The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-11-28
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From the Boston Journal

The great interest felt here IN the sec
ond advent in America and Boston of Nr.
Charles DICKENS, and the promised read
ipg- y hnaseifof his oen Popular and
w5r. i-H;de Wfss-oEs, vas displayed, in no
sigh. degree, ye~leT'laY. when tie sale Of
tickets 80 the readings took place at the
store O desrs. T;cknor i Fields. From
quite eariy - he frost morning to some
time after dark no store was filed With
Peep c slNioas TO secure tickets, AID tie
doorway was constantly besicgcd By a
tlroag watch EXTENDED. aoiae portions of
Tie dar, n q Inc averaging three or four
deg, around the corner Of Hamilton place
and aioos tie sidearal-s \ the place back,
back to the further corner OF fremont
street. i he'd been previously announced
II lie newspaper advertisements that the
sale wcold open =, and not before, 0
O'Clock i The forenoon, but quite crowd
gathered around the store as eariy as $50
o'elocl-. evidently. IN their ;r-'p~e,, ltion of
the iame Of Nr. Dickens. under. ,ndine
the f,Tse of the proyerb concerning the
catching e lha w5rm by TIC early bird.
1t G.30 clock over seventy-fve patient
walters were counted, and By : O'Clock
some 200 more.
lie clerks opened the store soon after
Z O'Clock snl admitted those in waiting.
but finding that the crowd vas larger than
tie store could easily accommodate, closed
tie doors ana procured policemen 10 guard
them. The fortunate ones Sll.it.ed pass
ed tic time which interveaed between
their entrance AMI the opening Of the sale
n mo9t agreeable ani comfortable man
ner. and occasiored considerable Jealousy
All envy OF tie part OF those without,
whose blue noses aad generally pincbel
looks disclosed lie mid torture thev were
undergoing il ne raw chilly air OF the
But the crowd out ii the cold was a
most patient, orderly and gentlosnauly
crowd and seemed determined % be
jelly anl good na;rrel under any cir
cumsjanees.
Ard It vas sitnated vhoro joliity was
yiIt1e-wAereia Narl Tapley even might
fnG Il q pleasant tas'. 70 he oily. The
wln5 swept around the corner Of Hamilton
lace iHcessantlT and remersclessly. and
worked is way through Tie thickest coats
snd varmesJ -hawls. - the very yitals Of
those they attempted TO comfort and pro-
feet. 8ui there was No complaint; likes
we're cracked some very gooi and some
very poor quotations from Dickens were
made anu some forced aaI SIS tches of
soa,s were sung, tie most popular Of
which vs. i wont 20 haue til morn
~, which 80 enc .ime i seemed likely
ih.t SOME woald not. Ind the crowd was
gallant, to-, IS he following incident will
show: Amon- the earliest Corners were
two heroic ladies', one Ct them, having
waited three hours Ter an opportunity 10
procure her ticket, vas, by q common in
pulse O. eenesozity, allowed to take a posi-
t-on u aslvance oi the gentlemen who had
Gene before her, tie matter being put T.
veto an unanimously decided in the af
frmaeiye lie fact that some persons
we're eight hours purchasing ticke,s-i7e
cut IN the cold, aud three in the store
shows the rersistency Of the would-bt
ticket purchasers. There were many whC
F.a..oa tx hours. and very many foui
hours, before lie dearly won cards of ad-
quite number, too, who, after almost
freezing in TIE line three or four hours.
retrestel IN despair, without obtaining
Tia. far Which they had suffered.
Everything in Gle sale Of tickets within
the store seemsd TO be conducted with
entire fairness. The limit was set at
iorty-eight tickets 20 one person, twelve
course. tiche.s.--~o as 10 prevent as much
Is possible, ticket speculating. But this
was not entirely avoided. Spectators
we've On the streets and in the hotels sci
lag tickets readily for $50 and Sl5 each
Tor Che opening night, aud a few as high
as 20 eaeh. Tickets for the remaining
three nights we're also sold By spectators
Il lich prices. itabout 10 clock last
evening every good seat and nearly every
poor seat in the hall were sold indeed the
only seas that could be bought were those
On tenehes in very unpleasant places.
Gentlemen coming down town in the
morning, and seeing from distance the
crowd around the door Of ,he store, the
policemen, and the barred windows. sun
posed that Ere Lad occurred within the
store, and greatly depIored the ca
'astroPhe. Tie retail portion of the
store was net open Ter business
ether than tho sale OF during
the entire lay, AMI 10 one coull obtain
aalnIttance, no matter bow muc ] lie de-
siTed . buy q book" as one individual
iE~'ssei lie did to the inaredulous police.
man and the waiting crowd.