The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-09

dwarred ana frozen surnp and Two small Ioaves Of
at ne tune. was about TO lst down the cover 10
piece ol not very c.ean towen, wnen something
ssseniaH among s .ns scs bottle was
on the bottom o. the basket: i contained
wasksy wncn cost sx.y Gents asd , was I1e
funded Tor mesell Lor the ond man, aither." the
poor woman explains; 'naythcr Of Us touches 1t,
us tomorrow aud sure we'd rather be widout oar
breakfast than not have little dhra.i to orer
'em:n ! viii now give you the description noted
A FOURTH WARD GIN MILL.
The liquor stores ara und here 10 q roaring trade
tenght. They do mo q profitable 'ade on other
cccas ons perhaps, but certainly very BRISK and
solser 0 ION ono tn. eyenisg have been clos .y
over an hour. In ana out pass customers OF
every age and size and OF beta sexes. leone 'u0e
crowded and can see every stage OF int xicatiOh
there Women, with broken and bl0atcd features,
ana men :" s. ,ns more aspect are
poison some proposing ribald toasts, some mutt
ter.ng snatches or rtbald songs. some bandying
rf0ad tests and coarse compliments. ana al In
| condition OF drunken, wretcled rageedness. some
| few OF the men are prematurely old and wrinkled
! and are confirmed victims OF bad rum. but the
ina. ority range between sixteen and twenty-five
years, and are entering or nave July entered upon
prisons and the employment OF hangmen. None
oil the women who are drinking look less Iran
il il easy to see. and What their lives are now is
still moro plaialy visible: They are in the very
last stage Of 9 anne. ihe road BY which such
and frlnged with nowers and they often roll over
1t In elegant carriages. Hat the end OF that road
fifth, and the wretched wayiarer has to tramp
1t with naked feet The nain tie which binds those
bodies and sous Ia masldening whiskey. One
hours sooer health would bring on reflection, and
i've minutes reflection is certain death. How some
se sa e are 20
terry to nae. 1t Is impossible they could learn" 1t
BY the old shameful sale Of themselves, Tor iargs
| very eyes are melting out OF their sockets. vita
| ioatHseme disease. Though the sight them Is
| sickeniAa, there Is something much worse tn De
seen in shat room much worse sight, because one
can look with greater coDposure ON 2 managed
body beside the railr oad track than at the sun
struction rushing without the power to avert 1t:
hsf Dozen young girls between the ages Of ten
| and fourteen, with pitchers in their hands, They
| are sent here by l0Oisii heartlcsS and depraved
fathers and mothers TO ietcn in some ale ior 10 nily
use, land there they are now warchns, listening
TO- and even taking part IN the horrld scene before
one. "Ah. hold on; what hurry you're in,' re-
plies Sarah, who continues an unclean convets 81
ton with q biackKulrd OF twcnty-O or there
abouts, wearing a snorting cap and black eye
have strong notion now that II could grasp
| his poll against hard nag, he'd be apt to wake
next morning with q bad headache II he could
wake at ALL
| ROOSEVELT STREET AT NINE pM.
| Fortunately, have these observations COM
pleted before the barkeeper mas time to notice my
| presence, and can retire without purcnas ng any
OF his valuable wares. Lighting my cigar and pro-
tecting myself as well as can against the cold aud
damp air. resnm. my posito under an awning
and beside a lamppost on the corner. It is nine
O'Clock, and the people on the streets grow more
numerous. They are OF two classes. which, though
unfor unately compelled to herd together and live
in the same neGhborlioOd- often in the same house
and even on the same fOor-are yet totally distinct
and dsslmilar. mean the honest poor and the
vicious poor; and they can be as easily ais
| or Q.tn
courtesan who lives next door TO 1er In the region
OF browa-stonedom. 1t Is easy. too, TO see that
the great majority OF the degraded creatures now
before me were once muc better than they are Mt
| precautionary OF them better than am WHO write
vile and so viceus, and that they were brought to
| this complexion through the horrible influence of
the hclish fluids That are sold to them as rum and
gin and whiskey.
Here a half-clad wretch comes staggering along
| through the siush He Is neither tnie a black
guard, you can see, but he has already come into
closer contact with bOtn than is healthy for hm.
He does hard work occasionaly-nis dress tells you
! t.-at-but it Is emily wnen he has no money to buy
liquor and cannot get it otherwise. When he does
work and gets his wages, he goes with 1t to the rum
shop and stays there until the last cent is gone. He
has a family whom we shall see py aud by; but all
soyeS snce G Se
make out the cause as best they can. 1t Is, per-
haps Just e. well rel 1s them he cannot mo get
DO SO his his foot slips AND he falls into .
| prepares to remain there. len short minutes IN
that undesirable bed would effectually cure him
forever Of his love for whiskey; tut a policeman,
who has seen him fall and noted his inclination to
lie In the bed he had made Tor himself, goes over
use his legs but his tongue is more capable than
| ever 1t was. He abuses the eiicer IN very foul
dcxterousiy iucks MN under his arm, and after
laughngly telling the poor wretch to give "as much
rapidly escorts him to the station house, He Is the
last OF at least dozen similar cases-n0t all OF
them Of his sex-which have seen from this
4 corner within the past hour.
| ''PoOR But HoNEsT'-AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
| He was the last case OF the kind saw that night.
for thought had seen quite enough Of them TOT suit
my purpose; had "loafed" around that corner Tor
over three hours; was getting chilled to the
MARI MAN ana nae naae up my c 70 20 straight
ton. It said, God help usl God help usi God
help usr' ! thought knew the voice, and was
knew lew years ago as a porter IN the store OF .
gentleman Of my acqualntance: His employer had
pose Tom had another name, but II he had we
| never IT,. My friend-Tom's "boss"-lost his
om WHICH he dspved mSc
than his wto and in Which he
concern. That was the last had heard or seen Of
Tom before this night. SO speak to Tom, and ask
does; he'd know me, he says, IL was dug out OF
the burned ruinsin Centre street; and he is mighty
glad to see me, too. Tom lives right here in thfs
!. neighborhood nOw-and sorry he is for that same ;
but he can't help 1t, and the will OF God be done
la explaining how he came to live here Tom tells
| me sad story Of misfortune and disappointment
since last saw him, and Of desperate struggles to
| keep himself and his family honest and decent,
which have been pretty successful, up to this at all
events. Where he lives Is not a very nice place, to
be sure, he says; but IL I'd go to see 1t Tom would
| take 1t as q great favor, and it would make him
| feel good for many day.
perhaps I viii, Tom," reply, "but just tell
| me why In particular did hear you praying just
! nov3n
"Didn't see that man logged OF by the police
| man. just nowT"
eyes. saw that man,
Well, Tom has known him for some time past;
they live in the same house, and on the same floor,
| In fact. The man is exactly what c0njectured-
| an irreclalmabe and degraded drunkard. HIS ex-
| ample, no less than his own miseres, has driven
his vile into the same course Of ruin, and both
nave made their children what Tom was
| AFRAID 30 say what, but can tell him now After
this gladly accepted Toms invitation to visit him.