Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-09

DuL tne IiCI Is He Is SOinS W Set d very
large share of the indecent vote. The part
Tilden took in bringing Tweed to his pre-
sent quarters embittered the Boss against
him furiOusly, and though it was impOssi-
BILE for him to prevent his nomination, he
and his friends have control Of votes en-
ough to prevent his carrying the city, and
if they can be held together and cast en-
nloSSe they will do it. The Boss is hearty
hater as well as devoted friend, and he
: his henchmen on Tilden's track, and
ui,, " follow him like seuth-hounds.
''LsH'eSt 7srV the city, it will go 4
aug" o' The land attling his candidacy
see s,o,., IF he shows strength
wop1d 1.a,. Ini4w York, that fact will
be coIors IN, 4uee5ngest candidate for the
feet sr. u 'ne "a nile Dix does not expect the
49,, indeed, | think, he does not
"' pufple:.e has friends in this city who
u '"u 'ints oily pushing him, and if what they
through alllpon rs beginning becomes an
brighter e;shed fact, | see 70 reason why !
tho G. Juld not end as they desire. The |
roora ling that | see in the way is the age |
ie candidate. Gov. Dix is a very old |
N to take place that so taxes the ener- .
9.es of q man. Still the Governor is hale |
and hearty and has in him doubtless many |
years of good work. He will be Governor |
again-he may be President yet.
CHARITIES
Meudicancy is profession here, regu- !
lar profession with its regular practices,
who are governed by Il sort of unwritten |
law which they all respect. When beg |
gar, man, woman or child, has obtained
the right to given locality or beat, the
right of possession is respected by all of
the fraternity. Indeed, favorite corners,
or especially good localities, are sold for
money. Begging is very good business
in New York. There hundreds of thous
ands Of people who are careless in the use
of nickels, and who, from habit, drop them
into every hat or box that is Ofiered-there
are the tipsy-generous, and the actually
benevolent--all these make up enough to
keep the army of beggars that infest the
city, and to enable the shrewdest of them
TO amass property. There are beggars in
New York who own buildings and collect
rents, and they are not few in number.
One man stands near the corner of 18th
street and Broadway, and works i'll the
nights alone. He is always mechanic
who has Just arrived in the city, and can
get no work, and has no place to sleep.
The theatres aye out and the Jolly parties
are returning TO their hotels, and from
them this sad, respectable man is certain
to make from five TO ten dollars every night
in the week. He has run this game for
two years that l know Of. | wonder what
he does with his money.
AUTUMN
is finally here, and glorious it is. The
weather is cool and crispy mornings
are gorgeous and the afternoons magnifi-
cent. Broadway, from three to five i'll the
! frlt ha. mil llirnaV
and people who dress TIE women have got
their fall styles on the backs OF The !emi-
mines, and they are Respondent in beauty.
The fashions this fall are very snowy and
! taking. The hats are raksh in style, and
are as pretty as the most exacting could
wish. The white felt hat, with upturned
brim, trimmed with all sorts Of feathers
and beautiful material, make the street
! shOwy. Then the dresses are especially
pretty this fall, and, for the comfort of hus-
bands, am happy to add, not frigh,fully
expensive. A woman may get herself up
fJr an afternoon promenade and create a
posive sensation for thousand dollars.
walk down Broadway every afternoon to
enjoy the gorgeous scene, and | am so
thankful TO the ladies Of the city for going
TO so much trouble and expense to please
the people. get as much pleasure out OF
the display as do they who make it, and it
costs me no trouble or money. l am un-
der obligations TO the fashionable people.
CIGARs-HOw AND WHERE MADE.
There is some little trouble about the
cigar business. The cigar-makcrs have
held n convention to see if it is not possible
to reform the trade and put it on better
footing. Some curious facts were elected.
There are $4,000 persons in the city who
are dependent upon cigar making for a
livelihood. Cigars are very seldom made
in factories, but the tobacco is given out
and the work done in tenement houses in
the lowest and filthiest quarters of the city
Now the trouble lies in this. In one not
very large building four thousand men
women and children are employed in max
inIcigars, the operatives living in the rooms
in which they work. That is TO say, Z
family consisting of man and wife and siS
children, eat, drink, sleep and work in :
room lily ventilated, and filthy to 4 degree
hardly possible to be cOmprehended. 1t i:
held, and, am sure, justly, that tobacco
handled and manufactured iu such room
cannot but be filled with impurities, and
that diseases are not only by the use o
cigars so made, but that contagious dis
eases are spread broadcast. / went into
one of these buildings and penetrated one
of their rooms | would not do it agaiI
for all the cigars in New York. There
were eight persons at work in a room, the
odor of which was SO absolutely horrible
that | could not understand how a human
could exist in it for minute. The maj
was filthy-his wife was flthier, and hi:
children well, have no word al com
. mand that will express the absolute rot o
their condition. And there they were roll
ing cigars, which you, my reader, will pu
in your mouth and hold there, taking int
YOUR system with each pull the reeking
sitting fever with which it must be impreg
mated. Cheerful, isn't it?
The regular cigar makers propose t
petition the Board of Health to stop tn,
manufacture in tenement houses, for sani
tary reasons, and it is to be hoped for thu
, benefit of cigar smokers that they will sue
ceeG. Nevertheless, it is n question whether
a man who can endure tobacco can be in
iured by any other poison.
BUSINESS
is as dull as dull can be. The buyers ari
, not buying and the sellers have long faces
|. When il will revive no one can tell, tOr M
one knows Il is to be hoped that it vii
start up soon, or some of the business mel
will go mad. 1t is somewhat curious, bu
despite the stagnatiOn the retail business
of the city is good and is getting bette
daily. There seems TO be rs much extra
vagauce in dress as ever the theatres art
filled as usual the drinking places hav'
their usual business-in fact eyerythin!
that is unnecessary seems to be flOurishing
Men and women seem TO have money t
sGuander on luxuries, but that is all
There is no building in progress, and trad,
genera lly is at tearfully low ebb. New
, York is living on hope. PIETRO.