Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-27
EVENING STAR
D0RsTICKs BUNS WITH THE sMAsHEEK

D0EsTICKS BUNS WITH THE HASHE
Some city genius who is "doing up
New York, its lions and elephants, for a
country paper, thus recklessly carica-
lures the firemen
70l MARROW STREET,
New York, October 90, 1854. {
am not known by the cognomen Of
"Mose," nor do l answer to the name oil
"Syksey''-neither, as a general thing
do I promenade the middle of Broadway
with my pantaloons tucked into my
boots. Still, by way of new excite.
nent, lately joined the fire department
and connected myself with the company
of Engine 81.
Bought my uniform, treated the com.
pany, took up my quarters in the bunk
room, where slept by night in a bed
that was occupied in the day time by a
big yellow dog. First night, went to
bed with my boots on, ready for an
alarm. At last, it came seized the rope
with the lest of the boys; started on q
run; tugged and toiled till we got her
into the llth district, four miles and a
half from home; found the alarm had b en-
caused by burning shavings, and the con.
f1agration had extinguished itself: had to
drag her cleal back tired almost to
death; it wasn't funny at all; turned in
half an hour, new alarm; started again;
Hose 80 laid Ill the same alley: got ur
apparatus jammed on the corner: fight:
81 victorious; got our machine out, and
carried off he forewheel of sos carriage
on our tongue; reached the fire; big mig
ger standing on the hydrant; elected my
self apprais and auctioneer: knocked
him down without any bidder; took wa
ter; our stream on the fire; fun; worked
till my arms ached; let 90 to rest: fore.
man hit me over the head with a trum-
pet, and told me to 60 ahead; though
d-n, but kept at it; children in the gar
ret; horrible situation; gallant fireman
made rush up the ladder; battled his
way through the smoke: re appeared
with child in each arm, and his pocket
full of teaspoons.
Old gentleman from the country much
excited; wanted to help, but didn't ex-
actly know how; he rushed into fourth
story bedroom threw the mirror out of
the window frantically endeavored to
hurl the dressing-table after it seized
the coal scuttle, hurriedly put in the
poker, bootjack, and pair of wcrn out
slippers, carried them down stairs, and
deposited them in place of safety four
blocks away; came back on run into
the parlor took up the door-mat.
wrapped up an empty decanter in it, and
transported it safely into the barn of the
nearest neighbor; he kept at work by
dint of heroic exertions he at various
times deposited, piece by piece, the en-
tire kitchen cooking stove in the next
street, uninjured and at last, after
knocking the piano to pieces with an axe,
in order to save the lock, and filling his
pockets with the sofa castorS, he was
seen to make his final exit from the back
yard with length of stovepipe in each
hand, the toasting fork tucked behind
his ear, and Two dozen muffin rings in
his hat,~ nAch was surmounted by
large-sized frying-pan.
During the next week there were sew
eral alarms-fre in big block full Of
papers-first man in the building car
ried down stairs in my arms two help
less, undressed children, thereby saving
their valuable lives on giving them to
their mother, she, amid a whirlwind of
thanks, impaired the gratifying intelli-
gence that one was afflicted with the
measles, and the other had the Michigan
itch. Tire in boarding school dashed
up a ladder tulnbled through window;
entered bedroom smoke so thick
couldn't see; caught up in my arms a
feminine specimen IN a long night-gown:
got back to the window tried to go
down; ladder broke under me; stuck
adhesively to the young lady and after
unexampled e1ertions, deposited her
safely in the next house, where [ discOy-
cred that had rescued from the devour-
ing element the only child of the black
cook.
Fire in the stoi oiehouss; went on the roof:
explosion found myself in somebody s
cellar, with one leg in soap barrel, and
my hair full of fractured hen s eggs dis.
covered that had been blown over a
church, and had the weather cock still
remaining in the rear of my demolished
pantaloons.
Fire in liquor store-hoss burnt |;
brandy "lying round loose" gin con
vaynient," and old Menongahela abso- :
lutely begging to be protected from fur
| ther dilution. Croton water too much
for my delicate constitution; carried
home on shutter.
Fire in -Catholic-little mar
BILE images round the room in inches
wall began to totter; statues began to
fall; st. Andrew knocked my fire hat
over my eyes st. Peter threw his whole
weight on my big toe; st. Jerome hit
me clip over the head which laid me
Sprawling, when picture of the Holy
Family fell and covered me up like bed
quilt.
Fire in a hio olothipo ctoro noxk do,,