New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-04

mas out of season. I'm the twinkling OF an
eye the Pie Stand was maclstrom OF nickeis |;
q flutter of tho green and beautiful ten-cent
pieces of the realm surrounded the Pieman
and his clerks with halo Of unexampled pros
perity: pics came and went and came and
brought much change, and bOys forgot their er-
rands in the orgies of q pie debauch. Around tne
Pie Stand were terraced semi-circlcs OF youth
and beauty, into whose cOnvolutions flowed
steady unchecked stream of pie. over the
lower part of the island the fragrance OF the
Die hung like cloud. The 'Ongshoreman at
the wharf shifted it IN the air. and with
wild cry, "Pie ~ rushed to the Post-Oilice TO
have a hand and mouth in the carouse {;
the newly-arrived emigrant followed up the
scent from the Battery and mingled IN the
fray; the District Telegraph Boys, without
waiting to form in column by COM
panies, shouted "Piew and rushed wildly
from all points of the compass to the
scene of carnage; car-drivers abandoned
their teams and conductors their cars, ana
with the war-whoop "Piew plunged into the
procession; on all sides more men and women
were waving the valuable ten cent piece In
the air and shouting "Pie." There were pies
of all nations and of every brand and variety;
there were the green apple and the dried, the
succulent huckeberry and the juicy peach, the
lemon. the custard, the mnce and the squash,
and TO crown all the cheap and cheerful tart
And there was no end of them. Men might
come and men might so, but pie flowed on
forever.
II WAS but for single week. At the close OF
the FIRST days business while the Pieman was
ironing out his ten cent pieces for the purposes
of enumeration, thoughtful and serious men
who had waded through great expanse OF
haky pie crust crumbs to Pet their mails or
perchance had slipped and sat down on some
unexpected fragment of the Piemans wares
were getting ready to make row about 1t.
The next day there were letters in the news
papers about il. People said IL was a null
sance and some even went so far as 10
say that it did not compare favOrably
with the building itself. There were COM
plants to Postmaster James and Postmaster
General Jewell and Secretary Blist0w, and, for
aught we know, to President Grant, ii any
body knows where to find him. The public
appetite for Pie was succeeded by a puOlc
curiosity about the Pemln. For the past
three or four DAYS there has not been so much
trash Mt the Pie stand, but great crowds OF
people have stood around in various attitudes
in the vestibule and intently gazcd upon the
Peman. The Pieman il, it seems, mem
Der of Congress. He says the cause OF the OPP
position to his enterprise is jealousy. 1t is not
impossible. However that may be, his career as
a Post Office Pieman ends to-day. He has the
satisfaction of having filed the public eye for
a week and the public mouth for at least a
day; and we doubt not he has gathered in
great many ten cent pieces. To-day hc fades
away like beautiful dream. He will be
kindly remembered by the enthusiastic youths
who are indebted to his huckleberry pie for
the stomach ache, as well as by an apprecia-
tive Public to whom he has offered the novel
spectacle of member of Congress engaging
in business in which he asked only Govern
mcnt protection and not Government aid.