The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-24

ers, the foreign l9rkers, tie accident lgrk
ers. Sc. Then there Is The sick lurk ii
london. 4 poor by was seen lying ot
the street exhibiting leg Of his. OBJ
the aEopy d that boy Hih such a herrid
sore lex he holds oat h:s skinny -.
and yuu pui q penny into Il, Tor such q
sore on les you never saw in all youf
life But watch tia, boy in the very
twilight. He looks all around him, care.
/ fully ciaps rag over the sore, and-clipi
away comes the sore, popped immediately
into his pocket, be rises and shoots around
corner with his stock in trade IN bis
/ pocke, lie GOES of 10 get his becisieak
and grog, spending more money il that
way than would support family. Then
there is a class Of men who 20 around
having Its they have epileptic fis. One
man had four fits, and when going through
lhe terrible ordeal Of The 9Th, he WAS spok-
en- toby a knowing one who saii:-
You are not doing this half as well
as You did the last The sufferer turned
10 him, winked, and went on shaking IN
the agony Of bis terrible a,lliciion. Then
there are other men walking tile STREETS; i;
you can see nothing but the white Of the
eye Of one Of this class. lie has stick.
searching the way before him. He cx-
claims See, my Christian friend, here
am in total darkness and destitute O.
Yictuals" f" If you stand ii his way, how
ever, he will certainly avoid running
against you. Then there is the deaf and
dumb lurk, servants lurk, colton-spinner's
and weayers' lurk, pFacieed by men who
pretend 10 be engaged in these trades.
MISCELLANEOUS "nuMBuGs.n
Then there is another class Of people
who 60 aronid d 10 get money 10 bury dead
people. One woman was collecting money
10 deccnily inter her deceased husband !;
among the persons she applied to was a
lady who determined upon seeing the dead
man. She did 50 saw him, and declared
him dead enough; but after bidding good.
bye, she suddenly returned for something
she had dropped, when lol there sat the
corpse up in the bed Others feign sick
ness. A woman will take strong tobac-
GO aud place it under her arms, which
causes ghastly paleness. Others apply
caustic and burn their arms most feariully
which they exhibit and obtain money.
Then we come to the high-hyers class,
who are bcgging-leiter writers. One man
in this profession made immense sums of
lie kcft two clerks. He wrote
and sent through the post-ofiice letters
begging for help, and certainly two appli- |
cations in ten would bring him money
One Of this gang spindIed The public at the
rate ofone hundred dollars perpay. Then
there are cadsers who are Dcggars. There
are downright cadgers who beg from door
10 door there are cadgers on pad, who
stand or sit in the streets. Then thereaIe !
!" iailow NOTES women who 20 almost /
naked, begging for old clothes. Lord
estimated the criminal popu-
laton Of London at thirty thousand. Il
Is terrible to think of that immense swarm
and too much Of it is the result, as in this
country, Of mans ingratitude to man.
For much of the vice and crime, in my
opinion, that exists in our large cities, the
c'asses are responsible. Let
me tell you what ! mean.
ONE CAUSE OF CRIME.
once went with a gentleman down a
back street where we saw two boys pitch
ing pennies. Ny friend called one Of the
boys: he came sauntcring up and said -
"Well, Mr.. McCray, what do you want /
with me r :" ! want 10 ask you, Jim, what
i is you consider the reason Of all these
,rimesS Think it is drink" "Oh, no,
sir, It's not drink, zir lis the stingincss
II them aire folks what's got money, zr.
III prove it, zir. You see my father gives
ne lot Of onions TO sell, and says, Jim
1ring me back so much money or III give
tou whopping,' and we boys dosen't like
0 be whopped; and when comes TO a wo-
nan, says, 'ma'm, does yer want TO buy
my onions yer may ave that bunch
or threepence a'penny.' I'll give you
hreepence.' My legs ache, no onions ave
sou, anu 4 tiltflh ~ ~ w ihhAC Ap bi tt+c
lext customer, an SO gives her the onions
or three pence. Then comes to another
woman She says, Ill take them if yerll
brow that in Now, zir, It's cause these
,eoplc, when icller wants to earn an
honest livelihood, beats him down. s.
sc boys prefer to steal, which is easier"
rHE "scnooL or DESIGN ron 1--WE
NILE PIcKPocRETs.
say TO you, citizens Of Philadelphia
yhen poor boy or girl comes TO your door ,
With berries and fruit, weary and iooi-sofe
md sad, for heavens sake pay them ile
,rice and lhtog another penny 10 III q
81, cnc thousand 1ine hundred and seven /
,oys were comm tied 70 The London prison. q
These little urchins are drilled according Z
o a regular course. There is room ii {
hc center Of which figure is placed com j
aiming bell and purse With sixPe1ce 1
u IL iftlicy can steal out the tarse Z
without ringing the bell they are eufled 2
0 il. But il il almost ilnpossib bic 10 10 il. {
ar IL th..v fgt.h tb.s fonr.. -, the sEshsa.f I,