New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-13
The LECTURE.

When was a boy. said Mr.. Dodge IL q con-
versaroua tone audience there 0uly $1,000
inhabitants In Nev-Y0rk remember going tle Old
stone bridge Greenwich valley anc beeser-s. when
was eu,rey cut - rrpn the city. remember well The
first murder heard tsiked OF. Mlliatp-st
tailor killed bis wife. He hanged a hill AZ Broad
way and Whiie-st. The Battery then was q
promenade end the Castle Garden WIS a
fort The BOwcry Green beautiful
spot near the city. recall the fact OF minister who
bad a church IN Wall e. hiring house IN White 81; as
his residence Ro0er LesDox rhe father OF the pres
ent Mr. LeDn0x expOstulafed with him TOP his imprr
ience in LIVING TAR uptown and having church IN
,he city The ole watchers curious iDstitut1or.
These men used 20 their horns the hour
sBd that all WELL and they could 0e heard by nearly
the whole OF Se~-Yerk-
STARTING IL BUSINESS FIFTY YEARS AGO.
We used 70 take great deal OF pains to drum up Gus
tom In 1876 welt iBtO business on my oNa account
Ihsd for partner old family friend who had been
yradaae, ruE Yale College He came down to the city
win tue .des thas great deal about every
hing. I had sold q large amount of goods u
Eastern snd Western pedlers PedieTs IN those days
used 10 stop n IN. villages and show t1efr
goods Soon after started business. three Of these
plers came IN WIKI straps their shoulders
they saw something they nk-f In the window, a1d
same N 10 make barss1n lney BHa atSe .In Dol
win them sald 10 them w1ie theY wfre 10 ire store
that you have started In business lust Ike M
self. l would Ike yen To put your tin
boxes there pointing 70 plae- M tne ssoIe
buy anytbins from me Ivant 10 D1aEe snow OF nas
ness aud people win think am dons rye traas
They selected places aud we're Wi Dteaseu by
partner from Yale came 70 me aEa s,, Are lies
rom nttir scorrs grov He eildaT qmie with
me-. These pedlers g-vw e. Dc uoi.e men OHe
/. IN Ohin aud another Is IN DaBbgry and has aeeumn
In f6oss dsyr- the minute servlcc began in the
ana no one was ao 81 TO psss ths oBarrh Breoslyn
very small viilsgclhen. with not more tnan lVoOo
nDu nuiidreus OF ittic
b0ats OF all sorts ana coors were ~ sac river 'front.' -
D~poI T1Iry elsrvec 10 cents AfTerward there we're
the morse so.s % early pr3P.s ,- ~S io Ryoas
~. Not as mIny people passed Over TN, tn.
ferry In a week now 20 OVER N GAY DE wiz
Hudson Rlver with The lakes ana OF forming csna ~
decided mat the STATE Should MUD the c.'ns Ia
1925 n was eompieted A caDal-oO1 came 1u buns.lO
10 Albany towed down the HUDSON RIVER. I'M
ine men OF western sew-York, was the river 70
ceebrate the event De ~itS Clinton VS. tseie an
tom Inc western lakes lie mad address, He
poured The bottles Of water ron Lase sgperler LAs
harOn Lake Ere and the other iokes INTO the river snu
ssia thar the commerce OF the West NJ nov 70 D. nun.
were nlngie1 with the waters OF tas ~ord-
TIE GREAT FIRE ~ INV CITY.
The grcas event In New York must nos be forgotten
One tremendous cold night IN December about 'or'-
night later than this. alarm OF hre WINS spread
through cay small engines worked by bano were
used ana leather hose. Toe tso began In Pear 81
near wallis. The wind blowing high aud the thef
mometer was below the water iroze IN the pips
and the mems haads froze ExcHsnres banks ennrehe-
and dweIllnv nouses were swept Awas BY the IRE y,
leS. than a. y buildings burned dOwn. ana nearly
al OF H. N were bat OF birch IAe zoe.
Ms s2QOtDOoO and these daye thai amount
va. far SrrreLt from what ~ - now hunorens
Of men ho hzo consldered Themselves ~eaItny M
they cHf home business that az trio"H fOane
tnen4- morning bankrupt All tht lishfahc,
ran.p.olrs with exception OF Two conli not paw
vorksd an uigLt RAINING vita goods m M friend
srort way M Town Futon-st Ia eighteen uiODtn'
The district rebuilt ~, -
pended ard many men were ruined u a year news
10 10 forgotten After the nre the Dry goods peooi
weye arigr,, upt0wn arGuBI Broadway, Nassau, S0st
I.pst And Wffhm-sts. Thai the beginning OF INC
genera! move when has continued ever since
remember before married Used 10 roe GU. Ol
b0r-eOa-k with my present wife. WDen Ne sgt oe 20
ThlrrV4bifdst We IN the eOnniry. Ihe house oi
Ref1re siODd where Stewards mouumeiI u now. where
the Finn AVenue Hotel - CIV paStre lie street,
We're not regulated Whore 0raMerrT PARK ", IN
va- A 4oslow ab0ar hftesh twenty feet IN Jeytn
Nueu went present. re-.dcncc IN Ma llsOh
ave Vvsufy-srven yesrs tnert vss only one BOnse
that osetructcd the vision 60 the North hlVef
Ing TO church In Pourtecnfs-st. while hving 30 fal
ont ~ town The Brpome- CluIcb bctwe en Kim an1
Ccufrc-st.., was going "a move ~ rowu rrmrHlDc
M Mr.. Phelps. one or The commits
that had 10 take the chGFcn mo the country IA1
loked al lot ON Spring The eBilrr block eneree
u them Tor very Small conoloefatlon pu my
TIE land "a. = OF town n SouO not pay
Alter Mr Dodge had concluded hie tals. lev general
remarks made by one ~ the AID ence. thAnhin.
him hc had giyen them. Tue Dur4tion 81
NJ. Dodge's renlu vivid. tie spea <er
alG thai concluded thai Ar. Dodge very ciOse
observer a very early a vote VI thaDks 10 Ar
Sooge tn n gwen.