Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-10-14
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charisstown, JEFFERSON County, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. oCTeBER 1451s7s >
LETTER FROM NEW YORK,
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.Gs : .NEw YoRK,, September 26, 1873 afs
/ Dear Spirit = 4, summer night in the
country is ,glorious There we can L tske a
quilt, gosout the back porch, stretch onr. r..
selves. and count the stars until astronomical
observations are succeeded by, gastric quaks
ings, which. remind US that the .sinner man
calls for food. There is another ael vantage in,
this night airing we contract cold
great, at,"conghing." and much '.couehine'' gem
orally ends in a coffin But in New York.
we have no back k.porches, so when the heat is
oppressive some of us sleep on the roof. and
use nothing to cover ourselves. What's the
use of taking blanket upon the roof ?-ten
persons that go upon it never descend by he
stairs-they come down over the backpart Of
the house. OF course. this fall is not always
voluptary--a coroner is frequently called in
for what nurpose. / am unable to surmise.-
1t is a difficult matter to describe the rleasur.
able, emotions, which. fill the minds of these
descendants" as their heads plough up the
hard soihin the wards, for they never revert
to the incidents, of the fall
A person, that has mt seen our avenues.
can form no idea of the confusion, redingntes,
feathers and hirtations, which are met with.
while promenading'on a summer evening"
The hum of conversation, laughter and
cnrsing is INDUCED in, until midniglt-
Then AraheDa hassens to her boudnir in =
s'r>ssorY tenement, where she laws aside all
the paraphernala from her "femalc form di
vine" Augustus seeks cnnch in a thirds
rate bonrding-house. which is kent (not clean)
bv Mrs. Brophv or Frouein Scmnckendecker.
He leaves his buttons and god(? >headed
cane in charge Of the boarding mistress, to
whom he noltelv hows and addresses: Mrs
Brophy, think that's your-T rresnme-I
that is your dienifed aprellatve The
fact is. my dear Madam. j am totally imre>
cunions, so far my present circumstances
are concerned hut if von take charge of
these valuable personal effects until accumn
late the necessary funds to redeem them why
then. I'd he under rnumerahle obligations to
you, Madam" This means in rlain English.
that Augustus wants lodging for the night,
but he has no money. She grants the priv
ilege, bnt Augustus climbs out of the window
in the morning without redeeminy his "valu
able personal effects
On summer night, tho down town streets
are more crowded than the IN. town arennes:
In those streets. women aud children are
found sleening on the pavement in pro1nis-
cnous groups They do not seem to exercise
any choicc with regard to rlaccs where thew
can rerose in safety. Tn July last, hundreds
stretched themselves unon carts, wagons and
market stalls. The drowzv god sometimes
takes sueh firm hold on these slcepers tina.
it is a feat in itself to rouse them One of
the CITY Arabs after having begged, stolen or
drunk during the day, Mt night took recum-
bent position on an old wagon. which was
standing in the street o. this "aownv
couch" the weary sleeper lay. dreaming of
angelic Cor intoxicatingO snirits through the
long night. At four oclock in the morning.
a baker, the owner OF the vehicle, came to
load it with hot, ,hnnrs, hut finding the wagon
converted into n slecrin. anartment he dctar-
mined to eject the tenant by pokine him in
the ribs with harrel-stav,. After many
groans, the sleeper stretched his huge limbs.
sending tile hot>hnnns into the street. and
ssnting the baker with sonth western sian
on the car. at the same time givin. vent to
language, which showed that the unfortunate
once had tender wife Cheeky. can't We
stop ticSlin' me in the ribs ?'' man so
we'll ''Jrc'1' as baker could nnt resist an ap-
peal, made under circumstances sn pathetic
and taking philanthronic and self interested
view of the whole affair. including the SOUTH
western slap. he hastily withdrew
1T one of the "sn"ozers" (this is the classic
arpel'ation by which they are known) fails to
cvacuate the butchers wagon, when solicited
to do SO. the owner orders his man to haul
MIR. Snonzer to the slaughter honse on the
brink of the river, and dump him into the
water .ae
Now, the slaughter>houses in New York
are not situated on the banks OF the purest
streams, SO if one, even ''snoozer" takes a
free bath hereabouts, he wont emit tra>
GRANGE, entirely delicious. This is Tact so
we'll established, that the most tastidiuus
''snoozer" will hesitate to dispute. The cellar
doors, too, serve as couches for the fatigued
wayfnrer. These happy ones are frequently
heard soIiloqulzing. while gazing upon the.
beautiful brown-st"ne- fronts opposite. One
OF them. some time ago, expressed his feel
lngs in words like the following: ..I'm as
cool as an iceberg out here, on this here cell
lar door, while (hic) them Inhabitants of that
there house is rostn'. b'iin', aud stewin' in
side with the heat Hur( ic)rah,!"
All of the parks are filled with people, who
trefnen. them for the purpose of inhaling the
delightful odor waited from the flowers and
bad seSars. Madison square is always filed
with eager crowds that gaze in admiration
upon stereoscoptic advertising>shee, which
exhibits pretty pictures and useful ADVERTISE
ments. The Fifth Avenue Hotel is near
Madison square !; upon the stoop of this build
ing, politicians, dressed in fashionable cos
tunes, stand. presenting a scene fully as in
terestingas the stereoscoptic pictures. But
the moonlight adds to their appearance The
trequenters of these parks must be amateur
pugilists to procure seats. l have frequently
seen four persons bring their heads in dis
agreeable proximity in trying to gain seat
L: fifth spectator is very near, he lnvaribly
gets the seat while the boxers are curling one
anothers' hair.
Are the bows ont on summer. night in
New York IF man were to ask me such
question, | would ask him if owls are out at
night. Both queries require an affirmative
answer. On summer night the boys ride
velocipedes. they carry passengers too, knt