The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-01-04
LIFE SCENES INN.YORK,
JUST PUBLISHED by DE WITT & DAvEx-
A "Hot Corn" Story.

lhe Philadelphia boat had just ls.ndcd
her passengers Mt Pier No. /, North Riv-
er, and the crowd are coming up Battery
Place. Hero is picture of American
character. Ever one .is pushing toward
as though there was but one bep left ia
he city, and to obtain that he intended
to outstride aud overreach all his fellow
travellers, Take care, little hot corn girl,
or you will DC run over, and your store
trampled under-foot. Bitter tears for your
loss will run down your hollow cheeks,
but they will gain you no sympathy
The only;answer that you will get, will be
"Why didn't YOU get out of the way, you
little dirty brat-good enough for YOU"
ies. good enough for you, that you have
lost your entire stock cf merchandise;
what business had you in the way of COM
merce, or path of pleasurei'
"But, sir" says Lenevolence in drab
bonnet, "you have hurt the child"
"What il l havel she has no business
in the way. She is nothing but hot
corn girl; they are no better Than begpars
and often are little thieves. Why don't
she stay at homei" Sure enough. Simply
becaus necessity or cruelty drives her into
the street. Now your cruelty will drive
her home to be beaten by drunken faith.
er, for your act of wanton carelessness
Stand aside, my little sufferer, or you
will be run over again. Here comes n
little dark-skinned, black-cyCd, black hair.
cd man, with life and death in his very
step.
What magic power impcls him forward.
Lilo is Jew-a dealer in secondhand
clothes. Surely his business cannot lie so
important that he needito upset little chill
dren, or step on the gouty toes of slow.
going old gentlemen, in his hurry to get
forward.
1t is Friday night, his Sabbath has al.
ready commenced, lie can do no business
-makc no monisll--to, night. He is not
in hurry to reach the synagogue, that
is closed, what then! He has a Christian
partner, anil lac wants to arrange little
specul tion for tomorrow. lie has just
received informotion Of shipment Of yell
low-fever patients clothing, which will ar
rive tomorrow or Sunday, and he want.
his Christian partner to look out on Sat
uriay; so Sunday, the Jew will watch the
chance to buy the infected rags, which
both will sell OIL Monday at hundred per
| cent profit.
"What, at the risk Of human life! Oh,
| can believe that Of jew, but certainly
no Christian would do it"
There spoke the Christian reader
The Jew will say the same. only rsversing
the eharacte. No good Christian or Jew
either will do it; yet il will be done, and
little beggar girls will he run over in the
hot haste to meet the coming ship.
Walk on. The sidewalks are crowd
sd, and the street, between the curb-s,oncs
full OF great numbering omnibuses and
carriages, that go up and down all night
for hire: but there is melancholy still.
ness in all the houses where wealth and
fashion, in our young days, lived in lamp
lighted pariors, and diamonds flashed.
down upon the listener to music which
l'ad. its home in these gay dwellings, .ahere
happy looking faces were seen through
open windows. Iron shutters close them
now, and commerce wears n dark frown
by gas light.
On the right is Wall street, where for
tunes are made and lost rs by the turn Of
u card, or rattle Of dice box. Its very
thronged at noon-day. II is very dull
now. A few watchmen trade slowly
around the great banking houses, working
for dollar nigh. to exc out poorly
paid day, by guarding treasures that the
owners would notwatch all the live long
nigh. 70. all the watchm.n il eo.lh, But
he must watch and work he has sick
wife at home, and four little girls are grow
ing up to wonanhood and city life. God
knowt for what
a few express wagons, and more oftlese
ever-going, overcoming omnibusss, are
coming out Of Wall street to juin the