St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-07

NEW YORK, March 81, 1882.

That miserable scamp, ex-carpetbag
Governor Franklin j. Moses, Jr.. of
South Carolina, has been up to his old
tricks, and is again in the clutches of
the law for swindling and forgery.
His last published caper was passing
himself off on piano-maker for n
brother of Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia,
and after inspecting the sweet-sound-
plyingshOp in the most patroniz-
ing way, and ordering piano, getting
little cheque cashed on bank which
never existed. He once before simula-
ted an imaginary brother of the mayor
of Boston in like adventure, and the
similarity of procedure gave the clue
ut once He was speedily arrested, as
he had long been "shadOwed" as sus-
picious character, and nineteen other
complainants have been found. Just
fancy Twenty fresh victims of soft
sawder! And vet we think we're aw
full smart.
There are some drawbacks to living
III this city, with all its beauties and
conveniences. For instance, even if
we are comfortably off and own several
carriages, we may prefer rapid transit
by steam to equine lOcOmOtiOn when i'll
hurry but it is incOnvenient when a
party of friends, or two busy men try
to board one of the "Ln trains, and the
! humorous brakemen make it their bus
mess to divide them. Young fellows
have thus been separated from then
adored ones on the way to the theatre
the A. o. possibly not having cent
to pay her fare home again--husbands
| from wives, and so on. Sometimes the
comedy is turned to tragedy. One OF
the employees Of BOgardus, the pho
tographer, an old gentleman with d
wooden leg, IA friend, and a little
daughter, were going home last Satur-
day. They We're very happy, antici-
pating the pleasure some little gift.
they had purchased would give the in
! Ndlll ltlOlIltI. llC lldlH Will
its I'LL paid fiukies i'll their usual haste
and ill-temper. To save time the Grip
pie boarded it first. AS the child tried
to follow, the cars were started and the
poor little thing fell beneath them, and
was ground to fragments before hel
fathers eyes. The pieces dropped
through the rails to the avenue below
and some realistic and narrowing
anatomical details were published in a
daily paper, which ought to make al
example of the ghOul who wrote the
story and of the night editor who al
lowed it to appear in such shape.
The trainmen are on the verge of q
strike. About Il tenth of them should
be hung, on general principles, for they
are sure to deserve it some day, if they
don't already. The service is corrupt
ing, and is so badly paid, and the mel
are treated so like slaves, that it is q
wonder to me how any sane man Will
Il shred of self-respect could endure &
week of it. In point of fact, scarcely &
decent man does, and the exception:
must be soft in their heads. To fulfil
duties which. with human life by the
thousands to take care of, require eX-
perience, Judgment, decision, and goOC
: temper, incapable persons, who possess
not one of these absolutely necessary
qualifications, are employed at from
81 60 to $3.50 day. Now, with rent
and provisions, clothes and everything
else going up, such wages are attract
i've only to chronic failures, and it il
notorious that the al" roads are tn,
/ last refuge of the incompetent.
Yes Rice is rig, as the French say
and skilled and unskilled labor are OF
the rampage with the Oliver Twis
demand for "mOre." Capital is get
5 ting ugly, and there are symptoms o
, general buttoning up of wealth whicl
. may change our hallelujahs for pros
perity to walls of woe for wasted time
ill-feeling and all kinds of unpleasant
ness. There's plenty of money beinl
. made, but quite large number of PEG