The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-05-03

tn. Averax. New Yorker. Fate.
Its twelve years since the hrst apart
ment houses were built, hundreds OF Them
of divers grades have been put up all over
town; bni those capable OF acoommodh'
ing small family, with an elevator and
pleasant woll-yentilated rooms. cannot be
had for less than from $500 to $1,000
There are flats in poor quarters that rent
for from 5000 to $500 but they usually
have dark chambers, they arc Ill arranged
and are seldom really wholesome, Asa
generalization, II may be said tha, reason.
able apartments are not good and that
good apartments are not reasonable. The
fond an.iaipatiuns cherished eight or ten
years ago that nice. hcalthful apartment
might be procured for from $500 TO 5000
have long been dispelled. They who have
no more than that TO spend for home,
20 called, are obliged to put mp with
sundry discomforts, and to jeopardize the
healthlmora or less BY sleeping IN dark,
close chambers.
| IT would seem nf essoCApS9lpy Of any kind
yere impraciicable in this the costliest Of
".'s. The mere decencies of life are
ND the reach of men depen.
capi.~ '-ay incomes. The
well.nigh bey.. .-sn Of Cd.
dent on salaries or oru... -
average earnings here OF men o..
ucation and taste are not, il is alleged, Ia.
excess Of $500 to $1,000, and as the ma '
iority Of them have families (the unwriiten Is
law Of Manhattan demands that no couple, Ii
unless financially independent shall have
more than two children,) they are forced 3
into q ceaseless contest for self-sustain- s
msnt. They toll through life, endure yex- v
ltion, disappointment, tribulation. pain, L
md quit the world leaving no provision for 6
heir families, but generally in debt. Com. Il
few men who can command /,
'redit die, it is said, with all their liabili
les discharged. The proportion OF New
forkers OF whom this is true must be
arger than Of other citizens, for credit :
lcre is easily got, and the cost of living is p
ar greater than elsewhere. Of
What can be expected Of husband and cl
father who can earn no more than $500 0,
r $1,000? How is II possible for him TO I'll
tenn the current always running so strong O
gainst him, especially against the refined al
nd sensitive poor Of Anglo Saxon strain I? hl
I is clear that he cannot live in the city D,
roper, he must pitch his tent, as it may D,
Justly be styled. in the rear Of Brooklyn, sl
long the lines of the New Jersey railroads ca
mong the sand knolls Of Long Island, or 70
mid the pastures Of Westchester. He M
lust come and go daily to and from his tb
nsiness in every sort Of weather, keep en-
lind aud nerves OH the stretch lest he "(
Hiss the boat or train. is wstful life is no
sgulated by schedule time he is ever ra
urried. planning to save few minutes. sa
nd yet wasting, from the perpetual stress Nj
circumstances, his entire years. He has OO
y As'""'st W ASpooct ho ID hpooIDSu III yO
'wn, feyerish in the country; he sees little -
his family, nothing OF his friends; he fol
engrossed with his petty affairs, which oY
0 may despise. but which lie cannot ..Y
lord for an hour to neglect His life is ce
dull, wearisome round, his most serious uu
fought how he shall get on, and while IS,
ill thinking of it the cord snaps and the thi
ID comes. He has done his work. True; pa
1T was it worth doing2 After years OF use
'inding labor, what has he achieved del
here is his recompense? He has been ou,
irving faithfully for his family, and at tha
Q close be leaves them the discourage. hin
ent of his example. aud probably . Mr.
gacy OF debt Such is the inspiring des-
~ Of the average New Yorker. Verify. J
honesty its own and only ieward!-- Hm. ste
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