New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13
IN THE CITY, But MOI or H.

,.o,.,,-,y HOMES AND COUNTRY CUSTOMS
STRANDED IN THE SIDE STREETS.
A Marty Of half dozen persons-three men. TWO
women and a young girl-came on poa'u Inn"
ave train at the City Hall station d ie" ''e"
ago They I'm high spirits ranSins o
the men for having dropped his fare IN 'he tche'-
cbopper's box This little slip easily marheo MN
ne n country cousin; but the lively and somewhat
loud conversation OF the others was not io's ~
revealing their upstate origin as well Inc s''
especially had the not altogether unpleasant "'"'
drawI that marks the speech OF Dach-oou'''' ~
er-folk in Central New-York
Yet it clear from the scraps OF con'eis""o'
overheard that the most of the party were New
Workers at least by residence and the h'tie ihc'-
dent merely serves text TO the statement ''.a'
there are I'm the city hundreds OF famles esseh''a's
rural in their characteristics praccaiiy nh'oucheu
by the cosmopolitan and metropolitan dspec's VI
New-York life. 49,
rbera is a ouiet street on the lower East Side.
herr,ed In by tenenents crowded with immigrants
from every country in Europe where you may
find the counterpart of many village nome "ne"
once YOU have passed the threshold l shercd mo
the darkened parlor. the visitor Is bludeh 10 seat
himself upon chair upholstered in slippery BLACK
baircloth No other piece of furniture VIII oher MN
a securer rest for sofa ald all belong to the black
walnut epoch. and similarly elusive TO me
person Of the unWary me aH oweTs Covered by
a glass dome: the tides on the chair backs. me
family portraits staring down from tHe WdH1 an
are there they would be found IN Groton or 'an-
astota and the home life OF the family is largely
in keeping with them. . -,
one has not to go far above the Harlem in the
Annexed District. to find further evidence that
urban residence has not eliminated all the rustic
elements OF life. Here 10 be found close ana
logues to the country store" an establishment
in whose windows are displayed gents furnish
ings" German silver thimbes. toilet soaps. hairpins
and china headed dolls; another where one can can
buy the striped candy canes and Impossible bros
and beasts done In red and green and white sugar.
"grocery-stores." with projecting easements ios
show windows, wherein tomato-cans ana strings or
popcorn in the dispute the pre-emnence win
fithographic advertisements OF washing COMPOUNDS.
and whittier local wits resort for arguments with
each other and the proprietor. Around the corner
at the blacksmiths "a sm!thy IL the last place IN
the world to lose the crossroads atmosphere by
removal a group OF urchlns watch with interest
the process OF heating tire by means OF circular
fire of chips and barrel slaves. In the more retired
streets one "htching- posts. 10 which now ana
then a horse and buggy are tied. Walking through
one OF these streets few days ago the writer saw
in a buggy ''hitched" real buffalo robe-alrnost
as rare sight now as the nearly extinct bison hn-
self: and this In front OF typical New-fork Eng
lish basement house. He has not seen /, yet. but
some time In his rambles through that rus In urbe he
expects 10 find a potato-pit In some front yard. n
snokehouse sending up blue curls OF smoke In the
back and the cellar banked up with straw from
the barnyard to keep the cider barrels from freez
Inc