The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-17
NEW YORKISMS.
Prosn Our OtVn Correspondent
New YORK, Nov. II, 1885,

are bH this time known, by telegraph, 10 mos'
NJ the readers of THE EVENING TELEGRAPH IL
IL one OF those forms of death which are pos
.ible every day. vet which ferry crossers might |
mo for n lifetime without Cncountering. Inc
Duhlic are to blame for 1t as much as the men ~
tbe wheels-the respective Irions of the boats.
The primary cause Of all the trouble, however,
De- laid upon the Union Ferry Company, which
has a controlling interest in the East hlVei
Bridge stock, and is assiduous in endeavorlng 10
prevent its erection.
The Coroner's inquest is busy over the vlcem'
and investigation, and it is to be hoped 'hat
its usual failing of stupidity will not ioon "
virtues eide of general acquittai'
TUE ELECTION FRAUDS
are hefng investigated by set OF jurymen that
might have been chosen by the familiar spirit OF
old EammRuy.
The selections Insinuste that that familiar
spirit is not only willing that the ballot-oox
should be dragged in the mire, but also that
Justice should fold her hands and smile greaslly
over the Dissertation.
The Jury, in fact, is packed with Tammauy
contractors and politicians end one OF them Is
a candidate for the seat Hoffman is to make
vacant.
The streets aud steamboets of New York and
its vicinity are gradually to be deprived OF one
Of their most romantic associations Ills
Iomantfcsm is the
ITALIAN "oRGAN- N-GRINDIsTs,"
who are met with in every other block, end
make the ferry trip meledious with hsrp-adap-
tations of Captain Jinks."
'Organ-grindists" is the generic term, though
few of them grind organs. Their musical capa-
bilities are mainly confined to the harp and
violin.
One or two of them have really fine voices,
lacking culture of course; and during the fine
summer and autumn nights crowds eurrounded
them al the doors Of beer-saoons, and rewarded
their chaunts with libatons of pence.
The boy, in spite of Mrs. Partington, is father
TO the man; let us believe that the desPised
Italian organ -grindist is the germ of future
Brlgnolis and Amodios.
However, it is a fact that bill, prohibiting
the expectation of boys for singing and organ.
grinding purp ses is soon to be passed in the
Italian Parliament.
Then will this feature of the New York streets
and steamboats, finally disappear "Farewelb
sweet child, farewell"
One last word on this subject
The other evening Ole Bull was crossing the
Fulton ferry, to give a concert in Brooklyn.
Only few people were on the boat at the time,
little listened to and i'll rewarded.
The venerable stranger took the instrument
from the hands of the wandering youth, and
improyised surprising fantasia on a popular
negro melody, the burden of which is that the
singer is 'iust as happy as big sunfower," "
sunlowers possessing capacity for enjoyment
unequaled by any other phase of vegetable Gre
alton,
Then he sent the rejoicing son and brother
round and the rejoicing gathered ten-cent
postage currency innumerqble, and turned to
thank his benefactor lin choice Italian), bat he
had fed!
| tell the tale as the ferry, y,boat reporter told it
tome, Do / believe it :? No; but then it is a
very pretty story; and Ole Bull would have done
40 had been there and felt like it, and was in the
habit of improvising fantasias on negro
melodies, and was acquainted with the means
of escaping from ferTy-boat in the middle of
The river.
increase and multiply by more swiftly acting
laws than those which regulate the ordinary
means Of propagaton.s
It's easier to keep the wolf from the door
than them.
The only way for the charitable to get rid o!
them is to turn his eyes to the study of the
beautiful, and to shut his pocket from sense OF
what the interests of art require from him.
MAJOR PAULINE CUsHMAN,
worse known as Mrs. Harriet P. Ward, cele-
brated last Sabbath by appearing before the
Jefferson Police Court, at the instance of
Deputy Marshal Abner B. Eewcomb to aus wer
the charge OF having stolen $500 from that
Official.
Mrs. Ward said that if there was anything
she was sorry for she was glad of 1t, aud willing
TO be forgiven. So Abner relented, and the
Lady Of Lyons departed in peace.
TEE BowRRY GRANT CLUB
has been dining and winIng over General Grant,
and the Bowery Seymour Club has been dining
and whining over another individual.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
has been preaching an "al-Gred" sermon about
the whisky ring" in New York.
He says that New York and Brooklyn are
little better than Sodom and Gomorrah, though
] scarcely think he believes we are nearing de-
slruction for our sins, as those two unnaturally
yoluptuous cities did.
At the conclusion he prayed that judges and
all other "frauds" migat be made away with in
a snap.short OF time.
THE COMING PRESIDENT
has been doing West Point and is no reposing
in theibosom of one of the principal hotels.
telegraphic despatch says he wore lavender
eoIored kids whilst doing the hand shaking at
West Point and on his Journey hither. That
may be so, but the gloves were black when he
got through.