Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-01-17

Crucible Company, which had largely in
dulged in the habit, and of their confed-
crates in kite flying, an importing firm,
originally importers of drugs, but such
ambitious merchants that like the coffee
kings who collapsed little while ago, |
they couldn't see any one else making |
money, but they'd step in and spoil the |
market. They interfered in the matter of |
plumbago, gave six months credit, and |
all that sort of thing, and for a time, |
while much hurting old traders, seemed |
to be doing swimmingly. They got out |
of their depth, however, and they're no.
where now. Black lead is very cheap |
now, and yacht owners can lubricate their
keels for next to nothing next season if
they lay in stock right away. The SEN
ior partner of the smashed up firm,
very naughty and pretentious person. and
an ex-pillar of prominent Brooklyn
church, from a trusteeship in which he
got bounced by losing his temper at an
annual meeting while candidate for re-
election, was out calling on New York's
day in great state. People say he had a
"nerve."
Some rich Brooklynites were very much
annoyed the other evening by finding that
while they were at dinner some burglar
had calmly appropriated some $4,000
worth of jewelry and other valuables.
The police were in intense excitement for
hours, and a reward of $4,000 was offer
| ed for the return of the property. Two
workmen who were engaged to do some
plastering in the unoccupied house next
the scene of the burglary found the Gull
prit He had met his fate five minutes
after his successful evasion with his
plumber. In trying to return the way he
went to work, he missed his footing and
| fell from the scuttle in the roof through
well staircase to the basement Of a four
story house. Strange to say he lived,
though it is to be hoped unconscious,
three days, though smashed almost into
little pieces. He had been only two
weeks out of State Prison.
National Guardsmen are disguised and
alarmed at rumors that their numbers are
to be reduced to 10000 in New York
State, and that consultations and conse-
quent discharge of numerous epauletted
heroes will ensue. 1t is too bad, espec-
tally as of late there has been an immense
revival of interest in their proceedings,
and what with sham fights, in the dark
and exhibition drills of one sort or an
other perpetually, to say nothing of ''stag
rackets," balls, fairs, sociables, &C., ev-
erything was lovely, and the girls voted
the boys in uniform quite too sweet for
! anything. Perhaps the latest invention
of the Brooklyn militia had something to
do with rousing the ire of the authorities
at Albany. Not satisfied with having i'm
mense aud costly armories to drill in I'M
der cover, something unknown to any
other part of the world, the delicate and
r fastidious youths objected to out-of-door
= parades or reviews, and actually the pro-
gramme for the next review, when the
Second Division is to defile before Grant
is so arranged that the reviewing stan(
will be in the old Rink, and the brigades
7 are to be passed through from the 23(
0 Regiment armory across the street, re
turning thither after the passage, SO tina
q the dear fellows may be exposed as littl'
as possible to the weather. This is real
ly and truly a solemn fact, without tn,
least fraction of joke about it. Indeed
i the parties concerned 10 not seem to APP
: prehend anything laughable about it; We
q some of their officers actually served il
;, the war!
:, There has been grand blaze up anC
consequently destruction of famous OLE
t landmark of our city, which has few t.
s spare of the kind. The well-known road
: side hostelrie at Mount St. Vincent, with
in the limits of Central Park, scene Of tn
labors of the devoted Sisters of Chart
during the war, and of infinite festivit
Il. since, has been burnt. 1t is too bad 70
l. the sleighing parties, as lunch Their
st was always looked forward to as one c
It the most enjoyable items in the pleasure
of a jaunt on runners. Never was Their
better sleighing or more of it, with NOR
famous roadsters, than right here just bt
fore the thaw, and the old house wa
IS missed.
S. One of the grand pow-wows of the SCI
IN son is the annual dinner of the New Yor
10 Press Club, this year attended by Gran
Sherman and multitude of other bi
bugs. The growth of the institution ha
70 been marvellous.
n 1t started few years ago with les
lg than twenty members in one room, wit
h. bare floor, half dozen chairs, and
90 cracked stove. Lager bier and pipe
were the usual refreshments, and dom
noes and cards the usual pastimes. The
u rooms now are very large, the carpe
be alone costing $4,000, while they hay
ut three billiard tables, the best workir
p reference library in the world, bar non
70 and membership of nearly 600. TT
Bohemian element is in an impressive N
nority, and the attire of even the lea
IL fortunate is as rule a great improv
or ment ON the slouchy costumes once
ito vogue. The rise of the Club, with cri
to ical biographical notes Of the member
no will form the subject, I understand,
an interesting series Of papers to be pu
~ lished very shortly in the Boston Coz
mercial Bulletin by a very particul
friend of your RADIX.
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wants CHEEKY, bright, religious pape
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Use once to The Christian at Work, and gi
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