Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-10
THE CHARMS OF NEW YORK.
A GraphIc Description OF Metropolitan
q Life, with Illustrations.

A GraphIc Description OF Metropolitan
Life, with Illustrations.
You see, il is this way, said the
New York nan as he was walking
along the street talking 10 a friend
from out of town. New Workers
won't have anything bat the best OF
everything. This being the metropolis
of the western continent, we are put
in a position where we can have our
pick of everything, and YOU can well
believe that we take the best every
time. You will notice this. he went
on as they just managed to get out OF
the way Of a truck team on a crossing,
got punched in the backs with the pole
Of a furniture van. heard the
driver of an ice wagon swearing
at them and were well spat-
tered with the six inches OF
mud on the pavement by a 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 Oh us he lodged around a couple
Of garbage barrels and a brick fell
from the sixth story Of a new build
ing and cut a notch out Of his hat
brim; "our idea is this: that if we de
| maud the best and stick TO il, we will
get il. OF course, now in your town,
a country village, you have some
rural advantages that we can't have,
but then we have numberless other
advantages that you can know moth
ing 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 grocery wagon
horse took a bite out Of hiscoat sleeve,
New York leads in everything in this
country. II is not, of course, London
or Paris, but we manage things better
here.
In the old countries, he continued,
as he lodged a bobtail arthat already
had blood ON its wheels, jumped ten
feet 10 one side as the cap on an cleo.
trio subway blew off with a loud re.
port, and stood and waited for a pro.
cession of ten trucks to pass, each one
of which spattered two quarts of mud
as il went over a loose place in the
pavement; over there the people
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 up the dirty and crowded
steps, and the ticket seller refused To
take a good quarter because it was a
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 at them
a couple OF times; with us we pride
ourselves on leading in everything in
this country, and have that reputation
and SO have 10 keep il up.
This elevated road, he continued,
as the next guard yelled ''step lively
there!" and they crowded into a car
and hung on 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 crawlin,
along in street cars or paying exor
bitant hack fares we have this TO carr,
us back and forth at a rapid rate. Al
i said, New Workers demand and ge
the best. We here the train rar
into another one, and the a ahead
fell into the street and the one behind
stood on end. sit still right wher,
you are on the window" shouted th,
New Yorker from where he lay on th,
roof with four men on him; Keeper
fectly still the coroner will be herr
inside of ten minutes. We have th,
best system Of o service in th,
woodworking but the best satisfies
us, you know. Breathe easy and hang
on-youn never want to live any
where else after trying New York fol
two weeksT"-New York Tribune.