The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-21
New York Elevated Railroad

| New York Elevated Railroad
A New York Star reporter tool q vida
on the elevated road the other day and
among other sights he saw he gives tha
following: N@ WIZ
An old lady with spectacles on tbo
top floor of house, was seen o,1;etlv
watering her fower-pots on the window.
sill, when a bald-headed man thrso
floors beneath popped his billiard. bali.
like head out of the window. He i'm.
aglned that q stream from the Siamese
nozzle OF Engine No. 26 had struck
HIM, and as the train moved away
the old lady suddenly disappeared, and
shrieks were heard, from which # n,;cht
be inferred that the bald-headed man
objected to any such recipe for making
his hair grow.
Inc boldest man on record was dis.
covered. He was standing at the open
] window with his razor in the air delhi.
erately shaving himself, while a few
children fought around his legs, Ha
swept that razor blade around lust az
If there were no Elevated train or chill.
dren in existence.
Passing along, the next sight is a
fond mother administering some touch
ing advice to her truant boy on that
portion of his body which he is most
wreckless of when wearing trousers.
But what have we here? Ha! lovely
maiden apparently in soft, luxurious
easy chair. She does not quite like the
rude gaze of the travellers and hides her
face behind an ample fan.
"Hello! hello! what's that?' shouted
a passenged, pointing to window near
which stood two-hundred pound wo-
man airily attired in morning warn.
per, fixing her hair at glass
Every eye was turned in her direc-
ton. About that moment she became
aware that the blinds had flown open,
She was seen making rapid time
through rear door as the train moved
away.
The next sight is somewhat different
A whole family, and numerous at that,
are gathered around table, ready for
the attack on the morning meal. The
youngsters are fourishing and sharpen.
ing their knives and forks recklessly
their appetites being already sharp
enough, while pater-familias wrestles
with the leathery steak and wonders il
that bullock wasn't in the Ark with
Noah. His wife mildly hints that it
ougth to be tender, as it is the best
porterhouse.
eyes" replies her perspiring lord,
cts about as tender as the block the
butcher chopped it on"
"What do these people wear band
ages around their heads and ears for?"
asked The Star reporter of the con-
ductor, as the train passed block on
Third avenue, in which every one ap-
peared to have the toothache or head
ache. 4.
Several wild blasts from trombone,
which drowned the noise Of the moving
train, sounded, and the conductor mere
ly nodded and said:
4. eyes, that's it. / expect to see that
fellow flung out on the rails some night
and run over before l can have the
train stopped. 1t will be awful" he
concluded, wiping away an imaginary
tear.
Then most industrious woman lie
seen at window, busily turning over
some clothes and ever and anon throw
ing some invisible thing out of the win
dow. The Star inspector looked inquir-
ingly at the conductor, who muttered
something, and then asked for chew
of tobacco. Gl8
81 always take a chew" said he,
when l see that old woman at work.
l tell you, she has lots of company,
and they never 60 back on her or de-
sert her"
Pleasanter things are now met, anda
couple of lovers are seen billing and
cooling, utterly obvious Of the hundreds
Of eyes gazing at them.
Somebody ought to tell that couple
to pull down the blinds" remarked the
meditative conductor. "That young
fellows too fresh. They moved in there
last Thursday, and have been carryin'
On that way ever since. Somebody the
other day shouted over at him: oh
you naughty rascaln But bless my
soul, they never heard a word of it."
Now here comes sightnot SO agree
able: A pair of seventeen inch feet
looking as if q water famine had been
n progress for q year or two, stick out
over the window sill. 55slif
"Take in them hoofs, cries youth
nl passenger "or III put the Board of
Health on you" -, illa-slll.I.
The pnly answer was q wave of one
If the hoofs in the air, s0@
Inc conductor contemplates throw
ng double-headed fire-cracker at the
!, ii they appear on the glorious