Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-03-19

PRISON, their good conduct and strong signs OF "
,ontrition enable them to effect release =
Sometimes our city ID street.-The other birds of !
4 feather, they migrate from one city TO another,
Ievying contributions by the wayside, from the :
honest and upright. 1t verify seems that one
part OF this world lives off the other, Without
returning an equivalent; as every means, de-
vice and swindle is resorted to by large class
of people, who look only at their personal gains
and their security against the operations of the
lawn regard to injuries inflicted on their fell
low-men, they are mere secondary considera-
tons! .ft5 81 ~ p e.. .t-.t ..ti
About the Exchange, are all classes--from
the shoeless loafer to the man of " means"-
The omnibus agents yelling, pulling Indies this
way and that way, puzzlug them SO much that
they don't know which way to go--very fire. |
quently lady-passengers finding themselves
dozen squares in the opposite direction to which
they wished to attaiH,--newsboys believing,
pickpockets medtating, brokers running to and
fro, the politician of the small-fry order pledg-
ing his ward for such majority; the vender of
small wares talking of the hard times, while
the surrounding bar rooms are crowded with men
who do no work, other than attending to dozen
free lunches per day; this class is always ready to
render an opinion to what should and should
not be dOne-but never doing anything them
selves. short distance will show you the
offices of the Bunkum land company, the 4Erial
railroad company, besides numerous copper,
coal, live stock, life, farm and every other kind
OF company, which benefit the orignators at
the expense of the stodkholder. The Bogus
insurance company plays desperate game !;
their large statements Of funds on hand-a risk
of fifty thousand taken as readily as five hun
dred-1On. Shylock Take em-in, president,
with large number of ESqs. and Hons. as di-
, rectors, to say nothing of the host of referen-
ces, etc. These companies are nowhere ~
when they meet with loss--they close the
4 concern rapidly. The unfortunate loser rushcs
TO the place where he paid his premium, but
inds no company-their shngle is tAkca down
to be put up under new name, in some Other
s quarter. We will turn up Third ST., to see the
# bears and bulls "a class who figure daily il
r that thOroughtare. The first named deprcssc.
the stock market, the latter eases it. Ole buy
for parties at Il named price, say 500 per slIlr,
for certain stOck--thc amount he has 10 bu,
= is from So to $4,000. Now, if Mr.. Bear cal
depress the market and got it for / or / les
than 500 per share, he makes a nice spccu!a
ton. A. Bull comes into market to sell, tn
dlsposer of the stock wants $50 per share
Bully can raise it little, SO much the bette
for him; but if the Bear depresses, it's til
Bulls loss. So they work day in aud day gu
Some are "buls one day, and bears" til
next.
Then comes the man who has retired fro,
u his legitimate business 10 that of note shaving
!. he loans to the man who is in trouble, at ,
l. much per cent. per mOnth-the greater I'll
=, trouble, the higher the rate. These Shylocl
-, are always praying for hard times We wi
- leave this class and go up Chestnut street,
:. see the wonders of mans genius, consisting
splendid stores and fine buildings. The Fa
;, mcrs and Mechanics Bunk, built of marbl
opposite the Custom lilo Use. is piece of arch
lecture that will pay the walk ola dozen suuar
r. the marble is so nicely fitted together th
No -ne cannot detect the joints. Over to Ind
-. pendence Hall, we find relics of the Rcvol
-. ton, in the shape of splendid paintings, Il
~ chair that Washington and Lafayette sat
- the famous bell which first pealed out to the
90 habitants the decree that they sought to
. free" In the "row " in which this venerat
S., building stands, are the courts, police Office
=. city departments This is the famous row
which SO much corruption exists. The nun
n. rous gambling saloons, where men lose the
- sands at the turning ofan ace, we will pass by,
the police and city officials can never find IN
e whereabouts, and turn to churches-tAin
- which our city teens with--from the pll
al Methodist structures to the 100000 buildu
;. but the browning one OF oil is the Cathedral
= Logan Square, built of red sandstonc-,he
a. mansions of which, are, over 100 feet fro
NO fully 200 deep. 1t is designed TO have (;
o., affairs in it, Seven years labor has been ,
=, pended already, yet it is not closed in; the Wa
;no with abutments are pear six feet thick wi
,,L, once finished (it will take at least six veal
81. no church in our city will snrpass it in size
ga architectural beauty. The Baptists have
magnificent churches, Zone on Broad and Ar
90 the other on Chestnut ST. The Episcopals
the go-ahead sect, both in churches and ent
Inn. prise; their system of getting money out of
our congregations is about on par with that of
49,, Catholcs-no coercive measures being us
,ho but done IN such manner that a {" fellow Il
T.. bad y if he don't give. So the church Q
,ero from every member, whether it's % cts. or
~ The Bishop of this Diocese has done 81
~. things for the church, and he is highly este,
~ ed by the community. The Methodsts,
800, keep IN the even tenor of their wsy, with
- being osteutatious, do as much good as the OF
~. denominations. The Presbyterians have b
s affected with splendid church fever as wei
rs the rest one they have--their church on W
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