, 1873-01-02
B0lSTEROUS BROKERS.


with email hit8 OF paper, which AAvo TO b0 aWoNt
eisd under tho various signs upon tho walls and
pillars, apparently plnying tho Italian game Of
mora, e Judge BY tho tquiek gestures Of
tltoir rogtleHs hngors. Sosno wore acrib-
and al1nost Mi wore howling like maniacss or
wild bonhtB half starved. The only place was
eyor in at all to bo compared with it in volume
and variety Of noise III the parrot room IN tho
London geological Gardens. Dedlnm and pau
acquontly cannot Bpenk from experience. But
the pnyrota in that awful louao In Regents
Park aro capable Of milking more hdoons noises
II gyen moment tan any other wild eos"ia IN
animal conoB out triumphantly supreme.
10 add to tho refreshing variety Of the din,
long, lanky youshs in gray anlntercd about like
tho Of tho a 70 n1 eawTa ncon
wore told woro the pagos. who reported tho ptato
Of tho market, and delivered orders and commits
sonB. 70 tho uninitiated they woro fraud and
q dousion, but 60 waa the whole thing. a
groups, motel book III lantl, talking oagor1y Or
yelling unintelligibo nonsense at tho
top Of t1o3r voices, and gestIcu1ating
will, tho fury Of nndmen, while in and around
calmly shouting full in the lrokers' faces-this,
wo aro told was Is buaineHB" This iy tho mys-
torious occupation to which our frionds, oo,in-
try1non mud lovers tlayoto 80 large portion Of
tnclr tI1no hnu snouRhtb. Al LIB btranHo ulVer-
sion millions q dollars clango hauda in few
hours, md bulls and bears ~ this little nent
agrco to make thinEa generally uncomfortable
and uncorta,n for tho outside world.
But wloro woro the white hats, and what Of
tllor daring woarera2 As tho crowd thckened,
they began to ehino out upon the general black
nesb in Obvious distinction. At first tho howl
ing multituto, eager for filthy lucro, took no par
ticular notice Of iho1n beyond m occasional hnr
ried poke or pat but this dousivo miltlnasB did
not long continue. After the first, 1lftoon or
twonty minutes, during Which tho favorte
stocks had boon aanced up and down u fow
mes' times thn like ,nno,to 70 many ft51ylns h b.
saAcade DdsA ea' nyRraa sRa''tSb abatcd III sse hn md
tho general attention to buHiness rolaxed. Sud-
donly--no ono know whence Or ullorefore-up
roso n whito Int in tho mir, high above tho heads
Of tho people, and bara -hoaaed individual WAS
Boon struggling wildly iii tho arms Of tho mob,
who BOT up ironical chcers at Ais unayailing Of
forth to regain his flying hcad-pioco. It roae
and fell faster and farther than any fancy stock
OF thom all, now soaring to the vauftod roof,
now being kicked along the dusty loor
prees whero he see my wnto Int shine amidst tic
ranks of war,
Boomcd to bo tho acntment Of tho occaeion, az
tho unru1y mob Rwayed AMI struggled about the
dilapidatcd victim of thcir sports. In ono corner
ately to q littlo Knot Of friends. Ho wore tnll
wlilo "stoye-pipo" Of tho most obnoxious kind.
In a twinking it WAS aoizcd and sent flying to-
ward tho roof With its softor preaeceaRor. Its
ownor gayo one glance over hu shoulder, and
:" smiled a sickly smiio," whila it WAS worry eyi-
don't that
Tho subsequent proceedings Interested him no
more.
The fun grew fast and furious, tho air was
literally darkenel with lying hats Of evory shape
and sizo, but all white The stout, tall beavers
were converted into footballs till their CROWNS
wero kicked out and their brimB torn off, when
thoy woro seized upon as instruments for further
S,.. SGn..
ternity, now, to use nautical phrase, scudding un-
der bare polls, was ponnced upon, and over his
unfortunate head tho crownless hut WAS drawn till
the ragged remnant Of it's hrim rested upon
noted with Mt least throo tiors Of hats and WAS
last Been on the odgo Of tho cockpit struggling
with imminent suflocation.
AT tho height Of tho bowling, scufIling, kick-
ing, md fighting, short diversion was effected.
an entire suit Of new broadcloth, 1t WAS un-
mistakably new, itB brilllanoy quite undimmed.
INSTANTLY ruah was made for him BY tho tickle
crowd They sEepthdinM M as by Sa some mighty 1h wsvo
him round and round like a pvoted statue. and
examined him. and pattod him approvlng!y on
every side. Then thoy made largo ring round
him and gave him three ohocrs: Not content
at him again, and tried to lift him upon the ta-
BILE, that they might ROC him better. But this
the portly brokor resisted i he fought like good
fellow, and the crowd, tired Of struggllng with q
aud went back to the chas0 OF the white hats.
We atayel about half Nh hour to watch these
elegant and refined diversions at the end Of
that time our patience aud tho white hats were
giving ont togethor: Tho din was a., doatoning.
strown with scraps Of paporb and the manglod
renaina Of felt and beaver. Brimlegs hats nnd
hatess, brlms, Innings, bands, rent md
S'ffa Sa f9 erow1 wer ed I'll de3 5sss0d nd gpce
writhing victim in grny, masked by @ crownless
Int, wna gtrnggling upon tho tablo to the owl
don't danger OF thobo unhappy flowers; tho
President vas calling ~. acr9ns % tho tnmnt IN
fall, and the itnperturbablc pages wero bawl-
Ing upon the skirss Of tho crowd with Rtolid
pertinncity. The noise was terrific, the confu-
We are ofton told that women are unified for
husinoBs pursuits. II this was buHineas, I
should say decidedly they were. NY acquaint-
ance with women has bonn large and varied, but
I have yot to sec tho woman whom consider
1}oard Of nrokors. I have been present at
many gatherings composed entirely Of.
woulen from among tho ''Wonan's Parllamout"
to country sowing sociotion, but noyer, oven
ais, have soon n crowd Of womon, however
excited, howovor full Of fun capable OF playing
football with each othor's bonnots oven upon
April Fools day. am convinced that not eyon
AlaBA AuLQOHy Or QltH. STANTON MCnlu nave lGN1-
tatod to ndnit, had she been present OIL lilo
auBpicious OCCASION abovo recorded that there
aro limits even to wonau'a spiera. Lot her
proacll md practice aul sail ships aud mako
horsoshoes aud command armies II sho will, let
hor voto for all nortH Of dinropatable characters
to bo aet over hor II ahe choose, but lot her
recognize tho fact that lotween ler md tho
gontlo amonitios Of tho Nov York Stock Ex-
chnuge llore iH grcat g,sf lxod which only tho
Ills ltoun n,orulity and hia oxqatuitb a4,d u,l-
varying courtesy, call bridge oyor-Lippincolfs
Aagael'!e.
l11sy F0tcH nre Counted In Florida.
GaAtspl't, Fu. {Sop. 1, Correspondence ~ shs Sets
l'ark Suf,
Tho Board OF OanyasaorH mot OIL Saturday ut
tlt'a place, THO county alto, for tho purpose Of
mt cou,ploto 1t, but adjourned to meet yeHtor.
day. About tho tinlo tAoy had tho yoton from
all tho prec!ncth coAntod, and woto about to