Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-02-28
RICHES AND POVERTY.
Soue striking Contracts I'm New York
Mustering- of Unemployed Working
men-vanderbDt's Magnincent
EmrnOmta.

upon tho assertion that IN this city tho
rich are growing richer and the poor
are growing poorer. The rich wax in
solent, the poor arc sullen. To-day it
is "A question how far sullenncss will
permit insoence go. Precisely when
tho answer will come. | can not deter
termine, but you may be very certain
that The time is not far distant when
one or the othor of these widely separ-
ated classes must give way absolutely
TO the domination OF the other. | saw
a suporb picture this afternoon. We
were out sleighng. We arc enjoying
superb sleighing. Tho c'ty railways
have made their main avenues impaS-
sable. Between the salt they throw
upon the tracks to melt tho snow and
the dirt they subsequently throw upon
the tracks To enable their horses to
find footing, the road-beds are as bare
as poverty's bones. OF course no
sleigh can be drawn across them save
with ycrecchingS, screenings, and
audible evidences OF dire distress.
On either side Of the road bed the
companies have heaped great winrows
OF snow, now covered with dirt and
Maud nnd filth thrown by the employees
from the roaG-bed and its mixture of
salt and dirt. But, after passing Mr..
Vandsrbilt's domain and that of the
other surface road magnates Central
park being reached, we lind excellent
sleighing, and on tie long stretches be-
pond rs good and firm q foundation
for runners as the most festive sport
can dosire. Mr.. Vaudcrbilt's tastes,
rs you know, aro iieshly. A glance st
his flabby face would disclose that, il
you didn't know it already Good eat
ing, good drinking, good smoking, and
jolly. coarse companions are his chief
desire, and in them he finds mis- sole
enjoyment. He loves to drive upon
the road. Always careful of his per-
sonal comfort, ho has provided from
his fathers i,ions tho most cxDen-
siyo and the fastest teams in the ooum-
try He encases his long, huge frame
in magnificent s0a'skin garments, lit
orally from top TO toe, and it is es-
'timated that his entire 'git up and
git would bring at auction any day not
less than $3.50, coo. This includes his
team, their harness, his cutter, his
clothes, his diamond pins, and his car
.cass, provided life had left it, and his
two hundred and more millions were
divided among his heirs. This after
noon about 4 clock he started from
his Fourth avenue stables, built very
considerably in the worry heart of his
neighbors residences, and far away
removed from his own homo on Fifth
avenue. with his $l5O,O0O rig. OF
course nc could not go up Fourth
4. A 4.
OF US could. so he went up Lexington
aud turred into the park by the usual
road. 5 ho did 50 he passed a group
of common people" They were
mechanics. artisans. and laborers.
They had been standing on the corner
commenting upon his order directing
their discharge.
Az Vanderbilt passed. his fat lips,
which aro always curled as if in dis
-dain at men whose fat" "rs didn't die
rich, putfed like u balloon suddenly
filed with oxygen, and scarcely per
ceptibe movement of the reins started
hiS team into rapid trot. The Press
would not print what l heard on that
. occasion. The oaths, the curses, the
blasphomies, the predictions, tho threats
would not be pretty reading matter on
Sunday morning in any circle to which
The Press is welcome conner. No
slippered papa would permit his chill
dren's ears TO listen 10 the pronounced
aud wicked words OF these common
people. Young ladies seeking informa-
ton as TO the costumes in Wallack's
latest play would turn up their noses
and throw the paper down in disgust
were they to see those words in print.
Aud yet this is cold winter, 1t was
nrad;otat hv Vapnor that wa waro m