Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-03
How raE PosR LIVE.

uarrOW street Of dozen blocks, III ~
heart of down Town. and there wss not q
d-erBt building in IL. The Pavennenss
were s;rewn win gar bage, and the housts
stained with Stops thrown from the Wina-
ow. The woman was In crazy old
,o,d,.n tenement in the rear Of The one
f,oa,iny on the street. and in consequence
had lust as little air and light Is il would
do TO live. We found gher IN q room ten
by tnrIve. with bed, washlub. cook
stove aud boiler in I be corners, lcaVing
just room TO worm ones way between
them. Her gr,wn son and little girl
sat on the bed there vas no chair, and
string Of vet clothes hung above their
heads. For this room snd closet for
The boy 10 sleep in, she paid eight dol
lars month rent, her whole means Of
living being her sons wages as boy in
grocery store, al four dol lars a week, the
washing from one fami ly. and tri1e Of
help from hsr daughter. Who got two
dollars and City cents week as waitress
| in an uptown house. Instead OF making
way with the clothes, as We supposed,
We found her usband had been sick
with fever, and the doctor had forbidden
her to send any cIolhes out Of tie house.
The cir could cot get through the house.
The drains were ont of order, and the
stencil in the entries was so sickeaing
that We were not surprised 10 hear that
there was diphtheria and smallpox In
the block. The man had been sent to
die, and the house cleaned and disiHfeet-
ed by the beard Of health, butIt could
hardly be kept clean by NOR tai hands,
and never healthy. Comfort These poe
pie never expect that All they can hope
for is the barest possible life-so bare
and naked that full meal Is something &
to be dated from, and the possession Of a
dollar matter 10 be remembered. And
Ibe end Of that life TIE hospital first.
and Petter's field afierward. Tbsts.All
there Is shout il.
THE PRosrrs or TENEMENT PRnPEsRT,i
Passing block of ruinous buildings
on q street BY the river, I asked the
owner why he didn't tear it down, and
build something decent He told me,
laughing the notion to scorn, that such
properly was the most profitable in the
city, It cost nothing to keep itln re-
pair, for he never made any repairs, and
il was divided into lodgings, twelve feet
square, or. . few. twelve b. sightssn, an
they were always full There WAS no
loss of rent, for the money was always
demanded in advance, and If by the next
month the tenant was unable to pay, the
agent bundled him out in the street, and
there were always plenty to take his
place. There are families on Filth
avenue who have income sixty thousand
year, from just such property, and they
want no better. Whist horrid contrast
between The fastidiOus member offs FASH
ionable club who rolls down to hls Office
in his coupe, of g morning, from his lux
rious, picture-hung home In the bright,
wide uptown street, and the feverscent-
ed dens where poverty stricken wretches
toll their lives away, TO earn the prizes Of
bis luxuries. When will Moody and
sankeV labor, that mems hearts ma v be
soAened toward their kind, and take for
their text. "YOur gold is corrupted. and
your riches are moth-eatsn."
SAY GOULD AND THE TRIBUNE.
That Jay Gould did get cOntrolli ng
interest In the New York 1ri5uns, every.
body believes, and that be is sick OF his
bargain everybody also believes. Jay
Gould is a tremendous man, but he is
not altogether infallable. Re wanted q
big paper in his control that he might
manipulate the stock market. and he
took advantage Of the trouble that fol-
lowed the death Of Mr.. Greeley TO COB
bic the Tribune. or enough of its stock
to have an influence ir It, the idea being
that be could have this stock written up,
or thar one written down, and thereby
put Haoaey IN his purse. But the thing
didn't WORK. Mr. Reid did not yield 10
The behests OF the stock king, and the
zssoans did not become a mere instru-
nsat In his hands And nov Gould
wants TO get out The speculation did
not pay as well rs Wall Street--in fact
It did not pay at all, for him. He did
not want newspaper stock unless he
could use ii to help olheg stocks, aud
when the Tribune would not do that, his
interest was at sn end. Therefore Reid
gets I'D Of this stencil, aad the 7ri5une,
freed from the odium that attaches to th e
very name Of Gould, will get back its
plsee.in the hearts of the people. The
Tribune was . great power, and now
that it is to be freed from the reputation
Of Gouldism, 1t may be again.
an1eIoUA
The Moody and 6ankey meetings are
no more success, In New York than
they were in Brooklyn. The pumbe
inNttendanee are as great as ever, bat
The effect produced Is nothing. And tha
really religious people Of the city-thosa
who were instrumental in bringing hen
here, are repensing Of .their barsa1a.
Moody is a coarse man. though earnest
and h0nest-and his manner and method
repel rather than attract He has q trick
Of similarity when be speaks q The
Deity that shocks the sense Of any de-
Vout person, and be has 3 ballying,
staggering way with him that Is any,
thing but pleasant. he b very Short
crusiy and dietatoriaI in his dealings
with the clergy, lacking niirely thaa
meekness that is 50 important al item
In the Christian makeup. sInkey' s.slng.
ing Is delightful for a time, but lika
everything that lacks the principles &C
Sue art it gets. fearfulIy tiresome In a |
little while It is lamentable fact thaa
nInety-nlne- hundredths of the people sa
attendance are religious people-the ain
ners siay carefully away and never 60.
The reviyals in other parts Of the city
are more successful Dwysr and Collier
.ve y,raanhIn0 In the slnms of Van dana