Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1869 — The New York Directory. [ARTICLE]

The New York Directory.

The "cariosities" of the New York city directory have been studied op, find fire quite amusing. The directory contains this year 189,443 names, which is an excess of 8,693 over last year. “ Very great changes have occurred within a few yean in the character of the inhabitants, and the nature of the vocations followed in the several streets. Wall street, which contains bat 130 numbers, furnishes 3,320 names; Pine street, 1,180 names; Broad street, with 144 numbers, furnishes 1,210 names. Beaver street contains but 66 numbers, and famishes 595 Mines: Nsssaa Meet, 1,570; WUkm,

TJog ; Jhrdtange place, 7UT" Broadway farntabe.* 8,800 names. The streets wflftr ttM* fuAlkhed, how dense the population Is witftin thelt confined limits. Alloa street gives 1,190 names. Cherry street ‘f,W), First avenue 3,788. Broome street 1,755, Orchard street 1,265, Mulberry street 1,795, Avenue A 1,790. Eighth avenue 2.870, Ninth avenue 1,025 The Bowery furnishes but 1.465 names, Fifth avenue but 665, and Madison avenue, which contains, as yet, neither a leading hotel, a public place of amusement, nor a business office, gives but 295 names. It is somewhat amusing to notice the different names, corresponding to the colors, nationalities, boasts, birds, Ac Firs', we find 98 Blacks. 2 Blues (both blacks), 893 Browns, 245 Greens, 18 Greys, 1 Pink, 2 Purpled, 887 Whites; then 29 Kings, and 6 Queens, 76 Bishops against 11 Priesia, 23 C ffees, 10 Apples, 1 Tea. and 1 Beets, 4 Chicks and 1 Hen, 61 Winters to 4 Summers, 2 Cowes, 30 Bulls, and 6 Bullocks, 80 Hays, 1 Straw, and 5 Oats, 1 Plea, and 1 Cake, 187 Foxes to 1 Duck, 6 Bears, 83 Wolfe, 1 Deer, 2 Fleshes. 2 Bones, 1 Fiddler, and 31 Singers. Of the different nationalities, we find 2 Irlshs, 58 Franc ha 24 English, 7 Germans, and only 1 AmencAn; 8 George Washingtons, 2 Thomas Jefferson*, 4 John Quincy Adams 1 Martin Van Buren, 80 Grants, and 1 Thomas Dodd; 27 J udges against 2 J urys, and 15 Diamonds with 6 Pearls; 1 Rough, 18 Ready*; 8 Shoemakers and 4 Tinkers : 1 Shylock, 2 John Sheppards, 100 Pecks, and 2 Bushel Is; 7 Hams and 1 Egg. 2 Lagens, 1 .Bourbon and 1 Bouquet The name of Smith occur* 1,806 times, then 4 Acorns, 10 Applet, 7 Slumps and 1 Strongman, 6 Leeches, 3 Cowards, and 1 Cousin, 10 Moons and one Mornings tar, 11 Joys and 2 Griefs, 2 Heavy* and 4 Lightbodys, 2 Redheads gad 25 Whiteheads, 8 Wid dows/5 Whitemans, 10 Blackmans, and 10 Redmans. The first name in .the Directory is Charles Aal, and the last Zyfers; and probably the longest name ia Schneckenberger.-”