OLD, OLD NEW YORK

Most histories are filled with accounts of wars,, de-
scriptions of contemporary rulers and political doings
while the actual every-day lives of the people themselves
are passed over practically in silence.

The little weekly papers like the "Gazette," "Post Boy"
and "Museum" however seem to afford an intimate glimpse
of the daily lives of the New Yorker, in a much more in-
teresting way than is recorded from the Olympic Heights
of history. Take, for instance, this little real estate ad-
vertisement of a stable in Wall Street, now the great
financial street of the world—

Four of five stables in Wall Street to let, opposite Col.
Wm. Livingston's, with stalls for from two to four
horses, rooms for carriages, and large lofts for hay.

And the advertisement of Blackwell's Island—

Samuel and Josiah Blackwell offer for sale the well
known farm of Jacol) Blackwell, deceased, about six miles
from New York, on the East River. It contains 160 acres
and 25 acres of salt meadow.

And of a famous Tavern in the Bowery—

To be let, the "Dog and Duck" tavern, in the Bowery
Lane, at the two mile stone; the house has eight rooms,
with a large garden, and the best bed of asparagus on
this island. Enquire of No. 44 Gold Street, opposite the
Baptist Meeting-house.

It was almost the beginning of the century before a
hotel was built in our city.    Up to that time, travelers
lodged in taverns or at the houses of friends, and the let-
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