Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-06-11
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
specialCorrespo ndence ofthe Monitor.l
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NGlO IRON, June #.
The whole city was out Of doors to |
witness the parade of veterans and the G.
A R., which was the finest ever seen
here. What is more, New York now
knows how to keep holiday. Such a
variety of out-ofdoor attractions are pro-
vided, that very little rum selling indoors
can take place. The pastimes in the aft
ernoon, ball games, yacht races, horse
races, and what not, were so numerous
that every one really enjoyed himself in
his own peculiar manner But after the
Bridge Day Of last week and Decoration
Day of this week, oh, what tedious,
hot, dry Fourth Of July must we not an
ticipate.
Speaking of horse-races- sports are
in a terrible quandary on the betting
question. You know last year the attrac-
lions at jerome Park were considerably
lessened by the enforcement of new
law forbidding pool-selling, book-mabing
or anything of the kind. This year, it
appears that a few heavy betters, who are
on the inside, are aware of the fact that
clause repeating this law was tackled on
| to another bill during the session Of the
Legislature, unknown to the general
| sporting fraternity, who have only just
got hint of it, and between them all
there is disposition just to try it on and
await results.
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and other summer hotels are opening to-
day, the LIST of June, but as yet the rush
is not great. Neither will it be until
the weather becomes warmer and the
Metropolis itself has so many attractions.
Quite a number of people, however,
went to Coney Island yesterday to take
bath, not in water but in beer, which
l is Of a peculiar quality on the Island,
and sold at very short measure, in imita-
ton of the CLAIMS that abound there. For
some reason or other l hear that nearly
all the summer hotels round here have re-
duced their scale of prices, probably ow-
ing to the fact that so many people are
going to Europe this year.
1t is a sight for some of your people to
come over to New York solely for the
purpose Of witnessing the scenes on the
docks of these European steamers. Not
day now passes but two or three OF
them leave, and to witness the life and
; animation there, so distinct from oul
other city life, is alone worth a trip tc
) New York. Then the rates of passage
: are nowadays so reasonable that, for {
tourist to take one of these ocean steam
l ers, he can live cheaper for ten days thar
at any of our first-class hotels.
1 By-the-bye, hear that Vanderbilt, wht
, only left the other day for England, is al
f ready on his way back. That mans mill
; ions bother him great deal. He has NJ
: rest or comfort anywhere. The onl.
e place where he actually seems to EMO.
: himself is behind his fast trotterS. Some
: times he runs over a man OF two, the
:, sends his doctors after them, pays tn
). bills, and, as to the rest, he don't care
e snip for anybody. You know, / heard
r story, the other day, which looks to m
|. as if it might be true, namely, that Van
IS derbilt has a private detective in his en-
= ploy who watches him wherever he goes
n in fact, watches over him at an opportun
Of distance, to be ready to pounce upon an
IN man who should dare to pounce upon th
ii millionaire.
s, This reminds me that just now we hay
il an awfHl lot of pickpockets in our mids
al Along with the dudes of English init
ton and English manners, now gettin
tie so disgustingly common here, lars
a number of English pickpockets appear
be have been imported. But then they a
or being hauled up much quicker than
e. times past, as our detective force is no
CHI |. You ought to have seen the police p
A rade we had last Monday. They we
Sc nicknamcd ''the finest" but, really, {
ny not believe there is finer police force
is the world, London included, than Il
eSt New York force, so far as drill and a
is pearance is concerned. The display
5ty these men in marching through o
ere streets, some two thousand strong, ma
en every merchant, every man of propert
ial feel safer. They are constantly abuse
,he and yet, take them as whole, they q
is our great municipal strength and prote
in ton.
oil There is that well-known bully a
ose prize-fghter, Joe Coburn, who has j.
ign been released from a term of imprisC
ment He said he was going to open
ted rum-shop in Broadway, whether he hat
de- license or not, and in times past
mi would have done so regardless of I