The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

ing out their furniture and packing il
OF He laughed and said that this was
the general moving day. Such sight
nobody ever saw. unless il was ia this
same city. II seemed kind OF frolic. as
If they were changing houses Just for
fun. Every street was crowded with
carts. drays and people. SO the world
goes II would take ageod deal to set me
out OF my log-house: but there. I under
stand, many persons move every year
The Five Points which he described
as a noted place near the center Of the
city" interested Crockett as the neigh
borhood where Van Buren's warriors
came from during the election. when the
Wild Irish. with their clubs and bludgeons
find that would not huzza Tor Jackson.
II was moving day at the Five Points
too. and Crockett described the clearing
out Of the ceilar-dwellers with true
8ogarthian stroke. Black and white
white and black. all hugemsung together.
happy as lords and ladies. sitting some
times round in a ring. with a Jug OF
liquor between them. and I do think
saw more drunken folks. men and women
that day than I ever saw before. There
is an old print. included in a book that
collectors now prize that shows this
Five Points in its whiri OF wicked revelry
but it Is hardly as vivid as the country
mans word picture. He was amazed
70 find sixteen families in a single four
story house and he pointed his descrip-
tion characteristically The garnet OF
one house. nc had heard. was occupied
by four families and divided only by a
-
spinning upthere. was asked how they
made out She said. pretty we'll. and that
they would be quit enough II il was not
for the old woman in the opposite corner
and she took borders and they often
made a noise
On the same walk he met the Hon. Al
bert Gallatin. who had an old straw hat
in his hand and like everybody else was
have more time 10 be acquainted with
have more etime to be acquainted with
me. He pointed 20 the house he was
leaving and said it and several others
We're 20 torn down 20 build a big tavern.
IL was a very fine house III for any
man 10 live in; but in few hours I
saw a men on the top Of it and before
the next evening the daylight was
through It. This tavern is 20 he near the
II is 10 cose $4,000 and covers a whole
It is 10 cost $4,000 and covers a whole
square Mt Astor. I am told begun
business in New York as n dealer tn
furs and Is now worth millions Lord help
the beavers and offers, They must have
most got used to getting skinned by this
time"
A visit to the battery. which Crockett
found was not a war-like spot. reminded
him of the story Of Van Buren's alleged
plot % cause the bridge over a certain
waterway near the old Castle Garden 90
fan az President Jackson went over H.
The plan was. he wrote. 20 have the pre-
sidents secretaries and city officials 20
ahead. then as the president came after
the bridge should fall But the trouble
was that Jackson was not told Of the
plan and walked az the head Of the pro- /
eession. So when the bridge fell il caught
only Gov. Cass. secretary OF war. "and 1
he only lost his hat and wiz. which thcy
say the porpusses carried or and gave I
10 the sea serpent so that he might /.
be on their side in the next oyster I
war
a visit 70 n friend. and an appearance /
y
10 his Indignant surprise. he was billed I
10 appear on the special programm. ended +
his first dull day In New York. on going /
10 bed he began 70 recall the sights he /
had seen. but he soon decided that it +
would De an all-night job SO he 'iust 4
broke or and went 10 sleep"
Next day h%Eas invited 90 so with I
apt Comstock to Boston. az half-past 4
hrce And IL was only eighteen hours
10 60 ne accepted. In the morning
he was taken 20 Jersey City 20 watch
shooting match. The distance was one
hundred yards. with a rest" one gentle
nan gave me his gun and asked me o.
'hoot I raised up on-hand and cut
within about two inches ~ the center 2
old him my distance for forty yaris or
land. He loaded his gun and 80 walked
Iown 20 within forty yards when J fred
nd was deep 10 the paper shot
econd time and did the same. Col
5apes then put up quarter 81 dollar
n the middle ~ the black spot and asked
ne &c shoot At g. told bin h. had
.ettsr mark the size ~ q and put the
1oney in his pocket He said Fire
way. did 40 and made slight-of-
and work with his quarter
IT was now time % return and pre-
are f0r my trip 90 Boston Crockett
And ~ sailed up o. Provi-
ence. staging on % Boston. whore D.
1et with utmost cordially u wish an
no read this book - wrote ~ leaving
sew England and Who never we're
here would take a trip among them y
hey don't learn how e. make moles they