, 1880-06-20

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hild escape.
e sure you're counted; then 60 ahead.
PERSONALS.
a braWny man sat thinking,
His brow was overcast,
But still he sat aud pondoTed
Till many hours had passed
It was a young Reporter,
Who College scarce had left,
And gone upon paper
Which was Of men Dereft.
When asked where lay his talents,
This graduate 80 bold
BAD said that ut i boat-race
He'd lay tho whole staff cold.
"But," said the man who hlrod him,
Boat-ractng We havo none;
But hie ye to the station,
And see what may be done"
Straight down among the peelers
The man from Amherst went,
And said: I'm fruln the B.t01<,
In search OF news inteut-
"What might there be, good Captain,
Within your precinct wide
To make r1rst-class Item?
From me you nousht must hide.
"For, as said on entering,
lam Journalist.
And Of my dreadful power
You FnoH full well, visit"
Up spoke the quiet Captain:
" heard" said he, Just now
Tint in the Eighteenth Precinct
There's been fearful row.
sThey sag that Cock-E Eyed Sandy,
He'd Leary, and McGin
Wore catched a-stcaliug pig-load
Up at the rolling 9-mill"
Up sprang the new Reporter,
Nor further stopped to hear;
He jumped aboard strcet-cax
And for the place did steer.
It wns lonely journey
Through mud, and rain, and ore;
At last, howe'er, he got theze,
Though faint. and sick, and sorae
The place was all deserted<-
Back to the town he went,
And to tho police station
Again his steps he bent
"You didn't wait, my hearty"
To him the Captain said,'
"Until my tale WIS 6uished-
But better 'tWere you he'd.
"The stealing Of the pfg-laad
Took place TWO years ago;
The fight occurred this evening,
Because Of Saudy's blow
AThe other TWO In prison
Two weary years have spent,
And came out yester evening
On their revenge intent
"Tbcy slugeed their erstwh11e partner,
And bit of both his cars.
Tho row occurred while Sandy
Was ordering three beers.
"The Eighteenth Precinct, souny,
Is suaurly two mics square,
The gin mills In this corneE,
The foundry over there.
*Iknew good Reporter
Would benr this fact In mind;
But, Mr.. Fresh, the other boys
Have left you far behind.
"While you were gone another man
That's on the D't0e-snooks-
Come in and got the item
From out the ScrBcant's books.
,he day broke clear and beautiful in New
n Chicago It broke a lot OF fellows VIII
ught whcat would go up But OF tha1 more
Anon is a good word, and looks like it mean
re than it dues. Whenever You mean after
lie say anon.l ,,,-
ID among the verduro-crowned hills tina
rfad the bank 0t the Hudson. making thA
or look like u thread Of frosted silver, Or .
lied dish Of ice-crenm on green Rln8nnu
|ss. nestled beautiful village.
he old wooden church. around wn'cn clus'
ed SO many memories buth Pleasaut anu sau
I'd Of BY itself near a little grove OF apple
he conservation stood OF the preacher.
rom lho Little tower Of the sacred edinos
ne the penllug Of the bell whose 8ooorots
les had so Oft summoned the town. lolk Z
shin. md prayer-nlecttngs, and tea-fKhts II
Of the pastor, and funerals, aud weddings:
While tht. bell WIS peaIfng In the tower tn
n On the business end Ut tho rope was aist
,ltng. Even good cl:,thes ore moc2ors "nel
j are engaged in ai-rlugln8-
t list the bell stopped ringing.
/ knUw that is a rather cheap Eay 10 put II
that Mrs. Southworh would never stol
,rt Of saying that the bra1en-tnroato<
b!ngof Of s. pgaee cfseo Ind d,ed M aWsy thoro
'hina to bo heard but tho ceaseloss hum O
ccts that is never absent tn\ the country on
dav, and The crenking Of the gr''ssaopPers
ID leEs ae they sat silently on me lenSe " u
od oarelcs!J ~ toe 'enr r,'ao7'ue' ""''~ ~
70 9ha Gog s''n haI beat down in ptti-s
~ oI The town, soprching the flowers, causing
leaves of the more dellcato trees 70 d{oop
making 1t necessary to haul water o&eei
ferry going,
q was a young man who strolled up the mait
aat IA hud come trum Now York on th'
rnfnR train, and discovered, to MS nnrfor
I there wxs not Il saloon IN the place. Aone
known. and In the presence OF r1g1d aoc!A
shat would sc. bis young life Withcr ava!
it would allow liquor to &c dispensed IN IN
mi His situation WIS indeed terflo!e 4ls
u he was wandering aimlcslJ oy tne p!lnc.pA tpa
publican srosesyb ss0sG ~ I s,le Haot Of mes
ose limiting black coats and pceIcd nose:
j fhnf they we're yoeananry with tbQfr SUNDAY
. ,has m. a cirlish figure dittcd swiftly Pas
l. A competency Of golden ha1f 1el1 over ne'
a nst anthors would say wealth. but this g1rl!
- wns " trifie thin, aud ! like to be accurate.
nd rs the summer-moFntng zepnyr now ~.
n waftetl it aside the most CASUAL ooSci g.
iii r,nt notice an aG8EnVS " Eo1i4.' -
~ eho hn,d new-hIown rt>se, and, as sho Walk
t. tossed s it carelcsy into tho hut yol!ow dust o.
rosd 1rwas ills action that caused the younl
q to observe her more closely: ! T1hes9 IT,.
hing very cnticng about the so,c oack notheroin ="
and niv Won % xnze upon il IS she departs for Eu
"a. hnt ~ ;tc eres Ur our thirsty hero oe-
ndcd from the 3irs head to the smali dtass Of ae'
*. and be got Yood view OF ner nesn, s.,cs
zxied look camc over bis 1ace' QuleAA' 0'~
.ded by one OF pleasure.
[e knew the dress. h.d
had belonged to his sister Bearioe. VINO 1ahq nho