Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-08
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Monitorl
Near York. Ma I. 1882.

SOOuinS uti1luS SOU VI NedtlIeI' tihet
an epidemic of murders and suicides,
which 90 so far to confirm the Gallo |
theory. Then the price of meat and
vegetables, rents and everything has
gone up, and yet people are not hap
py, and as for the Wall street people,
they are doing so little business, ac-
cording to their notions, that they're
getting almost to ugly too look at.
In this country of 50,O00,000 peo-
pie, with press publishing every
accessible item, with electric facili-
ties from all over and beyond. every
paper has catalogue of crimes in
each daily issue which would seem
impossible to Europeans where the
papers don't get all the news, and
don't print all they get, but some
times we beat the record, and that's
the case now. Perhaps one of the
most shocking murders was that by
young scamp named Hovey, who
shot his pretty sister-in-law in the
presence of his wife, and other rela-
tives without any sort of provocation.
On the contrary, it was owning to the
woman he killed that he had home
to 90 to. He had ill-treated his wife
and finally was sent to the penitenti-
airy for theft, was out a few days and
! cot sent back, and was a third time
committed for stealing doctors
overcoat. 1t was his sister-in-law
who persuaded the wife to forgive
the rascal and offered them a share
of her home.
The French charity fair is the SEN
sation of the day in the line of fash
ionable robbery, and everybody who
thinks himself or herself anybody
goes to it and is disburdened of cash
in considerable amounts. The French
who are noted for excellent taste in
the less serious matters of life,
though they are all "off'' in politics,
fighting, &C., have made grand
success of this fair, and contributions
have poured in from artists, artistic
cooks, &C., from France as well as
from every Frenchman here and even
the Belgians have clipped in literally
in order to get q share of the glory.
The great Materna is here; Wag-
ner's famous Rhine Maiden, with big
body, big heart, big soul, and BIG
voice, and the musical world has
gone crazy over her in particular.
and the musical festival to be held al
the seventh regiment armory in gen
eral. Seats can't be got for love OF
money, and in order to buy the less
desirable single seats, people came
themselves, or hired substitutes tC
: fall into line, and that line was {
: sight to see. Many came at mid
night of the day before the box office
: opened and camped out on campstool'
and when it opened, the line extend
1 ed from the middle of the north enc
t of Union Square to Broadway anC
away round the corner to Fourteenth
7 street. 1t was hours before the mid
b die of tho limo could .nnt--n tn
chance to swap eagles for the covet-
e ed tickets and a brisk trade was don,
, in supplying the patient lineholder
with sandwiches, beer, and newspa
q pers. AS for the last of the line
S they were out in the cold altogether
She had splendid serenade at he
: hotel the other evening, from tn
S Philharmonic orchestra, led by Theo
n dore Thomas himself.
e Slim Jim Bennett, slim no longer
u is back. He has delayed longer thai
n he intended because his new yach
It WASH ready, and has now postpon
/ ed his departure for the purpose o
: dividing the real estate left by hi
y father, between himself and sister
Il tits to be sold by auction. | saw tn
IS young mamie is not so Young a
. he was, but no one can think of hir
o as anything else-at his brokers' OF
Ie flee the other day. His manners
% owing no doubt to his intimacy wit
/ emperors, grand dukes, French &C
II tresses and other fashionable pee
le pie, are quite easy. He carelessl
u remarked to the head of the firm.
IL very dignified old gentleman VIII
looks old enough to be his grea-
E grand father, and with whom 10 on
5 probably took liberty for the las
a fifty years. "Here, <,
le want to see you. Come here a mil
10 ute, and calmly marched off int
1t the sacred precincts of the innt
u sanctum, where the ancient followe
ID him with the meekness of a laml
~ The young man has lots of none,
d more than he can spend, and none
% covers multitude of sins. SO f.
10 he has been halfway good-natureC
a | haven't heard of any ''shake-up"
~ the Urrald yet.
m If you give a dog bad name yo
Id might as well hang him. That's Il
I'd view Mr.. Epstein, of Grand stree
he takes of it. He is a dry-goods dea
er er, and some years ago managed
e. get in the bad books of the dry goot
y, early closing association. The
broke his windows, or somebody di
US and he had them arrested; then
er was arrested for false Imprisonment
'st and there was merry music all aroul
ct for a while. Finally, he gave i
0! and closed early, dropped his hu