Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-06
q FIFTH AVENUE, N. Y.,l
Dec. Is, 1875.

mar reader, let me whisper to you
.seret. which of course l only
j, % you, and you are not to men,
I. Il for fear of its getting out. l
! terribly bad writer, or chiro-
..,ber-and IL you should find un
.,,p,sticml sentences, paragraphs
.,Ao,,t sense, and words horribly
,.aeIled, in my"Gotham Letters"
,.sdon't find fault with Editor
,,ss. nor with his type settlers and
,,ofreaders, for the faults are en-
,,Iy mine. My as aud my o's are
,.ctly alike; Ny BIS and my DIS
hen get on strike; My ms and
s. VS. look so like eachother,
Tvould puzzle sch0ol-ma'm to tell
bicl, is iother. My he and fs, my
!. and my p's, My ms and my us,
MSS and VS., Are on their own
oOss, doing just as they please. Ny
are not crossed, my is are not dot
N: Some words are misspelled
"a others are blotfed; And some are
n. placed, and some are left out,
bill one hardly can tell what I'm
hitting about. So please, my good
tends, when the blunders you see
where it belongs, all the blame
pom me.
sELFISHNESs.
Years ago when the great waveo
rogress i'm the shape Of street rail-
|sys and horse cars came rolling in
,on New York, it was met by the
teat "Canute" kings of Fifth Ave
be, who with appraised hands and
pntorian voice said: "Thus far
ID not farther. Here let thy proud
syes he staid.o What! Shall
acknowledgement daughters
hcI out thir hands to street car
uductor.o Shall our delicate wives
compelled to hear the interminab!e
hr OF those carriages for the poor,
lich never slumper nor sleep, but
r the Fails Of Niagara rush and
Ee through all the days in the
hr, from November 10 October,
bking night and day hideous?
Nil we not have one drive in the
free from this Vandalism of
biem civilization, where we can
our wealth without obstruction,
give our proudly refined spans
thousand dollar horses and our
cried servants, coaches and foot
IN chance to show themselves"
hey spike, and it was not done.
fy commanded, land it stood
And Fifth Avenue has no
tel cars.
THE REWARD.
Wise men have written that "Sel-
Intss sooner or later meets It's own
Firegard." This beautiful, broad,
Waved highway, with its elegant
u'fs, lots and yards, its grand
iseria vines, stretching from
Fh to china.y-tops, Us we'll
fhkied paving stones, and other
actions, soon tempted every man
drove n vehicle on wheels To
tr the prescribed precinct and
Ee himself at home among its
|aaiages when and where and as
rs it suited his fancy or conven-
n. And now "frOm morn till
fey eve" and through all the I'M
pI watches OF the night, there Is
constant rumbling racket from
icles Of all imaginable sorts, from
great six-horse wheels carrying
ferrous engines, massive shafts
JON, masts Of ships or other huge
bers, down to the Irishman's
Fel-barrow or the chiid's veloci-
2. Heavy 0mnibusses bowl along
and down every ten minutes
pig market wagons filed with all
Of things--bleating calves,
aling pigs and cackling hens;
Fes Of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs
mules, intermingled with loads
rreis and stacks Of hay, making
he variegatea, on-rolling piano.
that never tires Dor stops to
e elegant turnouts, rich, glitter
= silver and gold, flashing and
fiog rs the motley crowd goes
he gay liveries, the gorgeous
ed blankets, and furs tipped
all colors OF the rainbow
n sight to look upon.
The love Of quiet aud exclus i've
has passed from the dreams of
who thought TO claim as their
ne right to this attractive high