Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-19
SOME PU.vGE.V'T CO.uP.5RISO.vS
NEW YORK LIFE AS IT Is-lN FOUR CHAP
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Hnndrods oflittle italian boys are kept
by old hags on Cherry and Baxter streets
just to steal and beg. IT they como home
at night without having stolen or begged
certain sums the poor little fellows are
whipped and made TO 80 to their beds on
the floor without any supper. Most of
them turn out pickpockcts and eventually
go to the Island or Sing Sing as burglars or
house breakers. Ono little fellow who has
lived on Cherry street for several years
didn't know what the Bible was, and he
told us he had never heard of Christ.
Evening Paper.
But,
"Rev. Mr.. Van Meter, who established the
second Five Points mission house, has
raised funds enough to establish Protest
ant mission school in Rome. He writes
that three more Italian subjects have been
rescued from popery and converted TO the
Protestant faith, and that he is deeyly So
licitous for brothers and sisters in the cause
to help on the glorious work and enable
them to build a snug little parsonage for
the residence of the American missona-
ries. FiVe Points Mission Report.
II.
Mrs. Mary Thomas testified that Mrs.
Hurley turned her out of the girls lodging
house on stormy night TO die in the Fifth
street station house, and Sergeant Snyder
swore that on the morning of the 18th Of
March he found Mary lying on the floor Of
the station house. She was in distress and
said:
- For Gods sake, have some one do
something for me = and in the midst of her
crying and mourning she gave birth to a
child. Police Report.
But,
''the private stables of Messrs Belmont,
Bonner, and many other gentlemen, are
made of black walnut, beautifully finished
and nicely warmed. The horses are clothed
in soft, white blankets, and fed and cleaned
with the re gularity of a clock. l am en-
deavoring to have all other animals cared
for, too, and to accomplish that 1 caused
tho arrest Of private coachman to-day,
and detained the carriage in front of A. T..
Stewards, because the driver had driven
tacks into the side of the bride, which
pricked the horse and compelled him to
keep his head straight. If tho cars are
overloaded the horses will be stopped, and
the people will have to walk. .-Bergh'S Let
ter.
"a woman who, up TO the time of our
| going to press, has not been identified, was
found dead yesterday morning, on door
step in Thrty-fourth street. The deceased
wandered from some of the poorer wards
in search of employment, and from her
emaciated condition, it is probable she had
not tasted food for several days. 1t is
thought that poverty and starvation caused
her death. The body, scantily clothed in a
few rags, lay unclaimed for days in the
Morgue, ,"-E0iice Gazette.
But,
| "Mr. Liyingstone's elegant and fashionable
reception and German at his palatal Fifth
avenue mansion on Monday evening was
too gorgeous for description. Many of the
ladies' toilets came from Worth's, and cost
fabulous sums, and the flowers which
draped the rooms-all rare exotics-must
have cost a small fortune. Among the
guests sparkling with jewels, was Mrs
Lawrence, whose brilliant trouSseau when
she was married last week is said to have
cost $1,000 The rare and expensive wines
which cheered the occasion astonished even
the connoiSSeurs Home Journal.
"
"Bellevue hospital is often crowded tC
excess with sick-so much that patient,
suffer through bad air and inattention.
at is impossible to warm the Tombs, ol