The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-30

to Be Ave dollars. ws come give us four dslisr' now
well dat's heap o'meney jes for q warrant now:
Is dom State warrants much dan de oddsr kind"
"wa tn aint nothin else" replies shsrks, and SO
asd ironing table by tia deluded victim. The fee
pecketsd and OF the done one to await tho result
OF her mornings business Pete was OF course unms
Tested, not magistrates warrant had attempted
to be precurod and the next morninshe same closd
cd counenance, under the eotton plaid head dress
shark, upon whom she opened in round terms
denouncing him and his profession generally in terms
"well, there" said the shark, you've done, amt
YET Now, jest look ERE, my officers gone away. and
couldn't have that dockement tended to TIL he come
and make yourself easy 7 IL all be done up brown-now
mind tell ys There, now, that enough, ain'tit p
left stuck his hands down deep in his pantaloons pockets
and casting his eye knowingly his left shoulder
was abou.ts use his expressive language to ego
and drink" when he sspiea another client coming
up the steps. The conner was young man Of small
from him the of 81 for services which he
tended render in giving him admission to the prison to
friend The young had been enlightened, and
could but i'll afford 70 lose four dollars No sooner did
him, and locking terrific possible demanded what
his business was. The young man told him in few
dollar. were hsri i To- earn and minated that Il was
harder still to be defrauded in the way he had been
The "Counsssr" knew his man. hewsyer Ind sftsr
walking few PAGES away, turned sharply upon him.
and uttered such terrible list ofmprscsons and tareat
that before he had finished the young was halfway
down the steps of the building and has not been to
trouble the shark since
But why is it that such things allowedl Such
downright swindlipg could surely be prevented if the
prsper steps were taken Day aftsr day this
stands in the vesbule the Tombs and perpetratss just
me 81
clear case OF false preteDcs? little strasxem on the
part of the police woun suce to catch this fellow Of
uurAif
nle were made Of him. the evil might be reedied why
not station policeman in the vestbue to protect stran
gers from imposition
WARD SCHOOL ExAMINA rIoN.-An examination of pu.
pills Of Word School No TO- in james street. took place
Saturday. This school only established in March
such to crafty exceedingly ali who are interested in
it. There are about 900 scholars in the building they
partment in which the little folk Of both sexes are in.
structed in the alphabet the and combination Of let
tors and through lessons Of reading rnd the ina
tory steps towards knowledge Of geography arithms
TIC &c This department s under the superinsndence Of
Mrs Ciey, who has under her charge some four i've
hundred scholars The combination of letters into syl
tables is taught on new and successful plan. card,
upon which letter has been impressed IL held up to
of tho beginners. who are told the name Of the charac
ter and equired to repeat after the teacher until they
are familiar with its appearance aud name smother i
liable and after the names Of the characters familiar
lied the minds Of the children they taught in like
children the the letters their power in som
binations the tme is highly spoken Of In tho
Denton, the young ladies'. some $50 in number, gave
evidence OF good teaching probably received. Some
.na
room, and were promising indications Of future prof.
cheney. The classes were examined in Astronomy, &C.
ography, English Grammsr, Arithmetic (pr0blens
tally solved well wrought out siatss reading
and composition. Instructions in music given twice
present the examination and made it apparent that his
pupils we're attaining good fundamental knowlsdge Of
school ROOM and the scholars are much in this
branch Of their education. They sang several pieces
great hsrmonT The male dspsItm ns SSs !, M h.ad
MIR st. John: tn: boys were OK mined in rea ing,
in srihmsis was truly lads Of tue ages Of those
who comprised il. The Oldest not more than IL or
IA years Of ego; and they solved the difficult arith
mstcal problems with great and correctness In
mental arithmetic they proved Themselves competent
the task Of giving at once with out the aid Of slate
six places They undertake to square nine figures
this however requires too much time to render the
this power Of calculation is acquired BY new system,
which ]. taught by Mr. st Jehn, and but few besides
fed with the result Of the examination.
The MurroN Pie MAN. who vends his compound of
Aour. sleeps meat and water, the Of Fulton
and Nassau streets, is perfect character: He under
stands to nicely the small arts which bring great
cess in trade What happy smile Of recognition no
has for every news boy in the street. No dry goods
clerk wore gracious smiles for the especial
profit Of his employers than does mutton pie man
grace his countenancc with lure hungry victims to
his store Of pies And then when he opsn5 his tin box
and looks in his mornings stock in trade he rubs
his hands in such glee and by his looks plain
as though no spoke il with his lips What lot o'beau-
tes No obber in Pearl street ever looked ire
sistibe he opened OF cashmerss India
goods doeshe ofhe tin he rubs his hands
his tempting stores lie appssrs to do cash business
ne has smiles and mods and kind looks and a good
word for all but business is business and the sound
Of the copper upon the lid Of the tin case is the open
sesame" which oosens astenings of his magazine But
that tin case IL a: perfect specimen in its way
Ia its in his Il is not more than thirty
inches square, but 10 calculated to accommodate the
largest possible number Of pies, while at side is at
tached reservoir OF gravy kept at proper heat by
ingeniously contrived miniature furnace below But
our merchant knows how to take advantage of the
changing tides and eddies Of the CITY, which throw his
customers together at different points various times;
for instance he il in front Of the Herald Office in the
morning front OF the theatres in the evening and
by changing his position is always ready to catch the
breezss Of fortune That peman knows his trade sticks
to his business end is destined 10 make his fortune.
Movements OF Travellers.
The fuctuaon in travelling this season. has rarely
been more spparen. than in the extracts, made
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