Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ship-fastener,he became a member of En-gine Company No. 44, inwhich capacity he soon rosein favor and, as afterwardtranspired, was justly entitledto the suffrages of thosewho, through respect for hisevident fitness for a position,placed him in that of alder-man of the Twelfth District. Upon three different oc-casions Alderman De Laceyhas represented his constit-uency, and at no time has he ever afforded an opportunity to hisfollowers and supporters to object to his manly, straightforwardefforts in
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ship-fastener,he became a member of En-gine Company No. 44, inwhich capacity he soon rosein favor and, as afterwardtranspired, was justly entitledto the suffrages of thosewho, through respect for hisevident fitness for a position,placed him in that of alder-man of the Twelfth District. Upon three different oc-casions Alderman De Laceyhas represented his constit-uency, and at no time has he ever afforded an opportunity to hisfollowers and supporters to object to his manly, straightforwardefforts in their behalf. Lavish in his generosity and strictly honestin all his dealings, he has become deservedly very popular. Edward Alexander Holmes.— Few men in the list of the toilerswith brain, hand, and pen of the past half century on the metro-politan press have so honestly and fearlessly, yet so unselfishlyupheld the right, and as resolutely endeavored to defeat the wrongin all the conditions of life, as Edward Alexander Holmes, thepresent editor-in-chief of the New York Dispatch. From his. 534 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. earliest boyhood he has been a worker, mentally and physically, andas he once wrote of another member of the guild of printers, ofwhich he is stilla representative, To him idleness is a worse pun-ishment for an honest man than poverty. Mr. Holmes was born in the County Antrim, Ireland, on the19th of February, 1832, and within sight of the Giants years later his parents, in order to better their fortunes, badefarewell to the land of their birth, and sought their home in the NewWorld, and, landing in New York in 1836, found a location in theold Fourth Ward. Here the young Edward, inhaling the air of freedom, grew onapace, even then feeling as independent in spirit as if he had alreadyfought and won in the battle of life. He received the rudiments ofhis education at the public school. Even at that early age a feelingof self-reliance had
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