New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-04

ooknv ,,orers from the country buying socks or
investing rstlime In that IA they
the pr0PTedsHr Of that m nRSs skirts
Little children hanging amay 70 tns'r roDSd them and
envy the lucky one Of the family Tor whom tlG i on
chase being made Others San1 s serycd At the
stores where they sell clothes by auction inc srsiiv
on Saturday night Is always BUSY e organs
are concerned for 1t is his yocatl0nto MAKE ~ -
tracing crowd by means OF ms noisy a shoh ener
gy into the sale of e5cent waiscoat as he womb i've
that OF 80 coat his store contained ande the goods
some with meek timid air. others WIN ~! auHo rn
sefsucency which s sure to call down on ' me ianny
gbtOngued salesman. hasty glance FROM tho S rs
greets at your entrance put hs anr coat and
pantaloOns he knows you are NOT nHeS " NO yo
TONER and without wasting rs he eI
claims with advancing glance al an antlquavu k cot
ment heres melton oyereoa such a. you sy can collar
and warranted real good stun now Wnat snan FL
first for this Overcoat humble indiyldasi m 9Ny a
bids 81 1.-TWO dollarsl my GOdl Two dollars LOT an
oyercoati Well gents" he continues In playful wa!'
wen start it at two dollars Two doIlsf t"Tr Soars
Thank YOU Sir (thls who has just entereo anu
had notion whatever Of making oia sSvr tour
Why, gents If rich man ia give twenty aUloSs
for that Overcoat and to the Central fark Sid
more than four fifty for that overcOat i must BIO sold
Four fifty M four fry four N -four YSn ssO on mean mean
to say that you're going let that young man have ta
overcoa lined throughont velvet collar ana w sncb
thing makes the salesman yrtuously indighan,,,
and he rushes madly up and down the peISa
and shouting like some fthrate actor playing Richard
the lid travelling theater Come gentlemen o ne
fty onSc four fifty twice four hy that young man
really have that overcoati No, I'm da NJ n oa
for I'll give Ave dollars for 1t myself Iheie DC on
Won and get your five cent suppers there aint dollar
among the whole crowd OF you" This denunoatIon is
given with ferocty OF manner worthy OF the plaster
indian chief who keeps guard the cigar store next
door Quickly and with shamefaced looks the crowd
saesman proceeds to regae himself with Connect cut
cigar and his thoughts in the adjoining %sRy ShG
kers store and yet what various phases OF
does develop Here is an honest tnr hs VIE
and children for he is out Oh strike ana MS union
ance is insufficient for the support OF MS iay
Is Door OvcrwOrked washerwOman compelled 10 porVW
money on her stove irons because some heaItess FANNY
unable or unwilling to Pay her 6 m OF the
store If no cannot possibly lend her little more tnah
fifty cents them You can take them aMay NJ
repies I'm rough, Ohanded manner as he pusheu pack
the irons toward her don't much care about enuhe
money tonight" How men will lie Poor ming sue 70
obi eed 20 be content with the fifty cents, and the propr
etor turns at to the next corner some poor tre
bling creature, whose halfstaryed babe tells plainly tne
tale OF her misery and degradation who wants 10 pawn
the shawl back order TO get one more drink OF
the Internal stmulant which has been her on
counter with article of clothing IN order 10
be able 10 buy few necessaries for her mother VINO rs
sick and diving at home And the round OF the pawn
brokers' business goes The liquor shops IN every d'
rection are filled TO suffocaton with men ana women III
all stages OF intoxication shouting, Yelling Curslhg
fghting and tearing anothers hair ana clotneb i
the police and turn them all out Bus II ~ the
old old story they return in five minutes ana qliehy
renew their drunken orgies. The cigar shops 700 arc
doing an immense trade ana even that OLD ing
Chinese cigar seller, who stands shlyerlnR Dehuu MS
stand at the Of the street, chuckes quietly 70
self as he watches his little stock quickly disappearing aH
one after another helpassers BY stop to patronze him
And so the evening fits by even saturday hght IN tne
BoWery must to close and the crowd begins 10
thin The scene will be enliyened more Tor lew
minutes when the theaters pour out their hndreds OF
visitors into the streets but t Will be ike the last Kicker
of the candle. Those who going home soon hurry
away those who going 10 make night or are soon
hidden in the neigborng dens and the quiet OF the
Rowery no more disturbed that night save when some
royteTng rOwdy shouts himself hoarse over the last ne
rbah song, or some drunk aud dnorderly taxes All
the strength OF three four officers who are desirOus
that she should sleep or on the hard boards OF cen
I'M the district station-h0use.