The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-07-30
Abodes Of tho Poor.

MANU- lHi Hlht trllAT VISITED was 40 no. 8-
Baxter sL Down hair a dozen rickety stems
ihe door was already open 90 one of the filth
lest bIackest holes We bad get seen. The
stout lrishman who claimed ~ he landlord
assured us thlt We should fad clean sheet.
in his lodgIuF-housc, whrrrat We laughed
surprising him 90 he Of merry turn, bat he
was iu oarnesl-he washed himself every
lhurduy, be- said We looked In vain foi
sheets, however, they might have been there
bat Oh the hodclolhcs we're of one color
whatever their texture. There we're hunks
arranged along the wall, two or three drcp,
and In most Of them men or whgen, black or
white sleeping soundly, The glare Of the
lantern in thrir eyes did not disturb them at
all-clrarly indicating the possession Of con.
sciences eleanor than their faces, or that the
sleeper had the run of the back door into the
liquor shops during the day, The landlord
charged siSpeuco % night for lodging, and
lodged mono under any circumstance but
honest hardworhinR pcoplc-vhioh state.
ment ,bc police rccitcd with SMILES and
without contradiction, Two inner rooms
were equally well occuplcd-iu one Of the
hidcous bed, two children we're sleeping as
swcclly os II their couch had been down and
The horrible den a cottage The older sister
Of these children was out begging, even at
this hour
In another cellar close by, young woman
with 'irgirTrH garment on, slt on
chest crying, That old womlus husband,
she said. uhc kccpcr Of the placcl had hccn
banging his wife and hit har lick sideways
that almost Killed her The wretch had
kicked another girl 80 severely that she had
gone To bed early in the doy and not got ,,l..
since The person thus alluded TO hy ON %
pile Of shaving, u the corner of the room,
snoring vigorously The old woman, wife
of the brute who administered the "blnging,"
the sideways lick" aud the "kick," sat oR
the side Of her bed In very good spirits. Tho
old man wasn little Wild when hc was u d.
quur. but he'd gone nov and that was % COM
fort She sympilhilcd with the CRYING vo.
man and said Il was o shane 10 treat the
other girl q, hc did, but he'd gone now. She
rvirrrtiy wHv divTryrf % l-t hyr r7ros hc
hycgoucs There was child a,lrcp in o
cradle A"-. lt,.l. ,,i-,, -.i,.,-,, an,
other bed, Two men slept soundly IN the
next bunk, and never mingled The light sud-
denly flashed ON them from the lantern. But
the state hrd-'hc ono ,ho; occupied the cen.
had TO be paid for It's use, was occupied 10y
s,llulr negro Then You have no prcuii.
cc, about color we asked "Oh," said lhc
old woman, che pays for his bed, and his
money is as good as any bosys."
The next visit was to spot little south
Of the Ladies' Five Points Mission room.
The access to it was through a long winding
hall. Reaching the end, the door Of one
room stood half open through which giant
negro was visible lying in bed, and by the
light Of candle reading a ycllow-covercd
novel. "Wh6S there 2' he asked, but no
one answcrca--hc kept his eyes on the crack
Of the door, though the book was stil pcld
in its place. But it was an adjoining door
at which the officer knocked. The only nn-
swcr was vollcy Of oalhs. "Comc, Nose,
turn up and lrt ms in" said the officer and
his voice seemed TO explain the matter, for
there was soon heard a voice inside aS Of
Nose rumbling for his clothes, and Of feet
shutting off into a distant part Of the room.
At last NoS was ready. lie turned key,
took dowNwo bars, drew n bolt and took
the lighted match handed to him. A bottle
in the centre Of the iloor held the candle TO
which he applied the light and Moses quar-
icrs we're dimly visible. 1t was a lnrsc room
D ~
posters. Of great mass meetings and candi-
dates for Office, pasted up, however, not so
much fer ornament as to stop the chinks in
windy day. In one corner-Iay man
asleep ON a blanket in a distant corner lay
rolled into A hcap. from which Nose cssoycd
in vain to kick of the blankets and sho" the
face Of his wife, two white women. His own
bed was invisible, though when asked where
/ it was he pointed to the fireplace. There
was no furniture ofany sort on the premises.
/ Nose npologized for being sober-the Sun
day liquor law didn't work very well for him
being short, and everything being shut up,
/ he had gone to bed earlier than usual. lie
was about the blackcst specimen we had yet
crosscd-hs legs were set in his body crook
edly-his stature exceedingly short, and his
humor large. He evidently felt fattcred by
the VISIT, and boasted that though his room
was entirely empty now. it was generally full
enough. He could accommodate with a
hoard on his floor all that would come.
Leaving Nose to mourn his enforced so
bric,y, the officer pushed open the door OF
the colored bachelor whom we had seen read
ing in bed. His book was the roi'ntccr, one
of the choice issues Of the Philadelphia press
lie was evidently in an interesting passage
when we entered, and had no courtesy t'
spare for us. He answered questions will
the air of man who feels that his house II