The New York herald., 1850-05-02
The Events of Moving Day.


world, but reckoning without their host" leave
obscure location, where they are doing safe and
quiet business and plant themselves In the glare Of
the promenades Of fashion, where they expect grow
rich in about the time that pumpkin
mushroom swels into maturity under the summer sun
They have to pay an enormous rent, they require u
very large and expensive stock for their position
and the fitting up Of the establishment as to adapt
II to their peculiar business. costs mint Of money "
Their capital is small for the undertaking and their
brain probs bly, too small for its sphere Of action
and fre the other OF from both combined
they cave i'm before the next winter On the other
hand, some shrewd ones. whose capital Is not too
limited for their plans, and who have business heads
and working hands proceed to central thorough
fare not caring much for high rent OF taxes knowing
that they play high game, and have made sure cal
ment and active habits. they succeed make fortune.
and build OF purchase palace" up town." where they
become part Of the moneyed aristocracy retired from
ths hustle din Of business. If they have got the
bump Of acQuisitveness largely developed and take
pleasure in adding dollar % dollartha In enjoy
ing the dollars already acqued they will probably
employ their money In speculative operations in Wall
street. Thus the First Of May IL very important
date to many of our wealthy merchants. AgAn-A
Dutchmsn sets his eye upon corner building in the
mdst Of drnsely populated district lie takes 1t on
comes passing rich while many become poor by drink
ing his grcg Then the citizen doing small business
in marrow store the dry goods clerk, or other per-
son living n salary, wants to have q respectable
house for his family In respectable ncighborhood
lie wants 10 look up in the world, or his wife does
which is the thing and the comparatively poor
accommodations which they had to put up With are
no longer spdurabie Moving day is coming-a stylish
house ut least apartments in one, must be taken
forthwith The furniture will not for the
dweiling IL would look shabby IL must be sold OF
at tremendous 'acrince. and new purchased at sa-
day has not the ready cash he gives his mote. aud Is
charged twenty five per cent for the risk. or gives
lien upon the furniture. and IL charged high rate Of
Interest Then company must be la the
house show all ones friends how nice 1t looks; aud
new dresses must be purchased for Mrs Higgins Miss
Higgins. and all the young Hlgginses. Thus u poor
mnn IL almost broken before he Is aware Of it.
There 10 another class still in whose lives the first OF
May IL IN We allude to the young married couple
who have hitherto perhaps. lived In boarding house
but have got the first little responsibility" or
very to have Il. and must commence housekeep.
ing the nrst OF May. Ignorant, probsbiy Of that
ART, they purchase costly furniture beyond their
Of judicious management. which entails u heavy
pendturc that plunger them Into debt. and the rut
and fall back again upon boarding house They viii
lot member the first Of May This is the dark side
Of the picture In hou.ekeeping II has ts bright side,
amount OF happiness and comfort around their o~u
domestic hea1hs that they could rsaisc, ut any
price. In boarding house or hotel.
The foregoing some Of the causes OF moving
on the fret Of May; but there are others; aud
voked tenants that they prefer paying as high,
or even . higher rent to n new landlord. rather
than crafty the old by complying With his exorbtant
per cent In New York. and then the taxes are over
~helniing There Is another very common cause of
moving II is the love Of change. People. npelcdb by
this principle In their nature. will remove II IL
hut one dock. and TO worse house. aud at "a higher
May. Equally potent for putting people In motion on
the frt Of May. Is the inruenc. OF fashion for. IA
they 'ay I'VE may as well be out of the world a' out
Of the fashion" Lastly a considerable number move
because they cannot help i. They have paid their
rent badly or not at all mud the landlord who is
nipotcnt on the first q May, will have them out aud
IN
Morgan Rather In How TO pay the Rcatn
fr,m h,se and other causes the moving nt the pre-
sent May has been equal To the mutations and changes
Of any past year aud has far exceeded the general
p,ciai,on II Was supposed that the novings Of tbs
lart month and especially the last week would have
gr, stly diminished the number yesterday. s COM
pare will former years But II was all buste. bus
tie. clear the way" from Dawn Of day till high noon,
ju,t much as Il there had not been single removal
before Those who were fortunate enough 10 have an
empty house 70 goto. got away early some OF them
At four o'clock but many. very many, had TO wait
tll IL o'clock or at least till such time would en-
able them TO reach the new domcile at IL ifthey
happsp,d TO arrive short time before and the other
family had cleared sut. then there great
motion and come cursng. the cartman swearing he
would not wait to help in with the furniture as he
had other Fittings 20 take. and down the load In
the ,ireet where u remained till place was mad. for
II inside Between II and O'Clock u seemed ~ n the
whole city on the move. and that TIA. Inhabitants
we're going TO abandon H In all directions carts Of
furniture might be seen. IN faasu. OF being loaded
the carmen pulling and hsuling fathers calling mo
tb.rs ba~rg and children squaliing pots paus. aud
kettles rattling Will. the br.ating Of leg Of .
table or Of basket Of def or glass brought do~ns
thower of curses upon the awkward cartmanr head.
Sometimes from overiosding aud bad packing. .
cart OF furniture might be secn tumblng into the
rrstt, making q terrible smash. Then again. two
cart. would come right into collision with zach other
In n narrow street. another with an omuibu- In
thorcushfare: and then followed another crash
a thi. Kind occurred In the Bovvry. where two
carts avoiding the railroad cars that were passing at
the time came together h.tcr k.ltcr, upsstting one
aud hfa akng half the furniture. In some II
half ludcrous and half melancholy to the little
children the top Of the load holding f,r their
throw tn, m cd
In the upper part Of the city many Of the Germans
and iri'h, TO save the dollar might be seen
sister. bfoihsrs. all bearing something-on. with
. tstis. another With . ehsir a third eth .
her shouldsrr 6fth with n h~dstsad. q sixth with
q pot or ran. or nunib,r Of these small srti.
cl.s hurryrs through the street. and perhaps run
ming tilt sraInst smother fitting party coaius Ia Tn.
crfSsre direction. In these removals, whether By
cart ~ BY hands there was one class o objects that
prctty flowers that broken outright. or d~-
mrr,d ss TO destroy their bloom for this season
Between the charges for garage aud the breakage,
many r,rsops not vcry rich we're w,r mulct.d tor
thtr moving Your dollars yer load " the distance
~ss Of all con'drrshe. vs- the charge; aud ~ kno~
an insiencc Of person whom u cot ~ 10 move 10
irookp slS for carriage, aud ~ tor brrakas Of fur
niiure and slass. Doubtless th.rc mauy other.
rhtm " eost Ear more. The f.rry boats were niicd
With carts ~ furniture the whole day Hos true was
the saying - EsJsmn trantiin, that three nosins-
o re ~ tad as ttnpipr
In some streets IN. s.neh of the burning straw. In
which there we're terrible hoi,causts of animated na
,uie vas horrible In The ss.r.ns fns Dummy , ~
during the present moving time than II has bcsn for
many ysars.
hou.ee and stores prostrst.d In al directions
with view of erecting their sites octter els-s Of
buildings
Ihe frst Of May n will be secn from the foregoing
ts n very .v.n,fu day hut there are other events
virr on, of ~ which will estend this week aud
IN. nsrt 1he scrubbing. snd securing aud shit
was hing end painting that inevitably fsllJw
bad the moving itsslf and all fts concOmitznts
Notice 60 the Public.
Those vbe intend 20 change ,her rrridenee 90 the
,., 81 Msy will please notify Of The hs, stating w,