, 1875-01-10

they down than the industrious house
servants begin to sweep them of. Armed
with stir hrooms, they PATIENTLY dig out every
particle Of dirt from between the stones, includ-
ing even the gutter in the operation. and leaving
the whole in pile, to be removed by -esrts-
The result ia easily imagined: tho stones stand
up boldly and riding over them in carriage is
martyrdooa worthy of the days OF Michigan
corduroy. In fact, the st1eet-ear, on it's smooth
iron track, is the most luxurious way Of getting
about.
But the crowning wonder of Baltimore streets
to q long resident Of risht~ansled Chicago is
their
MARVELLOUS CRooKEDNEss.
Ride through any one Of them, and you seq
other streets branching off, at every possible
ANGLE and you get glimpses, down waving and
turning avenues, worthy OF public park. Here
your street narzoWs to mere thread Of 3 way,
and in a block or two widens into sort Of open
square, ornamented NTH highly-painted and
gilded structure Of iron, to fill up the middle.
One moment you pass q narrow vay,-scarcely
broader than d lane,-thickly built up With
quaint old houses,-th wllole looking as though
it might have been taken bodily out OF some
Old-World city; aud perhaps the next street
will sweep With broad open expanse up hill,
the middle OF the avenue occupied by q mar
row strip Of grass, with shrubs and flowers, and
the top crowned with 4 monument.
a trip through the streets il d
CONSTANT SUCCESSION OF SURPRISES,
piquing ones curiosity like the winding avenues
ct park, Hhare you are always on The aui-vlye
to SEQ what the next turn will open to view. If
it LOOKS like hopeless labyrinth, buy city-map
and study it out. You will find that scarcely 3
street runs straight for its whole length, and
soma OF them have ua many as threa different
directions. One place looks as though largo
section had been cut out, and put back bias. -
It will take d Chicagoan some time to ''get the
hang" OF the plat, il indeed there's any hang to
it. Let us hope the people are not as crooxed
as their ways.
The unduiations, the constant ups and downs.
OF the streets ere pleasant to eyes accus-
toned to Chicaso's dead-level; and the only OBJ
jcctions to them in city are ths increased dihi-
Guilty Of walking, the necessity OF brakes on
heavy wagons, and extra car-horses at the foot
Of the hills.
streets, and the oldest to Chicago eyes, are the
oYsTER-PEDDLERs.
They are always negroes. wearing white
aprons, white oversleeves up to the elbow, and
sometimes white gloves. They carry two i'm
mense tin paits,-or buckets they call tbem,-
with q dipper md collection of measures hang
ing to one. They walk through the streets cry
ing their wares at the top Of thcir Toice. The
cries differ, each one having his own, and in
vain will you listen and study the sounds to try
One lust throws back his head and yells.
"Coo-dye! Coo-dye!"
That may originally have been "Good
uysters u; but what can one make OF "O-h f! my
chum Ann T. sung in the melancholy strains
natural to the race, and sounding az though the
singer Was bewaiIing the loss Of his last friend.
Or Of this:
"Oh! Mary A-n-n!" sh1ieked out on the
rising infection, as though tho damsel in ques-
ton Was to be called 4'from the vssty deep"
Nothing ia d-oller than to see one OF these
pedd1ers stop in the very middle OF shrek,
and say politely in an ordinary tone. "Oysters,
air 2"
AsoraEK Auus1Sa srREET-cR1ER'
is the black. He is also q negro, armed
with small pail and brushes, and he talks OF his
harapgue az he walks, in = loud voice, all in one
key, ike IN auctioneer. Thus is what one said
as he passed window: .
"Oh there's some very good-lookirg houses
in this part Of the city, and I'm sat1ated there's
some very bad-looking stoves! Oh! I'm the
very gentleman to put them in order. ! don't
care Il they're par1or stoves, chamber stoves.
kitchen stoves, or ranges. Oh! all you'm got to
do is to keep your eye out for the stova-cleaner.
And then he was out Of hearing though talking
On as loud as ever.
Strange enough sre the
MULE CARTS
geme with two mules, tandem, guided by single
line from the leader, and others with six mules,
driven in the same Woy, and their drivers usually
negroes. 8trangest Of all is thelr way OF guiding
the long -eared fraternity by the voice.
Coming up & gentle hill, every driver OF q
loaded cart breaks out into song, in the peculiar
wailing minor stratus Of tho negro. The
words caunot be distinguished; it sounds like:
.Oo-ll-oo-ee.' The mule understands,
however, and evidently likes it: Hia long
ears drop pacidly over eaeh s,ae, and ~ ns
up Not only in going up hill, but IN lacking
around, or any unusual s1ertion, the driver re-
sorts to music, and the mule understaEd and
obeys. It is vast improvement on the means
Chicago drivers use to direct their patient 1onr-
footed servants. The custom might be intro
duced there with advantage. Fancy Chicago
drayrnan singing to his horse!
There are other characteristics OF tba
ARMY OF coLoRED WoRKNEH
who crowd the streets OF Baltimore. which might
be- proftabl7 copied by the same class at the
North One is their universal sobriety and
ne acafu1ness. and another Is their good naan-
ners. It is rare to see drunken or quarrel
some negro; 8nd speak to the lowest and rag
teling,-and he will answer politely. touching
his miserable relic Of q hat when be speaks to q
lady. in = genuine chivalric way. never seen at
the North, except in gentlemen.
The Same remark holds good OF the house,
servants, who, OF conrse. are mostly colored,
though Irish can be obtained. The
TR1ALB or coLoRKD HELP
have been greatly overrated. or course they
have faults, being human; so have the Irish and
German help. But an average Baltimore ser7-
ant-eirl iB well trained in her duties, waits On
tabls in noiseless way, delightful to vorn-out
Northern housekeepers; is pleasant spoken and
obIiging, naver impertineut. and a1wars anxious
to relieve her employer. If she il treated as
though she were a fellow-creature, with tastes,
and feelings, and character OF her own