The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-19
S0IES ABOUT TOWN.

cannes given TO foamilg at the mouth, curling
their tails the wrong way, turning their up
ward like dainty, scornfu maidens) and swapping
and snarlin9 as they make 2:40 time through the
streets, are becoming altogether too common for the
equanmity OF ones courage. 1t has been said that
hydrophobia was frequent In winter as in summer.
| we decline believing any such stun. We are happy
10 assure our readers that there Is ''mad dOg'
| less In the city than there week since. A
brave twelve hundred dollar street ornament In blue
clothes and brass buttons rushed valianty upon the
''critter and "sped his beauty with his baton of
| once forever more.
That's nice bridge they have at the mouth OF the
Harlem river. 1t is made Of iron, it is-al but that
part OF 1t which Is of wood. Bridges whether OF
wood or OF iron. or mixture Of both, are intended
to span rivers and milldams The one at the north
end of the Third avenue Is 80 constructed that
by sort OF hop, skip and jump 1t gets safely over
the stream which small boats ply to High Bridge
where, without camberng any great distance up
the decllvity, You can get as 'hgh kiten beside
having a couple OF brickbats put In your hat
to keep you steady should you resolve on venturng
further. The bridge at Harlem Is peculiar. Ironi-
cally speaking 1t cost the Supervisors OF two coun-
ties great deal OF money, and you must cross 1t
In less than 2:19t time unless you would run in op-
position to the horse railroad that connects It with
the City Hall in the Of the day. Any serious
made OF iron ia invited to inspect the embodi-
ment of brilliant idea which gives such significance
to Harlem when the thermometer indicates 100 de-
grees In the shade.
The solar heat don't affect every one alike. This
may be accepted as an apothegm it were rank folly
to deny. For example, dealers in black diamonds,
fearful OF sudden rush Of business, have thought
proper, doubtless for the especial benefit OF the
muntty, to advance the prices on Lackawanna and
Scranton. Considering the expanded condition OF
the mercury this is OF the coolest proceedings we
have heard Of this season.
Trade Is brisk just now in soda water, ice ere am
and lemonade The last named, highly colored and
with sort of exharating flavor about 1t, is extern
sively sought after at sellers prices by 'ardent"
members OF temperance societies 1t don't remind
them in the least of the lemon and liquefed sugar
dccoctions with Jamaica stick in it, which. in the
days when they didn't ego home till morning."
they were in the habit of washing their mouths ont
with. 1t is really astonishing the quantities OF
lemonade that are being disposed Of just now, and
what an effect, 'm-my dd-dear it--it-(hic)--has
Don tl-the h-hat m-my dear-(hic) ~
Bananas and pineapples are quite plenty at this
time in these ATTITUDES. Now we don't desire to
spoil any ones relish for these tropical fruits They
come principally from the West Indies where the
cholera, yellow and bilious fevers may presently liz
occult relation between bananas and pineappes and
yellow jack and cholera Can't say, but things get
mixed together within Cancer and Capricorn that
1t is difficult for native to say which Is banana and
which cholera lucidly determine the differ
ence between yellow fever and pineapple.
The Board OF Health, anxious to earn the 'spon-
dulix" which grateful public accOrds them, have
divided themselves into great many committees
and have made free use OF our brilliant friend
Vital Statistics to the great edihcation of the
people who read with pride bordering on frenzy
his hebdomada lucubratons. But Notwithstanding
the fact that the excellent Board has divided itself
into all but infntesmal parts, it has over
looked the importance of having Committee on
Smells. The necessity for such committee cannot
he questioned. With reasonably developed Olfac-
tories great many smells, entirely overlooked
by the Sanitary Police-slmply because its members
are not troubled with itching palms-might be de-
esG oasy II those Yes all that
is wanted to make your astonishing body complete
in the eyes of an admring community is a smelling
committee.
We don't think the arrangements recently made
by Postmaster Kelly facilitate the distribution of
letters In the city IL successful Its protector
trusted IL would be. Since the Establishment" as
the martyred President said OF the letter boxes
at the principal ofca, great deal OF energetic Ian
guage has found utterance In the lower districts OF
the city. Old gentlemen, prim in word as
old maids are In manner, have required
to the vocabulary OF their youth, and have
'ripped out" terrcaly the horror OF their clerks
who are all members OF the Young Mems Christian
Association. Letters require two days to reach
Harlem and twenty -four hours to get up to Flfteth
street. We move for return to Old things. We
don't believe In ideas II they worthless; and,
BESIDES we are really averse to old gentlemen imi-
tating my Uncle Toby, for the simple reason that the
recording angel could not by any possibility, have
sufficient stock OF hand to blot out all their
asseverations He Is too obging q gentleman TO
ump dry