Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-04-01
A Business Street at Evening,


A! the day long, under our windows
the din and turmoil of the working pnpu.
alton of our City is painfully audible
Carts rattle. carpenters hammer and Iri,h
bricklayers shout. Little boys, with piles
of papers under their arms, vocilernuslv
earn their diurral half dollar. The "Four
cent Mans loudly and lugubrously pro.
claims his perfect willingness TO exchange
his twelve shee S for the rdicuousy
small sum from which he derives his title |
Omnibuses drive into carts from the pa.
ppr>mills, as they stand unloa ing at the
store over the way, and hackney coaches
in their turn drive into the omnbuses. and
fast men in sulkies inextrrnb.y mingIe
themselves with the hackney coaches;
and private carriages, with fiery horses
and resPIendent niger coachmen. majss-
'icaIIy complete the confusion. Then all
the vehicles are suddenly brought to a
stand still, and all the drivers stand up
and shout at each other. and all the oaths
in cur rich American swearing dictionary
are exhausted, and all the pedestrians stop
to see how they will get out Of it, and as
pretty an impromptu Babel is raised ID
the midst Of our editorial lucubrations as
a man fond Of such excitement could de.
| sire.
Then if we put our head ont Of the
window, wha! a stirring sight the busm-
ess stree! presents: Sharp faced men
with pethorlc pocket books and slight
abdominal development, continually hur.
rying down on business, and up on bust
ness, and crossing the way on business,
slight boys, with pre!ernatnrsl air Of bu
sness capabiity, and equally business
like looking checks in their hands, are
rushing to and from the banks They
never stop to look at the picture books in
the shop windows, these business boys,
we wager they know nextto nothing about
"taw in the ring or tag" We would
like 10 see them turned out in the
fields for day, and watch their motions.
We believe that somehow or other they
would manage 10 have business relations
with the bees, and continue to get lltIe
bills cashed on the banks Of voIo's. They
would not enjoy it, we think. They un-
dcrstood mahogany desks, and columns of
figures, much better than pastoral pursuI>s
and if they are saliGed, so arc We, Then
there are bndary girls, tripping in and
ont at meals; and typos loungng around
the doors of Dajiies; ard bus less men
with advertisements of their wares scud
i ,1,o b,,c IF nj la
lies, and hrrdy Irishmen r"yiNg hods Of
mortar which they splash over every one
they pass. by way of proving this is 4
free country Firemen whr their en-
gines p st, to the accompaniment ofspeak
ing trumpets, which possess. in common
with all other instruments Of that nature,
the faculty of rendering every word un
Ineligible. Hose companies also rush
by with equal din; carts rumble; pulleys
creek, houses tumble, newsboys shout,
women scream, diver hem !--e2pos.
} postu1ales; turmail, toll and bussle, ascend
into the cloudy sky from out the business
street at daytime.
, In the evening how changed Certs,
newsboys, and paper selling philosophers
!. have departed, and the way is cold and
silent, 1t is moonless night. in conse-
: quence of which the astronomical author
: tiles that preside over lamps, have negIec-
f tad TO light them. The long perspective
warehouse and stores, fade gfimly off in
: to dusky indislinctness, and ming|e with
f the dim Bile sky. A solitary mechanic.
who has been late at work, wends his way
Z, homeward, and his quick footsteps now
d eche on the spot where a few hours be-
fore cannon might have gone off unno-
e ticed. Topmost windows of certain
e buildings glow with a steady light, and
9 we know that men are bending there over
e cases, dt ciphering wretched manuscript,
and concocting the newspaper of to nor
e row. Streaks Of red, unwholsome light
o stream ou across the pavement from
e drinking houses, and rum-shops, where
K p ople pay six cents apiece for the priv
d ilege 10 drink poison. A quiet little illu'
d mination proceeds from an unobtruslve
n cellar close by where hot coffee and por
d ous cakes are administered ID to folks O
i wholesome tastes. Here is a coil oI
i, something rolled up on the doorstep. i
It i. rags, or rope, or an empty sack II
o moves--nay, it va vns; absolutely gets uF
e on pair OF thin legs, and we behold {
l., news-bov. Poor fellow, it is his bed, un
q til the hard weather drives him into al
d ash.barrel, A vocferous melody .distracr
d our attention from the newshoy. An un
=, steady vocalist is coming round the cor
t ner. He has been to Castle Garden, ant
. somew here else afterwards. be is now
$ prog essing slowly homeward, with me
i !odious declaration that he is 'Afoat OF
1 the fierce rolling tide which declaration
i when taken in connection with his un
i steady gait, does not seem quite so ahsurt
d an assertion. Poor drunken wretch, W
pity him when he passes with q split in,
;. headache ,hr' ugh the business streets tt
i morrow. IN. Y. Times.
e ~ German who passes about New York sell