The New York herald., 1874-12-25
THE BROKERS CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL.

DEMoNIACAL ATTACK ON BEAVER HATS
Christmas Day is always season OF insane ;es-
tivty at the Stock Excnange for tnat is the occa-
sion which the brokers seize upon to uncork
al the bottled up madness OF the year up to
date, and when it is uncorked Gfe effervescence
is really tremendous and can hardly be described;
and 1t IS somewhat more dangerous TO witness it
than to witness q bail fight or q lion talner's eX-
blbltion, for the average broSer Is like an infu-
rated animal on Christmas Eve, ana has re-
gard for sex, age, quality or condition.
He VIII have his carnival and It's attendant ex-
cesses, while the stone and brick walls that
encirce him safely prevent any interference
by the pohce. 1t has sometimes been fashion
with the brokers to wear vsors or masks or false
noses, but yesterday they conten ted with
carrying the tin horn so beloved ny noisy boys,
anu which Is used by the howling gaDlt,, to herald
the approach or the Fourth OF July Christmas and
New Years Day. Early yesterday, soon after the
opening OF the Board, the fun commenced, and
rough Jun II was. Many OF the brokers had drunk
liquor and we're IN a frame OF mind to encourage
any kind OF deviltry, and not the less on account
OF the fact that business is SO very bad now in
stocks and the brokers have been taking in very
little money and making very lew sales.
The first performance OF the day was
that which IN Its nature was intended TO throw
discredr all monarcnical Institutions. some
poor darKy VINO had never, probably, offended
any one, anu whose occupation Is tndJ OI waiter,
was induced, lor a lee Of SIS, to enter the stock
Exchange and persOnate King kalakaua, HIS
Majesty OF the sandwich Islands, The wretched
darky had his pockets flied pretty well with
sandwiches, and then, to use the language OF
some OF the boys 1.-THE niger king fred
intor tine Stock Exchange with frghtu velocity.
There ne was hustled ana jammed and ne had his
hat broken; thousand blasts from a hun
d1cd horns were blown at him. into his ears and
his mouth, aud he was lifted or his feet by the
rush ana he was upset, but still the crowd bore
him upward, and, as the liquor ermented in the
brokers' brains, themock king had Tin FISH horn
placed in his hand and ne was driven TO
and Iro, and finally was holsted to the rostrum or
tribune, and from thence lie Tas told to address
the maddened and jumping crowd below, who
were now gruntng like pigs and alternately new
ing like SICK cats. In terror OF his life the poor
darKy was forced to blow his horn as loudly as
his lungs would permit. soon alter an organ
grinder was brought into the Exchange, and was
treated a manner somewhat similar TO the
negro and he was hustled and his cioJhes were
torn like sail before rough Bscay gale. The
frghtcd Italian was deprived OF his breath as II
bears had been huggng him, and then he was
"sllghtly bounced,n and had his nair shampOoed by
nugh scrubbing brush procured ior the purpose
ABOUT quarter before three the real King kal-
.akaua, with his suite, entered the building, and
was the rec pient OF much hilarious disco rdance,
which was no doubt taken as really the heartfelt
homage OF the assembled Board Of Brokers toward
His hawaiian Majesty.