New-York tribune., 1901-11-17
WCHUCK'S RETROSPECT.
THE GLORIOUS DAYS OF ''LAKEWUD AND
TUBS OF VINE" CONTRAsTED WITH
THESE CHILL AND CHEER
T.ECS TINES
LESS TIMES

..r have an ,ngrowin' sispicion." remarked The
Tribunes old friend. the Honorable Daniel Nc
Chuck Of South Brooklyn, that me rims JoEn
Carroll and Dick Croker viii not thrp III iEat
fantastic under III mistletoe this Yuleude Wid the
same exuberance they did foor years ago
Mr McChuck does not pay the City Hall a visit
often but when he does he usually has something
TO say. Yesterday, after dropping remark or TWO
about the uncertainties OF politics. he said:
Right well do 7 raymimber the faA av - an
Lakevrld I.akewud WIZ where Dick moved his
Office whn he found that his GRAND victory didn |
have room enough I swing its arrurs IN on Man
haitian Island An so he wint 10 Laks"ud, an N
gang by pawnin certain unnecessary goods an
chattels wtnt w!d him Tn thing burnted n
deepest hole in uliraory WIZ tn wine an the
swallyiau coats Since thin there has been more
wine an more swalIytaN coats. but II wuzn't Ike
Iakewud 7 wanted beer. but ! didn't dare ask
fur Il Every faithful g1nt had his own tub av
wine wild cr-r-r-acked ice all around the bottles
An yiz wfnt yer tub. an viz stud there I'll
yer eyes closed. ShUTe. twas Elegant arrange
rnent Ye had yer own tub an tn waithers knew
yer room number an whin ye got spacheless m
waithers kim 'roun an picked ye up an lux ye
70 yer room
MIR. McChuck sighed deeply. and then resumed:
An there'u be wine this Christmas, an John
Carroll an tn little Mayor an John Sexton an
Croker an tn will not so to Lakewud this
year TO have their tubs wine an shake han 5
an say they done II. The good things hung
from the limbs that LakeTFud Chris mus tree
Ike tciCieS from IN Kitchen Iool AL --@ nov ~
do wuz I reach an take what viz hankered
fur Well it has been grand swate song av
graft, an tn that wudn't graft at wuHst
excited tn sispicion that his mental condition shud
be inquired into, Graftin' shud be looked at like
any other dangerous profession TIL min that
make great success al II shud have gold an
silver an bronze medals accordin' 10 their gan
an luck. I have the greatest admiration fur Mayor
Van Wyck. Bedad, there's man that didn't do
things bv halves Tn people wud have
IN h1I-T ne uewS0aperS Sometimes l
think that the newspapers should be limited to
foreign dispatches an buk reviews. II amt rlsht
L sail into a man whin he's graftin', and call the
police jist when he's countin' his money He has
Z do a lot av lyin' I explain. an ez soon ez
man begins I explain his relatives think that he's
gtttin' feeble minded an shud be sent of some
where Z make paper dolls.
81 saw the Mayor to-day" continued McChuck,
'.au' he looked like a deferred dividend. He shuk
me sadlv by the han Danny. man,
we had four good long years av it. old man, didn't
We an We air not railroaded yit. Whin ye are
benoanin' yer hard luck. Danny sez he. list
reminder that Tn Raypooblcans,' he. viii
now do their little turn, Will get things goin'
on the level agin. an thin, Danny. at the end av
two years Wen be back runnin things. Tn pur-
fessionaI citizen hez got Z hev his fling Danny
seq he an then he'll git dozey an run away TO
his country safe. an by the most assidyus sawin'
av wud Danny, he, wen come galopin back
in 1903 TIL folks this town is subjec spells
Danny sez tn Mayor. runnin' on like wagon
thrack "They's got I hev their parroxwlssim aV
reform Danny he an after the spell they
turn t tn enperiaI organization Tamuiany Han,
wch never was subjec' I spell av honesty YET,
Danny seq he. an whin they git they know
fist what they're gttin', an m next time theE II
get US good an plenty
"Ez I put on hat Z lave" said McChuck
''th' Mayor escorted me t tn dure. an thin Wld
tn moisture gatherin in his throat he sez
Danny viz have my distinguished consideration
In this wurruld pass from wan thing I an
other II viz have that tinder regard fur me-
Danny that a common lobster shud have fur a
great man. buy yer ice next summer from the
wagons av tn American Ice Company