New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-28
TIE WITCHES or NEU-YORK.. No. Y
MADAME BREWSTER
No. 81. Bowery. b.,wsen Fourth IVA llfth .,

No 81 Bowery. between Fourth and Pifth street,
Madame brewster has on, been an oily pilgrim IA
this vale Of tears. The Oldest inhabitart can
not remember the exact period when this truly
great prophecies became q fixture in Gotham, and
began to her bread and butter by fort7ne.eling
ana kindred occupations. Her unctuous countsnance
and pipgu.d form are known 10 hundreds on whose
visiting lifts her does OF conspicuCusiy appear
ard TO whom, in the way Of business, she la, made
revelations which would astolish the unsurpectng aud
mbeleyiDg world. She is neither exclusive nor select
in her visitors. Whoever is wiling to pay the price
may have the benefit Of her ;kill may be ssen By
her advertisement:
CARD Madame BREWSTER returns thanks 10
her pa ~ and bess Say that after the thou
,snes both u his y ard Philadelphia. wao have consulted
her with en'ire aactor see els confident thst the qus
Of ssTooy love sad law matters and books oracle,
relied Oh constantly BY Napoleon she hssno equal Shs vii
tell the Of Tie future husband and also he Of her
No So Bo'veIy, between Fourth and Finh
One agreeable morning reporter set forth foot
pay his youthful respect, tothis ancient human landmark
Of the city Il raned as if the clouds working by
the job. The diving rope bad nearly drowned the
sursbire, and through the sckly ight that still sur
yived everything looked lin and spectral. Unearthly
cars drawn by ghasty horses gided swiftly through
the mist the intangible appatons which occupied the
drivers usual stands haipg passengers with hollow
voices and profering client invitations with impsh
X.
sight round distant corners skuked mseraby under
phantom carts FOR an imaginary shelter The rain en-
veloped everything with gray vail, making all look
uns ubstantis and unreal; the human unforunates
who were in the storm appeared cloudy and unsold
az if each man had sent his shadow out to do his work
and kept bis substance safe at home. On this de-
gltful day. our reporter forced etern duty TO leave
the attic where be takes his nightly roo,t and distan
a. ia of in
steamng car set forth on foot knowing that his too
solid flesh couldn't "melt thaw and resolve itse into
a dew" and firmly believing that he wouldn't be
drowned for proverbis reasons. With bowed head
and sturdy step he trauped along now breaking ais
sbns a dry goods box, then knocking his head
against lamp-post; row getting great punch IN the
stomach from unexpected umbrella then nvolun-
terly gaugns the depth Of some unseen puddle, and
then getting out Of soundings altogether in muddy
inland sea- now swept almost of his feet by sudden
torrent Of sufficient power to run sswmI, and only
recovering himself to find that he was wrecked on
the curbstone of some side street that he didn't want
10 90 to. AT length, after host Of mshaps, including
some Interesting but unpleasant submarine expors-
tons in unusually large puddle into which he fell
full length our reporter arrived soaked and savage
at the house Of Madame brewster.
A Gcrman-siver plate on the narrow door bore the
name of Il ustrious female who occupied these DO
mains. With dainty fingers our damp reporter pllei
the daubed and sticky bell-pu and was in due time
admitted by greasy gin into the hall where he stood
for a minute, all dripping from the recent food ike
a frcsh-wator The juvenile female evidently
took him for a thief, and was determined to prevent
sny depredaticus She planted herself firmly before
him in the narrow hall 10 attitude Of self defense,
and squarrg of scientifically, demanded his business.
Astrology was mentioned, whereupon the threatening
fists were lowered he saucy under-jew retraced
and the general air Of pugnacity subdued into a
very suspicious demeanor as if she thought he hadn.
any money and wanted TO storm the castle under false
pretenses. She informed him that before matters
went any further he must buy ticket, which she
was prepared to furnish on receipt Of dollar and a.
half He paid the money, which transaction seemed
TO raise him in her estimation TO the level of man who
might safely be trusted where there nothing be
could steal One GA she still KEEP. loaded, ready to in
stantly repei any attack wfash might be suddenly
made by her designing enemy; the other hand oau
tously departed pettiooatward, and aasr cropping
about some time in concealed pocket, produced from
the mysterious dupth card too dirty for description
on which these words were dmly visible;
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