The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-26

tHelH one OL 6Ou Jokes 10 the Blue
skinned natives.
Climate in America seems to have a
queer effect upon animal life both
quadruped and biped, mental and phys
ical.
The Celt seems to lose his witty side,
the German his jolly side, the Britain
his sober side and blend into the hustle
side of American life, making a unique
combination. But they all love "Old
Glory Saxon, German, Celt or Jew
are all brothers under the blue and
brothers all in their love for her, too,
although since the sad Spanish war and
the Panama rebel scandal she may
nave to say with other flags, "Peccavi."
The old-time Industrious foreigner was
all 0. *. with the native American I'M
til the surplus emigration affected the
bread and butter of the native sons of
toll" who like toilers of the present
day, agitated the question whether too
much of a good thing was not worse
than none"
The gold of California and the rail-
roads settled that question, but how
VIII the present be settled? Still the
foreigner did not feel quite at home; he
@as SO lonesome for Mother Milk"
The irish their "Uis-ke-Beatha" (wa-
ter of life) and the Germans their Ia
ger Qaid to resD for the damp chill of
their own countries had made stimu-
liant both comforting and necessary for
health. They had no palate for our
'Na-sur rue" Demand soon finds sup
ply the brewers breWed the "Restful"
and the Red-eye "Poteen'' of our mid
die states was soon poured down the
anxious throats to "kape a contented
heart" Before this there were no sa-
looms in New Haven-"Hell's breathing
holes, as they We're called by the sober
folk The groceries and taverns sold
wet goods, the a-ger and snake-bite
remedies, which was iorandy; Gin, San
ia Cruz and New England rum alco-
holic drink is probably our most eff
Gent fool killer as well as jail and
poor-house purveyor.
Before and after the war Of 1872 New
Township came to the front. Many Of
the old families building their residence
around the new green. Retired she'll
backs built where they could see, snuff
| and taste old Brineys breath and growl
regrets away Outside of the original
squares were a number of Hamlets.
North of the Broadway was Tar Coon
vile, Poverty Square and Hotchkiss-
town, north and east Whitneyville,
GAINESVILLE, Brewsterville, King Ian
sonville, King Slineyville and York
VILE; west over the Dyke Mount
Pleasant, Sodon-Hill and Alling-town.
| A few houses clustered around the
nine squares, but beyond generally
wide open unfenced lots (unfenced lots
paid no taxe9 with scattered farm
houses. The city contained about eight
thousand inhabitants, there having
| been little emigration for one hundred
years, the neghbors' boys and girls had
married and intermarried until the
town was pretty well all kin Home
made according to sample; chips of the
old block" as Natty Bonpo would say,
| "a kin without a cross"
| Every one was comfortable, because
| it was a matter of business with them
to be comfortable. Their wants were
few and good old common sense ruled
the roost
| No theatre; the women when they
needed a change went to the 'meetin s
! sea fights where the best tongues did
all the talking and the willing ears car
ried the talk nome for the henefit of the
| family cozy, The banquets were kins-
folk suppers,
The wife, like John Gilpin's goodly
spouse, who though ON pleasure bent
she had frugal mind would after
dinner put on her China oiled silk
gown, cap in ban-box and Knitting
wkork in the open mouthed bag-pocket
she dashed to her waist Oh! what
boys mouth did not water as grandma
| put her hand into her poeket-bag up to
her elbow; he knew something good
was coming sure; there was nothing So
good as grandma's goodies. Calash on
head, clogs on feet, she started to spend
the afternoon and evening with Cousin
Smith, she who was Polly Jones"
! The husband coming to supper and
escorting her home; he had no business
CLUB engagements; his spare time was
at the service of his family.
| "GROWL OF AN OLD FOGY."
The world seems to have lost in its
hustle the kindly feeling of long ago.
In those days the men had business
in business hours. without making a
business of eating. drinking and toast
ing each other at club-houses mutually
complimentary, Their club was thei,
own family and their money was spent
in providing well for their own family
club, which, with the help of our old
time mothers, God bless their souls
and bodies made home an uncommon
ly comfortable abiding place.
A high seat in the kingdom for our
old-time, unappreciated mothers, who
bore their lot womanly e'er called tc
repose."
From the first woman has ever been
a consolation and comfort to man
| When Adams hard-hearted landlord
evicted him and his child wife for sam
ping his pet apples, as says the Apo
cryphal poet Then softly sighed his
love-lorn Spare-rlb." -.. g.
How childish to make such a fuss
over a few sour-saps; don't you care A
dam, dear boy; I'm plant an orchard
for you Of honey-saps and he can keer
his pesty good and evil sours to trick
other lone guileless orphans.
Query-Have we gained in comfort
and happiness during this age of Cow
pons?" How much less do we suffer
to-day than when, by following the
| Ga rdinal minis of ife,s commas. sohri.