The sun., 1873-12-08
JOHN UP THE NORTH RIVER.
ne DIsCOTERS RSSOMEorEER THINGS
~ fIBgNY.
How Wan Bccame Rich-An Old Trading
Fo-t aud Other Po-is-A Temperance II o.
tel An Invitation thnt was Accepted.


tcl-An Invitation that wus Accepted.
Corrcsrondcncc OF inc sun.
ALBANY. Dee, 1913. This is Albany.
There IL tide in the affairs of men" &C..
don't ancct citizens of Albany, because they
live SO far up the river there isn't any tide
There ts an awful rich man lives here. lie in
sured the lives Of his Croton bugs AT a cent a
piece, then fed EN- on Paris green, and fell right
into the lap Of luxury People call It III gotten
gains but lie swears he wasn't III when no got
EN-, but healthy enough TO exclaim without
lying, quite well, thank YOU" His daughter
wears stuff enough in ono dress 10 make sun
umbrella for the State of Rhode Island, and sne
is being educated for Child Of the Regiment
10 baseball club. In regard to female lovcli-
ness, visited one once. l didn't stay long for
the same reason the boy gave for getting late to
the store. lie had 20 cross the ferry, and he
said, " There was tow in the wav." found
one IN my way at that females house, twas her
Albany is the place whore "whom the gods
would desir3y they first ulfkc mad" rot mad
YESTERDAY. told an old lady that "Id seen
house n.y. and says she, what mi,ht your
nano bef' | said, 1T might he David" aud
chicken pic had the hone fever, aud she didn't
Ike e, IT, and and q shG fave orders TO her daughter
viii me now on the round-c cornered piano any
more for me.
AIBhNY ALE.
I read sign INK Alp.' I went in and
asked "fursomc thirty ale," and that contrihu-
ton to I lac excise tax whi.tled to his dog and
stood and lookei at me. TnGt dogs mouth
looked Ike 1t might be- partial to calf, aud lie
looked So foudly at my legs just below the knees
Albany never was settled. it's all hills: any one
visiting Albany can see why it, uphill worN
io get TO the Legislature; In the year 1916
man IN ALBANY started q book bindcry in the
top Of six-story building. He did this be-
cause there were So many stories in II. in dis
pute " IN staid citizen, VINO had staid in Al
6any at hi5 lifetime. lie was called high
wasn't derived from Latin.
Alhlny was once Dutch trading post that
Iost II gone now, hut hitchiug posts and post
stamps around both of en-. Dutchmen stlll
I've, here, Toe. II dates from lo-j tnat, dear
days baseball Club that went mile from
town 10 play homc-and-home game ran CON
siderable risk 81 getting their hair lifted hy the
noble North American Indian. Centre field was
rather rough place to station q pal" face, with
10 other hoops around bat war whoops. Then
Tue in,st popular pitchers were pitchers oi beer,
not balls.
now THE rLAcE GREW.
This Dutch trading post WAS FIRST known as
BenNcrwyk, and beavers are worn here To tins
Gay. When the place got one or more inh hahitants
1t Was called wilhelmstadt. " and New York was
called Amsterdam New Amsterdam Is on its
way West, and it's got thirty milc~ from Albany
already. and there is nothing left III New York
I. remind one Of Amsterdam, except perhaps
McCOmbs dam.
After tue capitulatlon IN 1864. the year pre-
vious 20 tie di.cuVery uf pienics. Albauy was
named Albany, in honor OF the Duke ~ York
and Albany, the proprietary ~ the colony. and
In 1855 u was chartered a city. There are no
Dukes left IN Albany, but there are left dukes
/ in Albany now.
The Delavan House in Albany was stlr;ed on
the Temperance rlHn. It's -ot uvtrit: hut one
curious custom st.i remat,. lfyou call for
ea'S ot brandy, they 'nN riahIy set vdt a loi
Tor iat,iu- tIc bet celer, ia the United states:
! rfab. Troy is six miles nom Albany. r., an
.HNf L kHUN l..FHN
and tho people swear SO much. | wouldn't be
/ urIr-ed any d.N to hear they had dam'd the
/ tNtf dhd dtstroi,d the CONN cree oi y tauy.
\ rI,rE LrN,H.
\ singular triad took place here last wees A
/ uiu from tuuue- lidic-' hose are made lu CO.
/ hoe was mulctcd. actually mlictcd. ia broad
aif, atr Pie dinner. and refused to Jay for It.
tie wa. sued, ald ON the witness stand he
-Wore that the dinner was gwen to him; thai
We 'h'ted 'y the proprietor !" ca'' Gnd he
Lawyer Now sir You say yuu vcrc invited 10
'at Tell the Court what tie pla.ntiG ul. sir,
"it iu'hd' u. you're oh 5o-r oai"' 'Ir.
ltVtcr-O l..rtrd %. S'ur.s.r
t.r,u"n mot sustained. and exceptions
lavycr-wcll, -ir what did the ul,in'iG ,.yi
Nltl,-s So : ho. "Nn.tlSJ Aa,e.'
"uuc.-- says !, "Il nave some Lecf~tcak.
g.. .heu rIe, some ilail-to f u..t.,H. ..u.c
l.'; ,n. mo. some iu. ue'ut, Some lobster
l.N,,r. rn.U g.. So y.g r.r..l'rad l'-
a-"'H-' "uN u Fvu ha'e "n IH'.'Hi.tu, t.4
N.n,- ofroIrc iiI. What iu thunder 's
. D. i0. lutIr,fi.u. u t-h,I vuu what }uf'd
/ oI.uN N.4.dn Dc D." -arned mcni Go make lol
IiN 4uI lt
lne .,-r stopped here. and I'd Cohoc' htd 20
/ lay. II was almost a. .Nu llltd,"d Is the case
/ 'i the fellow who sod a razor warranted to
cut hdr.' lie tried to prove on trial that lie
Cidnt say II would cut hair. lie said Z" 1t
would cut a hare meaning rabbit the
Plaintiff sw0re thar even then he was entitled to
recover, for that razor wouldn't cut an English
hare. and he doub;ed whether IL would even cut
] Welsh rarebit.
II j. 4. long way from Albany 10 the seat Of the
Asian cc war. one hu- not tVcrv FAR to 20 10 yet
/ 1" IN" seat II shautS ~aT in New York.
To-day visited -tAtIOurrs TO yet some pa
Itr To- write sou. ! told nm | wanted ONO
f'o.scip. and he looked awful hard at my head.
4utu.
/ says /, " want lined paper"
saw me- " NhN'l YOU have II lined with
Saw !. Red n1rnel, darn YOU
Ineu Ieit, suffering from rage. JOIN.
THE SEUEN-TOED CTR.