Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-07-02
oITY SCENES.
A now IN QUIET sTREET--"HURRY UP, Sissy, O
WE'LL BE TOO LATE FOR THE FIGHT"

A row IN QUIET sTREKT--"HURRY UP, sIssY, on
WE'LL BE TOO LATE FOR THE FIGHT"
II Passers-by in quiet and decorous street OF
eur city, we're enlivened yesterday afternoon by
the unusual entertainment of q pugilistic en-
counter between grey-haired gentleman of re-
| spectacle and portly appearance, and shabby
| genteel looking individual, in stove-pipe hat,
apparently collector of bills, taking place upon
| the front pavement of the first party. Some
.'whacking' blows were given in rapid succession,
In spite of the feeble interpositon of an anxious
| looking woman, who dashed out OF the house
and made Intellectual clutches at the grey haired
party Of the first part to be rejected each time
by repellant elbow. Finally, after twice com
| ing up to time the stove-ppe hat sucoumbed,
| and the conqueror retired growing to his den
presumably to blow OF steam in the back yard.
1t was not very much of a sorimmage leaving
none OF the tokens dear to Hotspur, OF bloody
noses and cracked crowns :" and quiet passers-
by did not stop to learn the causes which led to
the Homeric conflict but the most notable
point was the marvellous rapidity with which a
crowd gathered round the scene of the encoun-
ter People rushed TO that quiet spot with the
unerring instinct which draws the distant yul-
ture to a new-faen carcass. in two minutes the
solitary street teemed for two squares round
with a converging crowd in which little children,
girl children and even babies were prominent
features. Two little maids, with faces sparkling
them little tot who could not run 30 fast.
4" Don't stop to cry, sissy" admonshed tho el-
der " or we'll be too late for the fight
Leaving this still increasing crowd to throng
around the door-front and discuss the events aud
characteristics OF the conflict we passed on,
turning over sadly in our mind. reflections nat
ural to such scene aud such companyof spec
tators. What tcW become Of the children
ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE soENE-Two DRUNKEN ye-
Nm NHTf At rVF or
THEM
Tuesday morning, as you passed along Ninth
street below Walnut, you might have seen and
been shocked by the spectacle presented by two
females one an elderly woman, the other a mere
girl,probably about fifteen. Both were intox-
icated, especially the younger, and as they came
staggering and reeling up the middle Of the
street it required the assistance Of each other
to keep from falling down. They turned down
Poplar street, where some carters and other
workmen We're filling up the street, where the
younger and more intoxicated Of the two lay
down on the grass, and her companion proceed
ed to pick the loose bits of paper and rags
found amongst the ashes tilted out by the car
ters.
Struck with the degrading spectacle before
them, the workmen stopped their work, when
the following conversation ensued
lst Workman Isn't that degrading sight p
ID Workman, Anybody that couldn't take
better care Of themselves than that ought to be-
hung
Sd Workman "Sure, and think the one that
sold thin degraded cratures the liquor ought tc
be hung first
A Bystander, mo. no. gentlemen l thinl
you are wrong. Our State licenses the sale Of
liquor, and the person who sold those degraded
beings liquor no doubt has his license sigred by
the Governor and the broad seal OF the State up
on it hung up in his bar room. Therefore is no
the State of Delaware the more guilty party :
A Carter, The man who sold the liquor ii
not to blame, he didn't ask them in to drink
and il they drink they must put up with the con
quences.'
So the conversation ran. What Of ii /,