The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-17
For the Farmer and NechGni,
A Raleigh Boy in Gotham.

There j. an old saving that there are
tricks in al trades" and judging from
tie adventure your CORES yndent had
alter crossing over from jersey City and
landing at Dc,bro>>cS wharf in that
city he thinks there is .reat lca! OF
truth Ia the ayIug. is >ysn a | put
ny foot on the soil 81 New York City,
and emerged from the Ferry house, a
vel! dressed white man approached ne
ana asked me to Jump Up on his car
rlaee on the outside seat with himself,
the inside being fall | asked him the
price to take me to such a street lie
said. Never mind jump up, I'll tell
you then Up went, ani then ask
ed him again the price. lie told me
the street which | wished to find was
about three miles off, aud that ! would
have to pay Sl.50. | knew it was not
- far, ard refusing to pay the exhorbi-
taut price,l ali.hted from his carriage to
the pavement, aud asked a gentleman
who directed me to the right place
enIy couple or SO OF blocks off.
Strangers will do well to keep their
their eyes open when they land in this
city, and always enquire the price.b be
fore riding. 4 person can ride on the
street cars SIX miles for five cents. and
when such villains as the one | have
lust described, approaches, give them
The Cd shoulder
EVERY PERSON ON TIE MAKE.
All the inhabitants Of this densely
packed city arc on the make. You
walk up street, aud see people rushing
by each other, very seldom stopping to
-hake hands or speak at all. They all
seem to lie on the max" for some
where OF something.
THE ATLANTIC GARDEN.
This establishment is situated on
| New Buwery, next TO the building
which IN former times was called Bow
| cry Theatre, which was the news
/ boys aud boot blacks Third Heaven. F."
But odd things have passed away, "
and new things taken their places The
old Bowery Theatre building has been
nominated 'fhalia Theatre, "a Ger
man theatre, where the play Is enacted
4 IN the German language.
i Next TO the Ihaiia Theatre Is the
Atlantic Garden place OF dazzling
beauty, where Edison's electric light
flashes its vivid lightning, making the
darkest recesses Of the building etful-
gent with its silvery light In other
words, the Atlantic Garden Is lager
beer saloon on the grandest scale imagin-
able. There can be found one Of the
finest orchestras III the city, composed
Of about nine ladies, seven of whom
play on violins, whilst one beats the
base drum, and one the snare drum.
The leader is a lady; a gentleman plays
the French horn. Songs are inter
spersed with music, during which time
can be seen the richest and the poorest,
the highest and the lowest, the million
are, the clerk, printer, soldier, dray-
men aud coal HEAVIER, thousands OF
them, drinking their lager beer. Music
/ is free, but every one takes beer. The
ceiling Of the Atlantic Garden is oval
with blue ground papering, bespangled
with stars, while canary birds in cages
hang around the walls keeping pace
with the orchestra. On the sides and
overhead OF the people are hanging
baskets with green vines, and all kinds
OF rare plants. German ladies sit at
the same tables with the men at Allan
tic Garden and take their beer. Thalia
Theatre has side opening into the
Gardens 50 the audience can step in
anG get i glass oi lager between acts.
There arc over five hundred glasses g
cts. per glass Of lager sold every five
minutes. The entrance to the Garden
is lighted by electric light, as are also
great many stores on the New Bowcry
| visited the y Y. Eccatag Post OF
fee this morning. The paper is edited
by Carl Schurtz. | called on two Raj
eigh gentlemen, Mr. McHenson, former
foreman of the al I0iorcm Banner, a
paper Published in Raleigh in ante
be.iaEl days, BY Mr.. Frank |. Wilson;
also Mr. Lyman White, formerly com
po,ltor upon the Raleigh Sentinel with
myself, under the management of the
late William +. Pell. They were glad
to see a Raleigh boy, aud extended the
''iight-hand' Of fellowship. | also saw
in Union Square this morning Maj.
Steadman, of Wilmington, who is here
on legal business.
Yours, Mac.