New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26

such a thing did see, ana the car landed me on
the shores OF a disagreeabe water where goats
eating the pictures of tomatoes on tlncans:
Thon thought that the car that had taken mus.
have been going the wrong way. so took one gong
back and after some hours i brought en- me 20 INC
swindle.
HIGH-PRICED "EATING-HOUsEs."
IT didn't want to come home and tell my friends
that I had been to New-York and had not eaten
meal at Demonico's. so tried to find Delmoni-
co.'s 1 looked In the directory and 1t said: Del.
monico's clearinghouse. No 2l2 Ftfth-ave., NO. liza
Broadway No. South William and 80 Beaver
There were four places named and. o, course,
diGn't know which Of them was the famous Del
r,onico.s had heard good deal about high
nrices but was bound 10 the thing through
so decided to go all four OF the places. so az
10 be sure OF finding the right one. | began with
the one at No. 1874 Broadway. | got good
luncheon there and had some money left was
a little surprised to notice that there were no wom-
en- In this place. and I decided that. though they
had very good things to eat and asked pretty sooo
prices for them II could not be the real Demonicos
OF which had heard so much. When II came d'n-
ner time-they eat dinner early in the evening IN
New-York-I went to No. PIP Fifth-ave This was
much handsomer place; there were women there.
and everybody well dressed deciaed 'hat
tina, must be the real Demonico's. My dinner cost
mo rather more than | wanted il TO- but cheer
fully paid for the experience After went OUT :
turned a corner and discovered that NO LIZA broao.
way where had been before. was the other emo
Of the same establishment | was now SO sure
that this was the true and genuine Delmoncos that
I thought It was not worth while 10 go TO NO. =
South Williar-st. and No. IS Beaver-st maos
no investigation but presume they are merely the
other two sides of the same place where went
After a while | bought map or the city lor
10 cents and then got good deal peter. VI
course I wanted the Bowcry, ana had oeen
irving 10 ind II without asking ANYBODY before
bought the map / had brought pistol with mo
on purpose SO that could walk IN the , Bowesy
safely From the map found that had been me
whole length of the Bowery several times IN ne
streetcars thinking all the time that 1t was part
~ Third-aye because the Third-ave. cars ran
in II | also found that what ! had taken 10 %
IN. Tombs was a reservoir, and that In hunting
for Central Park had ridden past II for It's whoie
length and back again. being all the time only
block from II. r.-
Now these things real experiences They
might happen anybody who had a hcsltahcy
about asking questions and wanted 70 ind the great
sights OF New-Yo for himself The most or the
stories about the wild adventures or the noatiny
popu,ation OF this city are fiction. Some persons
may have ridden once or twice around the city on
the Belt Line before discovering that there was
no end TO the route. but the tale OF the guest az
dinner was to order $50 worth OF corned beef and
ca bbage Is a pure myth. Occasionally bewildered
stranger mistakes the house OF fashionaole ciuo
for hotel and tries to get lodging In H. ana
there are other little 10 which the mex.
nerienced are more less liable. but the Incidents
stated in the comic papers are exaggerated and mis-
leading.