The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
WHOLE NUMBER 625.
of killing him the first fire, be. did not want
him to have the qualification even Of know.
ing that he had touched him."
FOrty-FOur Years Of n PrinteR.s
Life. -..., d,

Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening
Journal, in noticing the death of Mr.. Daniel
Fanshaw, says: ID 2s]
"Daniel Fanshaw, one of the Oldest and
wealthest printers of the city o. New FPofk,
died on Monday. Mr.. Fanshaw's history
shows what may be accom- plisned BY two
elements Of character-industry and econo.
my, for to these alone was he indebted for
bis wealth. He was practical printer, and
in 1916, when we became his journeynan,
he had just started "Book Office" at No.
II Cliff street. Bible aud Tract societies
were then in their infancy. Mr.. F. obtained
at low prices the printing of the Bible and
Trnct Societies. His was a model Office
The most rigid economy was observed in
everything. Nothing was wasted. More
care was taken of types and of paper, and
better work was required than in any other
Office. Mr.. F. kept rigid watch and scrutiny
over the minutest details of business. He
was the first and last man at the Office, open.
ing 1t himself at the dawn of day, and clos.
ing it at a late hour. His fortune was made
up of ssvings.
In contrasting New York az il was THEN,
with the New York OF to day. we are bewil.
dered. Alladin's Lamp worked no wonders
that exceed this reality. Than, it was city
not equal, in population, to the present city
of Brooklyn. Then, there was no Canal
street, and all above that line, extended from
the North River to the Bowery, was either
a common or farms. Then, there was no
Jersey City, no Williamsburgh, and Brook.
yn had scarcely attained to the dignity of a
village. Then, the Park Theatre and Scud-
ders Museum were the only places Of
} amusement. Then, there was but one lee
cream (VauxhalD Garden. Then, there was
no omnibus lines or hack stands, and no oc.
casion for either. Then, there were but two
considerable hotels, viz : the "Tontine," and
the "City Hotel" Then, there were no
concerts, no lectures. Then, there were but
three North River steamboats,. Then, there
8 were but four daily newspapers, the COM
Q bined circulation of which did not half equGl
= the daily circulation of the Tribune. Thin
no man was thought of for q member of tht
ID Legislature or Of the Common Council, bu
}. those Of established reputation, high position
:. and approved integrity. Then, no MAN.
It voice was heard at a political meeting bu
ID such as Thomas Adds Emmett, william
D. Samson, John Welles, Cadwallader D. Col
10 ton, or David B. Ogden, with Marinus Viii
10 let, james Foibles, Nicholas Fish, &C., &c.
z for Chairman. Then, seme young gentle
= men, like Michael UIshoeffer and OgdeI
ID Hoffman, began to attract attention as mem
- bers Of debating society. Then, there wa
10 "Bridewell" standing between the Cit
n Hall and Broadway, in which those WHIT
h could not pay their debts were locked up, a
I'D criminals are now. THEN, there was Stat
Prison, two miles out OF the city; but nov
he "away down town." 1t then faced the riv
M er, but is now half.do streets remove
mt frsm view. If the past may be taken as a
N. indication OF the future, what will Ne
ad York be when forty.four years more sha
on have done their work