The Nevada journal., 1855-02-23
Doesticks hears the Street Preaching.
New YORK, Oct. 10.
Seventy Hundred and One Narroao street

Seventy Hundred and One NarrosO street.
Got tired of New York, although it is
a town Of considerable consequence
Wanted to see the world so started for
the seyenty-by-nine State Of Rhode Is
land, where they shingle the houses all
over, outside and in, and put the windows
on the roof; where they make their fen
ces out of cobble stones where the ducks
roost on the fence, and hatch their young
ones on the tops of cherry trees; where
the men look so much alike, their wives
often kiss the wrong individual, DAM
phool says it's a way woman have, the
world oyer.) Went to the city of Provi-
dence, where all the men make jewelry,
and all the women believe in spirit rap
pings; where they've got bridge wider
than it is long, and Macadamized on both
sides where all the plaster busts of great
men have gray wigs on; where they light
the gas in the middle of the afternoon !;
where they drive five horses tandem !;
where the apples grow as big as washtubs,
and the oysters obtain the enormous size
of three cent pieces. Went into the
woods after chestnuts; couldn't find any !;
but discovered magnificent tree in the
distance-rejoiced exceedingly thereat-
started for it--three quarters of a mile
away; went ahead over stones, bitches,
fences, snakes, briars, and stone walls, un-
til at last | reached it, and found it was
an elm, no chestnuts on it-got very mad;
walked around the State couple of times
and took the first train for home.
Glad to see the old place again.
Saw big crowd in the Park, inquired
about it, and was told the usual Street
Screeching was going on-wanted to see
the fun-got good place on a fat Irish
mans toes. Enter Gabriel-hole in his
pantaloons Bull Dogge says that fan
gels have wings they are also provided
with tails-hence this last item, thought
it extremely propable Gabriel mounted
one end of the City Hall steps, and after
preliminary overture on his horn, and a
slight skirmish among the faithful, result
ing in four black eyes, a damaged nose
and a broken leg, the religious service
commemorate Damphool was entirely
carried away by his symrathies for this
last martyr, but soon discovered that the
fractured member was ''purely vegetable" :"
as the patent medicine men say, and the
injury was speedily repaired by means of
a few single nails and piece of clap
board Gabriel went in to win, but spite
of the sanctity of his name and the holi-
ness of his breeches, he was not permitted
clear field. A female, with bosom un-
dressed in the latest fashion-petticoats,
(Damphool says skirticoats) not immacu-
late stockings, through the delicate tex
ture of which her delicate ancles were
plainly visible to the naked eye-whose
hair resembled molasses candy, with
nose symmetrical as an overgrown sweet
potatoe, and in hue not unlide the mar
tyred lobster and whose teeth reminded
me forcibly of the "crags and peaks"
mentioned by the man in the play-took
up her situation at the other end of the
steps. She, like Gabe, went in for giving
the church Of Rome "Jessee," but other
wise did not agree with him. Did not
seem willing to 90 to Heaven by his con-
veyance, but claimed to have discovered
some kind of a northwest passage-some
exclusive path ''cross lots;o and she ad
vocated her.right of way with all her wo-
mans power Of tongue-in fact they
agreed only tolerably-"Arcades ambo"--
both Celestials, but Of different breed
(B. D. says that some time since they
joined issue on the Devils head, one as
sorting that he has horns, and the other
maintaing that his rhinestone friend is
muley)-but they both pitched into the
Pope-abused all foreigners, denounced
the church of Rome, walked into the af-
fcctions of the Catholics nerally-talk-
ed learnedly of priests, inquisitions, dun
geons, thumbscrews, martyrs, converts,
nunneries, and other luxuries, as being
the only legitimate offspring of the moth.
er of denominations, the scarlet woman
and in fact, seemed to be having the field
entirely to themselves, when 10 a change
came DER the spirit of the gospel for in
the midst of the crowd suddenly appeared
a third combatant-his classic dress and
intellectual face, gave unmistakable evil
dence that he was from the ''Gim of the
Ocean" With the dignifed and majes-
tic bearing peculiar to his countrymen, lie
slowly mounted the steps, and took po-
sition directly between the two, and in
voice strongly tinctured with the "sweet
brogue," announced himself as q cham
pion Of that much slandered gentleman,
the Pope of Rome At this astounding
impudence, the woman for single instant
held her peace. Gabc was so taken aback
that he seemed about to collapse, but
rallied, played an cad lbitum7 interlude
on the tin horn, and all hands "pitched
in" Gas Miss Agnes Robertson says. y
Gabriel commenced the onset by asserting
that the Pope is not strictly bachelor,
but has seven white wives in his parlor,
thirteen ditto bound in law calf in the Ii
brary, hundred and forty-one golden
haired damsels in his private apartments,
and perfect harcm of jctty beauties in
the coal hole