Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-12-24
New Ytrk From a Steenle


teresting bosas bouche for the lover of quain
jokes and novel depicturings OF common
:ac;s:
R DOM HIS, ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL
New York, Dec. LIST. '57.
Editors 3Gaastte:-I've been up 10 Trinit,
church steePie.s It's tp-t0p sport. Being
built on FINE site the sight is ine. Wha
spectacle is :ia North River, as also the
East which makes two spectacles. There
are villages and towns farther than the eye
can reach. There's New York bay ovsl
the left. Taat 6ne ship at anchor opposite
the fort-Saeeever fought yet-oxned
by my roomsa.afe's father. He seat it ou
when schoof er o. thirty tons to the Guano
lslands for cargo. During its homewarJ
passage it grew into full rugged clipper
ship. Such instances of the great strength
Of guano believe are not common. would
not have believed it il my roommate had
not shown me some OF the guano People
are generally dizzy when they are hign, I'm
told. was So high that | got dizzy. |
could see so far down that l got down see
sick. could not see then. Things took
such turn. At one time Barnum's Museum
was engaged in waltzing with the Aslor
House, while the City Hall was making a
desperate ateIsp to enter st. Paul's Church
1t was failure. Probably the Common Coun-
Gil was in session. | waited few moments
for my hote'to come around. But it didn't
had to run down and walk up to it.
Visited Fowler u Wells chronological
Museum yesterday. It's free institution
filled with ''dead heads.'' Professor wish
ed to feel of'my head. Told me. to uncover.
l told him to feel of it with my hat on. The
hat was ielt. | then took it off. He ex-
amined my wig. Said he knew there was
something in my head was full of life
He dweit long time on bump caused ty
the Sidewalk falling against it while was
taking my Roommate home from primary
election. (Room-mate was very drunk on
that occasion. He thought he was taking
me home. had an aw full headache next
morning. felt dragged out.) Professor
said large lump denoted great inquisit.ve-
ness Sid had searching mind. Told
me <oseafch i'll had quarter in my pock-
ct. Eatlsd chat experimental pbre-nology.
Professor after had mentioned my name
-condacted me around the Museum. Show
ed me all the heads. Some were plaster
casts. Saidthey cast lois. Told him was
opposed To gambling. Showed me the skull
OF Mulligan. Mul!gan was an acrobat
Made his last appearance on atight rope at
the City prison for the benefit of the pub Iic
Broke his neck in, the Performance. Next,
showed me skulls Of men killed in wars
Professor observed as curious fact that
those sl1g ebattle were generally aged
ssac5.z In e7,zzzsrJw-7was
the skull OF boatman; it was not for sail.
Ii looked oar-dinary. Poor fellow he had
run his race. We next paid our attentions
to the females. They were seemingly old
maids-beiDg laid on the shelf. couldn't
tell them from the heads of the males. Pro-
lessor said they had a little more Jaw. He
did not speak Of their sghs. As | was
about departing | noticed curious shaped
skull ! took it up, exclaiming-"Howw won
deriully and fearlully are we made!" Put
that down." said the Professor, sit belongs
to me-" 1t was marked s.baboon!'
In the above paragraph incidentally re-
lerred TO primary election. | have no Gu
rios;y left to see another Room mate intro
duce me-in Tenpenny Hall as "sounJ DEM
ocrat from Buston!" Gentlemen tresen;
apparently pleased to see me, young Brui-
SER" hard shell, and "Fourth ward Pet,''
sott-shel retail oyster merchants, were bois
ferrous in their greeting me. Permit me to
indul lge in saying they were clamorous. Ask
ed me to try their muscle. Gave my ha nd
grasp of friendship. Felt like preliminary
move of ofjuvenie earthquake. They were
probably laboring under deusion that they
were shaking the huge paw of the whole
Massachusetts democracy. Afterwards in
sisted upon my drinking. Called for ten
kegs OF lager bier. Threatened 10 thrash
me if didn't drink two of them. Prospect
delightful. Thought my time had come
"Bruiser" borrowed my watch. Knew my
time was gone. Tod "Pet' was tee
tUtaller. Said ought to go in then for put
ting liquor down. 'pu: down" the two
kegs-under protest. Room-mate drunk
and placed in chair. Imagined himself chair
man and called meeting to order. "Bruiser''
made several motions in which was deep
ly interested First the eyes had it, then
the nose. | moved to adjourn. Motion laid
on tablp-moved, under. Small body O.
"workingmen" then entered large meeting
room and announced arrival of time for or
ganiza;ion of A dermanic Nomin ating Con-
vention in accordance with re -ular usages.'
Two candidates in the field g. Bruiser'' and
pet" '.Bruser'' nominated - having
thrown7Fft'' three times out OF five, sin ac-
cordauce with regular usages." N,miuee
thinks he can slick" any man in the party,
AMI consequently aspires TO mayoralty.-
Having stolen my watch, and ''licked' his
opponent he is fully capacita;ed for alder
man. (tIe would make pretty Judge. too,
believe-of brandy) Immediately upon
success Of "Bruiser," v hole delegation o
"workingmen,; (baggage-smashe S, emi-
graft runners, p cket book dropPers, Peter
Funks, etc. djIurned 10 bar room. Rolm-
mate and myself punished" two more kegs
of lager. Roommate awful drunk. Had to
take him hume. a vagabOHd on the corner
with large breast pin on his coat escorted
us both TO Statiou-house, instead OF St. Mich
olas Hotel. | didn't find it out until morn
inn-rogm.mate was so intoxicated. and ]
was completely dragged out. Station House
like lumber yurd is tine place for board, but
poor for lodging. Headaches are ePiIemi-
cal. Roommate was seized with it next
morning and communicated it TO me. | new
er shall again interfere in affairs ofthe ma
tion. That nights experience sufficient for
me. don't like the New York style Of ma
king nominations. | am perfectly satisfied
that when the system finds favor in Boston,
Rufus Choate vii. stand No chance for Con
gressional honors during ihe political ezis-
tcnce of the '.Boston Eye Gouger;" Cam
bridge University will be 'ransmOgrilie1 in
to gymnasium, with select class for the