Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
COMMUNICATIONS.
NEW YORK LETTER.

Let the young man, who Is about starting in life
and who expects to make living out Of politics,
pause and take warning by the fate Of Franklin
Edison. Only couple Of years ago,M Mr.. Edison was
a well-todO merchant, and the President Of the
Produce Exchange. No man Of his age in the city
seemed TO have a more promising future. When
the warning factions OF the County Democracy,
Tammany, and Irving Hall seemed 10 fnd it i'm
possible to agree upon any man ,Ar. Rdson beamed
upon them like CLEAN Of sunshine through q WIN
try storm-cond and with one voice they exclaimed,
"Eureka" Well. they did find It. and they found
more than they were looking for; for Mr. Edison
was no sooner in bis seat than he proved most
serious disappointment. even to his most intimate
friends; and all parties without distinction came
to one conclusion. and that was, that whoever emf
fered during Mr.. EdsOn's administration 1t would /
not be Mr.. Edison. Two years have passed, and /
the man who went into the greatest municipal Of |
fce in the United States, with the accamations Of
thousands, to-day walks from the Mayors Office I
to prisoners cell That is to say meiBY9Sye \;
cell for don't suppose he will snon sbonld hail
water,er sleep on the ,-.,..I, -, a., yer
,,o-,bo,oss ~ IN 1t should be elOsed-nOW tmarnf
sort Of thing is done by the clerks; the owner.st
the shop has HoiR0S e sex as29ta aha ole @ IEie EiSf
days Uncomfortable for Mr.. Edison, although bis
oifense is only technical contempt Of Court. Be-
fore he entered politics Mayor Edison was a high
toned business man. Mr. Edson goes out OF Office
uelamented, and one OF the most unpopular men
in the city He will not go back to bis old position
in the Produce Exchangef for he is quite as unpop.
ular there as he is in the municipality, and he has
learned somewhat late in life that the shoemaker
had better stick to his last.
The new Mayor has started in like business
man: worthless drones who have been feeding at
the public CRIB for years, have been suddenly
bounced, and feel as II lightning had struck them;
in all the departments snecures have been pro
vided for faithful 'heelers," whose most onorous
duties was to draw their salaries at the end OF every
mouth; this class Of patriots Mayor Grace is mer-
clessly Flaughtering and It is to be hoped, If the
reform goes on, that the city's budget may be re-
duced something less than thirtyfour millions OF
dollars.
Yon often hear Brooklyn spoken OF as the City
Of Churches and the very title implies that the peo
pie are very good. The events of the past week
make me fear that our neighbOrs are gong to the
'demnition bow-wows" Brother Fulton will
Hold the Fort no longer in the Temple; it has been
bought by a speculatOr, and in a couple Of weeks
it will be transformed into a proiane skating rink.
The Salvation Army has been routed from its snug
quarters among the scented aristocracy on the
Hand Captain Maria Jane aud Msjor Matilda
Susan will ight the Devil and his allies ct the old
quarters on Washington street, where they first
planted their banners. They made themselves
such nuisance that the people on the Hill dubbed
together and bought them OF so that the sound Of
the Salvation tamborine and the hallelujah banjo
will no more call sinners to repentance the Hill.
Several churches in Brooklyn are serving for sta
bes ne less than three have been turned into the
atres, so that fear our neighbOrs are falling from
grace since the big bridge has brought them in
such close connection with this wicked city.
queer case is that Of Lillian Russell. There il
scarcely dude in New York who has not been
head over heels in love with her, and who was not
in despair when she ran away with Teddy Solo.
mon. What there was about Teddy to attract the
handsomest woman in the city, is something that
mo feah can ind out" but he did; and it IS said
that two or three OF his former wives were just
handsome as pictures. Well, solomon himself Is
no beauty, but he carried OF the fair Lillian, on
whom there were several mortgages, the most inn
portant being that Of Dave Braham, the leader at
narrigan & Harts, and the author Of the Mulligan
Guards march, and lots OF other popular music
which has made the fortune Of HaFrigan & Hart.
Mr.. Braham holds marriage certificate and Mrs.
Braham solomOns holds bouncing baby only a
few months old; she has not seen Mr.. Biaham foI
two years. so Braham says that he has no use fOI
the baby. His suit for divorce will be short one,
as the proofs are so hagrant that it will not take
I'VE minutes to decide the case.
The terrible Polar wave completely Daralyzed
business and caused an amount Of suffering almost
ncalculable In the station houses at the different
police precincts, thousands Of miserable wretehes
are sheltered each night who have no home. They
are permitted to lay down on the noorand arc hud-
died together as thick as they can possibly be
sloGed. Many are professional tramps, dirty,
ragged and unkept; but there are hundreds who
are unfortunate and homeless. Early IN the morn
ing. at six O'Clock all OF them indiscrminately are
turned into the street. It is terrible to see them
turned out shiyerng into the bitter frosty air. All
Of them are m clad, not one has anything like an
oyereoat. Some have their summer clothing that
would be Indifferent covering on a warm day.
Charity does much, but it seems unable to cope
with the poverty Of a great city.
Brother Fullon, who was sold out Of the Rink
last week, is going to build new church only one
block from the old one, SO Brooklyn will have one
pastor, at least, whs viii see to it that Monsignor
Capel AID the Pope do not run away with the
United States Yours truly, Is.