New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-02

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Why, Of your men called upon me last Thurs
day"
lite not for directory, but the OF the United
Ca that is very different" responded the old rendc
man, with the most GENIAL Of smiles; please call to-
morrow aud viii have It written out Tor you."
The onumrrator explained that II he would answer n
In S or r G m9ic inc womb DC co"'''u
Two or tbrer minutes t"-and nc lowered his brows
and glarcd at Tie cnumerator under his spcrtac,s-
WHY ,r how can recall even tie principal points OF
! This Of many incidents that came und ? the
observation Of TRIBUNE reporter. who all yesterday
poddrd cnumrrator In order to now
thu residents III the fashionable quarter Of the cliy
wouG the matter 1t was IN FIfIhHvr, some d5-
tnncr above MahSon-'1narf and the tnunoihor chosen
for TINS particular district was man ol education aud
rcucmrnt. Wncn the reporter called ut his adirc- he
was u-hcrcd INTO stidlp ~htic the ciuhtfdt"r "as
reading, crowded with works Of art and eyldcncs Of
cultured taste They stnrcd out together shortly be-
| fu.C AMI walked to FItth-lyr.
At The first house there was nobody except painters
! ahd papcrhnn.rrs at work nj The second only bull
terrier IA the basement, WHO displayed M l%noiInt
autIpatiy T. the rru~ls man Atthr nrXtn very 1T
the pos don at hoI-rSccprr. she only undcIS' oo
what was required her, but with ease gave all The
was ont Of town for the day. sue told her
story III direct manner and never even
limit t1H she " had seen better days" though there
WIS itir doubt about Then shc called the house
MAIDS. who came to the threshold ot the room and
nus itd and gggrd in the most confused manner Inc
question cach elected roar Of laughter ana WAS
never answered seriously or correctly.
TUs>LE WITH IRISH "HELr'
On.thr mkt stOop was encountered buXOn specimen
OF the Ii,h hclp" She leaning upon broom and
was oosiug up the avenue AMI down the ut the
same time. "scnrc, isitl Aud what may ye be after
W lntine with our lenses. Ia Ike 10 know" The
mcr.tur. learning that me family was away declared
tnat hc d require her s"n.rs, bur only her name
NV name, II II Then You won't get H. No man gets
c-Iycly orii hc fctchrs me bcfor" the priest There
Aud with the last word sic saminrd The door. From
the rnranc" Issued hnot "er rrNhnt "Lo curious
1" kow what the ccnci- vas invited the cuuinuAtor
"I'n have apacnc with the dyil, II he was civil" she
. ..
IA. uur-tiu> put thc. with the exception 81 thnt
ics,id To axe. How could body feel much inter
ui iukr. one "gu,.erd" she abOut eighteen. ana
tDr other with .,sImprr on her broaL'
Nhat coul be. Honc under such circumstances,
But t1r women. whether mistress or mali. seemed
unly tnmisIrprrs"ut their age nearly every
ih, ,uuul,ra on bring asked how many out ~
ticn OVER To- li,t carefully. aud d" don't bcicyc
trcrc than nyr. bui tl'r may be-" one
house. the cnunriator ia wiling down the name O the
orrnpcr HubrcN lated the Christian name Elizabeth to
" Nnw that wont do" sail the elderly lady. "hrcuI,e
u .yl ~ q, Liza ! have sister EiiZI. AMI ann
continually receiving rticIS from Tue hnnk my father
found ~ating that my account Is "FrflIh"i never
ov,ldrAw NV account They mean my SIS or Ll@I. Ahd
When asked WhcIc her father was born, she requested
the census man put IN that Ia was leader III the
puriant that people should know thai. sho said.
