Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-06-12
same, shouldn't care to leave my safe
open with him around.

same, / shouldn't care to leave my safe
open with him around
A practical move against monopolists
has been made by some energetic Staten
Islanders, charmingly situated. 1t has
been so difficult to get to and from it that
it has remained as thinly populated as
many country places a hundred miles
away. The ferry companies run their
boats to suit themselves, and in foggy
weather or when there is much ice about
sometimes don't run them at all, so that
a resident of the island, doing business
in New York must be prepared to lodge
at hotel or some hospitable friends
without any warning perhaps nine nights
in every year. At last the people have
kicked and started fiye-cent line, and
they have found out that they can keep
the pot boiling capitably for that rate and
make money too. 1t is good example.
and may well be followed in more import
ant business.
A Scotch imitator of Sam Patch has
been making sundry attempts to show
how neatly he can kill himself by diving
into the East river from the Brooklyn
Bridge, when the currents are like a
whirlpool. On the first occasion it was
too cool and the wind blew too strong.
Afterwards, the bridge workman were
| instructed not to let him in. After an
other alleged attempt to pass the guard
in disguise the diving professor and an
other national artist started off to exhibit
the latter swimming or wiggling across
the river with hands and feet tied. That
| didn't work worth a cent and the fraud
had to be rescued, while the thousands of
spectators were properly sold.
The great Jumel estate has been sold.
The old mansion in the middle was the
home Of George Washington's first love
and afterwards his headquarters, and af-
ter that again belonged to the widow of
Aaron Burr. The late emperor of the
French, foreseeing the grand bounce he
got, wanted to buy it to make a little
Paris and home for dilapiated Bona
parties. But the war with Germany caught
him before his negotiations were complet-
ed, and he and clique Of New York
schemers who expected to make quite u
little pile in the operation were disap
pointed. The old home is full of inter-
esting relics and romantic stories of all
kinds, and is even inhabited, according
to some peoples yarns, by George Wash
ington's ghost. Part of the estate con-
sisted of property in Broadway near Wall
street, and sold for S115 a foot at auction
the largest price ever paid for land in the
United States, and not often exceeded in
London.
Several yacht clubs opened their sea-
son on Decoration Day, and it will be
grand summer, every one says, for anna
teur sailors. The famous old Julia, George
Steers masterpiece, is coming down to
try conclusions with the modern cracks,
and it will be interesting to note whether
new tangled ideas are improvements on
the old. Some of the veterans seem to
think not. The catamarans, however,
though not exactly commodious enough
for voyage round the world, can show
their heels to the best of the sloops, cut
tiers and schooners, and every friendly
match are to be seen sporting around
among the slow-going craft like frisky
puppies round person of corpulence and
short wind And still faster than the
catamaran is that mysterious craft l have
given you a hint of already. But for the
moment my lips are sealed. RADIX.