New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-19
"PLEASE PITY THE BLIND"
BEHIND THE SCENES.


Some benevolent persons will perhaps recollect a
poor miserable looking man, who, with plaeard l.
AM BLIND" hanging on his breast, stood shiyering
in the cold on Wednesday last under the windows Of
the building on Broadway, lately known as the
Southern Hotel His eyes, one mass of iniiamed
sores, appeared TO suffer terribly from the piercing
cold wind and attracted a good deal Of pecUniary
sympathy from the passers by.
Further down Broadway, on the curbstone near
Canal-st., poor woman was seated, soliciting pen
MES from the charitable. She, too had pacard
over her bosom announcing her blindness. At this
moment a drunken sailor came up, and saying
Come, get up, old horse" deliberately kicked the
poor creature in the side. Och. yer Tepthile yer,
how dar yer Ultimate pOOr hOuld WILDLY what's got
seven childer stharyin at home" moaned she, and
began to cry piteOusly. reporter OF THE TRIBUNE.
who happened to be passing, Joined the bystandeTs
IN comforting the poor wildly" who reaped rlch
harvest from their contributions Now comes the
strange part OF the story Our reporter who
had visit to pay in the Brandreth House, close
by, astOnished TO witness on leaving, pre-
csey the that had taken place on his en-
trance, an hour before SusPeoting that all was not
and set &0 himself to watch any further pro,
ceedings. In three-quarters OF an hour the
farce was PLAYED again. little lower down the
street the same brutality the same Celtic remon-
strances, and more stamps from the bystandeTs. De
termining to see more OF this, he repaired to the
spot again about 81 O'clock. and found the poor
blind wildly preparing to go home, helplessly led by
a little girl who was most careful of her. Following
ut the corner of WateT-st., the woman tucking her
blacard of blindness under her arm, and getting on
hrst-rate alone She turned up one of the Lone mar
row places ont of WateT-st. and entered one OF the
lowest class liquor stores in which that neighbOrhOOd
RbOunds. wishing the landlord, rOsy-faced. sharp
eyed. tabby little Dptchman, good evening" as she
went in.
Z ECanI have a glass of lagerp inquired her pur-
suerf Yah vark in" replied the Dutchman. The
reporter entered boldly, and found himself IN a low,
lllghted ROOM filled with nice selection from the
habitu6s Of the neigoThOOd. Judge, then. of his
ACCOMPLISHMENTS seeng at the fqEther eqd Of the
room his sOre-eyedp friend from under the windows
of the Southern Hotel; his eyes looking marve0usy
we'll evidently cured by the action of basin of cold
water and piece OF yellow soap with glass Of the
"crather" steaming 10y his side, and discussing some
thing out of the o'clock edition of The Daily Nelcs
with no less person than the drunken sailor
What luck the day, Biddyf r inquired sore eyes"
"Purty good. purity good Ell Nike" responded the
poor victim of brutality as she knowingly leered at
the drunken sailor" and then they all three
laughed heartily the little Dutch landlord, who was
evidently up 10 the Job" joining in. Thinklngdls-
creton the better part of vaor reporter paid for
bis lager and walked out, deeming IT imprudent TO
open cut in such place. OF course, he now regrets
that he did not at the time call the attention of the
police to the woman, but he anxious 70 see the
little game played out. He says the wildly must
have realized the best part Of dollar for every
brutal kick