The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-04
MORNING on THE AVENUES.


Anft lyN
,,,, ,'.'' 10 10 100, n, unwiso"
,'iat olorinv exnmplo of The
.'.,, :, a., ,..nosj,,on
t,a.., I, "a mo misfortune os nm eorlv
-. I,.n man a ccr,oip fnsbionnble ovonun
- ,ho ,roc,ico ~ oerlv risiny ie connnod
IT. o., ,,o,os,ics Consoo,o,,,,,, ,yhor I
,a.,,, ,,r,b ON ,his ,ro,d ho,u,irl ,,',ro,,,,h.
t.a.,cAu roo,r,, hot, ,hin,t,,. ,io, -,
-, ,,, ,,D,sn,ts,. a., ..,.1,,tal
o,,o,o,,a m, -, a. - ,,,o,ot ,Io
,,Its,n.,, ,,,,in., -, ,i,, n,ot, ,,;,h = d,,oIiol
.,,oos,I,,, ,l,,, ,,c. r,,rnin ,r,,,, =, ,oro,,ec
nj un,n,,s,a, 600 ,,,s o. ,,,@c followed
aatte ~. ,,r, ,,,,i, ,,,., o,,,1o,, ,n,r~nssi,,
,h.,rnoo, t,,.,,r .,,,,r,,r', ,rn,, a s,,c,cse.
nj o,a,i,,, on, N,,.r,l.l.ss theaa vorious
in,t,,ra,i,,ns hnvo brought mo- into conta1
.n'.. t,n,ta, chnrnoter and phenomena whose
oy,s,onccI nigh, Otherwise have doubted.
r,--. a., me speak Of large class Of working
people whose presence IL. think unknown to
many Of those gentlemen who are in the habit
OF legislating or writing about them. A ma
joriiy OF these car'y rsers in the n"ighborhood
81 which may cell my beat" carry with them
unfn'stakable evidences OF the American type.
nave seen SO litlc OF that foreign element that
IL popularity supposed 10 be the real working
class Of the great metropolis that have often
been inclined to doubt e'atisti f. TIL. ground
that my morning ramhlcs cover cVt nds from
Twcnty-third street to Washington Park. and
lat, rally from Sixth avenue to Broadway. The
early rising artisans that meet hero crossing
three avenues the milkmen, the truck drivers.
the workman. even tho occasional tramp
wherever they may come from or so 70. or what
thoir real haJiid, may bo-are Invariably Amcri-
cans. | give II as an honest record whit
ever It's significance or insgnincance may
be - that dur,n. tho last yoar. between
tho hours Of six and eight A. NJ in and
about tho locality | havo mentioned 1
have met with but two nmistakable Foreigners
an Irshman and a German. Perhaus il may
be necessary to add to this statement that the
people have met at those hours have never
eeen at any other time in the same locality.
As to their quality tho artisans were ALWAYS
cleanly dressed Intelligent. and r,spect,ul. I
remember. however. one morning. when the lea
storm of the procedinu night had mnde tho
sidewalks glisteninr. smilinv and lmnassnhlo
TO have iourneyed down the middle 81 T,y,lf,h
street with n mechanic 40 sootv as a. absolutely
leave n legible track in the snowy nnthvov n,
was the fireman attending the engine in a noted
mandatory and in our briof convarsntio, bo
told mo many fncts ro,,orIi,e, lila ,rnt,ssio,
whiob fear interested mo more than Ma. o,,cr'
dinner speeches Of some distinguished gentle.
mon 7 hal hoard Tho ,-o.,oIin,, ni,,h, "a
memhor that no anoko N, his on,,,ns as :. sha .,
and rela,.d certain clrcums,ancos ro,,ardin,,
her inconsistency ber oherra,iors ber no,t,sh'
nasses that sae,nad % matte ,ha ,'n,tnI,,
gender. l have n grateful recollact,on ~ him
ns bo,n, one who introduced mo 10 n r,s,.,,rar,
whore chiceorv thinlv disyuisod os c,,,,, ,ra.
s,rved a.. broad nj oyo ut c,,,. o,,i ,,a,
he bonorohlv insis,ed on hin, do h., a,t
mid his ten centa for our mutual on,.r,aIn-
ment with the a.race NJ n Dnrmacldo Ir.man,.
Der. in a more genial senson-I think carIv
.n,,r,ar,o ia,,a t.,.l -. IL. -, =. :,