Telegram-herald., 1890-06-29

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and poorly paved path u EectssGasf
What would to2
/ am almost sure that would fall.
would fal WITH a. ear pisrcins pl0nk-
Almost every tine l x over % New
fcrk now [ DO soneLhIng or other
which IA the lght of cooler reasoning
aad far away fTom temptation. ! can so
~&s aaEre and aim0st d1sha5llls.
So, Nc are not YET ripe. Ar. Editor.
for city hfe. We would run right down
II You should take u or grass aud feed
us on ground feed and rich ylctul-ls.
LiDoleuayille, Rossyille and Perth An
boy feel jnst as | do about l. II the
legislature makes Is part Of New YORK
city Ne viii have l. stana II. presume,
and help pay for school houses, county
line roads and gopher scalps Ca Aanhat-
tan Island from that on; but / know |
voice the sentiments of man here who
writes good deal for tbs papers over
the noa de plume Of 'Taxpayer, and
several other well known writers both
al home and abroad. when | say that tho
Great Spirit gave Us these lands, and wo
shall oppose the paleface who comes 10
Us with smooth promises and tries 20 be
the godfather 10 our little children.
We DO not understand the WAYS Of the
paletace from New York
Yet we VIII accept our destiny. what
ever II may be, II IL canno. bs avoided.
The Statsn Islander suffers, but he never
weeps. He gets it in the neck, but he
never Squeals.
Our forefathers settled on the island,
and here they hunted the same fox that
We hunt now. He has grown up amongst
Us. he loves Us. He comes and eats
oct Of our hand and lets us hunt him.
He comes up nights and is . good road
ster. We are attached TO these lands.
Here we can see the broad and heaving
bosom of the ocean. 1t is open all
night.
Here we may gather berries in the
summer time; also soft shell crabs and
mirth provoking Holsters. Here we may
take straw ride down Jersey street or
catch swift horse car and see the pias-
ter mill and smell the Standard oil
works.
But in few years, where now the new
milch goat permeates the saline air with
his pungent presence-or her presence
rather, Of course, in this case--and where
the bobolink swings TO and fro on the
boneset bough, metropolitan museum,
open where it viii do the least good, will
be seen perhaps. Polite ticket choppers
will brain tho masses from New Dorp
and tell them to step lively, please.
Gentle things will tell you there is
plenty of room forward" when it is a
Brobdignaggian lie from the east side.
To give a seat TO lady in a car will then
be the mark of ii jay, as will also the
gentle thank you" in return be regarded
as the grand hailing sign of the jayess.
So the Staten Islander asks permission
TO worship the Great Spirit undisturbed
and wear flannel shirts even after 6
o'clock, and he wants time to get used
to the ways Of the world little before
he is called upon TO dwell in a great city
or wear the straight brim derby of
Little Fifth avenue.
Il is true that New York has outgrown
her garments, and that she is oozing
gradually through the pores Of her Jer-
sey, but why not extend back up the
Hudson to Albany, where they are used
10 political corruption and mussed up
virtue?
Why cross the beautiful bay to swell
up our clover meads and broad, green
lawns with the odor of sewer gas and
private and poorly plUnbed legislation?
Why enter the hallOwed precincts Of the
Vanderbilts, and the Van Toozleums.
and the Van Wycls, and the De Nyes
with the odor Of loud smelling political
past and the fortissimo present, rich
with the promises of future elections,
which viii even turn the stomach of its
own Maduro Stenchero cigars:
Oh. spare Us then, Mr. Editor, and give
us n chance 10 learn something of metro
politan government before we are called
upon to grapple with it. At present we
are ashamed almost TO let folks from
town come and sec how awkwGrdly our
corruption has been done here so far.
Little as / know about such things l can
see all the points in these Jobs. Our
boodlers are only apprentices 50 far. and
| would be mortified to death TO have
city folks drop in suddenly on US and see
the amateur way our stealing is done.
Society here is at it's full height now.
Everything is quite gay. Mr.. Stilton, Of
South Fifth avenue, a sleeping car Off
cial. who has the night run betwixt New
York and HornellsviIle. and wife. are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Web. Whitmore
Of the County Seat The Whimores
were worth $1,000 before the war. but
after the emancipation proclamation you
couldn't give them away.
They stiI brac on how the war re-
daced them in circumstances.
New potatoes are again to be seen on
our streets.
Ancnt the social whirl. il may be said
: that q successful dance was given last
week at south Beach. aud also barbecue
and clam bake. and willing feet gayly
tripped the light aEnostic toe until the
wee s1ra' hours anent the tva.
Mr Cbauncey Depew arrived in our
place last week and is registered at the
Nautilus hotel He does not know
whether to spend hissummer II Switzer-
land or Perth Amboy.
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eizn capitalists, 20 endow an asparagus
bsd at E.rastina
A POLICEMAN was seen on our streets
last week. His name couli not be learn
ed. Some think that-his mysterious dis
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