Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-01-09
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitorl
Nor York. ian. 3. 1889.

smallpox, and there really has been
some occasion for it. There has also
been an alarming epidemic of lame
ness among ladies. So. distressing q
sight has provoked inquiry, and to
people accustomed to put two and
two together, and to look below the
surface of things, perhaps an expla-
nation may be found in. the following
little story which was published the
other-day.- 1t appears that vaeeina--
ton has become fashionable, and
visitor at one of the headquarters for
acupuncture observed a delightful
young lady, richly dressed, who spoke |
to the doctor in whisper. The doc
tor-a young bachelor-blushed, the
lady blushed. The doctor referred
her to an old doctor-a married man
who also blushed, just little only,
and invited her to retire with him into
another apartment, whence she speed
lily returned still blushing with bright
smiles and limp. The fact is, that
though in this country many ladies
never have worn low-cut dresses that
expose the arms in evening dress, a
good many do, without a blush, fol-
lowing their European sisters in this
respect, and even the prudish like to
be on the safe side, because, perhaps
they may find fashion too strong, so
as they fear possible unsightly scars
on their arms, get vaccinated some
where else. See? a.1a .1sgsf a
{. Travel is a good thing, commerce.
ally and socially. 1t rubs off no end
of local peculiarities, and brings man
kind more and more into brotherhood,
on footing of common convention
alism, and geography is a mighty
useful study, and just in connection
herewith | find myself remembering
an excellent help to nautical geogra-
ply in the shape of Mitchell's New
General Atlas, published by Brady &
Co., of Philadelphia: 1t has 147
maps and plans brought down to date
"a very important point-for IN
stance, their maps of Turkey have al
the recent changes effected by the
Treaty of Berlin, and there are con
densed statistical tables and mass
, of information generally that makes
the work a valuable adjunct to an,
library. No school should be with
out number of copies.
Now the last Naval Advisory Boar
Z have recommended sundry addition
to the fleet in the shape of small ram
and swift unarmored cruisers, it is in
q teresting to note the accident b
which the Tennessee, one of the swift
4 est vessels afioat, was nearly sun
. in the harbor the other day. Sh
was cut through like a can of oyster
by coasting steamer. Your Radi
Il suggests as an Improvement on I'll
awfully heavy iron armor of Europea
;, fleets an armor of hydraulically-con
"a pressed cocoanut fibre, say six fe'
thick. 1t wouldn't catch fire at st
!. where it could be kept wet and viii
# very much lighter could be made {
i solid as iron. The British COVER
II ment are going to use jute for torp
II do boats. Coir fibre is cheaper al
better, and l believe very fast GU
o boat with only one enormous gun al
n a few gatlings, thickly armored wi
= fibre above the waterline would be
-, superior to the iron clads of the pre-
20 ent day, as the Monitor was to t
"a Menimac, and 100 of such could
10 built for the price of one such flo;
~. ing castle as the italian Duilio and
NO One-tenth of the time.
it By the way, Happy New Yea
he Many of EN-! The weather has be
as SO simply too awfully, too, too, &
he &C., ever since Xmas that it seems
lu- month ago. And yet it should be
ess membered, for, as rule, people b
7as an unusually jolly time. While
in poor we have always with us, 70
the generally seem to have been sol
er= what better off on the whole, Q
he Santa Claus, or Kris Kringle,
est whatever his name is-you know v
the I mean, that old gentleman from
d. North Pole-was unusually genera
her There were more Xmas trees, ;
lit lots of fun, in spite of mushy pee
18th trianism, fogs, drizzle, muggy wes
rity err and bowling wind.
,er- A terrible fire kept some pr
cial rich folks uncomfortable, while
heir rest were enjoying themselves.
So not out yet, and seems likely to b
,us- for weeks more. An immense S
Mr.. age warehouse filed from attic to
OBJ lar with choice tea and tobacco,
nur- alight somehow, and they can't
this it out, though there's no danger o
tied spreading. To stand In lee Of
are smoke is almost as comforting to
old smoker as a boxful of cigars,
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