Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-17
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Editors Boston EreRiHg Gdssfte:-Only think
of it-SWmmey. again! What a world Of enjoy
ment is wrapped up in that little world How
pregnant with fun, love, and sunshine i irl--
How it whispers Of meadow larks, pure milk.
and morning globed and tells wild tales Of
green fields, white trousers, and sherry cnbbleTs
Acknowledgements beneath silk bOdicUS and cher.
fy-eOlOFed vest patterns will welcome it with
open arms, for to them It seemingly places such
a halo Of glory around the brow Of Wednesday
night! There's No such SUMMER here In New
York, snmtner is an abortion. We lack the
Common, with its ehirPinS squirrels, frog ponds
and lovely dimity.
Strange ideas Of fun here. too. Got three
comic papers-TP Police Gazette "COTOHeT's
VindicalOr," f" and" Doctor DixOn's Sealpel." First
rate TO read wien you've got the jumping tooth
ache, lost money, or are mOtnentaTilY in expee-
tation of visit from the sheriff Keep your
spirits up beautifully.
Since my last, / have had two or three invI.
tatiOnS 70 visit weII.knOgn and popular New
York institutions, including Tombs, smallpox
hospital, and Browns coffin warehouse on =
raiHy day when the proprietor was sick New
YorkeFs deem BOSTON dismal, but here emiEent
strangers guests Of tie city, are first conducted
by the authorities TO POtters Field, dead-hOuse,
lunatic asylum, and similar places Of amuse-
ment, sometimes in company with three OF four
cOroners keeping up = lively and agreeable con-
versafiOn about ..stiffs-" I don't ike It. I'm
fond jC rriekefs Old eileeSe, fireworks, children
and other Boston institutions displaying signs
or life My head s full 81 lie. believe 1
Holildn't i've ~ ~ sf'1rIit 80 j
Wei, went 70 the City PRISON yesleisilg----
II wasn't dressed in morning, didn't visit the
Eombs until afternoon. To visit the fOEnbs IS .
grave affair fur the undertaken. It's disulAl
looking edifice, built Of queer material Man
told me twas built of TOmbs stone. Keepers
carefol whom they admit Must generally get
an endorsement from the judge that you are
thief or such like. got in rs q reporter just
as good. Searched me though-Inieht be
confederate. Found comb, tOoth-pick, three
cents, and free pass railroad All right
Member Of the press. Introduced a rare CUM
pIirnent extended only to the press) to the taVO-
rite murderer. Embraced him. Promised me
his life for the Gazette. Introduced to the con-
fidence man. Rugged him Run against for
ger Squeezed his hand. Kissed female horse
thief, aud INDUCED IN various other repOIt0rlai
'luxurieS for an hour. In an old, damp cell, SAW
Young damseI-a sad picture, which put me IN q
had frame Of mind. Women are there confined
with Outsun or air-a curious berth for them
Here they are made 20 lie because they have st0-
len Saw thieves Of all descriptions, representing
the industry ofalI nations. Some were there tor
taking photographs; others for hooking Dish )
and one Tor stealing n sewing machine and % on
Gamblers were there in scores. One gave me
his card. He was trump. Would never Tor
get that spot His character had been liAydne-
ed Was NO better since he had been in. Plea
ty Of drunkards there. Satisfied that people
who get high are generally low characters. One
of these chaps was once a superior judge-of
Otard. But he had falIenl Prisoners behave
rudelY sometimes. Have standing rules set
down for their regulation. Complain Of bad ar,
close and coIifiniRg. That which the prisoners
fear at most is the at-nOs phere. Try TO break
out sometimes. (Happen 70 get the smallpox,
break out very easy.) Prisoners have three
meals day-principalty Indian meal Never
allowed fowl for their fare. Coffee veIy weak,
and when It stands TOO long there are plenty Of
grounds for complaint. Can't say Il Is troubled
with consumption, though On Sundays and
other holidays have eeeelLeslt dumPIings. Taste
as if they were made Of gutta percha and stuffed
with tape. Last month, one OF them will
Good for children to cnt their teeth on. Boys
in the neighbOrhOod sometimes play ball with
them-boHnce beautifully Most OF the prison
ers stand up and Sleep Feather beds, even for
favorites, full of writing materials, ect THIS Is
true, for il Is hard 10 lie ON them One was DIS
sected IN my presence, and found to contain ten
ouills seventeen plucked rOOsters, three geese,
one feather, and a straw. got dIsgustedi and
left. which was right. Let New foFkerS Try
Boston iaiI, II they want good accommodations
/ must close. Several in my room insisting
ON my visiting Potter's Field, New YORK Hos
pital, etc. VIII have to 60. When you are
in Rome" etc 'Connery Green's Just passing
by hOtel--band playing Dead March ;" organ
grinder numbering .'POOr Old Slave" right mn,
der NV window, and room mate IS reading aloud
about shocking snicide-
Never miad-uithal, am stiIl yours,
dolly and cOnIeHted,
JOHE Bolivar