Evening journal., 1889-05-25
TIE GOOD OLD STYLE.
lnslGHT INTO THE CUSTOMS OF
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

a lttlo more Ilsll u years EgO.
on Dec. 9, l7S5, tho announcement Of the
first New York city directory appeared il
The New York Gazetteer and The County
Journal, and ia the succeeding February the
first number was issued IL contained the
names of all The citizens, their occupations
and plnces of abode; the members in con
gress, the grand departments" Of the United
States for adjusting public accounts, mem
bers Of the senate and assembly, with their
places of abode while on duty in the city
ministers of the gospel, physicians, counsel
ors az law, arrivals and departures of stages
and the principal tradesnen.
To these details was added an almanac
with tables Of the different coins, suitable for
any state, and 'digested in such order as TO
make an exchange between any Of the United
States plain and easy And wielal it Is a
very small volume This useful production,
it was explained, would stand eaca sub
scriber inn abeat six shillings.
TIE LATEST NEWS.
An interesting light is thrown upon the
daily life Of this town Of a hundred yearsago
by tho following extracts from the few news
papers which were published at the time and
contained very little save such news Of a
purely local character;
A correspondent compliments the ladies' for
reducing the size Of their heed gear, 50 that
they can enter a coach, sedan chair or the
door Of modern apartment with a cap
Some time ago their heals were bigger than
those Of the inhabitants OF Patagonia, whilst
their bodies resembled those Of Liliput, BUT
now their features are set or by a becoming
head dress
The tavern keepers harvest win soon com
mence in this city; as the comedians are going
70 visit tho southwark, the young and tho idle
will naturally resort to the taverns and tip
pling houses.
| y This is the day appointed for the execution,
at the New Gaol, of James Carr, a white man,
and Thomas Lee, negro, who were convicted
Of burglary.
Last week notorious gambler and cheat
was sentenced to hard labor. The above
gentleman is at present chained with a Ne.
gro to a wheelbarrow, and usefully employed
at the public works of this city.
Whereas my wife Nancy has behaved in a
very indecent manner, which renders it in
possible for me to live with her, all person.
are forewarned from trusting her-Cieorg,
Dalzell
The new line of stages to Philadelphia VII
start from Mr. Smiths at Paules Hook ferry
opposite New York drive through Newark
Elizabeth Town, Woodbridge, Brunswick
and so to Princeton, where they meet tn
stage from Philadelphia. They run every
day Saturdays and Sundays excepted Fer
to Phila- Four Dollars
Receipt for making a Modern Fashionabl,
Lady. Two pounds of cork, Eve yards o
whalebone, one pound of hair, six pounds o
wool or cotton, two drains of white lead an,
half dram Of rouge These with prope
quantity of bones for the skeleton, and
little flesh and blood for the muscles, etc.
with q skin Of mouse for eyebrows, on
pound Of powder and half a pound @
pomatum, win complete the business
To be Sold a Negro Man about So year
old, sober smart and understands all kinds @
town and country work. Also the time of
, Negro boy IA years Of age Enquire at th
: Intelligence Office % Water St opposite th
Coffee House
II has been suggested by superior geniu
I that the city could be improved by adoptin
b the duke of Bridgewaters system of canals
one of the advantages set forth was, that th
- citizens might ride from the ship yards {
/ the old battery, and that a revenue woul
arise by tho establishment Of a ferry, tha
the proprietors Of the Coffee House shoul
convert part Of that building into an elegar
tavern, for the entertainment Of such ladie
and gentlemen as would not choose 30 travC
In storm.
We are informed of an unfortunate er
counter that took place ON Friday afternoo
last april 81, about 6 o'clock, behind th
). hospital, between Mr. Samuel Cursor, meT
D chant of this city, and Mr.. Burling, gen
tleman from Baltimore They were accom-
panied by two Of their friends las secondsl
? Mr.. Farquhar and Major Fairle; the distanc
agreed upon was only four PAGES; Mr. c. re
quested his antagonist to FIRE flrst-this
did; and Mr.. c. fell on the spot, having RI
ceived a wound near the groin, which
5 pronounced mortal Circumstances whic
led to this desperate decision, probably ar
reported enormously, and exaggerated B
the friends of either party. and il tho rel,
I ton arenot material-the event is sufficient
, distressing.
ADJUSTMENTS AND THE FASHIONS.
Several Of the citizens to the disgrace c
: good order and common decency, erect sign
and show boards in such an e1travasac
manner, that they not only encroach upo
the privileges of their neighbors but iii.
grace and deform the police of the city.
A person lately from London, now stoI
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street between Whitehall and Old Slip IL
j a composition for sale that will destroy Il
q very troublesome vermin commonly calle
Bugs.
THEATRE This evening A Comedy callC
: The Benevolent Merchant, to which will /
A added The Devil to Pay, or TIE Wiv
Metamorphos'd.
Ladies and Gentlemen are requested to d
J. sire their servants, to take, up and set dow
? with their horses heads towards the Ea
/ River, to avoid confusion, also as soon
: they are seated, TO order their servants out
}, the boxes.
d Those persons who have Goats that ket
% about tho Front Garden, arc desired 70 tai
4 notice, that unless they aro taken care G
aud prevented from destroying the fru
It trees, disagreeable consequences will attei
It them.
J. Fashions for i7s0; 1t IS all tho fashi,
Il among polite people to play cards on Sundi
evening.
Cork bustles are quito the ton, also for
dies TO stoOp much when they walk t
streets
Z" To visit at seven o'clock is the fsshio
Husbands should not be seen in company wi
N their wives, il is very vulgar and unfashic
able
10 It Is the fashion Tor gentlemen topatch a
perfume themselves before they arc s.
among ladies.
\. 1t is the fashion for young ladies' 70 inv
young gentlemen to visit them.
IL is the fashion to leave the assemblies {.
u concerts at II o'clock.