Evening journal., 1894-06-05

Gotham Broaks the leo aud bangles In
20 Nothingness-Long Cows Once
Drank There.
NEW York. June 5-Adolph Schmidt,
Gays the Sun OF to day has found hole
In the BoNery. Up to date no one has
improved upon MIR schmidts exploit by
discovering bottom TO the hole,
although stones have been dropped in
and long ropes lowered with that end In
view. lt has been rumored before that
the internal regions and the Bowery
we're contiguous, and there were those
yesterday who looked at Mr. Schmidt's
pit and departed with wisely wagging
heads.
This is the way Mr. Schmidt was taken
In on the Bowery IL was about II
o'clock yesterday morning when he
started from his home at No. 142 East
Houston street to 90 to his place Of work
In a fur establishment at No. 100 Prince
street He crossed the Bowery Just
below Houston street Just as he set
foot upon the sidewalk something hap
peneo. All he knows Is that things
seemed 20 slip away, and he felt a lost
seneatiou In the pit Of his stomach.
This feeling gave place TO one Of more
stomach on the tagging. His feet
dangled helplessly over nothinRness. and
one was knee deep IN IL. Although Of
phleRmatic temperament, Mr.. Schmidt
yelled A crowd Immediately gathered.
Half a dozen men seized Schmidt and
drew him along the sidewalk until his
legs emerged from the hole. Three flag
stones had stuck I'm it, and but for these
the German would probably have gone to
the bottom, IN there Is any. The by
ISLANDERS cautiously approached and
removed two OF the stones. The third
fell In From eide TO side Il bounded
and the crowd waited to hear H. strike
bottom. They didn't hear anything, aud
for all they know it may be going yet.
schmidt sat down and famed himself.
II guess I'm lucky to be on earth," he
said, family. "pm Roiug home And
of he limped, a trihe the worse for a
bruised leg and scratched shoulder.
Just how long that pit has bsen walt
ing for some one 60 come along and fall
into it, nobody knows. Presently some
body brought rope, tied a stone TO the
end, and let it down. The stone struck
the side of the we'll, fell ont OF the rope.
aud was lost Every ybody listened TO
hear it strike. but they didn't hear any
thing Another stone was tied TO the
rope and lowered. 1t didn't reach
bottom
THAT holes more than forty foot.
announced the mau at the other end
A second rope twenty two feet long
was tied to the 6rst, but still bottom was
rot reached. middle aged man an
nounced that be had an 80 year-old
unclo who had lived in the vicinity for
years, aud who would undoubtedly know
all about IL Being requested by acela-
nation TO produce his aged relative i'm.
mediately, he disappeared, returning
presently with a venerable man, who
toddled through the guard line with the
taoit consent Of the police, carefully
examined the pit poked stone into 10
with his stick, chuckled serenely aud an
nouuced his decision:
Its a hole.
Not a voice was raised In dissent The
ancient, after looking about and assur-
ing himself that no one intended TO con
tradict him, demanded:
"Who found itY'
A dozen voices eagerly explained It TO
him, and there was another period of
silence. everybody waiting for the old
man to elucidate, as he evidently had
something on his mind. Presently he
began:
Seventy Recommendation house
MN s-man named iLarkins-mm-
father knew -um-herd Of COWS.
what fhas Larkins got TO DO with
this hole il his father did keep oowsf
demanded an irreverent listener from tbs
outside of the ch Gle.
-" Ssh demonstrated the nephew
deeply panied He says that there wal
a man named Larkins lived here seventy
years ago, and that his father knew him
and he kept COWS, and this was the vel
be watered 'em at.
The old man nodded vigorously, and
toddled away again. taking no heed Of
the man on the outside, who observed:
Them COWS must have been built OF
the gy-raff plan to get their noses int'
/ that we'll
4 shortly after the departure OF the
q ancient a cart. bearing the name Mulry
and filed with dirt, backed up to the
hole and dumped. Another load followed
and another and another, but the bot
] tom had evidently dropped out OF rea
D estate At that point, for there was nj