Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-10-28

the heels from her sewing, for she rushed
out and enquired, g w hats the matter with
. Billy nov, policeman 2, But the only sounds
that greeted her ears were the words. SIC
Semper. Sick with the distemper, good;
gracious You don't tell me SO q L alters
knewsd that beast had the distemper, or
something Ike = said the woman. But she
/ continued SALLY Sally come out here,
aud drive the goats in, fore they get sick
with the distemper. Oh, my ,he blasted
eritter. and 7 kept it 50 long Give 1T to
him; don't spare . bone in his body p 80;
From Hunters Point the tall, spires of
churches in the nsig boring town Of penny.
Bridge can clearly be seen, presenting . MO.
turesqus appearance, rarely met with in q,
manufacturing town. This place derives its,
name from the fact that the sum of one penny
is exacted from every pedestrian passing over
bridge near the town. While crossing this
bridge saw a son of the "ould DART en-
deavoring, as We say in New York, .to beat'
the toll, gatherer out.of his just dues. The
wouldsbe fraud rendered the toilssatherer
fve>dollar bill, to take the fare out; but the
collector had mo- change, so he told .. Dssnfs"
to await his return. ..Dinnis, = however. de.
catnped when be found the coast clear, but
he said before departing. That rogue of a
toll>gathers III not come back wild me mummy !;
but divil a ha' 'penth care at all. at all, be-
case | owes him two dollars, aud the bill
gev him is no mummy e. all; I go, it off a
patent medicine bottla.'' s.fl..L s.
Many costly dwellings, shaded by towering
trees, stud the banks of the East river
These houses form village which is called
Rayenwood. The mosquitoes never bite ia
Rasenwood I am unable to saw whether
they are muzzled or not but one thing is ceT.
tain. they have not tho corporation TAG dang
ling from thsir necks, like our GharlestoWn
dogs. tS s1s5 sa5 st.g, ,s-., u
sat on an old stone wharf at this little
village and looked across the river upon the
great busy city of New York, which covers
acres of ground, with its nyriads of dwel>
liugs My view was somewhat broken by
Blackwell's Island ON which stand the peni.
tentiary, work>houses, lunatic aESlums, hos-
pitfalls and other charitable aud reiormatory
institutions. ! could plainly see the convicts
at work quarrying, under their numerous
keepers. These convicts dress in bed tick
colored clothes though hundreds are con-
fined on tho island, yet from their costume
one can easily recognize them. For my part
would sooner meet a dozen barbarians,
while roaming over some Eastern desert, than
two ex -convicts in dark street within the
limits of New York.
ooSSiat duu sCuUUuCTS were tackln0
against tue wind. as they passed the Island
looking like a number of geese gliding over
the smooth surface of a country lake.
During my rambles hunger assailed me-, so,
not having seen hotel or restaurant, | en-,
tered a Dutch grocery, for the purpose of
purchasing some edibles. The only thing
eatable thet the grocer had was some bologna
sausage, which was as hard as an axe handle.
Ire>crossed the river on steamer called
the Ravenwood, on which became acouaint
ed with North Caroliniap, who asked mo
why grant in the dictionary means to q;ipe,
and Grant in Washington means to take p
l inquired of this new>fangled lex,cosrapher
q sunoose hc is out) what he Thought Of
New York. He answered: "Wa'al, strau-
ger, haven't seen no homiuy 10 New York,
but I kinder tell-yer one thing, New York
can beat all creatioo for bad pies !; bu. guess
it cant be hoped.'' This is tie universal
verdict OF all sontherners concething the pies
baked in New York. - F
EX> >HARpER's EERRIaN.