New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08
IN IRISH RAGMlNS LAMENT,

ALL TIE Avgxpgs TO BUSINESS PROSPERITY
CROWDED WITH "EoYTALIANs."
An Italian rag-picker of the gentler sex
raked out q pair Of old shoes from ash barrel n
Grand ST. near Broadway. They had mt wholly out
lived usefulness So after shaking toe dirt from
them she carefully placed her prize the edge Of thu
gutter while she gathered Q quantity Of paper which
was swept out from neighboring store vendsr Of
rags and botes pushing HIS bellcart along the street
sped the shoes and laid bold of them unspprsrfsted
properly Then the Italian woman descended on him IN
her wrath She loug nmbed, black haired, jeteyed
and swarthy he ancient Irishman OF small hs
ure the most pronounced Celtic features and bushy.
gray brows He retired before her threatening steel
rod and Of imprecations which abe poured
upon him, and she quickly hooked out her property,
t,mbling tie into the street. As the ragman
was setting I'D his restoring its contents eI
loweountryman and felow-ragman with q bag on his
back came mp.
"shure" said the old ragwan. telling bis troubles,
didn't know the shoes belarnged TO her. But there's
Twin amy for dacnt people, Moike since thin
coy Italians have cum over wild us'
Nike who was A young fellow, sympathized with HE
venerable compatriots nsfortunes declaring that the
whole race was worsen naygurs."
"Av coorse they be worsen naygurs. replied the old
man; meslf I'D work wild naysur before thin amy
day. naygur Ia great dale more dacinr and civil to
CIT along Wild than wan Of thin grassy liscreolorrd
Ecyfaiaus First IL the Dootch, Moike, ot adacfus
man could abide shin. and thin came the Chineyman
and THIN EoytalaDs; pha chance has adacin- Irsamnn
among thinf Do you moind, Moike, how they have
sntae the bznessi Divil Irishman or Irishvoman
can yez see pcs the rags the strates AMY more
pnt they be all Eoytaans, livery man OF then Ne oid
woman who's dead and gone how these ave years, nnd
papers that WIZ swipt big stores, livery arun
Niyer marnn' hut she tux nty cnts WORTH an do yer
moind Moike, sbe'd I'LL the bag tall a. her own eio
an nanny Bit Of old clothes the clerks would give neS
too Bur bate IL all broke now since thin Eoytni-
ians cum the bzness wid respect to amy vans
Canal strate that Bridget used t'nd in the marnir
tai TIE old got wid her bate do yez refni-
her thai, Moke shure TIA grassy Eoytalan man
kapes the stand now thin E0ytalians is kapfn all
she frae stands now, whn niycr wan OF thin wud ye
see tin years ago Pasey wbin lac waz bye be BACKED
boots around the Of Canal sate and broadway
bat niyer an bye do yea plaekn boots on tho
strates amy more It's all Eoytaan byes, livery wan Of
thin. Jist look down there on Crosby srase, NOME
where me Old woman an mesif lived SO NANNY year.
fone room we had you mond, on tho fourth noor OF
the old tinement but dacint Irshm2n wud i've ~ tho
house now It's runnln' wild thin dirty EoyaiiAnss
"a thcx as lezs. tell yez Moke there's nlyer snov
for an honest hishman amy more IN new Ian IL
Thin care bit for thin, ~ they
did when old Boss Tweed wac . hvin' They put Trina
dirty, thavin Eoytaians to work oa tne sraIes wnn
bey cant dacint wurd bat Jaobor 20 tnisefvee
All The tom whin the Eoytaians git TO votin ne
potschuus will put thin In office an let tue poor irish
man sarye the gootters. All. bad faith 70 thin ALL
I say nthrys wfd oil VI tnlm iorei4o ba-
And the ancient ragman picked his cart ana pushe9
Il mournily down the street. the bells jngnng Gus o.
tune aud the whole world TO kis mind n the same ~
cordant state.