New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
TILE KoNDERS OF sHANTY NILL.
FAMILY PRIDE OF THE INHADIrANTs-pLENrg OF
READY MONEY.


FAMILY PRIDE OF THE INHABIrASTs-pLENTE OF
READY MONEY
II il one of the odd features Of New York thatamong
imposing apartment houses and rows OF bro"nstone
fronts there should exist such squad settlement
bush whaekers Shanty Town. The inhabitants o.
that unattractive village are by no means poverty
stricken however. They all have ready money anu
many Of them more than o sufhciency OF It, tnousp
,br d,yengs and the furnishings thereof are pfimi-
two in the extreme Family pride is as rampant thefe
"a IN the houses that line the broader anu s'raenes
ovenues of the city In one OF the nuts III 'ne 49,
mart Of Sbanty Town, there is physical h'oHS''ot
that would make the heart OF a dime nuseuD,
vtb low and excite the veest interest OF tne Scie-
49, p,o,;,, With the children and dogs Of that de-
ectab,e locality is child six years OF age whose nea
- ho ,r.s ten months old measured twenty-five anu
III. ircbes IN circumference. 1t has grown iour
l. :; foo veors and there is little probability OK
bi nodv ever catching up In the race, hahuc1pP'"
T. !, With the necessity of supporting lie o'efs'U"n
.oro,ettor The family as proud oil theT p'oa1sy
. cow Of her FIVE egged calf but are deeps Hisuio1
l. ans, hint at the advisabiity OF exhibiting ior
money. . >u;oast IA
In com pany with pt ysician whose paS' . '"d
,ed b,,, On n familiar footing with the family
800, ranorter went the other day TO view tie
rorno man thus afflicted with the big head. After
,lmoluS AZ "a 40 many signs to Beware the dogs
Ia crayyling through rickey fences, the home 81 tho
. Nurpby family was II aehed. II q, .o.ooraod -,
=. Sure Doctor an Pm very bad, responded me
;.,oas If the shanty il reply to the usual inquiries.
: have the malay orul and my nerves are al 'n,
trung" Mrs. Murphy had large, Ia b pau I,
lar lace showed the relics OF youthin beauty, OUT
go diagonal scar across her upper lip had drawn
partly out OF shape: -, A. Aoo+or ct wan, N
" How is Willie I" asked the oOc'or' "'"'"
Measure his head again." ...-
Willie toddled up the walk at this point 10 ahsTer
r himself He was certainly a most remarkable
necimen of humanity. His slender limbs shook 1naer
h ro,gbt of hi, enormous head. The meek and lower
,art Of the head were unusually small Dut above
,one nassnq through the eyes aid upper part OF ths
ar the skull hared out like the SIDES OF well hlled
tInn r,nninr out TO a circumference of twenty-sx
and one. half inches and up TO height OF hVe or ak
inches The eyebrows were drawn up an men %
two above the eyes by the tension OF The kn ana rue
isrteI eve. were weak and eXpressiOnltss. lie child
t,cgercd little and wobbled along like an emisrant
woman with overload OF household goods on nei
head A thin narrow chest and plpe-stem arms
seemed 70 hunger for the vitality that the oyergrown
head had absorbed, while the stomach alone showed
child ami the ability talk but no promise of second
Daniel Webster.
cact on OF grayitaton had gotten the better OF Hihes
,,r1erniuninr 40 chat " the globe which we nhabit
aud the globe that served him for an upper storg
bad come together. " sure and hes ai'1er oAinpin
b.n The bys run away from him. an he .ries Ter
fllsr FL have ter get him goat ter play wid.
Wasn't that nice one se caught up NJ hlgh bIiuge
last Sunday Wilhei But Their brute OF gatenan
touldu L. u bring IL do All the elevated Let the,
doctor measure your head. Willie and Willie sub
iaitted with evident appreciation OF the homer
Tins /. What We call a hydrocephalic ead." said
the doctor a. he produced tape MT asurc and note
book The brain Is OF ordinary size and the rest oil mo
shulI /. filed with water. SIsh child generally dies
in infancy and this is perhaps tue only case that ever
occurred that a. not tatal" .
Along the middle Of the skull there was ridge
about four inches in width. 1t gave forth hollow
sound As The doctor raped twh his knuckles That
!, ~LtTc the ,utures Joined be continued In eXpiana
zion In IN. new horn babe the skull is solid but
/. In several parts joined by membranes When the
i,ed began h swell under the pressure of the wafer On
the blniq FL spt and there were three or tour inches
here where there no skull At all only membrane
Now The boAss have grown OF AID joined so that Il 9
u hard as YOU see There Is reason why the child
shonldut live nov until he dies from other causes
When released. Willie ioddIed oil 10 play with tho
bys who were ether lazy two stout hearted
70 run away from the monstros'y. and the visitors
took leave oil Mrs Murphy With the ud blue eyes aud
the twisted smile.
The doctor called at another palace of old boards.
fre,coed with whewash. 20 ask The lady OF the house
about her two who were in a lunalc ASYLUM
The beraycd mother went over all the family history
md prospects Tor the visitors benefit only stopping
Tor frequent applications Of her apron to her ewes.
Tho chronicle extended from her father who was
vcolaon in Ireland and was over a thousand men -
ii WA to tho latest developments in the little affair
! between her daughter in lonkers aud " ther young
teller that was a maxim up Ia her An sure he was
q nee likely young chap. but not Cath'lc. and ,ho
didn't know whether they wouldn't fight religions
/ If they were married
She wouldn't hear Of tho visitors going away witlOi.
n glass Of wine something After lively discussion
n, to whether the mossses jug the tun6let shoud
be used the latter carried the day. and Nora thJ
younPc, girl around To the nearest GROCERY
e. have the lumber hlled with port WINE. Hat tho
contents OF - the growler were poured out INTO
ana the callers drank to the health of the daue htcr 10
lonker- and the future conversion Of her young MAD
who wasn't Catb'lo.
' That woman is honest as the day Is long said
the doctor the two scrambled down 20 civilization
again She paw cash always and IN advance Many
Is the I've been rung up aud found her the door
waving three dollars when she knows my charge
Is only two dollars a visit She paid her LAWYER S60
Ia less than week once. The ground rent for that
shanty is Sl3O year. but she hesn - worth Of
furniture IN IT, a. you see"