St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-24
Our New York Letter.
NEW YORK. March 20. Iss2.

NEW YORK, March 20, 1852.
1t is a nice thing to belong to the
stock exchange as long as you can keep
your temper, have plenty of custom
ers, and keep out of temptation to
dive in the pool on your own account.
The families of dead stockholders find
a prompt payment made them of big
sum, which few men could ever man
age to pay the premiums for in any or
binary insurance company. But I'M
pecunious stockholders are bounced,
and failure to fulfil their contracts
causes their privileges to vanish like
unto dreams. Moreover, their pecca-
dillOes are visited with stern severity.
There was breeze, for instance, the
other day, between "A Mr.. Breeze and
Mr.. Bowler, wherein noses and eyes
were punched. They have Doth been
suspended for thirty days. And a
good deal of money may be missed in
thirty days.
dDOuI lIt lIdllS
fer of accounts caused the scrimmage,
and after all it was but the physical
manifestation of nervousness and irrit-
ability which just now affects good
many people. Wall street is feverish
beyond a doubt. The story went
about the other day that Jay Gould
was bursted up, body and boots. He
thereupOn waXed wroth, called in some
crOnies and the cronies say Il wonder
if they told the truth y that he show
ed them S54 ,000, 900 worth of unendors-
ed securities, giving him control of
half dozen railroads, and was going
to show them his United States bonds,
but, as his secretary said, it would
take two trucks to carry them, his aud
itors wouldn't stop to listen. They
say Cyrus w. Field almost broke his
neck trying to jump out of a window,
and make Il million or two 10y the sud
den rise in everything.
Talking of cable and pipe laying
Field, he is quite unpopular among
certain classes for the way he has
hunted after the youthful patriot who
defaced the Andre memorial, and Il Sc
cret society called the Order of the
Iron Hand has, it is said, been organ
lied to smash up the whole thing.
Then, one evening IA crowd assembled
in front of his house, in response to
invitations, stating that men We're
wanted. 1t took energetic action on
the part of quite a squad of police to
clear the way of the deceived multi
tude. 1t almost recOncileS one not to
be a millionaire, il such annOyances
are to be expected by the wealthy.
Talking of millions, Miss Sarah
Burr died little while ago, and be
queathed the cheerful sum of $500, .
600 among some 100 different institu-
tons and charities, beside Il number
of private legacies. The Protestant
Episcopal church profited most by her
benefactions, though she did not for
get sundry arrangements of other de
nominations which she considered de
served encouragement. The old lady,
perhaps, thought her relations didn't
deserve or need encouragement, for
she didn't leave them cent. The leg
atees are very pleased, the relations
are not.
The pleasing, harmless, necessary
domestic cat seems destined to become
an Indispensable part of the kit of Il
plumber. A notable housewife dis
covered the possible future usefulness
of the cat to science and sanitation.
She was annoyed by evil Odors i'll her
snug mansion, with all the modern i'm
provementS, but she couldn't get her
landlord to acknowledge the fact, and,
strange to say the agent couldn't smell
anything bad either. She was ii woman
of resources, and promptly pouring
some valerian down the waste pipe of
washbowl, she invited the attention
of her incredulous visitors and Dor
rowed couple of cats from IA neighbor.
The intelligent felines purred with de
light and sought the grateful odOr,
finally locating it behind a shelf, which,
when removed, disclosed a mighty
leak in Il drain pipe. The landlord
had a pretty heavy bill to pay for re-
pairs, and it is understood entertains a
strong antipathy for cats.
1t must be a nice thing to be re-
ceiver. The position is dignitied, and
one can appoint any number of assist
ants to help each other to keep on do
ing nothing for so long as possible.
The receiver of the Continental Life
Insurance Co. managed to collect S64O,
600, and it cost him to do so, so he
says, S75O,0O0. The stockholders have
not, as a rule, made quite so much out
of the affair as he and his friends have.
An unfortunate Hebrew has just been
non-suited in a very hard case, because
he failed to have written contract.
1t appears he made the acquain lance
of his father-in-law some time ago, and
so won on his good will that he pro-
posed to the young man, the same
evening, that he should marry his
daughter. The young fellow said he'd
like to see her first. The father had
no objection she was duly inspected
and approved of, and the father i'll his
delight at the success of the sudden
matchmaking, promised to give Mrs.
Lippman Meyer some furniture and
$500 cash. He didn't get the cash, but
got angry and mad, and was non-suit-
ed. By the way, married Hebrews
always have more expenses than other
folks for rents and furniture. They
sleep in large separate beds placed
side by side, and the bedrooms have
accordingly to be quite large.
RADIX.