Judge — June 17, 1882 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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ON THE BEACH. Tian n And Estrotied along th Thinking how they tempted mor Till they were within their reach, of charming mermaids, T could hear the wavelets murmur, As they kissed the sand so white, And 1 soon beeatne romantic At the beauty of the night Soon the moon shone on the water And T saw a face divine | With its jot black tresses sparhli And its brown eyes raised to zeal [with enraptured vision AS she o And [ realize With a feeling of despair ly sported there, Loved her, Ler |, naiad fair, m hall never know om Jn our bright and happy life.” Then I waited, and her anewer Horritiel me when it came— sur, Pm ingaged to eu man atthrick Fagin is his namer AMALoUIM DovuLAS. | Another Good Man Gone Wrong Wintias’ Ric aRDSON, an old resident of Brooklyn, who was once an alderman, and who js sometimes pleasantly spoken of as Deacon Richardson, is ina most distressed state of mind, Althou a member of the Hanson Place Baptist Chureh, he has long kept com- pany with politicians who are not church members, and, owing to his association with ss of public plunderers, he has fallen ce. He is the president of a strect 1 company in Brooklyn, and has figured in the lobby in Albany. It is agreed by politi- cians, now that the Legislature has adjourned, that the Assembly of 1881-2 was composed this el from g railro, of men whose boldness in wrong-doing would have brought a blush to the face of the man who w mmand in the days when the or. der of the day was robbery first, last, and all the time. With members of this most shame- ful of Legislatures Mr, Richardson hob-nobbed, and it was therefore not surprising to them that in order to escape an injunction of a court he caused a street car track to be laid in Brook- lyn ona certain Sunday in April. But the churet-people of that city of the Gadly en masse, and denounced him. One reli organization adopted resolutions setting that any church which harbored such a man would be a disgrace to the cause of religion. Mr, Richardson came from Albany on Friday, in the same train with members of the Legis- lature which had just adjourned sine die, and he hurried to his church in Brooklyn to take part in the religious exercises. mitted to speak, and in a pathetic way he begged the congregation's forgiveness for his conduct in having a street car track laid on a Sunday ; but the congregation, not satisfied with his explanation, ordered that a commit- tee should be appointed to investigate him. ‘The sorry spectacle of this good man on trial for “unholy walk before the Lord” is to be witnessed in Brooklyn. ‘Thus do we see the necessity of avoiding the society of members sine arose | But the ¢ He was per: | PRIVATE TH Docwrren Vintats You know Lam not utterly tost to all lings of ew York Legislature. Mr. Richardson confesses that the track wa don a Sund; and says that the course pursued by him w imperatively necessary til the following day (Monday) the courts would ‘e prevented the laying of the track. ts of the Ha! ‘as Is there no forgivencss in the ly son Place Chureh people 7 Even murderers are assured of an easy road to Heaven. Let this good man, tempted from the patho! righteousness by knavish members of the As sembly, also be forgiven, Now goeth abroad the dog-catcher. He riseth with the Dog Star and goeth forth to capture for the morrow’s slaughter. gleameth like a two-edged corkscrew. Th cheap purps he reserveth for the briny bath, while those of better pedigree he holdeth back for rewards from those who have been d spoiled of their pets. Verily, there be shek in the busine: nd he that hath been disap- pointed in obtaining the shrievalty, gladly snatcheth at the half loaf, for it be much bet- ter than being left out in the cold. Howbeit that Bologna sausages be cheaper after the dog law goeth into fores? Verily, such things set wise men to thinking, and they shake thei: heads when they encounter a free-lunch table. catcher waxeth waggeth his head proudly among his fellows. He redeemeth old pledges, and once more cometh forth resplendent in diamonds and fine diagonal. Truly, the seasons come, and the seasons go, but the dog-catcher rejoiceth exceedingly when he can catch on and make his pull felt in the city His eye THEY say that Josh Billings cannot look, without blushing for shame, ata spelling- book; ditto Eli Perkins at the Truth. Siy, George, dow't you think that perhaps Pre mace myself just a little too ferocious . Had he waited un- | , and he | TEAR) MLS. Inmet 1 apare the chit, you know, aud 1 never strikers are out inall parts of the land, fighting for nd, at the same time, losing more than they ean make up ina year with the advance. And by the time they have made it up, if they ever do, there will undoubtedly be a reaction in business and another cutting down of the prices of labor. Truly, thei at bri inthe country, but the horny-handed sons of small advance in wag toil don't appear to have caught on to very s of the ar | large quantiti e. No, Cyrus, we cannot afford to let you at- ministers" in our columns; not that we ¢ in love with such non-producers, but our space is too valuable. Go for butchers and speculators in beef. ¢ anil other necessaries, so that poor people will not he obliged to cut down on their pew rent and contributions to the heathen, w » for cornersin shrimps | Soos shall the f thuds and banks, nen, with “gentle” Smash up such “wee” establishments as Saratoga | trunks, | Ricnr or wrong, they don’t waste much | time with murderers, or even suspected mur- de uth. It doesn’t take long to impanel a jury in those localities. s, down § TALK about fish and snake lies; we have heard of none in that line to compare with the story that is soberly going the rounds of the papers now, to the effect that an employee of a circus out West was lately attacked | ly injured. are that it is simply an advertising snap, and yet what a senseless one it is in any other than | a very bucolic locality, for who that ever saw | a menagerie lion could be m | that he would “attack ” anythin | tute than a chunk of raw beef? a ‘The probabilities lion and sev de to believe © more reso- comicbooks.com