The New York herald., 1873-09-01
prise reproduce tine following from an snonymou,
person with q humorous turn Of mind and an eve

A CYNICAL HUAORIsr.
To TUE EDITOR HERALD.
What have become Of the the xE..D coscresp9naen c d:
ns s Is ntsds as sss
II they labor under sson let one Of them come
.ds dA'sn the
greater r s % sa and intensity % thsn
can iunses Let Your go dSwh % hs Sss
land him Su:hsp and keep sn
can plaass him deeper into street mud: oiie min
with bigger %osaaitoes shake him With ne5ser ehS
ssoundreis XIII him i'm with si ercsr sr word
With " greater fac asy than any othsr people
as sr know 81 S aS e.
US, and in year we will return him enacisted broken
ssfsS gray haired 0' bo%s '
"FEvER AND AGUE."
The foregoing Is malicious on the face OF It, !
have been IN many houses, travelled over every
road and cOnversed with dozens OF people during
my weeks residence Oh this island and can safely
your brOken-dOwn correspondent are, with the ex-
cepton OF what said concerning the village OF
Edgewater, entirely unfounded. AS to the health
OF the island, made particular inquiries. Fever
and ague 10 unknown on the north shore. People
who have lived there for thirty years tell me they
never knew case of it, and as for the
highlands which form the largest part OF this
Sas %seT whn ss
beside green covered pools in Edgewater
and back at clifton, where the land is low, complain
OF ague; but even In these places found, upon dill
igent inquiry that there was not much OF 1t az
exists in New Jersey, Westchester and some parts
should be, and actually is, one Of the healthiest
places on the American continent. This say after
careful inquiry, Notwithstanding that have been
assaled by parties who tried to make me believe
That here one can imbbe the real elixir OF life, and
thus had my spirit OF opposition aroused. gentle
man told me, with as much seriousness as he could
command that all the physicians on the island
with the exception Of those having property, are
suffering greatly on account OF the too healthy
condition Of the island
HORRIBLE CONDITION OF THE DOCTORS.
"Why," said this gentlemen, "these stories
by people owning property in Jersey and West
chester. Doctors can't get a living here i mean
state Of destitution. They are out at elbows have
no knees to their breeches, and as for small
in pocket handkerchieis-can afford to blow his
nose more than once month Why sir there are
y sSSSS on s Ts ssr %
look Is bare as bean poles, because the wives Of
their eT had had to to the fashion IN
fields. Look at the ribs Of any OF these DOCTORS
tnins Of the health e Of Y the island Yes os SIR you
will understand that this island is healthy, sir.''
MAN OF SHAKES
Though somewhat exaggerated, this picture Of
the sanitary condition OF the island may be ac-
cepted as true Sickness is unknown on the north
OF the ground and want OF drainage to fever,
there is positively less of 1t than in New Jersey in
listening for many hours to the gentleman have
quoted thought would "interview" a few per-
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did not care to pursue the subject further after
learning the opinions and prottIng by the expe-
relce of the first inhabitant encountered This
amable and intelligent being was posing himself
on rail fence and gazing wistfully out at passing
vessel. When IaccOsted him he looked me over
space, and l felt my httleness in my new corn.
breeding boots. asked HIM concerning fever and
ague III Staten Island.
'.lOu mean the shakes" he said, and as he spoke
he Looked as profound as Bunsby. 1.-THE shakes
lett eye the direction OF Clifton and the Bay Of
Biscay.
'Never havem on Thursday. II ken help it.; ken
always help it il I've got money in the mofnln'; II
know or care whether shakes are round or no.
All the same to a fellow when he's loaded up. THIS
mornin' es jes as bad as the wus us THURSDAY 5, yer
roun' here over fifty year."
The great pest OF all places In the United States
where there trees and shruDbery Is that lively
native American the mosquito. No ward politician
can make himself felt as does this Dusybody OF the
marsh and wood. Nor is there living dry goods
drummer of his cheek and pertnacity, nor one who
can buzz more, elude punishment with more agil-
ity and roar louder than he. Cut and come again
IS his motto. have seen an aged and experienced
mosquito on Long Island approach my head in the
twilight dozen times and go purrlng away again,
as it were, musing On the mutations OF mosquito
atfairs-a fellow who would gently touch the tip Of
my nose with his hind leg and go OF into the dark
ness, uttering q song that seemed to say to the
humming hosts around him
. tell me where, o tell me where,
You found fiat so fat and tair.
And then the brute would invite all his relations
and tenantry and make night ol It. The mosquito
FAMILY have an abiding place Staten Island and
are greatly interested in real estate. They always
operate Tor rise. But that they are more
numerous or more 70 savage % here than else
well drained-and drainage IS now going on with
commendable despatcn-the mosquito will ''go
part Of the island will no longer know ague.
MUD ON THE ISLAND.
The soil OF the island IS exceedingly rich, needing
only to be tickled by the pow to produce fruit
and where the roads and streets have not yet been
graded there is. OF course much mud in heavy
are In better condition than the Jersey and West
chester roads, and there is no Justification
worst that can be said OF Staten Island
and said there were objections to it's that the
communication between 1t and the city is not what
1t ought to be. There are Two lines Of boats-van-
derblt's Staten Island ferry from Whitehall (hav-
in-judlclous repairing and better management
being understoodl down the always interesting Day,
and the Thomas J. Hunt, from the foot OF Cortande
street. BY either route the island can be reached
in thirty minutes. There Is third route, that by
Jersey City and rail to Bergen Point aud thence
most pleasant spots on the island This Is the
present arrangement but 1t does not satisfy the
"a zoe inhabitants OF staten Island They want and
will have better facilities and quicker communities
ton with the city.
A BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE ISLAND.
Last session OF the Legislature charter was OBJ
tanned for company organized to build bridge
from Constables Point N. j., to New Brighton.
Tne bridge will span the channel where it IS only
600 feet wide and will connect with one OF the
Jersey railroads. The bridge built the railroad
route from Jersey City to Philadelphia Will run
through Staten Island, from New Brighton to Tot
tenvile, where 1t will cross drawDPldge to Perth
or South Amboy, and so through TO Philadelphia
and the South The bridge project is in excel
lent hands, and there can be no doubt that
IT will be successfully undertaken and finished
island and make 1t wnat nature evidently Intended
it-a .city fine sea-" There other projects OF
the kind in incubation for the Improvement OF
Staten Island, which may be noticed another time.
This however, is the most important, and as such
deserves earlier notice.
WHERE ONE MAY STAY.
This summer has been rather dull on the island
owing TO the causes l have mentioned, but the
hotel Keepers expect, and not unreasonably that
hundreds II not thousands OF people Will spend the
delightful month OF September with them,
The hotels are really good The New
bay Is as good any to be found in the neighbor-
hood OF New York; has hot and cold, fresh and salt
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