The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-29
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there vas perpe.UGl sgosaiso ID i8s
&olli. Yesterday fsom aig Wi6dJw
| could watch the ladies' &alking BY
On their way 10 and from chorei IL
all the glory of the most elegant toilets
.Indeed | thiak that the Philaddphia
ladies' have tie faest tasts 10 dress 81
any 10 the world, New York and
Paris not excepted. The ioveliest
shades of silk blended and c%ontrasled
in a. way truly artistic, making With
the Adjunct OF pretty fees and be-
coming bonnets truly lovely pie
lures which ore never tires Of seeing
pass. And now to day ell Is changed;
the rainbcw pageant of beauty is OBJ
scured and hidden uader slippery look-
ing waterproof canes and umbrellas,
and the dainty tripping feet shuttle
along in awkward rubber o~ver-shoes.
The drug store on the corner has its
white marble floor sadly furnished by
the muddy tracks of the for.orn-Iock-
ing people who n3ck 10 there 10 val
for The ~horse.cArs, and the pede-tri.
ans ere few and the horse-cars large.
ly p~atronized to-day. 0nce in q
while o FIRE engine goes dashing by,
preceded by the hose carriage, with
its Changing bells warning every
one to clear the track. How quietly
the fire company rides along now-a.
DAYS to what it did a few years ago.
| remember when there were q long
line Of shouting men tugtiag RI tho
ropes, dragging the laundering ca
CINE along the stree, VI bile hey ave
vent to demoniae yells at every sep;
the crowd that hurried after the ar
riv Il at the scene Of conlagrati o (;
the compiling Il the hose Esd the
manning f the brakes. and the ct
most supsrbgman stenIfh with
which TIE brave fellows To ked, a7l
the oeeasi Bsl free dsas between II.
gal Ere ecmpscics. All tbat Is q
.-hiog Of lse PEST; aov il e diver
AZ engineer, O f-emse AID lm
eaeine, and the cid volunteer ssrvjce
has died out and left progress and
machinery ia rs u see /; be- still csc
caanot heIp reve-iag ths sa-jy If
s3mevhf e rtngb heroes ina, Of Ia
used 70 run Nid dr. machine"
There was a FIRE be ether day IL
the De ly Times prin ing ST. Z, 10
happily il wss not very serious and
when one "a Y the Ore comp nj S g1
bstk lome after The limes were
checked, With their smoka stained
ftces. cad wet clothes, and tatigued
booking faces, ~ one could say thst
they have 80 easy life, aud " e. We
know Of the noble cflrts they d .s5
TO save human life ~ the risk Of ,aei-
avn, we cannot withhold their need
# praise
People have heaa csmpl5i3ia
ebou hard lines ever siaee I DE- e
been back bsre, and yet / io-b iu
vain for say Signs Of har iaes Tbs
theatres are as well h!led as us1 ~
this season; the stores are literally
packed with buyers. Ga Eighth
street, 10 this city there are about
four blocks Of stores, where you can
scarcely pass along the street ia front
Of them, the crowd is SO great. 1t is
tire that extraordinary bargains are
sometimes offered, but it dccs not
seem like absolute distress to see
such activity. Besides this one street.
Of coarse, CT every other there are
more or less stores, and among them
Market, Arch, Cbesrnut. and Walnut
streets are continually tbropged. II
one judges from ont ward signs every
one must have money plenty here,
though all the storekeepers tell you
It is 'aEfal"
There is one good thing here, that
has been the outgro with of necessity.
and that Is, there are a number Of
stores where they sell dry goods and
forait4re Gu weekly and monthly
payments. Fney make g regular
business of it, and sell chaa2'y, fur
nishing good articles. This plan en-
ables many persons to obtain Thugs
that they could never gather tie
money together to buy at once.
Rents have come down greatly
here during this season. The house
/ formerly lad for thirty dollars now
rents for tEenty and furniture and
clothing are also very cheap.
The Permanent Exhibition is uow
out Of debt, and is running smoothly,
but for some reason or other here
seems to be very little general inter
est taken 10 it, and it larguishes
All the attractions Of music, a1d le
tures, ard i%nventi0ns, ard everything
else fail 10 draw The people cut
there. The very fact is that it seems
now to resemble "some banquet ball
deserted " aud - be but the mani
mate body Of the former live Exhihi-
tioo, and it is too much like looking
on q dead person TO SUR M. The
people who have the control Ct K
make everv exertion. bat. though
they hate 70 own up to it. they will
never succeed until some women tbEe !
it 10 and set it going properly. There
Is an old saying, that if you want.
6rewood en-, just start Ice gjtls cu'l
with the axes. The men are sare 70
aud then don't The C6ips o.
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