Hnr ,ad: MY age is scNeGtysoyehi don't look that
Ihc must elegantly furnished houa" visited was IN"
ZONE o. who has grown wealthy dealing III prize
packages. He away burH, and his vile WAS
too sick auybUi "a" swiss porter informed IN"
ccnsns man. ly representing me imporI4nrs OF ms
In an crsrnty furnished room rho lay ont on couch
her hands Ch~urd behind hcr head. - Exrn~o my RS
luz she remarked. She replied To the queries put
her that her husband age Was sixty and her own iory
" Have yOu any family 1"
YES rirnt; there thcy are" pointing 10 large pho
tograph OF grnHp Of yang prrsO's "The eldest son
!, married ana has family OF ms own ana Ms ne d"ht
live here You don't want hmm. The nrH Oldest ne Is
5wcny x and then che went on to give me gmr ,
rcp"rtrr thar OF foltv whose second eldest so
was tWCntySiX must hnyo marri'd rather young hut
III" enumeration did not appear to notice IT, ne SIMPLY
rui his questions IN the most polite way ana wrote
gwen tbirty rgnt. and her eldest diughirlS ut
twenty three. one mother put down the baby age
daughter protested ngiinst It, Snc cried and kicked
ana srrramcd hrr.rf into paroxysm OF rage, ana nad
To b.. carried from the room. When the Cnumcrator mad
visited several other houses she met nm ~ thc
hIceI mT," 90 n hr S'n" t, or hny r,hJ
Mary mint IA bit p'otty" The KIND cnumrrItor glad
WIN tho request but ut the same time tried to Impress
upon hrr thai an officer OF the United states Govern
ncnl accepted brhc under any Circumstances.
FROM FIFIH-AvE. TO THE ''sIGANTY' DISTRICTS.
The cnumcrat0rs whose districts comprise That part
The city where the shntics OF the squators abound
were somewhat anxious about their work. After In
spccling the character of the dwellings they came To the
conclusion they would have prrtcrral 10 br Inia-
ted the business III Others quarters. Tho squat
ter" districts III the upper part OF the city are
districts IN helOwer portion Those dls rclHaDaccttO
aye some ordinary dwelling HOUSES IN them, are filled
GENERALLY with the loves class OF persons VINO lFo III
rudr, tIuclcd huts. These novels arr sometimes
prchrd on high rocks ana the ascent 10 them AS Dan
The savage unclaimed dogs that guards each
suntY. The rOuVlcS of these places were not Waited
Yesterday by the cnumcratOrs. Some curious cnaIhc-
trs however, were encountered. There was hardly
place wEcro the enumeration ana not h1d
some mrAus getting the desired information Neigh |
bors sometimes applied to. In some instances
Interpreters had 10 be- sought after IN the adjoining
shantirs.
II was the duty OF a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday to
visit OF tho hslutics with an enumeration Ii was
difficult N the lrS place To mud he CeDSusiukrr Alter
u person could be found who had Sccn u man with |
large book under his arm, Hking names IN the houses
AT length dirtyfaccd German boy, who was climbing
down steep rock, was applied To.
" Have you man around here to-day with big
book under his arm taking names g. called out the re-
porter.
unhappy man appeared. IL was the tnuntfatOr |
Alth0ugh ho had worked hard during the day only |
about families hud boon visited In on" nllcy he |
had spent some time IN trying to hhd out whether Ger
tam novels were used stables, Lighthouses or dwell
One OF the first places visited was occupied by an |
Italian woman. She understood no Enghsh |
A vacant was all that could I've |
obtaiurd from her Another Italian woman In |
the negnborhood, however, was found who |
Impaired such information as che could III broken Eng
I'm consus enumeration" said the reporters CON-
pauon as cnmc old Irish woman sitting IN
yrz" she re piled but I'm poor lone woman meselE
My agel Vel, know IT'S n long while since was !
glr. Put It down whit you IKE. and I'll not ight wlih
ye Me chilJren's agesl Well II they were mere thoy
could tell yc. have one boy At college"
'Oh you're for the sensOry, SAID another irish
woman WELL you're a trOhe late. There was q man |
here tbree weeks ago. she added la sympa.
tletic After further explanation SHE referred
tie ehumerator 10 the other man" who would give
him oil the answersI but the desred Information was
finally obtained,