The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-19
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head partly bald, a kesr. black eye, an
enormous moustache, and . pleasant
manner. You would take him to be a
Methodist minister or a gambler at irst
sight. know nothing of his means.
but he controls about fifteen frst-class
theatres. four here, aud ruus several
travelling shows besides. Not far from
him was JAY Gould. a llttlc, insignif-
cant, restless eyed. full-bearded, queer
headed chap. said to be worth $780,
600, 600 on paper. fond Of nobody. dy.-
peptic and a wrecker. Net rem feet
from him stood Ned Stokes, VIII. was
sentenced to be hanged for killing Jay
Gould's partner. don't see how
Gosld can expect to 90 on deprccisting
other peoples property. running homes,
dcspoiling fortunes and generally be-
deviling the substance u his fellows.
and q OF get into a scrape sooner or
later. He has been whipped, slapped
in the face and thrown into IN area.
but be never rese. ted the one or the
other. His present 2 ne IS 70 ruIa
the elevated road ssiv.ce. lower the
price of the stock. buy ii in and boom
it up again. As was said Of jim Fisk
"a u "'s u ~ iitRI ~
York a paradise. He touched nothin.
that he didn't improve. Gould, on the
contrary, never bcttcred anything He
has done nothing for New York and no
good for its people. He hasn't ever
built a house. [ don't think Coald
saw Stokes. If he did he pretended
not TO and moved slowly along. Very
few people know him by sight AID he
is not generally recognized. 1t IS diff
ferent with Stokes, who, though .
young man, has hair as white as snow.
That he had g%rievous wrongs to bear
we al know. That Fisk and Gould had
injured him deeply is a fact. That
Flax had given him all the ~provocatisn
one man could give another Is certain.
Had Stokes met his enemy fairly and
killed him, it would have been a square
deal, but he hid benin a banister and
shot him like a dog. However, he has
paid the price. He served his time
bore himself well, came back to life
and work and is now cashier IN the
Hoffman House, adjoining which ne
has put UP bar-room, the like OF which
has never been seen. Stokes is a land
some fellow, we'll connected = the
Phelps, Dodge and Stokes families
having close relatiopship-and very
fairly educated.
HOTEL LOUNGING.
This habit of MOTEL lounging is a fea-
ture of this city. Delmonico's places,
down town, are packed until three
o'clock. AS lunch counters they are
successes, and as gin mills they are i'm
mensely popular and cerrespondingly
profitable. TIE Astor House people
couldn't let me have a reom last night,
stormy as it was, and a sight Of TWO
and twenty strangers stretched out on
the parlor floor clinrhed their assertion
that there wasn't even a cot to let.
This prosperity is not confined to the
larger hotels although they are the
places for loaing. If you want to find
a man" g !, to the A.tor House rotunla
Ia the day time and the corridors Of the
Fifth Avenue or the Windsor at night.
1t is said that Delmonieo's profits last
gear were $500 900, and yet he specu-
lates in stocks with the Zest Of a ~vsteran
gambler. All the good hotel men are
rich. The Astor House profits were
$3.50, 900 last year, enabling the pro
PIlCGSlS W OoCA II DS spCCu-
lation and indulge in personal expenses
of a phenomenal nature. The Fifth
Avenue people are credited with prof
It's SO surprising that | dare not give
them. They knock everything in the
journalistic line, the Herald alone ex-
copied, higher than a kite, and are
nearer two thirds than half a million
IF dollars. New Workers 80 TO these
great places OF resort to meet strangers
and to see each other. There is q vast
volume of work done in them. Bust
ness begun in the office is continued
and concluded over a glass Of wine in
the cafe. lt's the continental habit,
and that's the sort Of thing New York
is fast coming to.
NASH Notes. Plain Tom' writes
to Tarboro .SoutheIner;-
While Mr.. Ed. Winstead was riding
at the tournament here on Friday last,