The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-07-24

street He keeps dance house
there. He is abou. forty-f Eve years
old lie is rcpaicd to bs worth one
hundred thousand dollars, more or
less, and i kaowa to be worth over
seventy thousand. lie has three
brothers who are clorgymeu- two of
I them being Prcsbyterinns, and the
other Baptist-and is reported to
have once been minister Of the
Gospel himself lie is known form.
erly to have been a school teacher.
and is man of education and inc
natural powers was originally
good man and is yet a good fcl.
low IN many respects Were it
not for his good qualities he never
could have attained unto the bad
eminence Of being the Wickcdcst
Man in New York
The best bad is Away the worst.
i Take him for al in sli our Wick.
eldest Man is phenomenon. iIc
reads de Bible to o. dance house
I girls. and his iayoriie papcr. are the
/ New York Observer and the lndo,
I pendent lie takes them regularly
and redis them We have repeated
l ly seen them lying on the counter of
hia bar room, amid dccanters and
glasses, along with the Daily Herald
and Sun. We have also seen dozen
copies ofthe Little " andercrs Friend
at time scattered about his place.
for he takes an interest in mission
work aud "goes in generally for
progress lor other people.
This Wickcdcst Man is the only /.
entity appertaiuing to the shady side .
of New York life, which We have .
been unable to fathom, analyzc, and
account for But be is too much
for us. Why human being of his
education, natural tastes, force of
character aud wealth, should con
tinue to live in a Water street dance
house, aud bring up his children in
soul destroying atmosphere Of sin
aud degradation, is more than We can
comprehend,
For this Wickcdost Man loves his
children His little fye-year-old
is the apple Of his eye, the core of
his heart, and the chief object of his
worship. lie never misses an oppor-
tuuiiy to show of his accomplish.
ments And, all things considered,
the little fellow is truly n wonder.
lie is crammed full Of information
on all manner Of topics, and is over
ready to respond to his doting fathers
attempts to make his smartness yisi-
bic to the naked eye
We have never visited the Wick
eldest Mans dance house, without
having our attention called afresh to
his little sons abilities, except once
and then he took us round to the
school which the child attends, TO let
us sec that he ranks with the best,
aud is fayorito with his teacher
That was on the 2sth Of May last, 1T
about a quarter to twelve in the day. |
time, when We went to No, 80. Wa
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up in q magazine article
Has the reader any notion OF ,
Water street dance house Con
cretely stated, it is a breathing hole
of hell-a trap door of bot,omleSs {
nit You step from the street into
a bar.room. wherein lousy ioaiers
Turk aud which is in some eases on
a level with the sidewalk and in
others far below it and there You
arc in the general midst of things, u
il hsppens to be dance house OF the .
very lowest class. Bat usually there .
is " saloon 2 in the rear Of the bar .
room.
Passing out OF the barNroom, by .
door opening in partition across
It's rear YOU enter the dancing -a-
loon. which varies in size from fifteen
feet square to room % by 90 ieei
in extent Along the wall OF tins
room a bench extends, usually on
three sides In the father end OF tue
room is an orchestra, proPoruoned
in numbers and skill to the prosper
ny VI VOC -. /, .ome,iwe. as high I
as six. but the average Is tot more
than three In one Of the rear corn I
ers Of the saloon there IS small bar,
whete '"u VIZ s .l'as;n,, ,Leir ssei.
victims Victim. "'' H. ,a,,,rifGall caae Of
hauo"s 70 '"o u" a,'a.ar,ora outside
non paying ""'
pubic. ,.t.,.ho. oy rroupel
Nit''iis ", Wv ~ nLi,lirg in Inc
upon 'no h ho0'i rarying in mum
dance are wy \ w. ,, ,% bnt aver.
Der IRON ,V", 80
aging apou' w." .o, or,eo eomcly
! hese g' III. w o,o o I'M TO A saii.
70 INC ,"', e1an, lone cruise. where
or JUST ,io'1 ~ III weather.
nothing ,o,'', ,.. has r., year. been
bea'e ! sh'P'i"'ss "a .,,rae,;ons
seen, they are nov T ,1',@ 80 ~ do.
20, too DO certain certain 'a ,n,a.,,a n thci-
graded type, pay "oa'ase .,sse.,s
strenuous r'',, ,.,...ss;oz asl ...ri
ma''' - the ,ai' , VT eano,,ly rocard
r ihan, y. s;,b sorrow unspentable and
'n , 80, VIA ieon ror tears
. p'' Tb :o0 f u time we entered John
he " L. ''p houso wa found il in
a cm H., ! e"" ria boar was eleven 10
, ,ho evening D There we're thirteen
'he e ~ ,he .o,aon three musicians
! g'ris !" 'ne go. ,aaOO ona even customers
: IN 'ng g''n ,o he Establishments of
submitting ~ a., ' 81 ne ballet dressed
, an o'iu"' ""' ''...'..l.1 he room. Our