Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-23

OF market sharks" These are active young
blacklegs, arrayed in rustic garb-welves in
Sleeps clothing. They prey upon the country
men In various ways-by theft or fraud--and
hawk their ill-gOtten wares in the crowd. Fer
instance, one of them will approach country
man and pretend to be anxious to buy the key
OF butter which the countryman has in his
wagon. The countryman, of course, is anxious
TO sell. The shark proposes that he win take it
into neighboring store to have it weighed. The
countryman having been engaged in another
empty negotiation by the sharks confederate.
tne shark Jugs the key into the store apparently
with good intentions. When the countryman looks
Tor his butter he finds that the shark has disap-
peared through the back door of the store He
may DE found in some other quarter of the
market dealing it out to customers and looking
as innocent as any countryman in town.
ANOTHER BOLD TRICK
practiced successfully by these sharks is to pre-
tend that they are stall-owners The country
men are not afraid to trust the stall-keeper. The
shark" knowing where there is an empty
stand, tells cOuntryman to deliver his goods
there. The cOuntryman empties his produce on
the stand and the shark" tells him to return in
half an hour for his money. When the country
man returns he finds that the stand is empty and
his supposed customer has gone The market
company has squad of men, under Special
renders 1t exceedingly difficult for any sharper
to ply his trade around the market. Notwith-
standing this, however, the sharks thrive.
POINT OF Law.
The dealers in the market are especially loud
In their complaints that the authorities do not
modest the hucksters who sell their wares along
the sidewalk on Louisiana avenue. These peo-
pie, 1t is stated, pay no license and are not mar
ket gardeners Under the old law, which has
never been repealed, no one was permitted to
sell on the streets within square of the Center
market save by the permission of the clerk of
the market This law now seems to be dead let
ter, so far as the clerk of the present market Is
concerned. At the time the law was passed, the
market belonged to the city. and the clerk was a
public official. The authorities now do
not recognize the right of the clerk
OF the market to regulate any matters
outside the limits of the market proper. The
market officials however, claim that the market
corporation succeeded to all the privileges which
the market possessed, as public market and it
is probable that their rights, in regard to regu-
lating huckstering within square Ofthe market,
Will be tested in court
The Farmers Hired Nan.
Detroit Free Press.
sI'm kinder lookin' around the market for
hired man, he exclaimed. as he stopped at one
of the stands and nibbled at an onion. II kinder
need one, but yet kinder hope shan't be able
to find him."
''HOw's that p
"Well, there amt no profit in hired man no
more e.. No, sir, he's no good any longer"
whats the reason ?"
ooh, dozen reasons First and foremost,
times have changed, and the hired man has
changed with em. All! sir, it makes me sad
when think Of the hired men We had before the
War-great big fellers with the strength of an
OK and the vim of locomotive didn't have
nv l1ynr nn.ff 70 nf ont
bed at three O'Clock in the morning, and it was
all could do to coax 'em to go to bed at ten
O'Clock at night. I'm afraid that we shant never
see no more hired men wuth keepin' around for
their board"
That's sad"
"It's sad, and more, too. Now, as said.
want hired man. I'm willing to pay 81 or S12
month for smart one. Some farmers want
man to work all day and all night, but that amt
me. have never asked one to git out of bed
before 3 o'cl0ck-never. / allus give my man
three-quarters of an hour at noon. unless the
hogs git out or cattle break in or shower is
coming up After man has worked right along
for nine hours his system wants at least half an
hour to brace up in. They don't quit work on
some farms till 8 o'clock, but I'm no such slave
driver. At haf-past Z tell my man to knock
OF. All he has to do after that is to feed the
stock, cut little wood, NOW some grass for the
horses milk four cows, ill up the water-trough,
start a Smudge in the smOke-house and pull
i
man who didn't grow fat on my work, and they
allus left me feeling that they hadn't half earned
their wages"
He stopped long enough to wipe tear from
his eye, and then went On:-
''And now look at the hired man of today
He wears white shirts and collars. He won't
eat with a knife. He wants napkins when he
eats, and If we don't hang up clean towel
once week he wipes on his handkerchief. Call
him at three and he gets up at six He wants
whole hour at noon, and after supper he trots
of to a singing school or sits down to news
paper Fifteen years ago if my hired man was
sick for half day could dock him. If he died
could take out a months wages for the trOu-
Bile. He was glad to git store orders for his pay
and he would wash in the rain barrel and wipe
on the clothes line. There's bin change, sir
an awful change. and if a reaction don't set in
pretty soon you will witness the downfall of
agriculture in this country"
Then you won't hire another ?"
''Wall, | can't just say. Work is powerfully
pressing, but I'm going slow. Before hire him
want to know whether he's man who'll pass
his plate for more meat and taters, and whether
we've got to use starch in doing up his shirts
The last man had took me to task for not hold
ing family prayers twice a day, and after l had
done so for three months l found 1t was only a
game Of his to beat me out of half an hour a day
He thought he had a pretty soft thing, and he
looked mighty lonesome when 1 cut Old Hun
dred down to two lines and got through with the
Lords prayer in 40 seconds
WEDDING REMARKS.
Expressions That May Be Overheard Again and
Again at Nuptial Events.
From the New Orleans Democrat.
The following remarks have mostly been said