Show I 1 1 ii 1 4 jl Z tit t jt BATHTUBS S FOR R SPARROWS J I 1 I 1 made by a i peg eg legged na mariner I 1 1 in n ii a inh in h new sidewalk the merriest man in all new york is an 61 old eHor sailor who lives up ali in harlem ab on a comfortable pension awarded him for the loss of one of hi his legs in the 7 civil war limb Is I 1 a straight stick of hickory with an iron shod end and is just ajaib too long sa so that when he puts it out to swing himself r forward it goes down ln iari earnest and makes a noise noise that heralds his co coming coing ing for blocks like many other old seafaring gentlemen says the new York Herald he likes a drink of grog now abw and then en and lie he can spin such of his experiences that his auditors sometimes e times treat him to more of if it 1 is quite good for him the which ich he navigates for far homol on these occasions is irresistibly arin fanny to ID e everyone ier ry ae but a neighbor who nho recently replaced lace d the flagstones flag stones before his home with an expensive concrete walk he kept it covered with si straw rawanA and boards for a week but on the e evening v of the very day when it was d deemed hard enough to bear the tread af pf hei average pedestrian and when the covering ran was removed the peg iner iner got g got to telling stories and had to make many tacks on the voyage home when the householder awoke next morning he was in a state of mind bordering on insanity on finding four holes of varying inclination and depth bored borad in the beautifully smooth 61 i his new pavement the mariner his has expressed his deep sorrow over I 1 the in aident and now always walks on i th the other and muddy side aide of the street ef the four holes are utilized as aft bathtubs every rainstorm by th the myriads rows in the district |