Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-20
Early Morning Sights in Il City.

is interesting occasionally to arise
early IN the morning and see the city ge
up and shake itself into wake fitness
Scarcely sound is heard as YOU walk
out, bat presently the street lamp mar
comes lodging along on d rapid walk,
! stopping at every qoint to turn out the
gas. He disappears around the corner.
| leaving track of mi-darkness behinc
him, and then comes the paper carrier
with great, heavy sack dangling at his
| side, which he gradually lightens b. pull.
ing out the damp sheets, one by one, stuck
ing them under doors, tossing over tran.
SONS, and throwing thr ough upper win.
dows with an unerrng precision of ain
quite remarkable. He lodges about from
one side of the street to the other, aiming
for this house, missing that, and Thea
darhng over again to the opposite side tc
| repeat the same hanover. After him
comes the grimy laboring man with tin
dinner bucket, fastening to his work on
the other side Of town, hurrying by ano
| paying no heed to the inebriated loafer
embracing lamp post, and accosting
him with
"Uh-uh-ick! yfrenwat-uh-ich's you
hurry?"
Then comes belated milk cart. rat.
| ting over the cobble stones with noise
! nothing else under heaven can make,
turning the corner on one wheel, and
disappearing like an ill-founded hope
The noise dies away in the distance, and
| then comes All omnibus on its way to the
depot, regardless of dreams and visions.
In the all-night saloon two or three ill
looking men, with breath like pestilence
are standing at tire counter with half en-
| ty glasses, coLdemning the conduct OF
some absent one who had done something
scandalous, and went back on his pards
who allus treated him white, an would "a
died to do him good turn" The baa
keeper rubs his sleepy eyes, looks uncasi
~ at the clock quite frequently, pours
himself out something very red, gulps i
down with watery eyes, takes walk &c
the door, looks impaticnty out, slams i
with disappointed bang, returns arc
says: "Brandy Bill is at his old trick.
agin."
The others drain their glasses, after many
hand shakings all around, and when q
man with shocky head and a gift book
cover staggers in, and swears he never
drinks alone it there's stranger OF
white principles in the room,n and wants
to know "what pizen suits EN- best" at
once takes the position of honor, and in.
halcs more foul breath in the shape oil
triendely protestation than a mule woulc
put up with without kicking the roof off
At the hotels the scrubbing bregade
has commenced it daily battle with dirt
and the clerk yawns on his stool anc
twirls his moustache with the air of
task
A little later and the ncwsbovs are out
with noses red with cold shouting theil
journals in quavering tones. and impor
tuning every Struggling passer-by with s
persistence encountered in no other call
ing Then come the stree.-cars will
yawning drivers, and now and then
passenger, who rubs his eyes, and thinks
resretfully Of the recently vacated couch
The footballs on the sidewalk become
more frequent and less rcyerberating. Ii
the market the scene is lively and ami
mated. The torches flare and splutter il
the wind, and at slight distance give Il
the view a weird, fantastic look, but or
| closer APPROACH the abrupt outline smelloH
down and fade away, The potatoes anc
cabbages jostle the poetic element out OF
sight, and the matter-of-tact ploddino
faces OF the vendors remind you that life
is sordid and stern
The gray dawn rolls away, and the frs
struggling sunbcams chase each other over
housctops. Shop-boys are busy unba,rine
and opening up, sweeping out and gett
ing things in trim for the days battle
with profit and loss. Thicker come til,
| passing feet; men and boys, girls anc
women, hurrying forth to take up tn,
yoke Of toll for bread. Stir and hustle
soon take thelplaces of quiet and rest: th,
streets are noisy with the roll of vehicle.
and the sound of business. The grca
| city has thrown off her sIumbers, and the
cares and and duties Of another day are
| ushered in--Cincin1lati Breakfast TubLe