The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-25
SIGHTS IN GOTHAM.

SIGHTS IN GOTHAM.
sketch or Some OF the Minor Exhibitions
Little Work for the Polios-Tse Mo-
del Artists, Anatomical Museums, A.
trolOg lists, &C., Se.
There are many queer things ocemrring in this CITY
every day. OF which 1t not exasgeraso6 state de
great bulk Of the people know almost little a do tn
subjects OF the mighty kingdom OF Dahomey the be-
nghted folks Of Jersey-which two places may Get
down the most remote regions from the haunts civil
lzston known the present generation. There alss
many things q which, unfortunately in sense W.
large number Of persons know altogether too much.
Thus = stroll through Chatham street, the grsas
mart Of Hebrewdon in this city, will display =
tho eyes Of tho observer two three ANAL
dark, fsrbddps looking show houses, tho exts-
rer walls OF which are completely covered ovsr
With mammoth paintings. containing representations Il
monkeys serpeus, skeletons vsnuscs Cupids mermaids
the Feeee Islands, lions from the most distant par
Of the globe elephants and elephant dogs won
clothed In fantastic costumes in the extraordinary ~
audes and performing the most terriao fea, and fa.
nearly every thing dreamed not dreamed Of Gin PHI
o5ophy," ali mixed up grand confusion and prefu-
sion, which cannot fail to harrow up to the highest pitch
the Imagination Of tho unsophiscatod passer Before
such establishment this, Josh, fresh from "awsy
down East with bis head chuck full ofknowcdge and tie
cucs OF cute IDEAS stops and surveys the huge wonders
spread before his gaze with gaping and strained eyes, the
very impsrsonston of nus astonnhment On one Of ~
pieces OF bedaubed he behods the miraculou
man who lives entirely stones, seated on chair with
immense pile OF rocks at side, table the ether
in the act OF Beginning his most ndgeadbls collatca.
The name Of this marvellous being Mons. LApidnos-
susmofyoucsno, oc something else equally Tremendous
and far-fstched. Another picture exhibits ths
etr~ att -
n an erect position, the centre Of q grodp e
adnrng spectators, who in the act Of testing
the reality Of the by applying their ears -
biz abdomen, humping him soundly on tho body, and
divers other ways and means commonly resorted b.
Mons up Years in his second
TO be man Of rather gigantic stature and
much plump and fat altogether, doubtless intended
70 illustrate the natural result Of his swelling diet.
Jcsh next turns his eyes TO the other paintings, wbidh
display "Sgnor AacSavageo in his act Of swallowing Z
sword twenty eight inches long and three inches wide'
"Mle Afrcano, the great snake tanner from Ethiopia"
white rather very red feminine in tights and short
Clothes surrounded with snakes and serpeou Kissing and
threatening in the most Internal conceivable ana
last Of ALL and in this instance, may DO said least The
Southern Queen (back) nifty two years only thirty
three inches high, and weighing but fifty six pounds"
All these things josh passes in review in infinitely less
time than it has taken to describe them, and not
from Tho Snowman At the door in praise OF the wonders
within, the aforesaid josh pucks dime pays way
and a,o.nas i've stories to behold the Performance
hmsen, II hot fully, At all events nearly
in Is stupid fix a old Farmer GrumOo,
town, with his daughter so fair and 80 bright. =
intending TO see the comet and told that the night
should Ne me would doubtless be near the Great
Bear" Tho story explains how Grumbo and his daugh-
ter not being deeply versed in astronomy, loss
70 md out the Great Bear ," and how often making n
suiries they were
"Straight to tho royal menagerie led
And there shown by the keeper the - bear"
The story, which capitAy told in verse; continues g
fbllows:-
Now Crumbo, astonished, the animals eyed
And the den be approached in great fear;
Then looking about hun, he eagerly cried,
" j don see the comet " The ye0man replied
Bless you, cir, No have no such beast here"
The farmer pcrccviDg some trick he was played,
In rage asks his money again;
But The yeopan was not at his rudeness dsmayed
And he thus did the mystery explain
what The gentlemen told you" said hs "is qute trus
kof 10 In your daughter, % fair, E.r
= comet IN besutys bright sphere We may view,
And While she keeps close to a brute such a. you,
She IL seen very near The great bear %
Ten chances 70 one but our uusophistcated Yankea
friend himself 10 be "sold teetotay q was
Farmer Grumbo BY the bear.
But this species Of numbny in the exhibition line.
though decidedly to be condemned may be consldered
harmless In It's way, and, indeed in certain respsota
good, nasmuch as scu a an "eys opener" upon the
sSo
avoid i2u pr ins? msS dac gsrous preoioamens. IN
fortunately thero species Of entertainment Of
fered 10 the unwary into wEics aAo me knowing ones
are sometimes cnticod and over which inc law mas oe
cded iurndicton Strange to say, however, this nut
sance has continued for years undated, and odrses
present, would seem, entirely ignored by the aubc
ties. No effort has been (a TO tho know
ledge Of the wrter) TO abolish the time of Pamos
Opera House, when the NJ Ps Mayors Pups Of those
days made grand descent upon the theatre, cap
tured the wretched offenders against decency in p7s
no.rotsus Aluson l. Of course made to the so-casd
net excepting even Sunday, crowded audiences, COM
posed OF all classes and sges from the peasant TO ths
iordy merchant, and from the bearoess youth the
droopng man OF years, whose slvercd locks would
seem TO "a him better for the Contamination II
tho grave than for the qualification of the
most brush instncts The nature o. the spectacles.
tautas reonfs &c presented at these museums they
are called, is too well known to require mnlts desrp
ton IL quite enough TO know that such things
our mids-that they fruitful source Of AMY
and that therefore they should bs swept away
summary manner practicable Like every other place u
public amusement Or the may be used with pro-
prey) they require licences and the power ih4 grants
ouch permits Is also invested authority revoke
Fence all those places easily quietly abol sned
without any meo dramc display, the authorities bot
smpy discharge their duties.
The anatomical museums though generally regarded q
excellent institutions are perhaps more dangerous
than thoee described for the reason that they are
more insdious they steal upon uusupec,ing modesty.
snd throw out Temptations for which the nina
way been prepared will hardly do to justify doubtful
exhibuons OF this kind on tho ground that they
media Of disseminating much Of very useful Information
to the people at large, by aorcing them opportunities of
eue nunaa eOohouy, ouu utconlug kCqiAnleu
with the secrets OF nature while the asviols appe
ute is so plainly pandered TO- While magnificent life szed
Venuses, perfectly nude and uncovered exposed
view in the voluptuous sti,udcs and no attempt is
made to screen the most upchsste OBJECTS from gen
era gaze, such lnsy Will not avail, aud honest
people will not emn.
Since the advent Of the Metropolitan Police power,
an effort has been made N put down another evil which
1ourishes very extensively in this city. the late
made by certain detective officers among the fortune
teers carvoy ants astrognts spiritual rapDers, &C..
still fresh in the recollection OF readers; but fr
from good having been effected thereby II seems all
these dsrent degrees Of mposure in stronger vogue
than ever, win be from the following advertise
mcnts, cut from day. issue OF the HERALD
A clairvoyant.-Ns s. s8 street, two blocks
west of the ui medical and business
In