Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-23
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Che illustrions predecessors. Molasses.
candy was the rock on which split
Nv money was ali gone my. notions all
swopei for it, and yet, like Oliver Twist.
ssI cried for more The good woman
had boy about my size. l had. no par
ticnlar use for my two. pocket handker-
chiefs. Her boy could use thems aud l
gladly accepted her proposal 70 trade
them Tor four sticks Of molasses candy.
/ had an extra pair of stockings, which
was sure should never need. and they
went for Eve more rolls OF molasses can
DIV When thus diyested ofalls posses
ssd, Ibeceme resigned TO my fate. aud
began to turn my attention TO some other
source Of excitement.
made the acquaintance OF young
gentleman from Connecticut. some TWEEN
ty years of age. He had been in New
York once before and knew the ropes.
He proposed to show me the city.
gladly accepted, aud saw many sights,
which astoaised me beyond all measure.
He took me to ''Bear Market. as it was
then called" Washington Market as
it is now designated, ] was, of course,
astonished at the immense quantities of
meat there displayed. "What under
heavens do they expect to do with all this
meat ?'' l asked my companion, with
much curiosity.
"They expect to sell it, of course,
said he, They'll get sucked in then
replied exultingly, for / felt it would be
impossible to consume all that meat be-
fore doomsday. 1t was probably all mas
ticated within the next twenty four hours;
but to raw boy from the country, such
a thing would seem incredible.
think shall never forget an inscrip-
zion which l saw printed upon small
square piece of board. and fastened to
post on the dock, at the rear of the mar
ket. 1t was Corporation warning, aud
read as follows:
Five dollars tinc for
throwing any Kind of dam'd
aged meat, or tish into
tho public docks.
was astonished at the profanity Of tho
public autboyities, aud wondered why they
could not have said simply, aged meat.
or fish" without prefxing the offensive
adjective. Icallcd my friends attention
to the deplorablo state Of public morals.
as exhibited on their public sign"
when he explained that some wicked wag
not having the fear of the City Alder
man before his eyes. had stuck in the
little {" l." ms M Interpolation, and thus
made the word damaged" express its
own true meaning, though in an unncccs-
sarily strong and objectionable manner.
My friend also took me Clenr out of
town to see the Sale Prison, paid my way
in, and Witnessed my as;ohishmcnt at see
ing 80 many conyicts dressed in the prison
SUIT, and especially TO soc some two huns
drrd shocmakers all turn their faces to-
wards the door when we entered, with as
nuch pcrcission rs il they had been nuto-
nations, all moved by single wire. ] al-
SO saw large windmill the snme day,
which was the first time ever saw tho
like.
Ny week was soon up. Mr.. Brown took
me into his onc-hotSe sleigh soon after din
ner, and drove as tar ms SNwpitis. now
called Port Chester. stopped there over
night, started early the next morning. and
arrived at Bethel early the Same evening.
had thousand questions TO answer.
and found my brothers and sisters quite
disappointed that had brought them
none ofthe fruits Of my dollar. Ny moth
er examined my wardrobe, aud lndingit
two pocket handkelchicfs, and one pair
OF stockings short. was whipped and
sent to bed; aud thus terminated my first
visit to New York. wNs. however, for
long time, quite lion among the school
boys, for l had been 70 e York. ;" and seen
with my own eyes, many remarkable
wonders which they only had "heard tell
of"