St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-28
Our New York Letter.
New YORK. April 81. Is,

determined 10 decline DuSlHcSs. JuuSC
Hilton SAYS he's tired of it. 1t must be
to handle such number OF
mills, stores, &c, &c, as are cOmpris- |
ed i'll the vast property, and the com
petition of rivals was bound to keep
all concerned with their nose to the
grindstone. The war with the Jews
has no doubt been also tiresOme. Peo-
pie generally say that the house lost a
great deal of money; Judge Hilton
says not. He ought to know.
Another interesting thing is the an
nounced sale of some 200 lots belong
ing to the Jumel estate. which has
been the cause of an immense amount
of litigation. 1t is uptown, but New
York is growing so fast-9O0 new
buildings with a tax value of SlO,OOO,-
900 having gone up since January !
that that makes little difference. And
such palaces are going up, too! They
are not all on the Fifth avenue either,
by il long chalk. One block on Fifty
seventh street is probably handSOmer
than any two blocks of the avenue,
and if you leave Vanderbilt out, there's
probably more wealth i'll that block
than i'll any other ten blocks i'll this or
any other city. 1t is wonderful. No
two houses are alike, and all are adorn-
ed with Il lavish richness that would
seem more suitable for the altar of
cathedral than the outside of home.
The price of the cheapest is consider
ably over 100000.
There was funny incident at the
sale of some pews in the Grace (P. E.)
church the other day. One sold for
$4,000 subject to ground rent of S70,
but the first bid made by speculatOr
i'll hurry was $500, and he then re-
membered to ask, 'Nen can We get
pOssesshun p The idea of the little
jew broker trying to buy pew in that
very aristocratic Christian temple rails
ed roar of laughter amid which he
subsidized.
The latest wonder of marine archi-
lecture, the Alaska of the Williams
and Guion Line, has beaten all previ-
Gus records in her trips both ways
across the Atlantic, and has made the
passage each time in Il small fraction
over seven days. This is splendid for
mail carrying and for people in hurry,
but it is expensive. The good old Ma
tiOnal Line manages to make money
| by its enormous impOrtatiOns of steer
age passengers, and freights or eXpOr
tations. The manager here, Mr.. F. w.
j. Hurst, is the terror of his rivals, for
he gets the bulge on them i'll business
every time. When all the lines get in
comfortable rut, he bOunces them out
of it. He gets special rates from the
railroads and gives special terms for
freight. His ships are always full, go
ing and coming. Some of the others
are not. Freights have been ruling
! low of late, and the lines have offered
to take grain us ballast free. Nj.
| Hurst saw this move and went better.
He has been paying for his ballast.
For bringing cargOes i'll good condition
and for safety and comfort for passen-
gers, the National Line is unsurpassed.
1t has never lost Il ship or a life.
Have you had any number "a or Al !?
This question you might hear in almost
any circle i'll New York nowadays, and
III tell You why. Reliable quality
coupled with judicious advertising has
done it. You see on almost every bill
board, ash barrel, sidewall, or other
conspicuous place i'll the city, hundreds
of small yellow bills, with "Thurber's
"a or II Delicious Coffee" printed on
them. They are everywhere, and peo-
pie of all grades and the great house of
Thurber Il Co. have protited by the
introduction of these grades of coffee.
Extensive travel by Mr.. F. b. Thurber
i'll coffee producing countries, coupled
with an intimate knowledge of Ameli-
can tastes, has resulted i'll giving the
American people Il better cup of coffee
than they ever before had, and these
particular kinds of coffee are carefully
put up in attractive pound packages
each containing the Thurber recipe fol
making coffee, and sold everywhere
If they haven't reached your grocer yet
they are sure to come, tor this new de
parture amounts to IL revolution i'll the
coffee trade, and the Use of Thurber',
coffee i'll pound packages (rOasted but
not grOund) must be as certain witt
inducement to dealers Il handsome show
card, representing coffee growing OF
the tree, is presented to every grocer
1t is handsomely mounted and framed
/ and is Il most interesting and instruct
i've picture. Everybody knows what I;
poor cup of coffee is. while few know
what ii good one is, but there is no ex
cuse now for not having somethin.
: better than you've ever had. If you
readers are as fond of coffee as Radix il
, they will bless both the man who ha
introduced these cOtfees and me 70
telling them about it. If you want
strong pungent cup of coffee order thu
= "a. The number Al is composed o
milder and rich favored coffees.
A sad tragedy, begun i'll New York
> has eliminated in Philadelphia. Tw,
e. spoiled children, Long Larry Braine
= the good natured but silly son of Capt
Braine, well known for his sturd,
stand against the Spaniards when il
command of the Juniata in that miser
= cradle Nirginius business in 1873, ant
3, his cousin Langley Bruce, both witt
[ more money than brains, went int,
business, or rather (for they don't APP
pear to have ever done any business
and it's hard to believe they had tn
= faintest notion of it) opened offices a
T Insurance Agents. The light pursuit
n of young gentlemen of leisure wake,
off with young Bruce's money, and h
went to Philadelphia and shot himsel
v at hotel, where he registered under
4 false name. Thence his body wa
: brought home by Larry, who mus
needs disguise himself under "a falls
name. Then of course every one wa
d agog about the mystery. Finally
!. young lady who had married yout