Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-27
THE STOCK BOARD.
What n Lady Thinks OF II.
From the Stock Exchanged

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A lady residing in one Of the interior
towns recently made visit to some rela-
tivcs in San Francisco, and being dcsirous
OF seeing the elephant in all his dimcn-
sions. was invited by q member Of the San
Francisco Board to come down and see the
bulls and bears at work. What her impress
sions were will be found in the following
letter which she wrote to her hubby the
next morning:
/" Well, this il the greatest town you
ever saw. I've had splendid time. Been
to the theatres, to the Fair, to all the big
stores shopping tby the way cant you send
me hundred dollars more / want to
buy you something before come back).
Where do you think l went yesterday? !?
Why, to soc the brokers transact business;
aud OF all tho ways Of doing business this
beats them, truly. The Stock Board build
ing is splendid affair ever 10 much mar
BILE and granite about 1t; and they take
YOU upstairs in an elevator. But the ele-
vator was rather slow compared with the
rushing way OF doing business. The gen.
tleman who had invited us came upstairs
with us, and we were soon seated in the
gallery. 1t is n splendid room
where the brokers meet. 1t re-
minded me little OF the Assembly
Chamber ut the Capitol. only this is a
great deal nicer. II wasn't IL o'clock yet,
80 we had chance to look around. Quite
q number Of nice-looking dapper fellows
were lounging about in the center. and
these were the brokers, smart-looking
wide-awake, and we'll dressed. Most OF
them were real handsome. There was one
with such black dreamy eyes and grayish
hair that looked up ut the gallery between
times. And talk OF bald heads why
there were two of the finest ever saw,
shining like gas lights in a dark night.
Well, just at / o'clock, a rather stout gem
tlcman ascendcd the rostrum. and it was
evident the party was about to begin, and
we nearly jumped ont of our boots when
bang bang bang I! went fearful gong.
near which VIC were sitting. This is like
the ring up the curtain" bell at the
theatres. The rather stout gentleman on
the rostrum rings this by electricity, and
he makes believe that the brokers come
to order every time he rings. He braced
up and said something that sounded
like "Artful," and instantly every broker
on the floor made a rush TO the GEN.
ter, whore an elegant Turkish rug COW
ers the carpet, and then the fight as i
imagined, commenced. They all seemed
~ il they wanted to stand on that rug,
aud rs the rug want big enough to hold
them all. they pushed and showed and
scrambled over each other, all the while
shouting and yelling. shaking their fists
in each others faces, and all the while tho
rather stout man in the rostrum talking
TO them and to the clerks as cool as a
cucumber. L was scared to death and
tickled, too, at the scene. The young
man with the black. dreamy eyes got hold
Of an elderly Scotch gentleman by the
collar and pulled him about the room,
and all the young man would say was
"hun'red more r. and the Scotchman
would say, '' tax EN- ! TAX EN- - l
gathered up my wraps, aud turning to
our escort, said ~ am so sorry we came
to-day what has caused this terrible row
to-day? Let us go and come back some
day when this trouble is settled" And
what do you think he said? Why, that's
the way they do business; they are buy
ing and selling stocks rs fast as they can !;
that's all the trouble one side can't buy
enough, or the other side can't sell fast
enough" And so ii was. Presently bang
went the horrible gong again, and then the
brokers went up to the stout gentleman
and he talked TO the clerks, and this was
''getting sales recorded" And then
good looking clerk read off something that
we couldn't understand. knew 1t WASH I
the Lords Prayer, because il didn't sound
familiar. Our escort said that was reading
the record, but never saw Record read
with SO many Interruptions. The brokers
between ''calls' are up to all sorts Of mis-
chief. Ono Of them, wearing big stove
pipe hat, came In eating a peach. In a
second hat and peach were flying all over
the room. 6tove-pipe hats are dangerous
things In the board room; so the brokers
generally wear soft felts. Altogether it
was fun 10 see the way these gentlemen do
business. They must get awful tired, and
should think they would require throat
washes after the sessions. don't think
women would make good brokers. They
would require too big rug to stand on.