The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
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say something to me lust rs / left our
bright and coy. little town about
writing you letter? And who ever
heard Of en- editor whose eyes did not
brighten at the mention of a cores
pondent, and the interest, / believe,
is generally in direct ratio Of the dis
lance from whence said correspondent
launches his lucubrations. And that
is the ground on which l am proceed
ing am good way off, in miles at
least. That is my only chance, for
who could say or write
anything NEW ABOUT NEW YORK,
or New York things You take the
papers, New York is the center and
heart of the Whole land. Everybody
knows the city well, and It's places and
celebrities. Not to know Gotham
would be to argue ones self unknown.
But, after all, New York has for me Il
never ceasing interest Save when I
am tired of it and would rather sec
home than forty New Yorks.) 1t is
so cosmopolitan-you can see every
body here, and from everywhere, and
so full Of business. The roar Of its
streets IS the voice of a lion beside the
gentle purr Of almost any other city.
The business Of other cities is nearly
all done with reference to New York,
and no railroad is happy, nor on the
way to prosperity, till it has, by some
hook or crook, made the great metrop-
oils one of its ternini. Then,
TIE WEALTH OF THIS CITY
is phenomenal. A millionaire is no
more account here than any other man.
\ hundred millions will, ere long, be
the smallest sum a man can live re-
specially upon, or make any preten-
sions to being one Of the solid men Of
the city. On the other hand, We must
do New York the justice to say that its
liberality is equally conspicuous. It's
churches are Of princely magnifcence;
its benevolent institutions Of all sorts
are probably unequaled outside of
London and Philadelphia, perhaps.
1t is also the Mecca whittier impecu-
NOUS objects Of n worthy nature (and
otherwise) go from all parts of the
nation. Churches, hospitals, schools,
almoot everything, have their repre-
sentatives here, and Of all sorts, sizes,
colors and denominations bishops,
priests and deacons," and other poor
sinners who want nothing at all in par
ticular. 1t IS even slanderouslv re-
ported that New York i, on occasion,
not appealed to in vain to help out a
doubtful election, but 1 don't know.
/ reckon its all 4 newspaper story.
But one thing 1 do know, that these
wealthy people, after being pursued
and run doWn"-their own words
for n whole year, nearly every day
(whcn it seems to me I would be
tempted, in my wickedness, to keep a
large dog conveniently at the door,
these people still receive the gentle
solicitor for aid as sweetly and suave
as though it were an agreeable novelty
rather enjoyed than otherwise. Of
course there are exceptions, but kind
ness is the rule. Tennessee has reason
to appreciate
NEW YORK LIBERALITY,
as for instance, to cite a prominent
illustration-the celebrated Wander
bilt University of Nashville. And
50, when we think with some impa-
thence of tile Capitalization Of capital
and business a: this great mart, and
wonder what will become of it all,
there is companion picture that we
might in our minds sometimes place
beside it-this counter tide of liberali-
ty that, Tor a hundred important OBJ
jects, sets the other way continually.
| have heard it remarked that New
York gives one fourth of ali the offer
ings for general objects in one Of our
most wealthy and influential church
communions, one fourth Of what is
contributed in the whole country.
NOT \ CLEAN CITY.
But New York, you may have no
ticed, is not clean city. The first
thing I struck was a furious rampage
on the part of its much enduring
people in an effort to frighten the legis-
lature at Albany into some measures
of relief. But the Solons do not seem
to brighten worth a cent" One Of
the grandest popular demonstrations /
ever saw was at Steinway hall, and
the cartoons Of Puck and other comic |
papers are hard on the Albany sages,
but they seem imperYious to such gen
tie influence. No donbt it Will have
its effect presently. But, meanwhile,
The city still sits in its filth. l have
passed through streets reeking, and /
where you would almost feel like hold (
ing your nose, and ali round poor peo-
pie and dear little children chat had
this for their only chance for fresh air.
It makes one thankful for the bright
folds and sweet hnMers n,.1 l,lnn IL