Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-26
NLw YORK i5O YEARS iGO.
40 n hppEA RED 10 a sWEuisiI
uJTANisr srST no SIZE WHAT
iIE COULD SIZE.

Peter Kahn, the swedish bolanisl,
anu the luvOritu pupil OF Liru.Uns, wnB
-ont hy the swedish government 10
the A american colonies century ana "A
hall sgU 10 Gnd W hat they were like,
" ho inhabited the country, what grew
there, how the budding cities compared
with those Ia Sweden, and whether II
would boz q gpUU place Tor the subjects
uf King Frederick TO come 20 ur to
stay away from. Ills expenses paid by
the swedish government, knlm land.
ed In Philadelphia, nnd IRON that town
came by post ciRise 10 New iork, ami &,
putting % over night at Elizabeth,
! was fuwtI over 10 New \ OfE a liltlu
alter sunrise on n cold morning IN DC.
| tOner.
Inc frat thing which Impressed him
| about New Nark was tne irOgf, accord
/ ing to the New York ouH. These were
W clamorpus and created such a dis
| tuthnucuthAt he declared they drowned
| the singing OF the birds and made u
| difficult Tor person In old New York
10 make himself heard. The streets,
he observed, did nOtrun ~ straight az
| those OF Philadelphia, and had ConBiI-
CRADLE bending; however they were
were very spacious nnd well built, ant
most VI them were paved, except IN
high places where paving hud been
! found useless. Most Of the houses were
! built vi brick, and were generally
strong AMI neat, some had turned the
gable ends toward the street, but thu
newer houses were altered In this Ie.
spect. Many had n balcony ON the
roof, on which the people usgd 10 VI
in the evenings Ia the GUNNER season,
aud from thence they had pleasant
view. kglm's investigation led hin
10 tho conclusion that there was M
good water to be met with In the tow
Itself, but at "a llttlo distance there
was a small spring OF good water, from
which the inhabitants used 10 max,
ten. The wine drank In New Yorl
was brought, Kahn declared, from tn,
,lgs OF Madorin, and was very stronl
and fiery.
rhere were but two printers Ia III,
town, anu every week some gaZeites II
English were published by them which
contained news rom all parts Of. III,
world. The inhabitants OF New YoTl
he found to be greatly troubled viii
mosquitoes, which either followed til,
hay made NEAR tue town IN the low
muauOws winch were quite impregnat
ed with salt wRtcr,or they ACCOMPANIED
the cattle nj night when the beasts wet,
ifiven hone. 81 have mysef ex
perieuCcd," observed Kahn, "nu,
have noted In others, how much the,
little unimalcults can uisNgute a pcr
sons lace uuriug "a single. night, Tor th
skin IL umJtimcs 20 covered owe
with little bllstrrs from their sting
that people ate ashamed to appear ii
public"
The watermelons which Kahn fount
cultivated "a Now York were large
} "They urc Istetmeu duliciOus,o hi
3 enys, "Hnd nre better than In Othc
parts Of North America, though the!
; are planted In the open fields an,
never Ina hut-htd. ! saw water
melon ri Guv.Clntun's " hlCh wei lhpj
} iuTly.sovcn Euglsh ppu 40, aui a.
NE chanpH ia tUwu another uf forty
two pounds weight; however, thes
/ were The bi rest seen In tile country.
) The ScanulLRviAn observer CAV
I this description Ut the Introduction q
lnbstgis into New Yolk! "Loustet
b are pltauti'uily caught hcrtabuuts, an,
vas tolH uf n very remarkable eli
I cumstguCu about three Holsters. TIA
. coast OF Now York had already hr
/ European inhabitants for Il considers
Die lime, ygt nu HOLSTERS were 10 be m,
b with Un the cDauh aud though Ga
pcOple nthed svog ~ often they Coul
I never flEd any agus Of l,hsters helm
o In this part Of The sta, they were there
tore brought IN great WUll-huais iron
Now England where thuy were plgut
lul, uut II happened that one Of th,s
Well-boats broke into pieces near lie
2 | Gate about ton Euglish miles lrOr
q Now York aud all the l0hsters la 1t q
. 90. Since that time they have !
, multiplied la this pnrt VI the sea ia,
they are now caught In great akui
o dance"
, Ono advantage which Kahn euio,
= Ms an authority over the other hisinf
o ans Of old New YORK., with H. crooke
streets, qunint dwelling house,, brio
d walls, wooden pHblea, aud scattore
b farm sCttlomun,s, 10 the fact that m,
e iouty Of these chronicles have bee
Engli.hmeu OF s,rOny ureiudio,
. against everything American and ,
, Rokuow edged disiaste Tor all hin,
.. not essentially Englllh. The oth,
d hislOnans VI Iho town Ia its ipiAnu