The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-09

Observations OF Men and Things.
BY our GEORGE.


nt the star ~pamgici banner where u postal card
directed simply TO The city Will arrive at its dcs-
tin1ton without the name Of The state being
put on too. There is only one Bessie Turner
and there j. only one New York. and every
postmaster in the land knows this fact. The
Old post office was Il wonderful piece Of aryhi-
lecture; there j, no need Of going Dat OF the
country 10 see IN Old ruin rs long as that j. in
eXistcuce, The new building stands at the
lower end of City Hall Park ON the spot where
the stranger used 10 pause to catch nj+ breath
and zee if he bad got aoro~. broadway alive
Il i Al onr OF the busiest points oi lhr city. q
poor place tor a hch 10 stop and scratch for
worms. The building is one OF Mullct'S II
is said that MulIrt didn't know any more about
building post offices than a croro,tilc does Of
the ten commandments; but 10 lool, al that
ma>s a granite ilcl up there. it certainly
seems like one Of A- finest pieces of guess
work in the city. Letters mailed from there
now want To- have on patient leather boots and
wear SILK hat~, The Tribune building looks as
different from An other buildings rs Horace
Greeley, coat did from all others. we Should
Judge that the i9ior who made his clothes also
designed the building. 1t has 4 tall tower ON
it, sharp enough TO spill dash Of lightning.
The whole building reminds one Of Il school boy
With Ounce cap on his head. WhelaW Reid
has his ollicc mp in the top Of the tower. 50 he
can be ont of the way Of life insurance agents
and hand organs. lt'> good place to read, in
the tower The Times and Graphic are having
a series of rows. The Graphic go. have sued
the Times tor libel TO the amount Of 100000.
These are trying Times" tor the newspapers.
There is sad fact connected with the Herald.
one of its correspondents has lost his name, il
was Nordhoh, but gnaWelon by what we could
not learn We saw among New York. promi-
nent men, Joe Cohlun, the prize tighter, and
Geo. Francis Train doe is a person whom il
is difficult to describe There is nothing in his
appearance that is very remarkable, but if he
strikes you at alI, he strikes YOU iorcibly. Geo.
Francis WAS sitting on a seat in Union square,
lie seemed 10 be in deep study. lie looked
rs if he was frying 10 think of some lai! IN the
world that he had never been in. He looked =
little ,ccd} There was Il slight lent in his hat,
but not larger than vice presidents though il
will probably grow fun size before election.
We Were fortunate enough 10 see 4 Whiskcy
fraud" while we were IN the city. He was Il
dilapidated looking specimen and had on an
old felt hat. 1t had been felt SO much that the
brim was partly torn OH and the Wcarcr looked
out through the slit. He shutled up to lis and
said, 'Sce hcah, Cnp'n, Civ Us the price Of IL
drink will ye:' We told him that we didn't
believe we could accommodate him in that way
but would try TO get him card 50 he could
visit the Young Mems Christian Association,
where he would be able 10 obtain little spirit
-ual rclrcshment, but With Il look Of disgust
that would have weighed hall Il pound, he
simply said, "Oh cheese it, Johnny, mil down
your vest. Next TO beehive in full operas
ton the busiest place we have seen lately WAS
Washington Market, on the Saturday afternoon
before ThankSsiHn ing. A person can spend Il
whole day here, provided he has bad cold in
his head, and then hardly see all there is to be
seen. One would think il was that happy land
where I'VE meat 10 part no more Every
thing that is calablc, that this country affords
can be found here. Game, fish, poultry, meat
OF all kinds, vegetables, butter, cheese and dirt
Thirty men standing at Il counter, irom morning
till night, enicng the fat and juicy oyster out Of
his shell, will convey some idea Of the number
of oysters that are necessary 10 fill the NAV of
The American people. For anything as slow as
an oyster, it is wonderful how they can grow
as fast rs they are wanted. Then the butter
Butter is a strong point in this market. Here
is pure Goshen butter with the letters Weir
m-0-n-t stenciled ON the tub, there can be
no doubt but that ii was made in Goshen Co.,
n. y. AS we passed along between the rows
of tubs kegs, ard firkins. III least two hundred
men looked at Us and inquired if we wanted 10
buy any butter. We asked one of them what
there was about us that made him think we
wanted any butter, and he said-'lIe didn't
know unless it was because we looked like a
well bred young man." We saw one lot with
Sampson marked on the cover. We asked if
they named it Sampson because it was so
strong, and he said-"Not exactly, but because
its strength laid in its hair" And then the tlr-
KEYS. As we gazed at the stacks of them we
could not help wondering what would have be
come of them if it were not for Thanksgiving ;
and if person cannot feel thankful when cat
| ing roast turkey, he ought to have the mumps
| on both sides of his face at once and live on
| tough steak. Some of the beef hanging up here
almost tempts one to wish that he might suffer
the fortunes of the steak. SO fat so juicy. so
| tender, tender as the tenderest portions of Il
| ioVe ietter. But our nose tells us that we must
| away, and we drift out into West street, take
the ferry boat for Jersey, and i'm a few minutes
are under another flag, or rather another flag is
| under us, the blue stone flag of New Jersey.
J harder than sleghine in summer time. and
bluer than the Presbyterian creed. The soil of
this state is red, everybody has read about it.
but it is. very rich. Its chief products are rail
roads, goats, geese, and paving stones. The
geese are raised from the seed, the goats grow
wild, the paving stones are planted on high dry
land, and are raised in drills with a black pow
der as fertilizer, and are sold by the yard like
| calico.