The Morning herald., 1876-04-20
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Yesterday afternoon be was tstAnding IN
his store of aecond-hand furniture, expatia-
ting very pleasantly to . lady upon the
merits OF table that had but three legs.
he had always been quite successful by his
eloquence In persuading people, but he had
never before had anything Ike three leg
nd table to deal with. He WAS very care
7dl to keep that end Of the table next to
himself, and as he held up the unsupported
part with one hand, he laid down the Ian
evaxe Of persuasive eloquence with the
other. h II the lady advanced around to that
eide, he turned the table about as though
by more accident. Aftsr remaining about
two hours the customer left, stating that
she would think about II. The vender Of
cheap furniture now fo0ts It up - follows
six thousand words Of wasted eloquenee,
giving the table forty turns, an arm nearly
tpasslyxed from supporting that table, and
six slugs Of whisky to restore moisture to
his throat SITTER his lengthy speech. .ri a,
THE SECOND s7RBET NA1xsTNaN. ".
It is by industry that most psople thrive,
t6ose who have been crowded out by the
building of the now Second Street Market
House, and hsye established themselves on
the curbstone, deserve to succeed. The most
Jolly of these Is Mr.. Miller, who deals IN
meat sour sales are very good, said the
veterdn butcher. ut istpretty disagreeablo
to stand out here In rainy weather, but we
console ourselves with the pleasure that will
be derived In having new market house.
We will take possession by the 10Th Of June
and We can then congratulate ourselves
with, having the nobbiest market building
in the city. a .g.E -.a.5,.. .,r.s. ~, ID.
si' THE SUBJECT OF WAGES. .a..o..,.
y, A group of three or four badly clad men
stood on the corner of Market and Fourth
streets yesterday morning, discussing the
question of work and wages, one OF them
stated that he had no work for six months,
|, another had not had any for three months,
and still another complained that he had
work right straight along, but the wages
were down so low, that he could scarcely
make q living, and yet, notwithstanding
this, five minutes aftarw ard they.were say
ing "here's ter YER" over the counter OF
neighbornig saloon, -'1-
~ RIVAL TAKERS. ri 4f"
Dr.. Dehamio, is man Of powerful lungs,
nightly his voice may be heard at the cor
ner Of Fourth and Market streets. explain
| ing the ,terrors OF disease. Frank Rivers,
hes . good voice also, and At The same
place nightly expatistes upon the merits q
q glass cutter1of which he Is vender. Last
night y rivalry sprung UP between the two
as to which could talk the loudest. It com
menced In q high tenor changed to bassc
profundo and terminated in medley, OF
1athsea meles, in which the doctor threat
lned 10 test the toughness of Mr.. Rivers
anatomy, and Mr.. Rivers in turn intfmsted
that be would like to know the color ol
the Doctors bbied. Before passage q
arms took 5p1SSs, the police interfercd, ane
Squire Bradley snquired into the case. Thsy
were fined one dollar and costs each. 10
! seph Adams, who interfered with the arres
| was fined Ave dollars and costs. ~. NOD