The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-03-04
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
The Greatest of Canal Builders
Here-A Queer inauguration
A Canine Comedian.
February 81, 1880.

February 81, 1880.
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, the inde-
fstigable digger, whose remaking Africa
into an island by means Of cutting the
Suez Canal, has immortslized him, and
who is identified with the new scheme to
divorce North and South America, for
the best of commercial reasons, is here,
and being lionized to the greatest extent.
II they don't kill the poor man before
they get through with him, it will be
lucky for him and his family. The very
drst day after his arrival he was pounced
on by industrious citizens of more or
less distinction, who, in relays. gave
ever any man went through. They took
him from one extreme end of Manhattan
Island to the other, caused him to inspect
everything from the Brooklyn Bridge
and the Elevated Railroad, TO the
sweeping machines Of Captain Williams.
They gave him q view Of the shanties
and the goats in the upper wards of the
city and then of the superb buildings
which ornament it all over. The fire
brigade was turned out to do him honor,
and wound up by taking him over An
American house with "all the improve
ments," not only those advertised by
every smart real estate agent, but all
the gimcracks adopted by a clever law
yer with q whole stud farm of hobbies
which he diligently rides. DeLesseps
has expressed himself in almost extrav-
agant admiration for everything shown
him, but II he can get through the en-.
gagements chalked out for him for the
next few days without swallowing
sugar-coated pills by the gross and
American cocktails by the gallon. it
will be Q marvel.
When . man wants to sleep, it is the
part of prudence to be little careful
as to where he shall slumber. 1t is true
some men, after sitting under the juni.
per tree, may sleep sweetly in q gutter,
till yanked out by a policeman after the
DEVILS tattoo has been played on his
heels with q club, but . man must have
very quiet conscience to be able to
sleep while holes are being bored through
him. This is what occurred to q ma
chinist in Jersey City. He fell as.eep
on the bench where q steam auger was
being worked. When he woke up the
auger had bored q hole through his leg,
pinning him fast to the bepch, and was
peggiDg away with undiminisbed speed
till help came and the machinery was
stopped.
A fat but cunning detective, deter.
mined dog, q. prisoner discharged from
serving out one sentence, but wanted"
to answer for other unstoned misdeeds,
. crowd Of sympathizing rufi1sns, and q
larger crowd of honest German brewers,
got up Q little impromptu scene the
other day, which took about five min
utes in action, and was worthy of Pima
fore. A culprit, after . sojourn in the
country quarters kindly provided on
Blsckwell's Island, was conveyed to
Temporary liberty by the guard boat, in
company with several other ex-prisoners
similarly situated. Wktching for him
from behind big rock was detective
Won Gerichten, . large and short
winded officer, who, in accordance with
the enlightened police syatem Of New
York, 10 we'll known to every thief in
that city. When Joseph Boeckman. the
ex-prisoner landed, Won g., went for
him. There was . tussle and the officer
was left spfawling, while Joseph ran like
his namesake from Potiphsr's wife,
! while the sympathizing ruftlsns strove to