The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-01
WIDOWS ON THAT BLOCK.
WHERE THEY CLUSTER IN MORE
OR LESS BEAUz1FUL PROPULSION.

They Say There Are Thirty of the
Charming Creatures on First Street,
Between Monmouth and Brunswick-
One Runs Blacksmith Shop, and
Many Are Rich.
At a recent wake in the vicinity of First
and Brunswick streets, good natured
young Irish widow from another section
OF the city, who had been setting her cap
for well-known bachelor in the neigh
borhood and had previously figured upon
her chances of securing the prize, was
accidentally surprised to find the object
of her affection surrounded by dozen or
more fair looking women who wore the
weeds.
The young widow turned to an ac-
quaintance and in jocular mood re-
marked the popularity of the bachelor.
MY dear, 'pon me soul / behave livery
WILDLY on this block, with maybe one or
two Exceptions, kapes wan eye on the dear
ould boy" replied her friend.
Every widow on this block? For
Heavens sake, how many widows live on
this blockS"
ssShure, and / see ye're not well ac-
Quainted with the neighborhood. On
First street, from Monmyth to Broons-
wick. nearly ivery house contains a
wildly.
There's almoostivery variety. There's
young ones and ould ones, short ones and
tall ones, big ones and small ones, purity
ones and ugly ones; but moind ye, they're
livery one of thin respectable, loike me-
silf. All, yis-the majority of thim's
grand ould craytures who, while buffet
ing the worruld of cares, have been true
to the mimory of their husbands and
brought their children oop loike little lay
dies and gintlemen."
care there many young and pretty
oness" timidly asked the young widow,
again scanning the group in the adjoin-
ing room.
ITO be sure But raIely can't tell you
much about thin. They're so fiy--these
young ones-nowadays. But if ye were
ould-there's enough genteel and lovely
craytures wearing the weed to foornish
livery ould bachelor and widower this
Soide of Newark avenoO with a dacent,
respectable wolfe.
WHO SOME ARE.
II can't remember them all, but Oi'll
name few of them.
There's the Wildly Leary, who kapes
candy stoore at No. 347. She's what the
poet terms 'phair, phat and phorty' She
has dark hair, and the bloom has not yet
left her round cheeks. She attinds to her
own Dizziness, and has snug little for
tune.
'tAt No. 352 you will foind regular boo
quet of widdys, and the bouquet amt
a wildly on each floor. There's Mrs. Nc
Swiggen. Heaven bless the koind ould
SOUL Her husband was killed on rail-
road some years ago in the Wist. She is
sister-in-law of good Mrs. Masterson.
Wildly Fitzjerrald, is a pretty, good-na-
years. Wildly McGurl resimbles the
Wildly Leary across the strate.
''She's got beautiful daughter jist
blooming into woman's hood, and hand
some, stalwart son. Poor ould bachelor
James Jinks, who attends all the wakes
in the nayborhood, when guyed by his
frinds ginerally drops the remoinder that
string.
"Then there's the Wildly Reilly, a
swate, kind and good-looking woman.
She has two or thray interesting children
and she takes splendid care of thin.
THEY KEEP STORES.
''Mrs. Duffy is fine looking brunette
of thirty. She kapes millinery store at
getic little woman, and is very intelligent.
Her swate mother, Mrs. Smith, is also a
wildly. They own the three-story house
and other property. Mrs Smith is the
mother of good Father Smith. Bachelor
Joseph Rafferty, is said to occasionally
patronize the store. He owns property,
too.
"Widdy Murphy lives at No. 351. Now,
she's foine looking woman. Only thirty
eight. She's got the jolliest disposition
of my one / know. She has siveraI child
ren-all in their tanes. She lives COON
Portable, and although two of her child
ren worruk to support the family, she's
- I,
snaking suspicion that that ould bachelor,
John T Connolly, would loike to secure
mortgage there.
"Widdy Kehoe kapes another candy
store at No. 355. She is swate timpered
ould lady.
WILDLY Clancy lives at No 34s. She's
almost as stout as ,ye make 'em:: She has
beautiful auburn hair, fiorid face, and a
jolly disposition. She's CRATE favorite
THE BLACKSMITH WIDOW.
''The Wildly Smith is but thirty-five
She's tall, dark completed, and she amt
bad lookin' by eny names. She owns
the blacksmith shop, and Christie,
who is employed by her-well, Oi don't
see why he don't scoop in the shop,
enyway.
1.-THE WILDLY Carlin has no children and
pile of money. She lives with her bro
ther Joe. and is older than he is. She
moinds her own business.
"Widdy Leary No. 2, of S42, has five
children, all at worruk but the youngest,
and the Wildly Roach lives at 35S. She
lives in her brothers. house, and owns
property. Her two children are after
supporting thimsilves.
"Now, dear, that's all Oh can call to
moind list now, but that's not one-third
of 'em. The Expression the widdys on
the block has become almost proverbial.
Oi'm afraid to tell ye more about the
young ones, and don't want to make you
feel Ilnaisy"