The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-14
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

Getting to be a COMPOUNDED nuisance-the hay
carts with the horrd looking lion and unmajestiC
elephant upon the bundles Of dried grass by way OF
, adjournment, which cucumber the streets under the
pretence Of selling cement that will make whole
broken anchor, keep fast closed tonguey woman's
jaws, mend mashed up "chaney tay pot" or draw
house rom It's foundations without breaking the
traces. That nuisance, like thousand others, ought
to be abated by our every efficient police" who are
paid 81 200 per annum for perambulating the streets
and ogling the pretty girls.
Those who dance are expected to contribute towards
buying rosn for The bow OF the fiddler, and those
who live In New York supposed to be rich enough
70 pay the taxes annually levied for the support OF
the Supervisors the various City Hall rings and the
liquidation OF little debts incurred in quitting up
| jobs' for the benefit OF the hucksters as well
| as the "wholesalers'' In the political lines OF
uade. Per example, the taxes for the current year
will amount to the nice little OF $241 500 o.
or 81 66 every hundred dollars OF property in
the county. or this sum upwards Of $1,000, 900 is
for county purposes Supervisors rings and nearly
ST. 900 600 for city expenditures. Well what OF it 2
Nothing, sir, nothing AS the Snowman said to the
little boy who, having paid the admission fee, desired
70 know which was the rhinoceros and winch was
the zebra we say to the taxpayer, 'vichever you
please. You pays your money and you takes your
choice"
We're 1t not for the bore Of the thing would adj
wise capitalists who are DESTROYS of sinking their
money TO invest in the stock OF some underground
railroad company. We don't why New York
shouldn't be "cut under' well other metrOpoli
tan towns. Great tunnels beneath great thorough
fares, If they served no other purpose, might like
oil wells OF Pennsylvania, relieve our moneyed men
Of their surplus change.
The spout" in the City Hall Park has closed its
exhibitions for the summer season, to the very great
regret Of the boot blacks and visitors from abroad,
stopping at tie down town hotels, who are always
anxious To see specimens Oh our water WORKS."
The condition OF the various markets Is to be in
Council what's upi Are the butchers and buck.
sters to be visited and when these are thoroughly
judged every thing he pronounced serene9 There
Is nothing like "golng through" the markets occa-
sionay, especially those Of them where the trade
Is good and the profits large.
marvellously retentive memory has the cand
date for guberDaiorlal honors of the ST. Tammany,
formerly the democratic party At an exhibition Of
the little boys and girls OF the Five Points Industrial
School some months since, In q brief address made
10 his auditors he assured them that he quite well
remembered when he himself O little boyn
and "how he played hockey" for which he was ex-
ceedingly sorry. But for that derelotion from the
path Of duty the man might now be quiet and re-
spccted Citizen and not candidate for the guberna-
torial chair head centre Of "rings" than he
can put ON his fingers, inside aud out OF the City
Hall. Ambitious little boys Will please take warning
Should they play hockey from school when they
ow up they may be punished by being made
mayors Of cities or governors OF states.