The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-06
OLDEST OF ALL SWEEp-OS,
AGED HI. IA TTHkWs BRRAA I'VE DOWN
IN A RACE A0AlNSr SrEAN

A Dlask Giant VIE Musts fsr wsrk An sr
Every Daysias ssa ssiAsa IIsAs Aay-
Half N Msss b the Meaasss % Hsaes.
There was httlo loose change In the first
block Of Sullivan street yesterday afternoon. A
baro-armed pink-skinned Irish girl was In
dulein9 In the luxury Of . penny song called
Tho Dying Num-" In tho little candy store
near the corner. On three corners Of Grand
street bartenders were pumping ale. pouring
beer. and putting out whiskey bottles. and
boy was dishing mutton stew in return for the
nickels and dimes Of . few drinkers. In the
remaining store woman was buying three
cent? worth OF soda biscuit. That 10 Q quiet
old-fashioned corner OF town. corner By itself,
with some Of the attributes OF village; and
nearly all these people know In minute that
man wanted 10 ind old John Matthew'S. the
chimney sweep. Two Of them took tho man to
the head OF An alley and the others came out OF
the stores and barrooms and superintsnded the
kindly action. lest some mistake should be made.
The alley led to some tumble down rookeries.
and In the basement OF ono OF those John
Matthews was supposed to DO. 1t was . cellar
rather than basement-a cavity between the
stone foundations OF An ancient and dilapi.
dated building. A feeble voice said Come In"
Inside thoro was q chair or two. q Iona. square
shaft OF yellow light leading from q piece OF
rag carpet M to mean little window. heap
Of rubbish filling the indefinite darkness at the
with he rSbSsh the 81 ae so as
one pile ran Into the Other There was
Close % shs soor and The place wss nhSsitea
by white Kitten and q voice The air within
was s sweet: but i was damp. , ali, 49,. -.
Mr. Matthews'il be- In any minute-iact. he'll
be In every minute. Smoke away.oh. yes.
myself. or. my! oh, myl Poor old man. hes
seventy year old. ON, he tramps an he tramps
the asy nSnE . wsssh e a0S cit hints
eRd 55sdgnG Nth the step Of man q
EST Doe. SSr s9 ms 5 My patience
s%ss FRS IL sHynS s ssS
II was e, evident that that body contained very
s EOes Ss via IL oS
firm. and was not influenced by the usual mod
vs sf sps Hrs ss # TEEN
ond o. The curtain. and there seemed to BE- q
object, but though tho man stared hard and
stayed half an hour, he went away without be.
aDs &c wa"
M "a The sus az he bm
tell about cSimney swsepns Tor an sst!co in IN
9hs so yoe 70 sss hurt
rheumatism. and then Ialthoueh 1 was careful
not to 20 out till 1t came near sprng)I slipped
na eorner Of SaaG
nsvs Iun To- they
do nowadays. He says the plumIbers Is The
to take rope and brick and some straw and
clean out their own chimneys. So he goes, out
Two dollars he charges for what he calls a
range. or three for two ordinary nues Ny pa
Sr Sas wh., S es a%p
81 q CHIMES, Sd 'RS at
49, Yop won. find him dedicated: He's one Of
used used to land S 4 The Bic bakery. And he's H.
tie veal. minded;-a little weak in the head
coming from bad When hs hSy
g, 'si q d. SG SssS and the
moment . young woman IN . faded cotton
!s: s & $:s ss.; az
@ .nS bar hsI Or Va. eG nasy she
Sass -
Working ali day 70 eet dress done for . lady:
and maybe when take It round RI get some
s S1d1s cS.i &. ysur poor limb Do you think
=. The reporter could not So, but no supplied
the Sustie that followed the old sweep came T..
He was as black as night and as bald as bottle.
and weights and brushes. It shook the cellar
Ah." said he. in a grooming sing song plan
sSSsS VIII Dc steam; BE- steam Ar %a, always y:
heit fer my Door ole sinners. an 1t almost
''s 10 YOU e Know" said he turning to the re.
porter as II he had known him for years and
was accustomed to seeing him In the room,
dat sp Ioad am s nShne TAIL ana when don
:iS IL =.
when he was a boy. and tho bricks always hit:
TIN him on top Fl his head makes John h,n iittle
r. n the boats that used 70 land a
The 10 Young woman was going out. The re-
sd hfs h sS shs sa hpd
while We stay toasthesr. We have got to help one
There was no Inducing old John Matthews
to DO coherent. 1t was impossible to bring bill
attention to q question that vas put to him
discharse into chi@neys to clean them IL ou1
s sSssG ss%S.l1 sx wsSn
Il de- r ss rich SsoR s
his song he could not have continued to SIM
c ceSs lear II IN V the back kitehinSs"
stalwart strong giant OF a man no Is. but hi
mind. as his Wounded and starving wife de
work. He will gladly clean the chimney Of an!
house he IL called to; and he needs , both 100,
his rheumatic wife inhabt at 49, Thompson
street. In the rear.
with The reporter. but don't gently give al
my age to them that asks me-. keep little 0
1t back to myself keep back Q little. and gly
man so spry as be-, They thinks there mus
DO something wrong"
SPLITTIN0 ROCKS.