Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-07-31
LETTER FROM NEW YORK,
neutrality-suspicious. ofthe Monitor
NeaU York, ,JulV 81. 1889

neutrality-suspicious. ofthe Monitor.1
Neao York, July q, 1882.
About $12, 1000 was gathered in the
other evening in fifteen minutes by
man with 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 a wonder he
could do it with any one. There
were 10000 spectators of the filthy
scene, most of them of the criminal
classes, and it would almost seem a
pity that we have no Mehemet Ali
to take advantage of such a happy
opportunity, and save much money
and trouble by exterminating them
in mass, as he did the Mamelukes.
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 G. A.
Dana, editor of the San. He was
selected to present the Bennett medal
for distinguished bravery to a fire
man who rescued some children, I'M
der very trying circumstances, at a
recent fire. There has been consid-
cradle comment about the choice of
the orator, as it is alleged his reputa-
ton for courage, except like Their
sites for saying ugly things when safe
from reprisal, is small. 1t is said
that, at the time of the burning of
the steamer Seawanhaka, he cruelty
left a young lady to perish, with the
remark "Every one for himself
New York is suffering from a re-
vival Of gambling. Horse-races are
going on somewhere in the immedi-
ate neighborhood all the time, and
the morality of the community is ex-
posed to the most savage assaults
from the keepers of pool-rooms and
other seductive ruffians. The good
old idea of horse-racing, when the
finest horses were trained for months
for, at most, three days sport at s
time, eagerly looked forward to, has
degenerated into a perpetual medley
and people gamble ON horses they
never saw, many of which are of ne
earthly account any more than the
pips in pack of playing cards.
AS if emulous Of the exploits o.
the British L. syin Egypt, our pleas
ure fleets have been running int
each other quite freely. The Ply
mouth Rock for one has had two col
lisions, and the way a steam zach
cut through another steamer like ;
cheese and sunk her, was q caution
If we had rams in our navy with sucl
speed, we needn't bother our head
much about heavy guns.
| When an insurance company, aft
er gobbling up premiums for mum
Der of years, fights claims afte
death, it is a good one to steer clea
of, for such companies usually max
a hard fight of it and weary claimant
by endless litigation. Still NOR
persistent even than a cheating in
surance company is railroad col
poration. A Major Harold, som
years ago, recovered 100000 fror
the elevated road here. They tough
him from court to court till fina
judgment against them was given i
the court of appeals. Would tina
settle the case? Not much! The
have applied for a new trial on tn
ground of newly-discovered evidence
Of course they won't get it, and an
lawyer could tell them that much
but they'll have the satisfaction G
delaying payment to the poor ma
whose health andprosperity they ruiz
ed for the life they shortened and c
spitefully putting him to more e1
pense. A good slice of the $4,000
must already have been gorged b
lawyers. RADIx.