Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-09
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701 NARROW STREET,


7O1 NARROW STREET,
York, October 80, 1854. ! .
am not known by the cognomen OF
"Mose:" nor do answer to the name OF
"Sykesy"-neither, as a general thing do
promenade the middle of Broadway with
my pantaloons tucked into my boots. Still,
by way Of new excitement, lately joined
the fire department, and connected myself
with the company of Engine 81.
Bought my uniform, treated the company,
took up my quarters in the bunkroom:
where slept by night in bed occupied in
the day time by 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 rest of the boys; started on a
run: tugged and toiled till we got her into
the 18th district. four miles and half from
home; found the alarm had been caused by
barrel of shavings, and the contlagration
had extinguished itself; had to drag her
clear back tired most TO death; it wasn't
funny at all turned in; half an hour, new
alarm started again-Hose 80 laid in the
same alley; got our apparatus jammed on
the corner; fight; 81 victorious: got our
machine out, and carried off the forewheel
fire; big niger standing on the hydrant !;
elected myself appraiser and auctioneer;
knocked him down without any bidder !;
took water got our stream on the fire; fun;
worked till my arms ached; let go to rest !;
foreman hit me over the head with a
trumpet, and told me TO go ahead; thought
d--n, but kept at it; children in the garnet;
horrible situation; gallant fireman made
rush up the ladder; batted his way through
the smoke-reappeared with child in each
arm and his pocket full of teaspoons.
Old gentleman from the country; much
excite.l; wanted to help, but didn't exactly
know how; he rushed into fourth story
bed room; 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 worn 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 J;
by dint of heroic exertions he at various
times deposited. piece by piece, the entire
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 pocket with the sofa
casters, he was seen to make his final exit
from the back yard, with length Of stove-
pipe in each hand, the toasiing fork tucked
behind his ear, and two dozen muffin rings
in his hat, which was surmounted by large
size frying pan.
nuri,,r bo poyf thoro roro covora1
alarms-fire in big-block full of paupers
first man in the building; carried down
stairs in my arms two helpless, undressed
children: thereby saving their valua Bile
lives; on giving them to their mother, she:
amid a whrlwind of thanks, impaired the
gratifying intelligence that one was afflicted
with the measles, and the other had the
Michigan itch Fire in boarding school;
dashed up ladder; tnmbled through
window; entered bedroom; smoke so
thick | couldn't see; caught up in my arms
a feminine specimen in long night-gown
got back 10 the window; tried to go down;
ladder broke under me; stuck adhesively
to the young lady !; and after unexampled
exertions, deposited her safely in the next
house, where discovered that had rescued
from the devouring element the only child
of the black cook
Fire in storehouse-went on the roof
explosion; found myself in somebody's
celler, with one leg in soap barrel, and
my hair full of fractured hens eggs; dis
covered that | had been blown over
church, and had the weathercock still re-
naming in the rear Of my demolished
pantaloons. Fire in liquor store-hose
burst; brandy "lying round loose;n gin
F" convenient" and old Monongahela ALSO
luteIy begging 10 be protected from further
diution Croton water too much for my
delicate Constitution carried home on
shutter Fire in a church-Calholic--
marble images all 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 a
picture of the Holy Family fell and covered
me up like bed quilt.
Fire in big clothing store-next day
our foreman sported new silk velvet vest,
seven Of the men exhibited twelve dollar
doeskin pants, and the black boy who sweeps
out the bunkroom and scours the engine
had new hat and flaming red cravat,
presented, as heard, by the proprietor Of
the stock Of goods. as an evidence of his
appreciation of their endeavors to save his
didn't get any new breaches
on the contrary, lost my new overcoat and
got damaged myself. Tell you how-fre
out order came "take up 81" took off
hose: turned her round; got the boys
together, and started for home; corner Of
lie street Hook. and Ladder 100: Dutch
Engine 70, (Irish,) Hose So, (Yankee) came
in contact: machines got jammed; polyglot
by the strength Of the companies;
got all mixed up; fight; one ss's men hit
brennan Of Hook and Ladder 100 over the
head with spanner; 97s engineer clipped
me Of 73's men with trumpet; 70 re-
aliated with paving stone; men Of all
he companies went in ! resolved to " go in"
myself; went In; went out agaiu as fast as
could, with black eye, three teeth fin
iigestible | have every reason to believe)
n my stomach, intermingled with my
upper, my red shirt in q carpet rags, and
ny knuckles skinned, as il they had been
,awned to Chatham street Jew.
now got on hydrant and watched the
IN; Ss's boys whipped everything; 1875
pes; man was doubled up like lack-knife
~ a dig in the place where Jonah was;
our Of 97's fellows were lying under the
Machine with their eyes in mourning hook
md ladder took home two-thirds Of their