Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-26
LETTERS FROM 1HE PEOPLE
The Huekster Nuisance

WAsHtNGroN, ID. Z, Jan. 2fth, 1876.
EdtoT SGT:-In yesterdays Cryf,ai an
peRrtd an editorial scoring the author OF Tie
letter which appeared In THE STAR n few
evenings previously, In which complaint
was made Of the practices OF street buck
am rot prepared 10 deny but that u may
ne convenience 20 many people 20 have
segeiaoles sold from wagons la the streets;
ald III The editor OF the CIpN1i will do me
justice he will see that 10 Is the ringing of
door bells, and insolence, OF which i cam
pam. Ihese hucksters are not so quiet I'm
passing through the streets but that any one
cesirous Of making purchases OF them is
fully warned and I'D vfsed of their annroach
Neither are they so scarce but that by look
ing out one can he seen at almost any time
lance.
do not, neither did I, objec; 20 this every
worthy class OF our people making a ltv-
ing; but object TO their making said living
al the cost Of 50 much unnecessary trouble
on the part OF another class OF our people
who, In my opinion, are quite as worthy.
My reason for writing under san anony-
nous was for the purpose OF protecting my
family from additional insfallmeuts OF the
tnsolence of which complained. felt sat
ished that persons who would be guilty of
such unprovoked attacks as have been made
upon the families OF many within my own
personal knowledge might (and probably
wouid) Intentionally repeat the same N the
perpetrators had any knowledge leading 20
the identity OF those who feel that they have
good reasons for complaining.
Il
comes this evenings STAR containing letters
from "A Constant Reader" and Arab II
seems 10 be admitted ON all sides that the
impudence OF which / complain is a reality,
but is claimed 10 be exceptional rather
than general. The only real difference OF
opinion between "A Constant Reader, aud
myself is In The manner OF stating 10, which
10 me that AT TIE time OF this writing he had
not been so Imposed upon as 10 put him I'm n
suicidal mood, while the contrary was The
case with complainant.
n a sa..re 81 .rE.s..
all the abuses with which 1 charge them,
mat still 10 have one come along on a rainy
DAY, thus saving trip TO market compen-
safes for all the trouble they make, while I
would rather go 10 market through the rain
Than TO have my wife walk a. far In answer
ing the bell and brook their insults besides.
AS 10 Arab" L will only say that am
not market man, nor I'm anyway interested
IN market produce, except 30 far a. TO buy
The same at market, when can't get IL FROM
a street huckster who is content In crying
MS wares instead OF ringing door bells.
Promising 10 ask your Indulgence no further
still, A SuFFERER.
street NOmenclature.
Ioh EhtOT ~ The Sor: In addition 20 the
practlcal advantages which will manifestly
attend the remaining of the streets of Wash
ington, upon some such plan as that pro-
posed by you, there are other reasons, less
uuiitarisn, perhaps, but, nevertheless, Of
great force. refer 10 the education that in
embodied in a rich and suggestive nomen-
clature. Upon this point i quote from
Greenough's "Art Ethetlcs at Washington
81 was wandering, the evening OF my arri-
val Ia washington, after nine years absence;
musing as walked, / found myself on the
banks OF the Potomac. was rejecting upon
the singular contrast between the non com
initial, negative nomenclature OF these ave.
nues and streets, and the sagacious policy
wnlch, In Europe, makes every name a
monument, every square enforce It's creed
every bridge echo historical fact or record
a IN hn
moral world, abhors a vacuum; and felt
mat "A, Il, streets were temporary names,
waiting till the rightful lords OF the domain
shall appear"
Is there a better time than the present 10
serve a "notice TO Quit" on the squattersP
BoURGEoIS.