COMING TO NEW YORK

^^^^•^HE great metropolis of the
M V A East has ever had a great
^^^^^ attraction for the sons of
rural New England, and I
was no exception to the rule. In 1851
I made known to my parents my am¬
bition to see and know more of the
world, and to this end I purposed to
make my way to New York in search
of fame and fortune—a wider hori¬
zon and a larger life. I had spent
my uneventful days thus far on my
father's farm, and both he and my
mother were filled with dismay at my
determination to go to what was, to

them, a city of untold lawlessness and

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