Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-01-20
FROM NEW YORK.
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF oH1r-oHAr ON VARIOUS
TOPICS INCLUDING sNow-sToRMs, ELEVATED
RAILROADS AND CAnT.wuEEL HATS.

TOPICS, INCLUDING sNow-sToRMs, ELEVATED
RAILROADS AND cART-wHEEL HATS
NEW YoRK, Jan 18th, 1882.
Editors PhgniD In last weeks issue Of
your paper, noticed that you were having
light snow fall, and wero evidently hoping
that il would continue, and abide. How diff
ferent this from the way we look at snow
storm. II there is anything that New York
ers d0Rt want, IL is snow. Many pretty
things have been said and sung about the
"beautiful snow" and we all understand how
exhilarating and comfortable one may be,
smothered in fur robes and gliding swiftly
over the hard, CLASSY surface to the music Of
jingling BELLS and how business is increased
and everything made lively and cheerful in
the country, when the ground is covered with
snow, and also how the crops arc kept from
severe frost by this beautiful provision of
nature but in the city this is all different.
With us, snow means discomfort to pedos-
trians, oyercrow ded cars and stages, great
hindrsnce in the shipment Of goods on nc.
count Of blockaded streets, and dearth Of
customers at the retail stores. It is often said
that our winters are less severe than formerly,
and that we have less snow. / think ii must
be so in this section, for well remember see
ing large sleighs for days at a time, substitut-
ed for the numbering omnibuses, and doing
all the passenger business Of Broadway and
other thoroughfAres Of tho city. But this
sight has not been witnessed for twenty years
or more.
It is my good fortune to ride daily to aud
from my business on one Of the elevated rail.
roads, and as 1 stepped out Of tho door this
morning and found the ground covered with
snow, and the fast falling flakes indicating a
long storm, it was pleasant to reflect that in
my journey down town, should be above
any anxiety as to distractions, which are in
evitable on the surface roads in a snow storm.
A great change has come over the people in
regard to these elevated roads. They were
thought to be unmihgated nuieances at first,
and there was great hue aud cry about the
ruin of property along the streets through
which they passed, but the people soon found
that there was vastly more comfort in riding
from the Battery to the Grand Central depot,
seated in comfortable car in twenty min
uies, than TO be packed, sardine fashion, in
strap for fifty to sixty minutes to reach the
same point The regular fare on the eleyat-
ed roads is ten cents, but during the "com-
mission" hours, two hours in the morning
and two hours in the evening-fve cents pays
for ride the entire length of the road, which
is about nine miles. Our friend Ray would
probably consider this pretty cheap riding
but II he will furnish good turnout at that
rate, will give him all my patronage when
ever am in BrAttleboro, and will only slip
ulate for the "Rice" horse half the time
wonder il you know what "cart wheel"
hat is 2 presume you do, but you can't pos
sbly understand or appreciate its capabilities
unless you have had an e1pericnce similar to
mine on last Sunday evening. My wife and
l attended a prominent church on Madison
avenue to hear preacher of considerable
note. We we're shown to a good seat, and
congratulated ourselves upon having an I'M
interrupted view OF the speaker But alas
for human hopes, Presently two young la
dies were seated directly in front Of us, both
wearing the aforesaid cart wheels" Now il
must be borne in mind that while these arti-
cles OF feminine head gear will not measure
more than two feet across, they are capable
of obstructing a view Of the whole end of
church, when one sits at a distance OF two
feet behind them and this was actually so in
this case. Everybody knows that IL a speak
er cannot be seen, he cannot be satisfactorily
heard, and we lost the benefit OF the sermon
in question on account OF broad. hat ism.
Why will the ladies be 80 thoughtless as TO
adopt an article Of dress which no interferes
with the comfort OF others, especially in
public assembly? On the street it is differ
ent, as there is room to dodge them.
BRADKINs.