Telegram-herald., 1890-06-29

An WV ABLE ~ kLEF a tO"s
referred 20. AS a resident and taxpayer
OF Staten Island know that l but voice
the sentiments OF many Of my neighbors
when I say that we do not wish 10 have
New York annexed 10 Us.
In the first place. most OF Us removed
~ staten Island in order % get out o,
the city OF New York and its tempta-
tions. and ws DO not desire 20 have the
noisy town follow Us 10 our lair with its
civilization aud its sewer gas. For in
stance. am now able 10 keep cow,
and every night with a Wild onion
scented breath she winds slowly Ger
tho lea. II New York should be an
nexed 70 Us an alderman would milk
her probably on her way home. and soon
also her sweet breath would disappear.
AT first she would seek TO deceive mo
b. eating cloves or catnip on the way
home. Then gradually she would lay
aside all reserve and come up at u late
hour. getting into the corral with great
difficulty, accompanied by a jag.
This COW / am especially proud Of. and
may truthfully say that she has led
That is. it would be 50 regarded in q
large city, mean. She is as simple as
buttercup. She has almost constantly
communed with nature and has never
smelled gas leak in her life. What she
would do IL We were 70 become an
eighty-seventh ward Of New York city |
do not know.
Many of my friends also keep goats.
NJ Tucson Kelly. q neighbOr OF mine
on Airyetty street. says that he has a
new milch goat that was born on Staten
Island, and has never yet seen an elevated
train He Saws be would hate 10 see the
noise and cussedness of a great city creep
IN and usurp the place for our bon hOmme
and dirt roads.
Possibly" adds VI. Tucson Kelly, OF
Airyetty street. Tomcatsvilie, Il may DO
tho better classes of New York city q
great injustice, for folks tells me that it
IS not the best classes that comes over
hcse on Sunday TO play ball and escort a
large oxydized jag home at night; but
from what we see we form an idea that
our relations with South and East New
York might become strained at most
any time if we should become Ward 81
OF the city"
Nr. Robert Craig. OF ROssville. a
dealer in fresh laid cucumber pickles
and embryo hens. says thavhe hopes we
shall not be compelled to restore the de-
pleted treasury of New York city and
help pay for elevated sidewalks on Man
haitian island while We have got over
eighty square miles Of green country,
fresh from the hand of the Creator,
where the soprano song of the thrush
1ningles richly with the rumbling bass
OF the lusty mosquito. why should the
three story high stoop brown stone
front creep stealthily into my truck
patchT' ne succinctly asks, and no one
yet has successfully replied.
Mr.. Craig says that the first man who
attempts 70 build n ten story brick block
on his premises viii have to do so over
his dead body. He says that it may be
all right for Brooklyn 70 join New York,
because the feed for stock Is poor there
anyway. but when Wall street gets %
running TO his well 20 water its stock it
is time % call a halt.
II Is urged that we would have larger
police force on Staten Island II we were
a part Of New York city. and that has
done a great deal % build mp the oppOsi-
ti0n 20 annexation. think That Is one
good thing now about Staten Island
Soc is almost free from the encroach-
ments Of that baue Ok oivilizati0n-the
police. Three policemen on week days
snd four on Sundays surround Rich
rnoud county with the clatch of a giant,
and any outbreak or disorder outside Of
the hospital II a thing almost unknown.
OF. If finally known of. II Is 80 late that
the matter has already blown over.
claim that corruption ought % come
ou town gradually. tt ought not to
be let loose like q C0aemaG-h flood
without notice. Staten Island has 2 fHir
start IN This lire. and as she grows her
political corruption VIII no doubt keep
pace with her growth; but it Is tough to
turn loose the veteran cusseiness - an
oil anI ftrac1s metropolis on the fresb
n vi- .sa pa, rs. where tie gentle
i -,r victim % the Inst
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