Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-12-26
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitor

NEW DIRK, Dec, ~, 1881.
Have you any spare coins about you
l trow not, for behold it is precious near
Xmas, and the shekels take unto them
selves wings and wheels, and fappers
and, for all know to the contrary. even
the Kelly motor, till when thou lookest
for them, 10 they are not. It's on the
face of it an unpropitious time for hand
ing round the hat for anything outside
of the old established grooves in which
a man must chip in with the crowd if
he's man at all. Still, if you have
any money after subscribing to Santa
Claus & Co.. may be you will pay lit
tie attention to the revivifed appeal for
money to build pedestal for Bartholdi's
great Statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World. The French have raised
their share for the statue itself and
gracefully gave our minister the honora-
BILE duty of striking in the first rivet to
join the fragments of the colossal lady,
and think it looks little near close
listed, mean, misery, and so forth, for
US to be so slow.
The East River Bridge begins to look
to the outward observer, something like
completion. The foundation for the
permanent roadway has been connected
in the center of the vast span, and to
celebrate the event, distinguished par
ty of citizens, including the Mayors of
the two cities and the wife of the Chief
Engineer, walked across on temporary
footwalk and cracked bottle of cham
payne by way of launching the concern
on the world as a bridge. Meantime,
there is war in the Board of Directors,
which like many other boards of banks,
&C., seems to have been run by two or
three members, the others knowing little
of what was going on, and being content
to look wise and important and draw
handsome emoluments therefor. The
announcement that secret contract had
been make looking to the moving of
freight and Pullman cars, which was
never intended, while at the same time
to accommodate the delinquent Edge
moor Steel and Iron Co., which supplied
the metal in a most unsatisfactory way,
lighter material had been accepted than
had been provided for by the plans. fell
like bombshell in recent meeting
and raised storm which threatened t.
rage for some time. and probably end
in the discontinue of the ingenious
maneuyrers Of the underhand scheme
The Real Estate Chronicle, one of tht
most able business papers published il
this city, seems to hit the nail exactly
on the head when it points out with NJ
uncertain finger exactly where the blame
should rest. 1t names no names, hu
simply notes damaging coincidence
which spots the notorious old jobbe
(who is not unconneeted with party an,
public land sales) alluded to in mos
unmistakable way. OF course, he is
pillar of the church, and literally use
a spoon in public subscriptions of casl
from his pockets, while be uses shove
to fill them again. He's slyer tha
: Tweed, but as INSCRIPTIONS every whit
: The cherubs who sit up aloft /
church choirs and squawk mellihuousl
] are not always as angelic apparently. a
they ought to be. War has ragged wit
bitterness among the sweet singers {
the fashionable st. Thomas E. P. Churc
: and the high collared director In hig
eholer, dismissed lady vocalist in
{ way which has started newspaper con
b bat and wonderful lot of laughter.
. was tempest in teapot, or rather
f soup plate. 1t appears that many {
# the quartette and the chorus live SO fl
: away that it is necessary to keep the
i at the church between the services.
l. free lunch has been provided, and Il
d ladies had to wash the dishes for then
selves and the gentlemen. This son