The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15

Shortly after he mSyed up town he mar ar
Of the day he Ss his
alliance with one OF it's oldest, antilles. Mrs.
Tigho died three years ago. and m, he has reve'
ness he attends to now is the collection Of his
rents: The rest OF the day he occupies in
Although over SO years Of age. he rises every
morning shortly after o'clock: He believes
is always i in bed ty ocioci at nsht A He
lives a SOLITARY life. as there is no other occu-
pant OF the house. excepting few servants,
He il naturally very averse to talking with
strangers. but he can occasionally be prevailed
upon to speak Of the early dayn OF New York.
he lived down near lowing Green his small.
piercing eyes CLEAN with Excitement and his
shriil. cracked voice seems to regain some OF
its former strength and magnetism.
DO liremembo Dor New York back in the thir
ties? Well. hope shall never forget it All.
that was the time when people seldom wont
above Warren street remember when some
one built marble house on the corner OF
Chambers. street and broadway, and afterward
regretted IL because he thought he was too lar
UP town. There used to be II cluster OF syca-
mores yp on Iwerty-stXth street and people
have an outing. When we bows cd to so
hunting We would 60 up to fifty-nipth street.
strongest ana largest OF the boys were allowed
to- leave home on such long tramp;
love to sit here and see lie people and the
sights. but often think Of the time when the
sttery W wa the fashionable gatEs,in$ place
elusive. however, and only the chldren OF the
fashionable used to play there We would sit
along the wall and gaze down the harhor and
watch the ships sail by; Tho enclosure at
bowling Green was also freq1"nteh n great
deal. but the great democratic resort was the
NauShall Garden which was bounded by the
i}"wery; Fourth street. Lafayette place. and
We didn't ride about town much then, he.
cause II was so small YOU could walk all around
i without fatigue. holevn it was about 1850.
hnNt HN RI
bowling Green and 'iieeckcr street They all
Ind names then instead Of numbers. i re-
in S'' in the lady WasIinnton That started St
the boom for, public convcyan'es. and tow
first car was called the John Mason, and was
hnt by Johp StepnenThon' whE disd shGrt
after tn" tunnel was built. mink they used
t. charge nuar'er to ride down to the Dat Bat;
Yes, We, used to have. theatres then. al
Hs S aid roy
another called the ,Richmond Hill at the cor
ner of Narick and Charlton streets. but it
didn't pay There were some great actors at
tho, Park when was u boy. Keqn. the Wal;
played there. Tho best seats only cost 80 and
- cents. ] haven't been to theatre for many
years, but l hear some great improvements
-, rememher big reeception we gave to
Charles Dickens ut the lark along in AZ or
'43 1t was caled the Boz bali. and all tho
S Ss'f "s 81 TeFScE and Sam wssr and
some scenes from his books on n drop curtain
in front OF tho stage They say that Dickens
was killed. to death when no saw them. but |
don't know. ! didn't think they were very good.
The people didn't like II very much when he
brought out Martin Chu2zlewit.' II few years
later. with his views Of New York lie. They
thought it was n sort Of n reelection on their
customs. and felt sensitive over it for some
I'VE had a few good churches then. Folks
used TO go more regularly than they do nov.
Georges Chapel in Beckmnn street and the
Old Brick church, where tho Potter building
Is now. Ne had u few clubs. too. Tho Union
was started in 50 and was, as it is now. sup
pose. u very, swell organizations. Thon there
of literary and scientific men.
suppose the mischieyous small boys OF
to-day would be interested TO know that there
We're no policemen back in those days, We
had n small force Of night watchmon that went
on duty n sunset and continued until day;
on account Of the peculiar caps they wore.
They didn't have any uni form or brass buttons
until ~. when Mayor HARPER appointed tho
first uniformed police force. Those old leather
heads used 10 cry out the hours during the
night and when n llro started they would run
voices and toll the people where the ilro was.
when was young man the elder Dol
monicp was Just starting W In business. His
cooking WAS u great revelation to fho people
al thiS town. Up TO his time the most popular
restaurant WAS in the basement OF store on
Park row. Tho owners name WAS Nlndust;
beliove, aud he made SO much money that no
AfIarWaFu mOyBd to ilu cOrner OF BrOhus