONANZA IN AN ASH
CART-THE END OF TWO APOSTOLIC
WOMEN SNIFFING AND SLIPPING HOME
GROWN TEA-A REVIVAL OF HOME
MADE BREAD AND WHAT BROUGHT 1T
UNDERGRADUATES THE MEMORIES
OF OUR DEAD HEROES THE RITES OF
HOSPITALITY AS ADMINISTERED TO
MONGOLIANS.
New YORK, May I3, 1881.
To the Editor Of the CdIedonian
A poor but honest son of a Jehu,
with filial devotion to his fast ageing-
staging sire, has, with the assistance
of an ashman and an old trunk, been
brought into pleasant relationship with
the family of the great king of some
American railroads, w. II. Vanderbilt.
1t appears that n few years ago, Mrs.
Vanderbilt lost valuable diamond
brooch, worth somewhere about $1,000,
ed for it in vain. The receptacle of
that particular piece of jewelry, and
who can tell what crushing triumphs OF
millinery, ut last grew faded, and was
consigned to the oblivion of an attic,
for even railroad kings palaces are
provided with attics by New York arch
fleets. In course of time, when the at
tie became burthened with great stores
of rubbish, the thrifty idea prevailed
that Il wholesome clearance might he
effected by trading off the lumber, and
accordingly the first time the mclliiu-
GUS cowbclls of a dealer in rags, old
bottles, Soaptat, etc, were heard i'll
Fifth avenue, the entcrprising mer-
chant was invited to enter and inspect
the desirable goods offered him. He
passed over the ShckclS and got the
stuff, which he proceeded to dispose of
as rapidly us might be. He sold the
trunk for fifty cents to a Mr.. O'Rcilly.
That gentleman, thinking that the cof-
fer which had contained Mrs. Wander
bilt's treasures might serve years of
future usefulness by little iudicious
attention, proceeded to put it in order,
and he found the diamonds. The trunk
had the initials of its former owner and
an old baggage check with the address.
O'Rcilly went to the Grand Central de-
pot with his news, handed over his
diamonds and positively refused any
reward for himself in any shape, but
said that if i'll consequence of his find
some good luck might befall his father,
who was driving Il stage on the Madi-
son Avenue line, and was getting too
old for such an occupation of exposure,
he would be grateful.
| some time ago mentioned an exodus
of prominent Brooklyn clergymen to
various PARKWAY fields. DR.. Jeffrey
for many years pastor of one of the
largest Baptist churches, went to Col
oradO for the benefit of his wifc's health,
the parting with his charge here being
as painful to his congregation as to
himself. DR.. Paddock, of st. Peters
p. K. church, after spending his youth
and strength and the energies of his
wife, in unselfish devotion to the par
ish, was cOnsecrated Bishop of Wash
ingtOn Territory mainly, it is sUrmised,
because of his becoming aware of and
feeling grieved at sundry jealousies
which | need not enter into details
about, resulting i'll scarcely disguised
case of squeezing an orange and throw
ing the rind away, and proceeded to
his hyperborean charge. His wife,
who during her life here established a
Child's Hospital and Refuge, was
president of numerous societies, an
interchangeable worker and a good wo-
man, who amid all her official tolls
found 70, g., L.
and bring them up worthily to follow
i'll the footsteps of their parents, set
right to work the day she struck the
field of her future labors on the Pacific
slope. She caught cold coming from a
meeting at Portland, Oregon, where
she started the organization of Il new
hospital, to which schools were to be
added, and in two days was dead. A
memorial service was held on Thursday
and a mOurnful and immense congrega-
ton assembled. Old parishioners who
had been too feeble to come to church
for years, dragged themselves from
their retirement, business men of the
congregation left their business to take
care of itself in order to attend, and
people came hundreds of miles on IA
flying trip, i'll spite of much personal
Inconvenience. to do honor to the mem
DRY of this noble lady whose pre-emi-
nent virtues shine all the brighter now
that never more can her old friends
view her face to face on earth. Thir-
teen clergymen assisted i'll the ceremo-
MES, which were conducted by Bishop
LittlcjOhn, whose very brief speech,
i'll which he referred to Mrs. Paddock
as on the same plane with Agatha and
Priscilla and other women named in
Scripture, was marked by the eloquence
of a divine who had attained to great
honors i'll Europe as well as here, and
10y the pathos of complete and I'M
mistakable breakdown on the part of
a prelate who has preached before
kings and queens and the keen critics
of foreign universities with unrufi1ed
self-pOssessiOn. 1t was very solemn
scene, and the Holy Communion was
administered at the close. The whole
neighborhood was in mourning, the
blinds of the houses occupied by mem
beers of Bishop PaddOck's old parish
being kept down as if death had oc-
CURED in each house. By singular
coincidence, the same evening the news
came of the death of Mrs. Jeffrey.