Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-09-07

alive with the usual thrOnH OF warm sum
mer evening, some husrying 70 the places o.
amusement, and, Others with no object sav.
to b ont Of doors when i, il too sul,ry te
remais anywhere else. What 10 thas7 A
gsisar on the market place We turn il
the direction from whence The music pro-
ceeds and fud = man standing upon DO,
behind The Earring light Of . lamp suppor.ed
on . stick, strumming the Spanish fandsnge
with Portugsss accent. He 10 cool, self
possessed individual and sesms totally obi
vious to the remarks or s:ares Of the rapidly
gathering throng. He is used to motley
gatherings OF the sort that surround his pe-
destal, and II he loots .t them At al il il
With professionally eye. calculating The
amount Of scrip they will probably yield him
He s,ops the fandango At length, anG after
tusing his instrument li,tls he breaks oa,
in song. His voice is rough and strong,
but not unmusical, as he tells the familiar
story Of Pat MAlloy." His brogue may no,
be good, bu. the words come plain and clear
and many pause to listen.
After following the ad,enturou. young
Fenian, whose name it was Mslloy,' scrcss
the main to America, and then escor.iog in
safety back to old ireland again, 10 overjoy
bis molly daf1in" With IN empty poke,
and . heart proport'onate y light, this stree,
musician lays aside bis 9ui'ar, aud produ-
cling a box Of backing from hia coat pt ck
ct, exclsims 10 q loud voice: "Who was
the greatest man that ever livcd?' A pause
aud then he repeats still louder, "Who-o-o
was the greatest man that ever lived r'-
There is always some one in any crowd v 10
thinks himself q funny man, and replies
"Old Mother Goose" The laugh which this
response elici,s from the crowd is increased
four-fold when tho blacking mao, who 10
quick 10 take advantage Of all such oppor-
tunis,es, replies in = tone Of mild rebuke
"Young man, never speak disrespectful Of
your maternal parent and the funny man
that would be sinks out OF the crowd and
disappears.
"Who was the greatest man that ever liv-
edY' Warned by the fate Of the funny man,
no one ventures q reply, aud the musical
vender says:
"I'll tell ye who VAS the greatest mau
that ever lived i,'s the inventor Of this ere
blackiug. Christopher Columbus invented
the sew;og machine in Genoa in 1892; Sir
john Franklin Disco vered America George
Francis Train laid the A,lautic cable and
the Nicholson pavement, and General Grant
started the cigar trade, but the greatest mau
that ever lived, the man who WAS the hefies,
benefaetor Of the age, was the individual -
invented the patent self-polshing, dry-shod,
leather. preserving, acknowledgements
forty-four looking power, Ethiopian polish
Who'll have boxf'
"WilI you give me = box for no'hng?'
says another funny man who has just arriv-
ed, ignorant Of the tate Of bis An,nias.
Yes, side the head; lraising his voice, }
Who:o-ll have box Of the Ethiopian poi
ishs Only ten cents. Why i. preserves The
leather 80 long, gentlemen. that cows can
look upon the remains Of their ancestors Of
ten generations back. Looking glasses, gen
tlemen, are not used 10 families where this
prevails |. keeps the fee. so dry
in vet weather that they rattle. Does any
body want box for the trifling consiaera-
ton " ten, cen.s1 Thanh you-just the
change) J., who'll buy tho next box Of this
preparation for sbolshiug vet
feet without On act Of Congress, furnishing
you with pre- formulating mirrors, and make
q pair Of boots descend through . family
like hair loom p T..
''Do you take OLD Abe's money - inqui-
red another purchaser, a. he hands out the
required scrip in exchange for box Of the
E,hiopioo polish.
This ain. Old Abe money" returns the
veuder, showing it into bis vest pocket, this
Is mine. Where il the next gentleman rs
wants polishing2'
By this time trade is lively and the ten
cent pieces 6ow in rapidly. Jet he finds op-
portuuity to dsscAnt stiii further upon The
merits of his unr,vaIled polish. "The il.
sensor Of this here polish, gentlemen, is a
Of noble blood, and the French,
you know, gentlemen, are the most polished
tulks ~ 10. once did know very bsshfal
man. He WAS the bashfalest man, gentle
men, that ever see-tthas ten cent piece j.
raised from 6ve--thank you, that is bet,sr)
this man wanted to 90 with the girls, but
be was 90 bsshfu) be didn't dare. He met
ne-boughi box Of my polish-pu. shine
On bis boots With it, and be has been shtnin'
up to the women ever since" He pretends
10 hold whispered conversation With pur.
chaser Of box, and then exclaims, THAT
good. looking gentleman who has Just taken
\ boz says they have used il in bis family
lor years." Ia t~- H- ...nsE*
when they 6rst used il, gentlemen, there
~As compliant sha, they cast reflections on
their neishbor, but tho nsisbbots bough. it,
TOO, aud got over being mad when they come
70 reflect Another box sold and got tho
money. He ssys, too, it - area. savinR Of
leather. His father saved enough leather in
) yssr BY using the polish. gentlemen, to
make double set OF harness aud cover !
trunk. One at . time, gentlsmen, unless
you are twins, in which case two boxes will
snlJ b tssnty cents. You want \ box 10
Try, do Jour It's ten cents box where you
Try II. TAis 10 no hamhug but Q bon y6de
article. None genuine, gentlemen, unless
you pays Josr 1ensy down. 1t 10 good for
corts. 1old box 10 . man in Louisville
Who bad % many corps, thst, 10 had 10 have
Bic shoes made over ! bag or hickory nuts