The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-01-30
My First Visit to New York.

taken to see the sights, had wandered in
to quiet sort of street where / stood
wondering which way to go to reach my
hotel. Just at that moment forlorn
looking woman carrying large bundle ap-
preached me and said:
"Mister, I'm poor woman, and my
husbands so sick he amt able to do any
work, and rue and my poor little children
is almost starvin' for bred. Won't you be
good enuff to give me two shillin's?'
looked at her bit, and ses /:
"Han't you got no relations nor neigh
bors that can help you?'
ooh, no, sir; I'm too poor to have rela-
tions or neighbors. was better off once,
and then had plenty of friends"
"That's the way of the world, thinks L;
we always have friends till we need 'em.
ooh, sirl if you only know'd how hard
have to work, you'd pity mel know you
would"
"What do you do for livin' ?'' ses ],
for she looked too delicate to do much.
81 do fine washin' and ironin," ses she;
"but I'm sick so much that / can't make
enuff to support u.s." And then she coffed,
real graveyard coff.
"Why don't you git some of Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup" ses l.
"Oh, sir r' ses she, "I'm too poor to buy
medicin', when my poor little children is
dyin' for bred"
hot In hot inb n
delicate young cretur as her should have to
struggle so hard, and tuck out my purse
and gin her dollar.
"Thar," ses I, "that will help you a lit
tle"
"Oh! bless you, sir, you're so kind. Now
I'll buy some medicin' formy poor husband.
Will you be good enuff to hold this bundle
for me till step back to that drug store on
the corner? Its so heavy-I'll be back in
minnit," ses she.
felt so sorry for the poor woman that
couldn't refuse her sich little favor, so
tuck her bundle to hold it for her. She
said she was 'fraid the fine dresses might
git rumpled, and then her customers
wouldn't pay her; so l tuck 'em in my
arms very careful, and she went to the
store after the medicin'.
There was good many people passin'
by, and walked up from the corner a lit
tie ways, so they shouldn't see me standin'
thar with the bundle in my arms. Ibegun
to think it was time for the woman to cum
back, and the bundle was beginin' to get
pretty heavy, when thought felt sum-
thin movin' in it. l stopped lite still; and
held my breth to hear if it was anything,
when it begun to squirm about more and
more, and heard noise just like n tom
cat in the bundle. never was so surprised
in my life, and l cum in an ace of lettin' it
drop rite on the pavement Thinks /, in
the name of creation what is it? walked
down to the lamp post to see what it was,
and Mr.. Thompson, would you believe
me, ii qoas ltpe baby! was so completely
tuck aback that staggered up agin a lamp
post, and held on to it, while it kicked and
squalled like young painter, and the sweat
Jest poured out of me in stream. What on
earth to do didn't know. Thar was in
strange city, whar nobody didn't know
me, out in the street with little young
baby in my arms. never was so mad at a
female woman before in all my life, and l
never felt so much like drafted fool as l
did that mint.
started for the drug store, with the
baby squallin' like rath, and the more /
tried to hush it the louder it squalled. The
man what kept the store sed he hadn't seen
no such woman, and / mustn't bring no
babies in thar.
BY this time a everlastin' crowd of peo-
ple-men and wimmin-was gathered
around, so couldn't go no whar, all gab-
blin' and talkin' SO couldn't hardly hear
the baby squall.
told 'em how it was, and told 'em /
was stranger in New York, and ax'd 'em
what / should do with the baby. But thar
was no gettin any sense out of 'em, and
none of 'em wouldn't touch it no more'n il
it had been so much pisen.
"Tbat won't dc" ses one feller. "You
can't come that game over this crowd"
"No, indeed" ses another little rusty
loolSin' feller-"we've got enuff to do to
take care of our own babies in these dig
gins"
"Take your baby home to its MAJ" said
another, "and support it like an 'onest
man."
tried to get chance to explain the bus
mess to 'em, but drat theword could git
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