The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23
VOL. ID.
nav THE HARD TINES
scc TIE SMALLER KINDS OF
Aff BIsINESS.
c.,.,er. Saloon Keeper, 'ixar
The Rarter and Chinese
wash man II ,hesubjeet'

When the preseus
,,,.ea into the pages of history ana
..l.o - is place beside the panic oil 1891
O,ber financial crises of the kind
~ The country has passed through the
r',.;.r 'r' will be found to have contented
I'm.aIf with treating of only the more
'~oor.snt of the symptoms by which the
,,,ipgepcy Of the period manifested ''sel''
;ybs recorded that it WAS = time when
t,L. suspended, insurance companies
lid railroads passed into the hands
..ceivers, the first business houses In
Ind .. found themselves totterihg on
-, ~ mink of ruin, factories were com,
~ ,uod 10 discharge their employees and
,.n work. and great deal more to the
mo @ purport; but be this as 1t may the
I ., mass of interesting details, the
.nsnd woof, so to speak, OF the time
=. .5oyn in the matters OF every gay
"a uiIl remain untold. History IS q
osrsl ~ thing is taken up almost exclu-
,reIv with decrying or prsising the
lsed: OF the prominent leaders IN the neid
- action. ana rarely does it condescend
70 ,rest with any degree of mlnuteness oi
,Sa lesser affairs OF human lite. Ihese
..,,,.Ities however are as indispensable
,os complete and natural picture OF a
,ms ss minute accounts OF the scIlons
~ the leading personsges OF State, and
y, history can be anything but partial
.ri incomplete one, which disregards
.,rb matters. Unless careful
~ssdlng of Scott, or some
,,mjlsr writer, is supplemented
n thorough course OF study OF such
s.,or,aps Is Hullain or Hume, only u
martial picture will be obtained. Feeling
ib.t the hard times are maniiesting them
Ives in many ways which the future
,;..orisn will ieel 1t to be beneath the
ti,Di,y of his subject to notice, and lear
mn, that the American Scott Will not De
,,,Ibcominy 70 immortalize his name by
resting of such commonplace matters,
EgolsTER reporter has taken the trouble
,,,.certsin some of the effects ot the hard
,imss As regards what are generally look
"a pnnn rs small matters, the following
b.jpr few samples of bis interviews
wi,h rep esentstives OF the third estate.
THE CoBBLER.
In entering the shop Of q German
hoo, snd shoe cobbler, the reporter re-
marked lha, he supposed the hard times
affected thi. business a. much rs others.
"V.u. ton't know 40 much apout DOT
st1 EgVItQ
hi.y init der mendin'. tort make SO
many new shoes as | uster WAS, but L
uske more money NIT der cobollng |
S,me felers puy der soles IN ter
store and put um on ueHisel'
but its not SO many vol does
dn, We don't puy much leather, and
can re. on pretty veil NIT leetle money
4. vas not de hard times what make II
p.d it vas dot de peeble ain't got no
money and dey hang it up. / do as
much yo. slways do. Oh, yes" con-
tlnued the Jolly little fellow, as he held
uy 4 dirty memorandum book, 81 got
em pretty full init names, put dey git
ma some money efery week, and 1t yos
sI right" As the reporter passed out
luto the street he thought that II the
s,me good natured, esslly-satished spirit
cIuld but animate the business world,
wast An Arcadia it would be.
WAN Ike oN FINANCE.
GHow business, Wsh?" asked the re-
prier Of the almord.eyed washer OF
ib,led -hr,s Belly badee,' replied
Wsh, with grave shake OF the head,
paper monee no hndoe belly muchee.
Wheelum mauee no takee of bilee shirt.
Summer timce good timee, mskse wash
up quick. Wuccum msn 90 get
lee paper collar for twenty-hvee
ccntee" Here Wan, IN disgust, gave
the shirt he WAS ironing, savage bang
with his iron.
What do you think sb0u. the Silver
Bll. Wsh?"
Don't care dsmee, tskee any kinder
money; shilyer psper, peunge, allie |
sauee" Here customer came in, and |
wsh waved hls long finger nails grace
iI!ly in token OF farewell, and said sting !
s-hngee," and the reporter proceeded to
interview q
SALOON KEEPER.
Halt dozen old bummers were drawn |
up 10 msrtisl srrsy around the stove, and |
when the door opened and the reporter
entered, they brsced up in pleasant an
tclpstiOn, snd in response 10 the re-
porIer's inquiry, "Whsl vii! YOU tske2'
The IuvsrlSble answer WAS, "a little OF
tie same had before
No said the barkeeper, when the
reporter had put the old question TO hlm.
Il eau! say that business is rs good rs
!! wss. Men buy five times ss much beer
rs they ever did before, and don't often
ssk even Tor whisky. 1t seems rather
hsrd, continued the purveyor OF liquids,
IS he rsn his fingers through his curly hair.
ITS rs:her hard on some men VINO have
always been used TO drinking twenty
I've cent brandy or fifteen cent whisky,
10 hsve 10 come down 10 five cent Slsss
O! beer, but lots OF them have TO do 1t.
Ia very cold weather we sell good deal
q: Tom ana Jerry, but rs soon IS 1t gets
ml.ter the folks 60 back TO beer. I'm IN
hops trsde'll be brisker when the IL 5
seIto running, but Of course nobody can
tell how it will be. Whist do you want
Iommy?-(to the small boy who waits
on the tshle' ";wo beers1 sll right! Good
morning sirl' ard the reporter repsssed
The swinging doors and stepped out into
the street just in time TO meet s well
known.
DENTIST.
Who gave as bis experience the fol-
loving: "lnsiead OF coming TO US SAID
be when their teeth wsnt fixing, people
pat II of until the tooth-Sche fairly
drives them TO US. In consequence Of
Tbs, S great many teeth thst We are
asked 70 tll are so far gone that they
hSye 70 be pulled. People think JUS, IS
much Of their teeth as they ever did, and
hthey had money would be as ready to
pa!fonize US as ever, but they really can
10: afford to pay for filing. A man
cane to Inc few days ago TO have some
Teeth filed, who said be hsd been trying
70 save money enough 10 have the work
Gone Tor three years, although he had
succeeded twice, he had some other call
upon him that time for money, and it