Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-06-20
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitor.l

Pouring again ! What a wet week |
we've had. The leafy month of June
has got all knocked out of tune, and the
farmers of course are mad. 1t may he
good for hay, but for other crops it
means delay, and this, of course. is sad.
The nearest county fair, that of Queens
Co., Long Island, held at Mineola, has
been perfect fzzle, no flowers, no fruit
no vegetables. no anything to speak OF.
Of course, it might have been held fur
Their on, but the managers are evidently
of the same stamp as the wiseacres who
| light fires when the almanac says win
ter has come, put them out when the
almanac says spring has come, and put
out street lights when the almanac says
there's moon. wholly irrespective of
the state of temperature or atmosphere.
To shut ones eyes, one might fancy
himself in the height of the S. w. mon
soon, on the west coast of Africa and
India, for the swish of the rain and the
roar of the wind are identical: Perhaps
there may be something in the astrono-
mer's (Which was it p idea that the
world was to be knocked slightly off its
base as it were, this year. And some
comet or other has given US an unex-
pected list toward the tropics, so that
We may expect to find cocoanuts and
bananas springing up around us, and
when De Long returns from the North
Pole with the Jeanette he'll complain
of the cold in Gotham.
When things began to get warm for
Tweed and the Ring, one of the most
significant symptoms of disaster was the
mysterious robbery of books and vouch-
ers from the City Hall. An analogous
incident has just come to light i'll Brook
Ign, and the digni6ed Board of Educa-
ton are under the public gaze on &C.
count of it. The Controller, ex-Judge
Sender, very excellent German gen
tleman, took it into his head to inquire
about the disappearance of $4,000 il
the educational accounts, and the ex
PLANTATION not being satisfactory, ap
|. pointed two experts to go over tn
e books. The books are gone. Two safe
e were invaded, and $500 in money il
If one of them was left. 1t looks bad 70
d somebody. Who the somebody is, i
h something people would like to know
ir and mean to fine. out if they can. A
y the amount can be got at, however, b
h a somewhat roundabout investigation
s. through the banks which paid the bills
he any hidden rascality is sure to be foun
K out, and the disappearance of the book
We will only be an additional count in til
We Indictment against the culprit or Gu
Id prits in whose interest they were remo'
Sc ed. Up to their disappearance nothin
re worse than carelessness in bookkeepiu
We was suspected. Now it is different, an
u there has evidently been a doodle Fl
sr- somebody in the supply department..
cir { It seems odd to be talking about SUI
stroke now. but it is after all but fe
is days since the torrid heat of few da
all played havoc with numbers exposed
lat it, and chiefly to our gallant Nation
not Guardsmen on their long tramp in pl
,od cession in company front through sw'
lay tering crowds of spectators on Decor
nd ton Day. A convention of comman
be- ing officers and their medical staff "
zen called by the Brigadier Of the IL
zen Brigade, an ingenious, inventive a
re- successful partner in painters SUPP
house, and discussed the whole subj
ses exhaustively. A letter from Gen. ,Sh
mn man was feature of the occasion. a
hit. that distinguished warrior recommer
ok" the regular uniform as an improvem'
the on the antiquated, choky, "gilguys"
dis affected by the fancy soldierast
ING THAT'S new -poet-poetaste
obs see p General Molineux produced
is model of "shelter" to be erected
our stacked rifles something like the avn
ry {? over an applestand. No one sugges
to- that the boys should carry umbrel
and The theorizing wound up with gl
zag- our practical supper. s
The If Dion Bouclcault is bankrupt, a
sed, now alleged, it seems a pretty h
ugh | look out for men who live BY the