San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-02-19
NEW YOIlh.
Special Correspondent to the Free Press,
New York Feb, G, 1885

Upon reaching New York ! found
there was quite aAuster ofexcitement
in political circles AZ to who would
succeed in capturing the senatorial
pe.simmon Of the State. The contest
vas between brains and Doodle.
Eyarts represent the brains and Nor
ton the Doodle,
| boarded the New York and CHI
csgo limited express which makes the
run to Chicago via Albany a distance
Of 1850 miles in twenty-four hours
with only four stops the entire trip.
On the way we passed towns of such
familiar names AS Yonkers, Newberg.
Tarrytown, West Point and Cltskill.
When ] left New York the weather
WAS cold but no snow in sight, but
at Yonkers the Hudson was frozen
over and sleighs supp lanted all other
vehicles.
Ice houses lined the west bank Of
the river, and hundreds of men were
engaged in harvesting ice. AS I watch
ed the horses pulling the ice pillow or
marker on the river, l thought at
the time the farmers of Hays county
were plowlng in their fields instead OF
the ice, but | soc from the papers
there has been some very cold wealth
or in Texas, which, | will venture to
say, has caused more suffering than in
the North, for no where on my Jour.
ney did feel the cold as much as |
did in Texas the latter part of De
cemher and January LIST in New
Orleans, Mt the latter place ! heard
many visitors to the Exposition from
all parts of the North say they never
suffered as much from cold rs they
did on that day,
! can understand why Southerner
on account of the sudden change,
should feel the cold but am at a loss
to know why man fresh from the
North shonld suffer when the thermo
meter registers some fifteen or
twenty degrees colder at his own
home,
Albany Is about ten degrees colder
than New York city Three degrees
on account of the difference in lati
tude and seven degrees on account
of its distance from salt water, There
the business is conducted by sleighs,
sleighs meet you at the train instead
of BUSES, and the oountryman brings
his produce to market on sleigh.
| arrived there about five o'clock in
the afternoon, the sun WAS shining
brightly audit seemed to me the whole
town was ON n frolic. The small
children monopolized the hill sides
with sleds, while the older ones
we're about equally divided between
tho river and sleighs. The ice yachts
are so constructed with hand sails as
to enable the occupants to 60 with
frightful rapidity.
When young man wants to have
a good time, he tucks his best girl
under his arms and sets ont for the
river or hill side US his inclination
loads.
Albany is very billy, in fact noun
famous. / heard one man say the
hills were so steep that he had to tie
a handkerchief around his neck to
prevent the snow FROM his feet from
falling down the brck Of his neck.
Decidedly an up hill business.
Despite the efforts of the street
brigade TO keep the sidewalks clear,of
snow, every few minutes some person
is seen to fall, and in all probability
side some distance before recovering.
/ got three falls while gratifying
nv idle curiosity Of climbing the hills
on EiCle street to get a glance Of the
Turner Mansion. Cieyclands home.
When aperson slips, the first thing
they do afte- anchoring to some OBJ
ject, Is 70 glance around and SCI hoV
many are enjoying uoProceolings on
the outside. After mumbiiuy a fcwun
intelligible words noi found IN the
catec.ism, they recover themselves
ald continue their journey until
c lie uTou b witness a similar feat
Of sJme brother PEDESTRIAN.
A. TIE proverb goes every dag has
it. day. 50 dos Cve-yPelestTiaa have
their fan
On one O-os son IsaF a lziy tires