Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 03, May 8, 1858
General
Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 03, May 8, 1858
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
While leaning on the railing of the steamer, with our eyes on the
beautiful panorama of the bay, Captain Bunker told me that my lot was
cast in a vicious city, and that I must resist evil temptation, and
always be a good boy, and become a worthy man, and breathed other
kind words into my ears, which soothed my lonely and inexperienced
heart, made me cry vociferously, and I have always cherished him with
the purest affection. Albert went to Providence with Captain Bunker,
but instead of going to father’s, he proceeded to Boston with the
money John Harper gave him, and thence to Eastport, Maine, where the
yellow bugs increased so rapidly, that he was compelled to return to
Providence, where father had his head shaved, which presented a bloody
battle plain, full of teeming entrenchments, and his yellow foes so
bewildered him, that the hospital nurses had to watch him closely, for
several days, lest he would destroy himself.
John Harper often called me from the composing to the counting room,
and sent me to the Banks in Wall street to get or deposit money. I
often contemplated the robbery of the Harpers, by flight to a foreign
land; but when I reviewed their exact justice to all men, and their
kindness to myself and brother Albert, and to all their apprentices,
journeymen, and laborers, I would falter in my wicked purpose. While
returning from bank with a $500 bill, I dropped it by design, and asked
a stranger if he had lost it, who said yes, and strove to seize it from
the pavement, but I was about one second in his advance. While about
to run, he seized me and demanded the return of his $500 bill. I cried
and screamed lustily, and during the scuffle, two gentlemen came to my
relief, when my antagonist soon fled, and I run down Cliff street, like
a bloodhound. Better time was never made from the old pump of Saint
George’s to the Harpers. I never again pretended to lose a $500 bill.
(To be continued to our last groan.)
The following meritorious gentlemen are wholesale agents for the
Alligator.
Ross & Tousey, 121 Nassau street.
Hamilton & Johnson, 22 Ann street.
Samuel Yates, 22 Beekman street.
Mike Madden, 21 Ann street.
Cauldwell & Long, 23 Ann street.
Boyle & Whalen, 32 Ann street and
Bell & Hendrickson., 25 Ann street.
Advertisements—One Dollar a line
IN ADVANCE.
AUG. BRENTANO, SMITHSONIAN NEWS DEPOT, Books and Stationery, 608
BROADWAY, corner of Houston street.
Subscriptions for American or Foreign Papers or Books, from the City or
Country, will be promptly attended to.
Foreign Papers received by every steamer. Store open from 6 A. M. to 11
P. M. throughout the week.
RODGERS, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER and NEWS VENDER, Broadway, near Twelfth
street.
Books, all the new ones cheap, at Rogers.
Magazines, soon as out, cheap, at Rogers.
Stationery, London made, cheap, at Rogers.
English Papers, imported by Rogers.
American Papers, all sold by Rogers.
Books to Read, at one cent a day, at Rogers.
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