The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-06-19

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train Of cars AS they thunder along the
railroad, built on ledge formed along one
S'de Of the gorge hundreds OF feet below
you, and few feet above the surface Of
the roaring creek, with feelings Of appre-
hension. Yen thipk that one Of those
masses Of rock. If shaken loose, would de-
molIsh the tram anu destroy, God knows,
how many Of your dearly beloved fellow
creatures You trace on that side Of the
river opposite u the railway, a common
turnpike road over which carriages, way
ons, eguestrlans and foot passengers are
passing, under Whst appears 20 be a great
personal risk
flock OF goats is frolicking about
among the precipIces, bounding sportively
from rock to rock, as il enjoying the rarts st
Of fun There you hear little kids bleat-
my after their mammas, who are very i'm
prudently bounding from cliff to cliff, rs if
e. tempt their promising offspring, and
spur them on g greater fests Of daring
and agility.
As We have seen the main approach TO a
valley t. which We viii pay some little at
tentIon Just now, We will step to a more
favorable point and take a view OF Miners
town, which is the life Of that valley
bounded on the east west, north and
south 10y mountains.
For country town, II any place among
the mountains can aspire to the title OF
country tlca, MineTstown is a fitting
place for a man wyrshipping money, loving
Whisky, drinking card playing, threat
cutting, degener'' "a population IA short,
IN civilization. it : not whit behind your
large cities. On one side Of its pages the
DIR, Il has it- advanced men AS already
limited mean It's spectators as FIRST
class ruJbeTsl, - thieves las second class
robbers, It's gamblers as third class rob
bers). These with the politicians to lead
would form a pretty tabledLt OF Miners
towncrs ii e. set III the same frame.
On The other page that Of the Crit
has its Ne, HANGS AND MINERS
MInerstown, as far as buildings are con
cerned, Is ike many other highly respect
able towns Id what you people If great
cities would say the country. Il has is
churches. Its tdverns, It's 5, hools and grog
shops, ms workshops and gambling dens,
Is stores ami business places The whole
Il the buildings are lumbigd together q
rnrm an awA~arl squad. sadly out VI line
ana uut NJ uri,r.
F"r closer description 10 MInerstown,
We must descend into thu crooked street
Here YOU get better look at the houses.
hIcL are su Iregularly built amt So
.iuoerIy mixed up together, that you form
yuur oluuIau " the inhabitants at once.
Here y"u find tie valley lust vide enou a
On contain Scry narrow street which
forces tho buildings back against the
u'. untaIus sides The creek occupies the
larger portion If the street Pathways On
tbs sides Of It lead yuu along ID front Of
the houses These paths will take YOU to
church, to school, to the post-ofiice, to
your stores, 70 your work, and to the
tavern. There is just room enough to
perform amy ordinary business pr duty,
but If you have anything extraordinary
% hand, # you get up IA election or a
night, OF make an Grafton, then you must
cucroach on the creek The buildings are
associated together III a manner that per
foctly accords with notions q freedom,
equality, and democracy. Here Barney
Dougherty has built log shanty painted
red, az ainst the NJ F. Church. painted
white Barnoys building is a whisky shop
and boarding house, and is termed the
SAINTS Repose.' The stately NJ. Z.
Church is a house Of remission. and it is
termed "A Home for Sinners The
saints collect at Barney's and get tfunk,
while the other poor devils who 20 next
door bewail their present condition as
miserable sinners While Barneys
people dance IN their excess Of happiness,
the others cry aloud under the burdens Of
their misery On one lot stands man
sion with roof Ia MdnSdrd on the adj
ioining one Pat Murphy owns a shanty
with roof q Ia blanche, Of clapboards
The mansion hnds room to sport a flower
garden breathing sublime odors the
shanty has potato patch and a pig pen,
which has its own very peculiar scents
Pat keeps pigs and game cocks his neigh
Dor owns horses and coal mines, and works
Pat in breast Bridget Murphy, Pats
honest, better three-fOurths, keeps a COW
which spends much of its leisure in inno-
cent recreation. 1t loves dearly the odor
of the cultivated flowers growing in the
garden Of her neighbor. The animal is
deeply attached to a dear little spot not
many feet away from the front door steps
Of the mansion. Its own scents mixes
with those of the flowers to the disgust Of
the lady of the mansion, who hints broad
liz Of the COW being a nuisance, and on one
occasion this lady had the hardihoOd to
threaten prosecution at law. Such an in
suit to the COW enraged the honest, out
spoken, hardworking Blddy. Is was very
amusing to hear the divine expressions Of
the dame as she unburdened her mind.
Her eloquence was only excelled by the
aptness and harmony Of her gesticulstions,
which rendered it necessary that her portly
form should undergo a series of comph-
Gated figures mot known in geometry and
movements unknown in mechanics). In
this state she asks the lady, her well-to-do
female neighbor, a pertinent question.
An shure, my fine lady, an what nd
wees be afther doom wld the haste Wud
yces curub up the poor animals nature :
Ia il busting Of her ye'd be up to : BE
me troth, added Biddy bending her body
forward and shaking her head to express
that superlative degree Of emphasis which