St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-28
Our New York Letter.
NEW YORK. JnlN q. Il

NEW 1ORK, July II, 1867.
About 1921 was gathered in the
other evening in fifteen minutes by
man with a thick head, namely, the
small British fighter, John Collins,
alias "Tug" Wilson. The Boston pug.
Sullivan, couldn't "knOck him OUT
with soft gloves in four rounds, and it
almost seems wonder he could do it
with any one. There were 1900 spec
tatOrs of the filthy scene, most of them
of the criminal classes, and it would
almost seem pity that we have 10
Mehemet Ali to take advantage of such
IA happy opportunity, and save much
money and trouble by exterminating
them i'll mass, as he did the Name
lukes. A ton or SO of dynamite would
be cheaper than their board in state
prison, where most of them will bring
up.
Among the spectators was C. A.
Dana, editor of the Sun. He was Sc
lected to present the Bennett medal
for distinguished bravery to IL fireman
who rescued some children, under very
trying circumstances, at a recent fire.
There has been considerable comment
about the choice of the orator, as it is
alleged his reputation for courage, ex-
cept like Thersites for saying ugly
things when safe from reprisal, is small.
1t is said that, at the time of the burn
ing of the steamer Seawanhaka, he
cruelty left young lady to perish,
with the remark every one for him
self"
New York is suffering from a revival
of gambling. Horse-races are going
on somewhere in the immediate neigh
bOIhOod all the time, and the morality
of the community is exposed to the
most savage assaults from the keepers
of pool-rOoms and other seductive ruff
fans. The good old idea of horse-rac-
ing, when the finest horses were trained
for months for, at most, three days
sport at a time, eagerly looked forward
to, has degenerated into a perpetual
medley, and people gamble on horses
they never saw, many of which are of
no earthly account any more than the
pips in pack of playing cards.
AS if emulOus of the exploits of the
British navy in Egypt, our pleasure
fleets have been running into each 9TH
er quite freely. The Plymouth Rock
for one has had two collisions, and the
way a yacht cut through anOth
er steamer like a cheese and sunk her,
was a caution. If we had rams in our
navy with such speed, we needn't both
er our heads much about heavy guns.
When an insurance company, after
gobbling up premiums for a number of
years, fights claims after death, it is a
good one to steer clear of, for such
companies usually make hard fight
of it and weary claimants by endless
litigation. Still more persistent even
than a cheating insurance company is
railroad corporation. A Major Har
rOld, some years ago, recovered $780,
900 from the Elevated Road here.
They fought him from court to court
till final Judgment against them was
given in the court of appeals. Would
that settle the case? Not much They
have applied for new trial on
the ground of newly-discovered evil
dence. OF course they won't get it,
and any lawyer could tell them that
much, but they'll have the satisfaction
of delaying payment to the poor man
whose health and prosperity they ru-
ined for the life they shortened and of
spitefully putting him to more expense.
A good slice of the 100000 must al
ready have been gorged by lawyers.
RADIX.