The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
LIVE T0PICs ABOUT TOWN.

Its a curious TACT, sald uoNhIo"h
business man to friend, how long one
can live in a place without knowing as
much about il as the occasional visitor.
Il don't know about that" was the reply.
i have lived here some years, and L guess
| know Little Old Ne% York inside ont
1T does look that way at first said the
first speaker -Of course we Know great
deal about the city. but there are things
we see every day and never inquire aDout.
Your Office il near the Battery. whose
statue ornaments Bowling Green Park
why. | pass there very often. l believe
that Is a statue OF -er-er- Peter Stnyyesant'
NO, il is not replied the man who's started
'le eW Nell said his friend, whose statue
it's a statue of-of- Well, have for
gotten." came the answer after pause
ANYWAY, that proves my point
sMv. but this is a lively town. said
country woman who has recently come
10 New York to live. You can't set your
foot outside the door but you see things
coin on. I've just been out to store
in Columbus avenue, and l ain been gone
a minute, but I've seen wagonload OF
mattresses burnin' up, and CROWD OF
folks help to put 1t out; q man carryln
lot OF bundles drop EN- ALL breaKlh Jug
Of vinegar and bag OF eggs, ana a woman
sin and fan on the Ice and get carried INTO
a drug store to be fetched TO! We mao q
real good time this morning To tnlnK OF
oil I9e missed by not bein' here beiore!
citv Magistrate has invented form
OF temperance pledge which seems TO oe
effective. Women often bring their nus
hands into court and tearfully complain
that thew would make better halves II they
,ro,,ld only leave drink alone. The Magis-
trate takes blank warrant and writes
| ocross the back OF it, T. John Smith, swear
before God that l will never drink any
more -...,,,o-
swear 10 the pledge before the whole court
and sign II. The Magistrate also signs me
! document and gives 1t to the VIE II the
hushand ever Is brought up again before
| any court in the city for wife beating OF
| intoxication and tho wife shows the pledge
- he Ma eistrate it goes hard with the
| prisoner.
There il an advertisement in the street
cars that married men do not like. II is
that of a candy making firm, and IL calls
the married mans attention 70 me as
crenancy between the number OF times ne
! ,sad 10 take candy to his sweetheart ana
rho number of times he takes it to her now
that she IL his wiie. .,o,,.o. "
said a man in car yesterday lee,
ashamed every time | see It, and then
/ feeble minded
.This theory of governing children by
apuealing to their reason isn't all it's made
out TO be- said public school teacher
recently. Il teach in primary class. ana
"a NV con vict ion that youngster actually
needs n good spanking once IN while for
ia boaltb IL does cheer up child as
nnthinq else will. Here is an instance;
-One OF my boys had skipped his classes,
deceived his mother, been found out and
coused much unhappiness all around. l
tooL rim aside and we had heart to heart
III Johnny sat still, looking at me in
tentlv and seeming to be deeply impressed.
+ thought | was making great Roadway
and that my little sermon was surely I'ehe-
,rating Johnny's brain. never saw a
cbiid Who seemed so absorbed, even fas-
cinated. by my line Of argument
R,, YOU ne YER can tell. just as | had
cached the climax in my appeal 70 his
better self light OF discovery broke over
Johnny. .oid oi,. a,,,
,,o,,r lower law that moves, amt itf'
The Bellevue Hospital bulldog Jack,
after riding ambulances faithfully for two
cora has deserted the hospital stables
and is pining away. in an unirequenled
oan grieye undisturbed. His downfall
- Sack 70 n recent day when with his
sorefeet ON the ambulance dashboard. the
ayci,ement Of responding to a hurry call
- aysav with his Judgment and grabbing
,ha borse's tail between his jaws he held
nr Tor dear life A blow from the ambu-
lance drivers foot made him loosen his
grip. III, bri,dlo h,,,,do =,
GOOD breeding followed one Of the hospital
Snternes ali the way from Harlem 70 Belle
ME and got quarters in the stables with
lacy He was petted by all hands and
,1sck was neglected. Two nights later
,Iack pushed open the door into the room
where the brindle dog lay and then butted
II shut with his head
4 few minutes later the drivers heard a
few stifed yelps and, pushing open the
door found the brindle dog stretched out,
sinost dead, with his neck between Jack s
avs They beat the conCueror of with a
CIub and he skunk out OF the stable with
his head bowed
About the coolest Job on the subway
IL that Of the ticket chopper at Man
haitian street The station is some eighty
feet above the street and Is not finished.
The ticket choppers box IL on landing
of The stairway half way up, exposed 10
Tho sharp winds which blow from the Hud-
son River He IL on deck all night, muftied
No in heavy clothing, stamping his feet
and swinging his arms to keep the blood in
| circulation. ~ - i