Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-25

referred TO. As resident ana taxpayer
Of Staten Island know that but voice
the sentiments of many of my neighbors
when say that we do not wish to have
New York annexed to us.
In the first place, most of us removed
to Staten Island in order to get out O
the city of New YORK and its tempta-
TONS and we do not desire to have the
noisy town follow us tn our lair with its
civilization and its sewer gas. For in
stance, am now able to keep a cow,
and every night with a wild onion
scented breath she winds slowly DER
the lea. If New York should be an
nexed to us an alderman would milk
her probably on her way home, andsovn
also her sweet breath would disappear.
At first she would seek to deceive Inc
by eating cloves or catnip OH the way
home. Then gradually she would Law
aside all reserve and come up at late
hour, getting into the corral with great
difficulty, accompanied by Jag.
This COW l am especially proud of, and
l may truthfufly say that she has led a
comparatively blameless life thus far.
That is, it would be so regarded in a
large city, mean. She is as simple as a
buttercup. She has almost constantly
communed with nature and has never
smelled gas leak in her life. What she
would do if we were to become an
eighty-seventh ward Of New York city
do not know
Many of my friends also keep goats.
NJ. Tucson Kelly, "A neighbOr of mine
on Airyetty street, says that he has a
new mich goat that was born ON Staten
Island, and has neveryet seen an elevated
train. He says he would hate to see the
noise and cussedness of great city creep
in and usurp the place for our bon homme
and dirt roads.
Possibly" adds NJ. Tucson Kelly. 9f
Airyetty street, Tomcatsville. s:f7may do
the better classes of New York city a
great injustice, for folks tells me that it
is not the best classes that comes over
> here 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"
Mr.. Robert Craig, of Rossville, a
dealer in fresh laid cucumber pickles
and embryo hens, says that he 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
TntnOlal richly y-ifh hn ali hos
of the lusty mosquito. why should the
three story high stoop brown stone
front creep stealthily into my truck
patch" he succinctly asks, and no one
yet has successfully replied.
Mr.. Craig says that the first man who
attempts to build ten story brick block
on his premises will have to do so over
his dead body. He says that it may be
all right for Brooklyn to join New York,
because the feed for stock is poor there
anyway, but when Wall street gets to
running to his well to water its stock it
is time to call halt
1t is urged that we would have larger
police force on Staten Island if we were
a part of New York city, and that has
done great deal to build up the opposi-
ton to annexation, think. That is one
good thing now about Staten Island.
She is almost free from the encroach-
ments of that bane Of civilization-the
police. Three policemen on week days
and four on Sundays surround Rich
mond county with the clutch of giant,
and any outbreak or disorder outside of
the hospital is thing almost unknown,
or, If finally known of, it is so late that
the matter has already blown over.
1 claim that corruption ought to come
on town gradually. 1t ought not to
be let loose like Conemaugh food
without notice. Staten Island has a fair
start in this line, and as she grows her
political corruption will no doubt keep
pace with her growth; but it is tough to
turn loose tine veteran cussedness of an
old and famous metropolis on the fresh
and dew laden districts, where the gentle
jay will at once fall a victim to the lust
and rapacity of the versatile and accom-
plished metropolitan felon.
What would horny handed agricult-
urist like George William Curtis or
Erastus Wiman or Willie Winter do if,
while he happened to be bugging his po-
tatoes or salivating his squash vines, the
Legislature should suddenly turn loose
npon the Island horde of accomplished
he-arens with staccato voices to WOO
the pure patriot from his disagreeable
andpoorly paved path of rectitude3
What would do?
am almost sure that would fall. /
would fall with an ear piercing PUNK.
Almost every time l go over to New
York now / do something or other
which, In the light of cooler reasoning
and far away from temptation, can see
was autre and almost dishabille
No, we are not yet ripe, Mr. Editor,
for city life. We would run right down
If you should take us off grass and feed
us on ground feed and rich victuals.
Linoleumville, Rossville and Perth Am
boy feel just as l do about it. If the
legislature makes us a part of New York
city we will have to stand it, ] presume,
and help pay for school houses, county
line roads and gopher, scalps ON Manhat-
tan Island from that on; but 1 know l
voice the sentiments of man here who
writes a good deal for the papers over
the nom de plume of Taxpayer" and
several other well known writer's both
at home and abroad, when ] say that the
Great Spirit gave Us these lands, and we
shan oppose the palerace who comes to
US with smooth promises and tries to be
the godfather to our little children.