Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-08-22
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitor.1

recently occurred. Wlseacres have
tried to make people believe that muz-
zles are cruel in the summer, and that
dogs most often 60 mad in winter, but
facts seem to be against the theories,
and whether muzzled or not, the ours
that infest the city are an unmitigated
nuisance. Swarms are drowned, num-
bers are shot by the police, but still
they swarm. The utter determination
of the whole race within the city limits
is advocated by some people. For my
own part, can find no use for dog in
the wilderness of brick and stone and
iron, which is enough to spoil the tenn
per of the noblest canine, which might |
run little risk of getting rabid if enjoy
ing happy existence, ranging forest,
field and mountain side.
The Acknowledged admirers of Ameri-
can institutions are fast becoming thor
oughly acquainted with them. 1t is
surprising to foreigners, with none of
whom will the Chinese and Japanese
domesticate themselves as they do with
US, to find how comfortably they have
settled down and imbibed our ways of
doing things. even sometimes the less
agreeable phase of American life. For
instance, a japanese of rank, who met
the widow of chief engineer of the
.. S. Navy at Toxic, Japan, and want
ed to marry her, but wasn't allowed to
by his Government entrusted his little
daughter to her care to be brought up
here as an American girl, providing in
a prineely way for her maintenance.
Now there is suit to recover posses
sion of the child, and an accounting for
the money paid on her behalf, it being
charged that the lady utterly neglected
her and squandered immense sums on
her own special enjoyment. The story
is, it is understood, based on the report
of some japanese Naval officers, who
recently called to see the budding beau
ty. On the other hand, it is said that
the young girl is a most sweet and &C
complished specimen of the best home
and academical training. In another
instance, Chinese washerman has been
divorced from his Irish wife, who used
to belabor severely the unfaithful &c.
lestial.
Every tailor and every tailor's custo
mer has probably by this time seer
and if he hasn't he ought to see, anc
then dive down into his pockets for the
very modest sum required to enable
him to enter into joyful possession of i
the superb fashion plates just issued
by the american Tailor. One of til,
series is a magnificent telegraph o
President Garfield and his Cabinet, cla(
in garments Of the latest style and mos
elegant make, which, framed, is worth,
of place on the walls of any room, ant
is practically useful to tailors, and ther
are several other sheets of diagram
and patterns of the highest value t
tailors and customers alike, while tn
:. letter-press of the paper, or rather mag
! azine, itself handsomely bound, beat
tifully printed and scientifically edite
" publication, is distinctly of importanc
to the trade it is the acknowledged o.
J gan of. 1 don't quite see where, exceE
of course by the advertising secured,
. cent of profit can come in on this splel
did issue, unless indeed its circulate
runs up into enormous figures, which
:: believe is fact. The enterprising orr
inator of the idea. and one of the pr
:. prietors of the paper, is Chas. T. Roc
son of the well-known patriotic compo
:: er of ''The Battle Cry of Freedom" al
. other soul-stirring lyrics of the war.
:. By this time everybody knows VIII
Coney Island looks like, with its jim-ja
provoking crowd restlessly, unceasing
- - marching, munching, guzzling, gabbil
- in the broad glare of day. The pla
= is more enjoyable at night. when me
- of the multitude have left and the snol
J. of the regular boarders in the hot,
- are drowned by the soothing. murmr
:. of the waves on the beach, but it wol
10 do to 60 to sleep, that is if one
- blessed with portable possessions tt
for he'd prefer not to transfer without ct
=, sideration. A little beer (Which co
great deal of money at Coney Isla
because they sell more froth than bee
es- a moonlight night, quiet consciel
Ia and all that sort of thing are conduc
ar to slumberousness on the part of W
re- thy citizens. But others of the UNIV
yer thy order who are bent on business Q
Iew nefarious character are abroad.
pc illustrate this, hospitable barten
is and reporter set up a neat little t
the to catch thieves one night recent
ira They made up dummy with the t
axe tenders best Thursday-out toggery
oil big brass chain and planted it
ght chair on the piazza. The silent s.
But soon became alive. Shortly vista
big stealthily approached the apparel
COL, sleeping figure, and sundry tugs v
ary made by cautious prigs at the tempt