Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-21
THAT MAN FROM SALEM.
he GOES INTO SOCIETY AND DEP
REcATES THE o6ellSk.

New Yssh City Done Up In Crisp SEN
teoees-Rcene on LAWYER Hroadway-Petl-
dIer~ ON the Curb-The Battery-sevsr.l
Great Men
Went to afternoon reception at friends
house Stupid pisce Of business Lots Of
folks wandered in Didn't seem to know
what they'd come for Didn't seem to
know what TO do when they had come
Talked thus: SO glad to see you.
What weather we're havingl" Have
you to Mr. Catoninetails. Happy to
you when are you coming to see
usY' Two years from next June.
Dear! deari Why. we shall ell be dead
so kind Of you. Have you read the
last thing out The Fair Bog Trottery'
No Can't read. Never learned. In
deedi How much trouble it must save
you'll" 1T does Save money BY it,"
Been sicky'' Yes" What was the
matterf" oh. several things. doctor
told mo Forget the names New com
plants. you know New styles Just
imported from Paris" You say you had
q bed coldy' Yes" I'VE never have
colds now We call EN- vitalic suspen
sions.
That's the way they ratified on and
finally rattled out Took abundant stock
Of each others dresses Few men pres.
ent What were twired thumbs looked
amiable sheepish and tired Jagged ont
after their feminnes like little dogs after
their masters What a helpless. hopeless
being . man is in . shoal of petticoats on
such occasional Looks AZ If he wanted
somebody to put al end to his misery
OBEirsK AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES
Saw the obelisk Doesn't compare with
Bunker Hill monument. edges Clipped
and worn Why import stone from Egypt
when we've SO much Of our own, Quincy
granite just IS good. geologically just as
old Visited park museum More an
Equities in stone regular stone yard,
ststuary from Cyprus nicked. banged and
dirty.
Visited Second avenue and East Side
generally More Germany than in Boston
more pretzel. bologna sausage and Gam
brinus. more children to the square yard.
more smells, more eats. ash boxes. swill.
ancient fresh fish and human ling ma
chimes peddling them
Visited the ltialto. Union square. swarm
ing place for actors looking for work
Pavement strewn with talent foot deep
Full Of future stars Bareheaded statue
Of Washington near by on a horse with
arm extended Seems to say to the his
trionic throng. Go west. young men. go
west" Statue of Lafayette ditto. dane
ing pas seul for Wash
Lower Broadway Busting at noon
Everybody on the dead rush All sorts
Of men Sad men Solemn men Run
down men Seedy men Hungry men.
Men whose legs can't carry EN- fast
enough Men with all their minds mile
ahead Of EN- Men working. rushing.
sweating. shaving like poems. making
money, while the woman is spending it rs
fast II not faster two miles up town
Terrible street to cross Drivers merci
less Wagon tongue threatens ones
back Ditto going for your front Men
skipping everywhere, chased to death or
near 1t by teams Newspaper offices
piercing the heavens Street corners con
gested with crowds reading bulletins
More sunburned Italians trudging along
with bales. bags'an boxes Every third
basement beer tunnel Mad car drivers
Raving. bowling teamsters Teeth gnash
Ing cartmen
PEDDLERs ON THE CURB.
Serene policemen playing solitaire with
their clubs Gimcrack. shoestring and
shirtstud peddlers on the curb Sun
baked. cake. cooky and candy peddlers
ditto City hall park benches full of
gents who've made their fortunes and
have now nothing to do but enjoy them
Can afford now to wear their old clothes
Court house Full of law. lawyers and
lost souls. City ball Justice on top
weighing out legal prescriptions Was
shown William NJ Eyarts Dried, but
not yet smoked Necktie slowed Won
derful limb of the law Not much left of
him to bury No fat All gone to brain
II cremated, won't burn Nothing olea
ginous OH him to kindle with Am told
he il a chronic obiector Objects to
everything but his fees.
Went to the Battery Crowded with
foreign fathers and mothers of our future
presidents Don't speak English at pres
emit. Some looking over to Communipaw
thinking it Nebraska
Went to restaurant near Washington
market Attacked at table by ruffian
Turned out to be waiter Impressive
language Beef steak. gilt edged cup
Of coffee, milk outside" Ordered broiled
shad. Waiter fred plate and all at me at
four feet distance Wonderful precision
Coffee cups half an inch thick Nicked
about edge Pieces probably bitten out
Visited The Herald office Full-of
editors waiting for jobs Their spring
suits not yet ready Was informed most
Of EN- had been furloughed for writing
brilliant articles Sent down stairs to
have sharp edg taken of them
Was shown Chauncey Depew Nice
man Genial Eight day speaking clock
1t public dinners Never runs down
Self-acting stemwinder. lmpromptu
speeches built bv the mile like Maine