The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27
A MAYOR ON HIS TRAVELS.
HIS HONOR OF PoTERTY HOLLOW
SEES HIS ONO OF BUFFALO,.

SEES HIS HONOR OF BUFFALO.
Statesmen from the Oriental District Take
n Trip Abroad - Houorsd Mt Bunnio
with n License TO Get Around-About
the Mayors Chair In Poverty Hollow.
Mayor-elect Abe Sprung of Poverty Hollow
had a scare thrown into him.. as the green goods
men say, tho other day when he heard that
tho constituents Of Pat Connolley, who has
been Mayor OF the Hollo " for thirty-two years,
were rigging up tho Mnyoralty chair with
electric wire and n battery. and had n scheme
TO make him sit in IT.. The chair. which
Sprung won on tho election OF his friend, Con-
gresham Tom Bradley over tho Hon. Tim
Campbell. is a work OF art highly heftting
the rank OF so important an official as Poverty
Hollow's Executive. 1t is n wide. spacious
affair with a high back, such ms might have
held the corpulent figure of Francis Rombouts,
who was Bur omRster, of New York in 1879.
The chair Is painted green and highly deco
rated with n gilt harr on the back and sham
rocks running, all around it. Tho American
and the Irish flag are crossed underneath n gilt
crown which surmounts the back. ard tho
legends "Erin-Go- Bragh" and "E Pluribus
Unum" are painted under tho crown in gilt
letters. In fact, tho chair is'one which would
strike a Jealous chord in the heartstrinGs of any
of New York's other Mayors. 1t is no: gener-
eAh1 wv = may w oeiNs i"' - = Sees
there are five OF these Mayors besides Mayor
Strong. They are Pat Lavery. Mayor of Sew
enth avenues; Humpy Hannauer, Mayor of
Avenue c.; Tom Lee, Mayor Of Chinatown:
John Burke. Mayor of the Bowerv. and Abe
Sprung. Mayor of Poverty Hollow. Although
Sprung won the Hollow's chair from Pat Con-
Motley. It will ne recalled that when he went
TO claim it Connolley had tn lah on him."
ana told him he could not get 1t until New
Years Day.
When Sprung heard Of tho electrical at
tachments that were to go with the chair he
called on Mark Hanna schulum, Bradley's
manager, in great trepidation.
What shall l do; oh. what shall 1 do?" he
exclaimed excitedly. wringing his hands.
When Schulum found out what wEs troub-
ling Sprung. he Gained him in a moment:
Its all right. Abe: said Schulum, slap
plug the Mayor-elect on the hack. We're
going away to Niagara Falls to rccuperato AZ
ter the election. and Wen take you with us.
Wen stay until the excitement goes down. and
you can come back quietly and get the chair
oh. I'm SO glad" said Sprung. with a sigh
Mark Hanna schulum arranged the trip.
and the next uay he and Tom Bradley, the
youngest member of the House OF Representa-
tives. and Just past the age limit, and Mayor
Sprung Was 50 hap happy that he sang Put lis or
at Buffalo" with such Gusto that Schulum and
the Congressman did put him OH. Ihey went
Now, the first thing for you to do as the
Chief Executive OF. Poverty Hollow is to take
us 10 the office OF the Mayor here and ask him
for the KEYS of freedom OF the city, +" said Mark
Hanna Schnlum to Sprung.
Poverty .Hollow's Mayor.elect Is unsophisti-
Gated outside of his own bailiwick, but he is
not what is known as q come-on, and he
looked suspiciousiy at Schulum and the Con
."What should We want with keys?'' he asked.
Well, you've got to have keys, in a city
Ikn NhtE All Z ri hnva IN HI "a fa" W
Wei i Ssi ;s@:" sa,d Sprung. and the trio
.Ju.t tell his Honor that the Mayor OF Pow
e-ty Hollow would like To see him !" said Schu.
The Mark Hanna Of the Oriental district can
keep his face as solemn as that OF n sphinx. rs
'Ih on: NJ c saw at nen H and the the s suord ,nc went no inc in.
side and announced thu visitor. Mayor jew
EFT stared at his guardian, and the guardian
Mayor OF wherei" asted his Honor.
Poverty Hollow" replied the guardian.
II wonder where that is. Get me the nap"
The faithful guardian got a map of the state
and not finding anything like Poverty Hollow
on it called for the gazetteer; He found Pow
Post ONCE in Edgeieid county. south Caro-.
lima. but there was no other Poverty. and he
We'll show him in" said his Honor, and
IN a moment little Mayor-elect Sprung was
bowling and scraping. paying his respects TO
ma > CIltl EAtGuLlNt.
Glad to meet you" said Mayor Jewett. cor
daily extending his hand.
Sprung. This is my friend. Congressman
BRADLEY, and this is Manager Mark Hanna
Schulum."
"iientlemen. be seated. - said Mayor Iewett.
The triu sat down, and Mayor.elect Sprung
w would like to have tn loan of the
eys for Il few days"
"Er.r-r-what keys?"
TIL freedom keys Of tn CITY,"
"Oh. YES. Weller I'm sorry. but the
keeper OF the city prison has them Just now.
You might go down and SEQ him.. But 1 will
give you a license. If that will do"
Anything go that we can get around, !" sGid
Sprung.
Mayor J-wettlaughed. and picking up a sheet
of paper. said:
ITO whom shall / make 1t outf"
Mayor Sprung of Poverty Hollow said
Say. where the devil Is Poverty Hollow"
asked Mayor Jewett.
why, it's at the foot Of Mount Pitt" said
And where the devil is Mount Pitt"
why. that's In the centre OF the Oriental
And where the devil ia the Oriental dis
"Oh, that's part of my Congressional dis
trict in New York" said Tom Bradley.
Buffalo's Mayor was relieved. He extended
and the trio departed happy. After doing Buff
falo. they went to Niagara Falls and spent n
few days there. They are now back in New
York preparing for the installation OF Poverty
Hollow's new Mayor which will take place
headquarters in Grand Street, on the top Of
Mount Pitt. There Is a rumor now that
Sprung intends. TO change the hamrock deco
rations on the chair to pawnbrokers' signs.