Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-06-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
neutrality-suspicious. ofthe Monitor.1
Mem York. Man %. 1882

write about, almost as nice as hero
ines. | shall have to call your atten-
ton to three or more of the former
and one of the latter. Sundry New
Workers and others were saved from
frightful death, on Wednesday
night, by a young station agent on
the Connecticut Shore Line Railway.
He was off duty, returning from a
pleasant visit to his girl, and as he
lightly trod the track he observed
dark and mysterious moving objects,
which turned out to be five tramps,
angry at being turned off trains,
placing distinctions. Unarmed as
he was, he boldly challenged them
and advanced, pretending to feel for
an imaginary pistol in his hip pocket.
One scoundrel hit him with a stone
and another shot him through the
arm, but they ran, and he ran the
other way, reaching the station just
in time to stop the Boston express.
That young Charlie May, aged 20, is
one of my heroes, and l think he and
his girl ought to find counting made
easy for them, if there is any graft
tude in corporations.
Another gallant fellow is Captain
Burrows, of the steamer Rio Grande.
On her voyage from Galveston, load
ed with cotton, the cargo caught fire.
He chased an Italian bark, transfer
red his passengers, ran his vessel
ashore on the Delaware Breakwater,
scuttled and sunk her, which put the
fire out, stopped up the holes again,
pumped her out, got up steam, chased
the Italian bark again, took his pas
sengers a board again and gaily
came into port. His father and
grandfather, together, rescued a yes
sci which had been taken by pirates,
and made prisoners of the prize crew
of ten stalwart ruffians.
The heroism of the others were
manifested some time ago at the
Potter Park row fire. There was a
pleasant little affair of testimonial
giving, with music and other nice ar
engagements, wherein the brave fire
man Rooney, the brave girl Ida
Small, whom he rescued, and the
brave colored bootblack, Charles
Wright, figured prominently.
Flags flew freely but somewhat in
congruously on Wednesday. 1t was
the Queens birthday. That covered
every British ship with bunting. Il
was the Brooklyn Sunday school fes-
tival that brought them out from al
who love the 10000 children in the
parade, a large percentage of whom
carried banners. Moses Taylor had
died. That brought flags at half
mast and trimmed with Grape all over
Wall street. Every institution where
some of his great wealth was stored
thus did honor to his memory. I'll,
was fine old fellow as well as ricl
one.
1t is an old forensic maxim, whel
counsel haven't a leg to stan'
on, to abuse the opponents attorney
The monopolists have lately taken t.
ridiculing Mr.. F. B. Thurber, per
haps their most distinguished enemy
It's hard row for them to hoe, TO
he has too much hard horse sense t.
give them much of chance to ge
the laugh on him. Any one ca
Judge whether he knows his bushes
by trying one of his pound package
of choice roasted coffee-aromati
stuff, sniff at which makes one
hair curl-and rejecting that ma
who knows just how to get the il
4 side track of business rivals in thes
days of close competition, is not yer
l likely to make an ass of himself i
other respects which may not seel
of such direct Importance to him.
Jumbo is driving the Brooklynes
crazy. Everybody has seen th
great favorite of all British children
and everybody is talking about hin
Even on Wall street ferry boat, whel
the staple conversation used to |
dollars, dollars, dollars, you no
. hear the word Jumbo at least as ofte
as the word dollars. He has captu
ed old and young, in all condition
of life, and when he comes your wa,
y I suppose he'll scoop you all in tt
same way.
" Strengthening sailors used to be
y common New York industry, but WI
: discouraged by sundry sentences
i twenty years in Sing Sing. 1t h;
. lately been revived in a peculiar
mpudent form. The last victi
W was soldier who sat just trifle t.
~ long under some convenient JUMP
~ tree. He woke on board ship in t
Narrows, wrote a note to his capita
" inclosed it in bottle and hove
"a overheard. The note reached
10 destination, and a revenue cult
10 started in pursuit, but too late to re
ai cue the prisoner. When he return
- = he'll probably have learnt to be cal
II full. The skipper who kidnapp
3 him will never come back if he
10 wise. RADIx.
cd STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Mt panther was seen in the woods abe
CHI Felchville few days ago.
nd The Vermont democratic state cow
y, ton is announced for June Goth, at Mo
,+e pelier.
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