Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-17
TO BE Bought For Il Penny.

When one prowls about great me-
tropolis, with ewes, ears. and mouth all
opon, ne cannot fail to imbibc consider
able information as TO occult Industries.
An hours walk in London streets gives
the thinker much food for meditation.
and the journalist much material ior
"copy."
have often been impressed by the
vast number of persons, Of a more or
less impecuniosity, who earn--Or try to
their bread and butter, to say moth
ing of beer and tobacco, by the sale OF
ali sorts of ritf-ratl, objects useful and
otherwise especially the latter-alonS
the public highway.
Do You know what can be bought for
one penny in the streets of London?
No. Well, then 90 with me and stroll
down st. Paurs churchyard into Lud-
gate Hill. through Temple Bar, down
Fleet street. and into the Strand, and
I'll guarantee you that in fifteen min
utes' walk YOU will acquire Il more
varied stock of merchandise at Id. per
object than the divine William had in
mind when he caused Hamlet TO OBJ
serve: There are more things in
heaven and earth than are dreamt of il
your philosophy, Horatio.'
Here, opposite the soot-stained cathe-
dral, we meet on the corner a flower
girl who presses us to buy "nose-
CAV" =" bunch O. roses, sir, only a
penny! Ave nice bunch, sir, only
a pennyw You invest your copper, pin
the three big roses in your button-hole,
and march onward, conquering and to
conquer. At the {" top" OF Ludgate
Hill, ragged woman, barefooted, and
red-nosed, an infant in her arms, and
three dirty brats Juggling at her bedrag-
gled skirts, attacks you. She extends
two boxes Of matches toward you with
the cry, piteously plaintive: Lights!
sir, two boxes O matches, only PEN
ny, sir! buy box, sir, only a ha'penny,
sir" You pull out second copper,
pocket your two boxes of flights" and
on you go. feeling very virtuous at
having aided to clothe the naked and
fill the hungry mouths of London poor.
At the next step you are boarded by
the man who sells key-rings, "only a
pennyr Then you successfully en-
counter sellers of picture-books, of
photographs, OF bananas, OF apples, OF
peaches, of oranges, of candies, and OF
hundreds of other commodities more
or less undesirable. BY this time you
have reached the stately dragon which
pranceS on top of the monument, mark
ing the spot where formerly stood
famous Temble Bar. You stop to gaze
at that gorgeous "animile," which
twas exceeding rare" just like the
one which was reconstructed from
them same bones' found m tho cele-
brated Mr.. Jones' family vault.
While gaping at the monument q gen.
tleman Of corn-killing proclivities APP
proaches with bottle of specimens
preserved in alcohol. and resembling
very nearly bottle of "mixed pickles. ="
He offers you box of his infallible
remedy for the eradication of all corns,
buniOns, wens, warts, etc.-Price
"Only a penny, sir!''
At frequent intervals you stop to
buy copy of The News, or Tie Echo.
or NoonShine, OF Lloyds Heekly-each
one penny. These purchases are sand.
wiched in with penny pipes, penny
lead-pencils, penny penholders, "a
sponge for penny. STRIP shoe-button-
ers. shoestrings "three pairs for one
pennyr' penny neckties, "litte brown
jugs, only one pennyr' penny pocket
combs. etc. Becoming hungry. you
lunch on a penny bun and penny sau-
sage, and make your dessert off pen
ny stick of chewing-gum. Then, with
penny cigar in your mouth -"genu-
inc Havana YOU pursue the even
tenor of your way as jauntily as the il.
lustrious "Lardy Dab of poetic fame,
who is always depicted with
In his mouth penny pick,
In his hand penny stick,
And penny in his pocket,
Lardy Dahl Lardy Dahl
And q penny in his pocket Lardy Dab!
-Londou Cor. Chicago Times