The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-09-07
STRUGGLES FOR LIFE, IN LONDON.

1000, 900 Of inhabitants, and with lis soci-
ETY. organized on the highest artificial sys.
TEN, the struggle for existence is often mos,
intense. md productive of expcdien,s 10
earn the means Of subsistence which would
never be thought Of elsewhere. At all
times there may he said to be large float.
ing population with noregular employment,
and whose wits arc ever at work tn earn n
penny. Besides all other causes OF impov
erishment. many tradesmeu arc thrown
out OF employment. bv new inventions and
discoveries; mud more arc next To destitute
from m error in the choice Of profession,
and their inability 10 attain proficiency in
their craft These Inst, after numhcrless
attempts and defeats. and many and bitter
notifications, give up the matter in dcs.
pair, and 90 To swell the ranks of the un-
emplo, cd and supernumcry class. What
becomes Of all these, and how their wants
are supplies. is mystery not easily faith
omablc. Ten men, SAYS German prov
CRIB, cannot tell how the eleventh livcs.'--
The following brief sketches NAV contrib
ME in some degree to clear up portion ot
tho mystery.
The Dnck. freed Observation-Disclosures one
day by the river side, in the ncighborhood
Of Ba,ersea, ske,chbook in hand. and medi
,a,ing design upon the Red House | was
attracted by picturesque-looklng figure,
busily engaged in raking the surface OF n
stagnant pool. BY his side, IN the bank
stood an old wine.hamper. recking with
muddy ooze. Feeling curious to ascertain
what was going forward, | approached the
operator, and civily questiond him as TO hi.
proceeding. The following Dubuque ma,
give the reader an idea of a branch of in.
dustry which confess was unknown TO inc
till then.
NV goo,, fellow, il | may be so bold
what is il You nrc doingv
oh, bless Your honor! no hnrm only
wants the duck-vccd YOU sec, sir; and they
never sets no wa'ly on it, SO | gifts it ior
muffin
But Of what use i. that green scum, OF
duck weed as you call it?'
Did your honor never keep no ducks
Il wns compelled to confess nv ncypcri
cnce.) w, then. VII tell your honor Yer
see this ere rs grows on tho top Of tho va
ter is duck-vccd. and in course The ducks
is fond on il; them us keeps ducks is glad
to git il. in course. at n low figure. So We
see, ms gifts il for nothing but my trouble.
! can nffard tn sell il cheap
'Yon don't pretend tc say that people
buy i,?'
Don't ,hongh! Kc,ch me oivin on j,
away! GIFTS penny insure fnr every
morse! on il; and vo,h the money mud no
mistake
And whore do YOU find customcrs?'
Wv. ihat's the vurst on il ton. 'Taiat
much oi n noserav In carry about Teller:
still dom, travel no grcnt wa,s--hadn't
need, YOU s'posc. Veil, then. sir. IA vo,
don't calkila,c no Imposition. M p'r'aps.
You'll stan tho price Of holcpint. don,
mind icllin' ,c. Ny walk is Tu,iic Street,
the Hamburg, and Sirut,on-cronnd. md
Brewers Green. and Palmcr's Willage. md
York Street. we're there's lots o courts aud
alleys. and ducks in course
keep ducks there! Why. those arc the
tithicsi neiehhorhoods ia Westminster
That's the VERY reason. sir. there's 40
much mud. they wants the ducks to gobble
il. He--hen
But where do they find room Cor them
There are neither yards nor ponds.'
oh. there's the street door from, bv div
and they does does VERY veil under the
beds o nights. But I'm VERY dry a talk
inr, yer honor; and musn't waste nn,ime
for yer see his ere sort o. green stuff vent
keep not nohow, aud must all be sold to-
night
DRY! why. you arc dripping wet from
head to foot
'Nothin' but water, sir; and vnicr never
vets Jakes. cos. dive see, | prefer beer
us your name Jakes'
mo, sir. nv names Villums Vii
lums-Bnt they calls INC Jakcs cos scums
the mud.pools and bitches. But them ss
calls names pn,s their pennies: so takes
their tin and their compliments together,
and never minds. Your honor's going to
I stan summat, hope!
Having complied with the poor fellows
demand. and helped him, rs best ! could
to shoulder his nanseous burden. ! saw him
trudgc Oft beneath it, at a good fivc-milc
nn-hour pace. To the sale Of his moist MGR
chundise. As he vanished with his drip
ping load, ! could not help mentally com.
phring the present contents Of the wine.
basket to those If the past day-the spark
ling juice Of the grape to the rceking
weed-and tho different destines Of those
who revclled round the bottles, and his who
catered for the ducks. But the fellow was
not to be pi,ied. md felt that compassion
in his case would have been injustice. He