A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . OLD FIRE BUCKET. 34 A TOUK AROUND NEW YORK CHAPTER IV TO ALBANY BY SLOOP—AN INCIDENT OF STEAMBOAT COMPETITION—THE ROMANCE OF A CONVICT — GENESIS OF FASHIONABLE PARKS—THE PROFESSORSHIP OF NEW YORK That was a terrible week. It is my grandmother who is speaking. The oldlady sits by the open window in a pleasant little cot-tage in Chelsea. Her best cap adorns her white hair,and the vanity of violet ribbons further sets it off. Alithe and beautiful cat is curled up cosily at her feet;and on the sofa, curled up in
A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . OLD FIRE BUCKET. 34 A TOUK AROUND NEW YORK CHAPTER IV TO ALBANY BY SLOOP—AN INCIDENT OF STEAMBOAT COMPETITION—THE ROMANCE OF A CONVICT — GENESIS OF FASHIONABLE PARKS—THE PROFESSORSHIP OF NEW YORK That was a terrible week. It is my grandmother who is speaking. The oldlady sits by the open window in a pleasant little cot-tage in Chelsea. Her best cap adorns her white hair,and the vanity of violet ribbons further sets it off. Alithe and beautiful cat is curled up cosily at her feet;and on the sofa, curled up in much the same fashion,is the hostess of my grandmother, the daughter of , who for half a century had a drug-store onGrand Street, half-way between Broadway and theBowery. It doesnt signify, says my grandmother, fallinggently into one of her favorite modes of expression, but I shall never forget that week on the Albanyschooner. We had a horrible storm in the Highlands,and we were all sea-sick and nearly wrecked ; and thenwe were becalmed above Poughkeepsie for two days,and it too
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