, 1880-05-02
MOT1NG-DAY.
The WiserIeB of May

| The pains and penalties Of moving-day wer
| somewhat assuaged yesterday by the beautiful
| weather which prevailed. There was consider
| able wind and, accompanying it, Of course,
|. vast amount Of dust, but even this plague wa
! nothing compared to the damp discomforts which
make rainy May one Of the disasters drendet
BY housekeeping humanity. It was lucky
too, that the weather was favorable a!
the movings of yesterday were larger In nun
Der than ever before known in Chicago. All day
long the streets we're lined With slow-mov ing
trucks laden with the household gods Of thou.
sands of fitting families. Just three classes o1
people were suprernely happy yesterday,-the
people who did not move, the landlords, and the
tealnsterE. The non-moveEs reveled In the CON
scousness Of AN absence OF the miserics which
the movers were in open sight suffering; the
landlords feiicitntcd themselves upon having
ren1ed their premises at considerable advance
on last years figures: and the teamsters, ena-
bled by the universal demand for their services
to charge their own prices were elevated upon
In spite Of Certain favorable circumstances,
the day was not without its sorrows.
Disappo}ntments caused By unpunctlal team
sters, the discovery that the family had not got
moved out Of the new house, the gradual IN
folding of defects in the premises, the startltng
surprises accustomed By reading, the cut
thr',ar," lease so careesly signed the night
previous. the absence of the square meal. and
fractured furniture. lost children, and the
thousand other '.n,oving incidents" which make
Nay-Day miserable. were present yesterday in
full force, despite the bright sunlight which
made merry all day long. The street-cars bore
abundant evidence Of the lnrge extent Of the
inrra mural fitting which occurred Yesterday
Hardly n car could be found but bad its half
dozen or more Of heavily-laden housewives
whose collections of furniture were often
of most anqSing da naturH wRe lady WIN 9h
the marble top OF wash stand. three chroulos,
a Gagged canary tirti, and q coal-oi lamp, while
another moving further sont along G9ange
potted eernniums, a poodle dog. fur umbrellas,
and adozen Of oranges, which pelFg PVT up a WIN
most exasperAting tendency To WANDER down ner
lap and get lost among the Ieet OF her unsym-
pathizing Pastfe1ase So asIs st end
and ut late hour Yesterday evening only be.
lntcd team here and there bore evidence that
tho days moving was % not ff M aGniexea d ;nfndey ny
to move had accomplished their purpose and were
picnicking in the new house, where: after the
demolition OF some coa s1etIs @ ano ;ah1a
Saratoga. the heads Of the house we're able TO
draw long breath and look with dislnay ut the
Of i5Gr.n netoF f the 5ne find real
ward events connected with the operation are
full Of pleasure and the i ows wen ad tegy
ter ter how carefully the outgoing family gather up
some token Of regard to the incoming
tenant, aud when these are dis
covered By the children of the latter
their iov IS unbouuded- 4 young couple who
moved into very pretty cottage on West Ran.
dolpn street were supplied with deliehtfnl
surprise By their only and much beloved child
a pretty tut curious miss of ), whose researches
among the corners and cupboards Of the new
were carried to the verge at imPudent
From the innerniost recess OF q
darksome clothes-press the-fond father heard
bis darling err, "Oh tum, papa, an see the nice,
pooty card found!". The fond parent begged
the child to bring it to him. and the domestic
tablcau can be imagined when the parcnts' eyes
fell upon the lurid glare Of pasteboard, from
the middle OF whose vivid coloring glared g tho
horrible words: Scarlet fever here. This was.
perhaps the most exasperatfng OF yesterdays
terrible experiences