Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-16
ALL THE
ihe BLESSINGS with Which the HeSiSeo,
of New York il Favored,

You see, it is this way" said the
Now CORK man ~ he was walking
along the street talking to n friend
from out of town, New Workers won't
nave anything but the best of every
thlng. This being the metropolis of
lhe Westesn continent, we are put in q
position where we yan have our pick
or everything, and o can well be-
Ieve that we take the bee. every time.
You will notice this,n he went on. as.
they Just managed to get M of the.
way OF Il truck team ON a crossing, got.
punched in the backs with the pole of
a furniture "A heard the driver of an
lce-wagon swearing at them and were
well sDattcreu with six inches of mud
on the pavement by n hack team being
driven twelve miles an hour; you will
notice this the longer you stay here.
Little annoyances that you have been
accustomed to having to submit to you
will see regulated in New York. We
reason like this" he went on as he
lodged around a couple of garbage
barrels and a brick fell from the sixth
story OF a new building and cut a
notch ont of his hat 5vim, sour idea is
this; that if we demand the best and
stick to it, we will get it. OF course
now in your town, a country village,
you have some rural advantages that
we can't have, but then we have num-
berless other advantages that o can
know nothing of. New York" he ran
on, as his foot slipped on "A banana
peeling and "A policeman threatened to
arrest him for being drunk, and a
grocery-wagon horse took n bite out of
his coat sleeve, Now York leads i'm
everything in this country. 1t is not,
of course, London of Paris, but we
manage things better here.
''ln the old countries" he continued,
as he lodged a bob-tail car that al
ready had blood On its wheels, jumped
ten feet to one side as the cap on an
electric subway blew off with a loud
report, and stood and waited for n
procession of ten trucks to pass, each
one of which spattcrea two quarts of
mud rs 1T went over II loose place in
the pavement. "Over there the peo-
pie haven't got the energy they have
here, and they don't demand the best,
like we do, and so they don't get il.
Now, with us," he went on. as he
rubbed an elevated railroad cinder
deeper into his eye and felt hot water
running down his back from the same
source, and went mp the dirty and
crowded steps. and the ticket-sellar re-
fused to take Il good quarter because
it was n little worn, and the ticket
chopper accused him of only dropping
in one ticket and the guard slammed
the gate in their faces and swore ut
them a couple of times; with us we
pride ourselves on leading in every
thing in this country, and have that
reputation, and so.bave to keep it up.
This elevated road" he continued,
as the next guard yelled ..step lively
therem and they crowded into n can,
and hung IN to each other because
there were already two men and one
woman suspended from each strap;
this road is something you won't find
anywhere else. Instead of crawling
along in street-ears or paying exor-
bitant hack fares we have this to carry
us back and forsh at n rapid rate. As
said, New Workers demand and get tho
best. W." here the train run into
another one. and the car ahead fell in
to the street and the one behind stood
en- end. 'Sit still right where you are
on the window, shouted the New
Yorker from where he lay on the roof
with four men on him; keep perfectly
still; the coroner will be here in
side OF ten minutes. We have tho best
system OF coroner service in the world
nothing but the best satisfies us, YOU
know. Breathe easy and hang on
you'll never want TO live anywhere else
after trying New York for two weeks"
NcW York Tribune.