The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-08-06

10 DIS symPatnles. lie spen0s mucn OF DIS
time in sitting gOsSipping to crowd of
loafers at bis shop door, and these, contrary
to the borough ordinances, block up the
pathway. But then there is the gutter, or
indeed the middle of the street, for those who
do not care to confront these elegant gentle
men This gentlemanly chief burgess is q
good friend to pigs. In the back rtreets
you find numerous hordes of these innocent
and happy little animals lodging in comfort
able quarters, occupying the Easements of
dwellings. The inhabitants Of such dwell
ings are delighted with their harmonious
music, and an odor that does not seem to be
taken amiss prevades the upper rooms, ris-
ing as it does out of the cellar. This means
ventilation. On such subjects as this PUBLIC,
opinion is conflicting. In some towns that
you have seen, and which have been presid-
ed over by gentlemen who sold no bad rum
and was not friend to squalling pigs, d.
rected to other subjects. Poor little piggies
used to be made the subject Of crusade,
and the foul Odors or stencil was ordered off
out Of town. Sewers and sinks to carry off
foul gas, and liquid filth, were introduced,
and people were obliged to conform to GER
tain sanitary rules; but these towns, as we
have shown, were not free to all pigs, and
whlskey included, as is Coaldale. Then in
the back streets you find dens in which
love-illicit, It may be, is made, and thieving
planned andi murder contemplated, and in
some cases acted on and carried into effect.
At times here you will hear a phillolu and
hubaboo, and see brick bats and sticks fy
ing about broken heads and bloody visages
being the result This exciting amusement
is accompanied with yells and language that
is eminently suitable to the occasion. This
amusement is quite acceptable to several of
the inhabitants of Coaldale, and any stranger
may take an active part in the proceedings
if be feel 50 inclined, especially SO if the fight
is public and free. 1t may be otherwise
when the entertainment is private, which it
is when it is a family affair
(The writer was invited to participate in
private affair Of this sort quite recently.
In this instance big son undertook to
assert bis skill by showing the tanos O
Lanngan to the whole household, includ-
ing five small chilther, one big daughter,
mother and stepfather, all at the same time
By the holy" be swore, he would Z" bate
the whole house." The writer waived the
very pressing invitation with many thanks,
and left them to enjoy the tanes of Lsnni-
gan among themselves)
The chief burgess does not interfere in
such matters, and the subordinates follow
bis course, and allow people to enjoy them
selves according to their own ideas. When
any one gets seriously hurt, that is when
any one gets the life knocked out of him by
accident in such cases, those that are so I'M
fortunate as to cause such a mishap by stick
ing their knives in the wrong place, or by
missing their aim with pistol, or by throw
ing a brick bat with too much force, or by
hitting too heavily with the lesden end of a
billy or a loaded club, or by. battering a
mans head when he was down with the
sharp corners Of a piece Of hard whinstone,
or by kicking him till he accidently dies, or
by jumping on him while he is PROSTATE and
bursting his entrais, the Earty in whose
hands s1ch an accident happens is hid for a
few days, shaved and transformed into a
detestible old darkey, and pushed off some
dark stormy night, when the wind blows
high and the clouds fly low, provided with
a collection of greenbacks secretly subscrib-
ed to by his dear friends and relations. lie
is sent off into the cold, cruel world, WITH in
addition to the greenbacks, the blessings
and tears and prayers Of bis friends, to seek
his fortunes in other chimes, and among
cruel hearted strangers, where often the poor
innocent fellow meets with sad rebuff.
How much the bad rum Of the chief bur
CESS has to do with such cases it will be i'm
possible to say, you cannot arrive at an ac-
@~----ss ual- uiariUn. Many poor fellow is
sent off far from bis home on account of bad
rum believe OF course the dead man is
; laid peaceable under the sod and is forever
at rest, with masses said for bis soul, what
more can be want it is not this one that is
the greatest sufferer.
, (To BE CONTINUED.)