The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-12
THIRD EDITION



p.rrum once wrote q book to explain
a. ert of humbug. As the most SUGGEST
m cuiiivator Of the art himself, MI
Iafnspn's Ingenious explanations com
bined the two qualities u . concession
and further illustration OF the SUBJECT.
He amused his victims and at the same
time lined bis pocket with the dacats.
Pedestrianism has developed . whole
family Of Barnums, and the business has
AOVcrxd into fine art. Tbs question
al NOW 10 walk into . fortune used TO
r. Ieu, of speech signifying = lucky
vos,ue man who captures the heart aud
the hank account Of young woman
Who Ia blessed with more money and
emnsaous than common sense. She falls
in Ave At first eight With face, aud the
f.ce walks off with her fortune, and A.
tar amending it, forgets 20 give any quid
pvo quo as an equivalent for the eiit.
This Is a tigurative mode Of expression,
the walk be ng q sell and not an eyer
cisa sfsthe .e.s. But tue art OF walking
hi Of late on new f attlres, and like all
AM arts, has enlarged its faculties until
II embraces an actual employment Of the
pedsi extremities as Snort cut 10 Tor
tune.
Once the pedestrians found out that
tn golden wand of Fortunatus iaiu
psrda in their legs, of they started on q
filty, one hundred and five hundred mile
stretch to win the prize and score up SO
maay Of those vulgar but useful articles
which Msnten Marble facetiously defiii.
ed on . memorable occasion as "United
States best documents"
The bluff little Britisher, Rowell
came over here, and started for Ell Do
RADIO In six days journey through Gil.
more's Garden, with the nimble-footed
O'Leary spinning around the track II
hot pursuit for a Jay or two. Harrimaa
went tearlug along for FL Dorado also
but, not getting it in that way, ne ma
since-so we heaI-gohe back to the OLE
fsuratlve method OF walking into for
tune by running of at forty miles al
hour with another mans wife. The &C
tual pedal effort was far too vulgar To-
the disdainfnl Hartman, and hence "
suppose he returned in disgust 20 TIL
old school way OF walking into fol
tune.
Well, malgrs O'Leary, Ennis, Harr
man and such, the tile beef-eater frol
England bagged $20,O00 and the bel
which latter O'Leary had proudly bori
away from bumiliated London the YET
before.
BY this time the art was equippe
with all the modern improvements, al
when Rowell sailed off with The reca
tured trophy, and bore ba k the be It
Troy, 10 the dancing, jerky first-bol
of the tribe of the new-fangled walker
the little Yankee goer, Weston, stril
pef, aud ran on $50 miles TO snatch II
elittering bauble from all England, al
bear 1t back once more in triumph
America.
The golden gates Of Gilmore's Gard
the swinging wide once more, cru.hi
are treasure-giit Vanderbilt, who
luctant'y let go the hinges, and t
American people are invited to walk
AMI see how molly John Bull is going
play the next hand in the little gan
"Walk into my parlor" is 10 longer /
tavo tie stratagein by which the imme
orial spider beguilrth tie fly int, u
bush. The big spiders of England a
America are now your ped strlan fen
who have reduced the art of max
money to walking match with pen
lum-hke regula ity, going from side
side, from London to New York,
back aga n from New Y ork to Lond
while the flies or victims of these DE-
ly tarantuia are the gullible people
Gotham and the multitudes of the
glish metropolis. The craze will GO
until the Tired audience leaves II
disgust, and the pedestrian ring
smashed and done for.-N. Y. Star.