Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Bsllsvue's Rich, Eooentrte Patient-''Hs
Was No Debbil"- Tho Boot
10y black War.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.1 ..
Literally; it may be said that Archi.
raid B. Noyes carried all kinds of mon.
ey, and plenty Of it. when he applied
for admission to Bellevue hospital. He
will remain until he gets we'll over the
effects of alcohol.
Mr.. Noyes comes from the west, and
he insists that he will pay for every
thing he gets at Bellevue-board. lodg.
ing and medical treatment.
Attendants at the hospital have not
much doubt of his ability to do so, if
he is allowed. for the Office safe ia prob.
ably holding more wealth in keeping
for, Noyes than all the other patients OF
Bellevue possess.
All told, Noyes laid down money and
trinkets representing value of more
than $3.50 when be was accepted "A
patient of tho institution. under the
regular conditions.
It was about O'Clock at night when
Gatekeeper John Dreamer was approach
ed by Noyes.
lis this Bellevue?'' the stranger
asked.
YES" Dreamer answered.
well, / want tt stop over here u
night or two"
You know, Of course. that this is
no HOTEL 80. ,
"Oh, yes, answered tho stranger,
but l have heard out west about Belle
,ue. and I'm willing to pay anything
you say It's this way-1've been 'booz>
in around town for a week and want
to stay here awhile and brace up.
hear you folks treat q fellow all right. y
Noyes spokes nationally and seriously
He was sent back to Night Captain No
Hale, who summoned physician. DR..
Halsey of the house staff diagnosed the
case, and saN:
Its alcoholism.
That's about right, reckon. sai:
Moves The honest weste1ner insisted
on staying and turned over his personal
effects, whose value and variety some
what astonished the attendants. 1t isn't
often that Bellevue patient produces
evidences of owning SIS, 600.
He Was No Debbil."
II thought it was the debbil sure,
your honor, said Louic Enron, colored,
to Magistrate Crane in the Yorkville
police court. II thought l saw his
horns and his tail and bad look in his
eye, and 1 would have sworn that he
spit fire But when seed him make
bee line for my pants aud grab my
pocketbook says to myself, What nse
has the debbil for money! So l gets
out of bed and tackles him, and sure
enough he was no debbil. but just deb.
bill OF u coon.
Enron occupied room in the apart.
ments of William H. Lewis, the color
ed janitor Of the house at 1856 East
Eighteenth street. Before going to led
he counted his money aud found he had
el6.45. lie had barely got into bed
when he heard the door open softly and
saw dark figure crawl into the room.
At first he was afraid and covered him.
self with the sheet Then he raised ona
end Of the sheet and saw the figure
draw his pocketbook out Of his trousers
pocket. He jumped ont of bed and
grasped the apparition, but was thrown
aside. Then the intruder vanished. His
screams brought Lewis into the room,
who told Enron be had been dreaming
Enron took week to think over it, and
then reached the decision that Lewis
knew q great deal about the affair. He
caused Lewis arrest
The Bootblack War.
Anton Pietro is bootblack padrone.
He owns Is stands in different parts of
the city, each stand being equipped
with from two to four chairs and
manned by from one to three men. He
goes about from one to another daily,
collecting bis profits. But Anton has a
rival His name is Marco Giulio,
Milanese, and consequently racial
hater of Pietro, who lisa Sioilian. Marco
is also padrons, and is always to be
found on Grand street, a few doors east
from Broadway. Giulio has reduced the
price of shine. russell polish or patent
leather varnish to CENTS and Pietro
and his fellow padrones who own stands
and hire men are in. rage.
"Looka da el'gant chair!" gasped
Anton to q man whose shoes were re-
ceiving manipu' alton at the hands of
one Of Anton's menials "Looka da
green plush! Looka da brassa trimmin,
lika da t'rone of da King Umberto, by
CARL Data chair costa t'utty'ti' dollar,
by CARL How n ell maka da nun at
oenta shine, Santa Maria? Dat fiji d'une
can Of Milanese, he no gooda, by
DAM / keeka heem owta da town, do.
I no starva on polenta an water for no
man. by gar! I gem Ian in my country,
be, saprista! Data man, he no Italian,
by gar! He dam Spanyarda, dat wot he
10, dam Ohinee, per Do" But for all
that the high prices for shines are
doomed, and the cut in prices inaugu-
rated by the successful rival promises to
be universal.
Window Attractions.
In the window Of dingy little Bow
cry shop is the sign, window Attrac-
tions to Order. /" The rest of the window
is filed up with an assortment Of OBJ
jects which presumably are intended
to advertise the nature Of the attrac-