Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1845-02-06
~ From the N Y Neu World.
Christmas and NeW.Ycars Day.
BIZ LAwRIE TODD. \.

By LAwarE TODD, 5s.s3 =
;. This day, fifty years ago, l FIRST sa
the Christmas sun gid the s,eeple
Old Trinity. On each return of Il
$ day, | have lived over again. in mem
Fry, the, pleasure in which .,ha, ds
participated. arr no, going to wri
a funeral tale. because all whom 1.-The
Knew, OF my own age. are slumbefff
IN the .omb-their spirits returned
Him who gave them; Cop Is LOVE-. =
Solomon says, (and he was the wise:
KING that ever lived. not even excep,in
King John, at Wash,ng,on,) that tn
merry man lives as long as the sad. =
This being the case, why should me-
brood continually upon the dark side o
the cloud! for. as sure as wind and i'd
propel the white side will follow. Tn,
Press, tie Pulpit and the Bar resoun.
with the bug5ear Of Miserable W'orl.!
They are set of miserable fools tina
say so. We could no, mend the world
even if we knew how.
A thankful man is happy man; and
we have always reason icbe thankful
When you break your arm you are GLAD
it was no. your leg; when you break
your leg, you are glad it was not your
neck; and above slls.emporal blessings,
sober man-no matter how poor
ought to be thankful tina. he don't ge,
drunk; for this units him for either
giving or receiving pleasure. And be.
You'd all, every mechanic ought to be
thankful tina. his lot is cast in this plen.
'iful country; for even though he may
not have risen higher than a journey
man, if he has a wife who is a good
manager. has good temper. and is a
good cook. land could pick GU, q
thousand such articles among the lasses
Of New York. he may live as stump.
'uously every day as do the little Prin-
ces in Germany, who live on the sweat
and blood of their white slaves. But
this is DEPRESSION from my ou,.se.
about Christmas, though not yet SO far
or me rOau, Tor CnriSymas would DC
but-a poor concern without goose. or
New Years without Turkey: for even
in the hard times Of '35, SO and 81,
when friend Andrew Jackson sprung
mine on the Banks, Bonds and Curren-
cy, we could buy Turkey for fifty
cents, and Goose for thirty seven.-
But 10 return to Christmas. 1894.
The morning was calm, mild, and
bland. IS in the month Of May. In my
minds eye, l ye. see every scene as
they were shifting on that pleasant day.
My young friend asked me to accom-
pany her 10 the Methods! Chapel. in
John street. l loved to follow where
she led. l could give you the hymn
and text, if necessary. / see the
preacher as he stood in the pulpit. and
fancy hear his voice. 49,.
A. one corner Of Nassau street and
Maiden Lane, in one-and. -halfstory
wooden shell. lived Alexander Cutbill.
His business was 10 clo.he the naked;
bu, his chief hobby Qor every man has
his hobby consisted in large shermo
meter. Wishing to know the state of
the weather, we s.eppedin. His mer.
curry indicated fifsy-nine. His window
was open on the street along which the
people were crowding TO the Middle
Dutch Church. The bell was tolling
half past ten, and al this moment,
large blne fly. common harbinger of
summer, came buzzing in at the win
dow. | mention this TO lie, you see
tia, although we had no steamboats, IN
those days. vet we had such Christmas
DAYS as we have not seen since. ,..
But apropos Of Mr. Cusbill; he was
a man Of queer notions. bu. his grand
lever was the thermometer. BY that
he would have moved the world. pro-
vided he could have found plane,
whereon 10 tx his machine He never.
lef, the city during the Twelve seasons
that the Yellow Fever prevailed; and
in 1922, when | was shat up IN the
infected district. when comprised al.
,ba, par, of the city south, of Liberti
street, from river 10 river, TOR here tn
Board of Health put up a board fence,
eigh, feet high, by way Of drawing a
line between the living and the dead.
and also Sc, watch by night and day
TO preven, any one from ven,uring on
This place of skulls.) Mr. Cu,bill fore
ed an entry every day. at 10 A. M..,o
see if | was dead or alive; and always
from the state Of his thermometer,
wonld give good'guess a. the number
of cases tina, might be reported that day.
In the winter he wore pair Of thick
buckskin gloves 10 keep on. the cold
and exactly the same gloves in The sum
mer 20 keep out the heat. He was
nea, and clean in his person and appa
rel. and dressed in drab-colored single
breasted coat. white swans down vest
bleck csssinere brsschss. silver buckls'