Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-10-28
Doesticksin Boston.

sa Ag Doesticks In Boston. ~
Ia The famoussss Docsticks'' has furnished the
New York Pfayune account of his visit
to Boston. ufrd6n which the following extracts
arc made: geih F. fs
Ninety -ninesextra sized angle worms loco
noting ct high pressure speed about garden
walk of sl,owery afternoon. and being per-
petually turnca back when they get to the
edge, and compcllcd to cross each others trail
in innumsrablo. directions, would, if the
ground nele soft and their every footstep
plainly visike, draw on the garden walk afore
said, a tols alIly accurate map of the city Of
Boston. IL a crookcdcr than nine acres of
rams horaszSnd has got more corners than
a cord of cross cut saws,
You see your friend. and you call out,
Jones. wait minute! - and you start TO see
Jones, thinking he is just across the street
''1Tisguided man far distant Jones you
climb nine hills and turn ninety corners be-
fore you get within hailing distance of Jones
again! ..- ..,-- - -.
..The streets look as if they had been made
somewhere else and dumped hero in huge
tangle, and nobody had ever taken the trouble
to straighten them out again. 1t looks as if
somebody had been building lot Of cities by
contract and the job hadn't come out even,
and he had thrown his remnants of streets
and odd ends of alleys, and little shipped off
bits Of lanes and alleys, and called it Boston.
If any street in the town should be cut a
straight mile in any direction, it would go
through dozen private parlors and forty-fve
public music halls In fact, Boston looks as
| if 6rst-rate material for an excellent city had
been melted and poured through sieve on
side hill and left to cool.'
Preachers has Riz.
The Nashville Wig says the following
| conveys practical lesson:
HAwKEsvILLE, KY, Sept 2, 1897
MEssRs EpIrsRs: The following amusing
incident occurred in this town few weeks
since. 1t will apply to other localities as well
as this: g llA ez
| A short tune since it became necessary to
adopt measures to procure the services of a
minister for the African church in this place.
Accordingly a committee was appointed to
wait upon .Brudder Pearce' who was gener-
| ally acknowledged to be the most suitable
parsonage to fill that high and honorab lie sta
ton, and solicit him to accept the pastorship
of their church They were Informed that
| he would undertake the laborious task for the
very modelate sum of forty 1--WE dollars per
annum but insignificant as the price may
seem, his fock thought it exhorbitant, and
peremptorily refused to giveit.
Two or three weeks passed, and being an
able to get another preacher, it was finally
agreed to pay the stipend, and on the ensuing
Sabbath thelfollowing took place:
sBrudder Pearce, we's 'cluded to gin you
forty-Gye dollars to preach to us said be-
neyolent colored Individual; whereupon our
clerical friend arose and responded:
.Breddern can't preach for that price
why you only axed forty -fve,' cried halt
a dozen voices. -
Shore nuf I did, bredderen, but aat you
know was three weeks ago, and preachers has
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aid has the following as ,e4- lc
Mr. Grabkins was mserly hunk who had
accumulated much wealth by shaving notes
and last week Mr.. Grabkins was called on tt
pay the debt of nature. principal and inter
est. He was holding an interview with !
neighbor, while on his death-bed, and tha
neighbor pretended to sympataize with Grab
kins. sf af~
Very hard to be obleeged to die, Mr
Grabkins," said he.
EYES," replied Grabkins, "hard! shoul
think it was hard-to be obliged--to die
when money -money-bring thre
or four per cent. a month on State Street !!
And GrablSin IS countenance wore anythin
but al look of pious resignation as he Marke
a few figures with his emaciated fingers on til
threadbare coVerlet of his bed, and then kick
ed the bucket. 80 r
Nor SO BAD OFF AS We SEEM.-In tn
. imitation of prices produced by the abuse {
credit in 1887, the prices of food ran up
an enormous height. in some eases exceet
ing the high prices of the present year :
: Flour was $12 per barrel, and other article
in the same exorbitant proportion. So CON
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