Judge — May 12, 1883 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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PUBLIG GRIEVANCES. HY RO TEN RON Nowe THE CX R-DRIVER'S COMPLAINT peo “Ot yes. nttered the earalriv an easy berth, ain't EE At Teast some appear to think so—most folks. M uivtakicker: but the lick of sens du it—bewe pardon for t exhibit, is enough to netke any seem to have an idea that P sinecnre, T have work twenty: vied nn ex All that T have tod te artecn hours out ¢ and because F don’t board ally Pean’t, for bean a and his pri- the we rding hous Phen Pve got to pan eye ahead for vehicles tin my way. passengers, might Tim expected to always put on the | that th platform Will be upon an exact line with the sidewalk. Let one of these dainty imadams ora to walk an inch or two tout the ear, and tk 3 be nud to watch how vont eit first to the con- T all right. = the driver, » this I ducte Pain Please tn room.” Then there's thy pail of white a hard-working man town, ve wot : for him. He ei four-horse bi and feller with the Now that fe o's got to zo up thetic feelin Tord to hire a cab or a to reach nd if he y te where he ed in tleft. Ptake him on, re—what do yor une with toothpick upon the plat- < that always smoke macker- cigarettes h, Fve got the «hades. may give a lureh mity toa upin k of call om she form? the el-pape itl going aro. sudden halt o a hurry, whitewash by the way, now come Gawd! fellah!” | ‘what do you mean by allo with all of those howwid pots and buck« upon the ear, My wuined, a lutely wuined, anil they cost me twelve dol- lahs.” ‘Two weeks’ salahwy; fact! [will we- you to the ah-supewintendent.’ + Often he docs. What is the resul nothin’ but a} evil of wear He's a zent—at least as faras his app and his card (a dozen for ten cents) “He talks bi perintendent impressed, ly if he na the president of the you'll find out that the dead toady of th influ I get rules for allowin! ints are Vin pnductor, superintendent lent, put ther laid off—violation of the paints, whitewash pails or such articles to be carried upon the front plat- form, Suppose that [had not let the fellow on with ‘em, E would have been just as linble to have been laid off Yes: Ive pet of 4 like a fighting-cock, Ido! Aman who venty-five a day can always get the first North River shad ani have his enty- ick of carly aday is twe r yon work Sunday day of res just adollar and three [ pay four five dollars for livin sparagus, One sev- twenty-five a week, We ain't got any bn If we take it, it’s arters out. week for my rooms, . and two dollars to the woman for family expe ve got Vd let you know, ‘That leaves Va duarter for myself. Nice veon that! Box at the opera me supper afteward me clothes and tobace id if 1 get sick Phave haven't 12 My fae hospital, then the w the me charitable institution, first the street and then pro -windin’ up, mebbe, at the wonder I’m ‘sometimes cro ttochin with my rider there and express! If you don't get out of the way TH ta T of you!” and pay for washit V future before me, ture ist old worn the kids, the Islan NIFF, THE SLUGGER. A cienat cedar has fallen in T = Codar” is poetry for slugger. Before climbing higher on my subject T will cogitate a few. Tam nat hefty at cogitation, altho’ there is hardly alond call for it in getting ready to write about Ni, the shu after all, perhaps plain f print The first warm breath of notoriety rowed his inch-ane urter brow came ou account of his whipping an old ame man, wl his friends made the most of it. Nit fellow, with a m him like about as hard He Toe least which on id just s very aid, ha alee < formida and when his admir ling the lame old man, the: nto talk it np. First. it was a celebrated) boxer whom he knocked ax they reported it, finally they worked it up to three 1 worsted ina bar-room A reporter to write hint ing terror, and men came for- Henges to the world, » back Nit against the known And so his reputation grew—also his self-esteem, until he really began to be that he could down anybody: li and in order to make good his terrible name, he we into a bar-room o« ly, slam his hsm of a fist down on the 1 ney, an nounee his name, and then proceed wut the phice. Nit didn’t elean it ont, but his terrible reputation did. Indeed, it got so ina few months that everybody was afraid of him, own way, while his who wished t solid with him, continually circulated st Yes; and. the story wile) of his prowess, current that through an iron shutter, he kn over a wild Te run wild through ng things up his « At this y to the whole town, to interfere with his body regarded him a man. Finally h benefit, and ther ent for Square ( mld be found who ds im, for fear of being knocked over the ropes if not just for fur an steer that was Avenue, whoop- and Knocking them down in 1 of his life Niff could dict en the police refused puseme! ery a great and vd badd nds tendered him a he xhibition hone boxer tof ve through the sid was finally announ himself i with Joe ¢ hin often this of cours citen Th Nit tel, the building, But it that Nit would show ring costume and play urn, while nithy only in on agree! ow " ard as he al the interest and which he prey efit. He didi with any athl ner of My ton’s renefit, raved Like | took it inte by ers wagon, fi ith s 1 amusement of enue fellows ri | how didn’t sc inf us Nit did: so they friends | heads aanong their the gutter, Ve 1 ¢ ‘ went for Naif, him nose, mouth, One of them had fallen in the pletely «land f. minnte, ds scemed to think was to fool him are waiting is ‘Two Ninth Av. bfun in the pr m while his in the w the belt rin laughed Howin fun, while frie of them to have Finally they knock spilled ti ud wh 1, the 0 belabored the terror mercifully, ean for help. Mh hirers were of them started t yother of them pulled hin What's der see that Nit j till y« *em.” over when istanee ving, t ver Wait matter Ww a racket? nd slather tar onte That muscular idel or ofa the head only w see him yet ov But he didn't dover und when | thes joined right with a st ed friend their heels, and with the ma hat awfal 0 officer in unin the most awful manner, hen he marched him to. the station nd the charm was bre = well nose. He tried to 1 that he was simply fooling w » young fellows: but when'arraigned before the judge it looked more gh the young fellows had been fooling with him. The news spread, beneli those who h the jority house his uke it out ud the idol was down, off, His friends, or tured as stich because they were afr him, “eserted and derided him, and in less than a week there ne $0 poor ats te reverence, Of cour < didn't know who he was, or tld probably have also been afraid; bat, without know they prieked the bubble, and Ni vot the man he was. 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