A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . ngtheir money in each case to a clergyman—and a law-suit. When the brother started his company of hus-sars all the gilded youth of the city were eager to be 22 A TOUR AROUND NEW YORK enrolled, and an enormous amount of wealth was cov-ered by their brilliant jackets. They were a dashingsquad, but grew tired of the sport after a while anddisbanded. Troop A will find it difificult to outshine Dandy Marxs men. At the foot of Canal Street a little brook from theLispenard meadows joined the larger tributary fromthe
A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . ngtheir money in each case to a clergyman—and a law-suit. When the brother started his company of hus-sars all the gilded youth of the city were eager to be 22 A TOUR AROUND NEW YORK enrolled, and an enormous amount of wealth was cov-ered by their brilliant jackets. They were a dashingsquad, but grew tired of the sport after a while anddisbanded. Troop A will find it difificult to outshine Dandy Marxs men. At the foot of Canal Street a little brook from theLispenard meadows joined the larger tributary fromthe Collect Pond. A short distance above, at the footof Houston Street, once stretched a great swamp,through which the Minetta brook (which has given itsname to a street, a lane, and a place ) made a tinythread of silver. The Minetta was a famous streamfor trout. The fishermen angling patiently for impos-sible bass at the ends of our wharves would hardly be-lieve the fact, but it is perfectly credible. The brooksand ponds of the Island of Manhattan were alwaysfamous for their THE JERSEY PRISON SHIP A TOUR AROUND NEW YORK 23 CHAPTER III COLUMBIA COLLEGE AS IT WAS — A COMMENCEMENT FORTY YEARSAGO — RIOTS THAT COST LIFE—LANDMARKS OF CHELSEA—AN EC-CLESIASTICAL ROMANCE
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