The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-21

Gotham Gush!
Like silent snowflake We drifted in
10 this city about ten day Q ago, and have
been busily engaged In an honest en-
deavor to discover whether we landed
head or feet foremost ever since. uay-
ing recovered from the first shock, we
will endeavor to give few impressions
We have received Of this most c0nceited
city.
The much talked Of Brooklyn bridge,
with lie huge towers at each end, IL Ger.
tainly a huge affair. Together with ap-
prosches il is over mile long. The
bridge proper is about twenty.eight
feet long. and is suspended In
mid air by four huge cables fifteen In
ches In diametcr-composed OF small
steel wires. 1t has q cable railroad
which runs across, on which the fare Il
three cents A road way for foot pas.
|senRers, ~ one cent each, and passage
way for carriages, etc. The bridge
has about q hundred electric lights
which cause II TO present very beauti.
|ful scene from the river at night, when
they are all brightly burning q hundred
and seventy.fve feet above the water
We deposited our penny and walked
|out opposite lamp thirty-two; this Il
the spot where poor Bob Odlum lin
to win fame and found death
Jumped into the river below. The
place had . melancholy interest to US
las Bob had been friendly acquaintance
Iof ours during one short season.
We have also made the rounds Of th'
|Bowery the .Bohemia" Of New Yorl
City, where men OF reputation In th'
world OF letters and art, and pretty wo
lmen with none, reside together and en-
Joy liie's fieeting moments. This Bow
Iery receives more newspaper attention
than any other part Of the city. Iu fac
liz IL the acknowledged headquarters 0
THE demi-monde and sporting fraternity
| We have stroiIed over the Battery
land around the see wall, watching th'
waves Of the bay IS they washed th,
shore, while we hummed the old song 0
Bayard Taylor, "They lay along th'
Battery side, brave hearts, etc. ant
tried to picture the Battery in the bal
lcyon days Of yore, when the old knick
Ier bockers held sway. The old days
when Van TwilIer smoked bis lonI
Istemmed pipe under the shade OF th'
trees, or when William, the Testy, erect
ed his huge mud fort and placed wind
mill ON the ramparts, for the purpose 0
away the yankee mos
backs from Jersey and Connecticut
Alasl those peaceful days, when th
l.H Half-moonr made her maiden trip VI
1.-THE Bay TO Manhattan Island. now b
long to the silent past, and are only r.
IcalIed by reading history or by aom
|lissless idler like myself. The Batter
lof to-day is surrounded on all sides b
|tstreet railways, aud the elevated rail
road rushes across over head. On on
side is the New York Custom Housc, O
1.-The other Castle Garden. through who's
gates have passed 90 many Of our not
IIprospetous citizens
Looking straight down the Bay We &c
Bedloe's Island, with the pedestal Tor th
famous statue OF Liberty EnligbteDin
the World very nearly completed, al,
lover TO our left Is Governors Island wit
1.-The frow ming walls Of Fort Hamilton
A place dear to the hearts Of all Demo
lcrats as the former residence Of the su
lperb Hancock. who so calamity led tb
Iiorlorn hope Of the Democracy in ls6l
/ The bay is At al: times crowded Wit
crafts OF AL kinds at one time we count
ed thirty five large vessels coming In 0
going out: while swift little etean
launches and tugs we're going hitber ant
thither, too numerous 10 try 10 count.
From the Battery we took the Elevated
train for Harlem, the North end Of th
city. and had very unsatisfactory view
of the city, all Of our observations beinI
confined 10 looking into the secon'
story windows OF the houses that 10.
along the route. The Elevated train is
means Of rapid transit from one end
the city to another, distance Of seve'
miles, and they whirl you over the rout
lin hurry.
We came back In Broadway car, IN,
saw Z great deal more. Though Broad
lway. a. 4 street, IL fraud. Of cours
liz il street on which Q great deal
business Is transacted, but it isn't an
broader than Main street In Jasper r,sif
broad. And for business we don't be
IIieve II does any more than state 9
CLARK streets, in Chicago, and i certainl
lean not boast Of Is fine buildings
I Altogether the most notable feature Q
1.-The average New Yorker y propensif
Ito blow about every thing connects
with the city they may have . big thin
llbut they always know Il, and endeavo
Ito make every outsider believe that th
|ele ephant is bigger than Il really g.
KARA KAPU.
NEw Yoax CRY, May 18th, 1856.
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