New-York tribune., 1884-11-27
visited st. stephens Church and took up special col
L. at each the
A NOVEL ELECTION BET.
PLAYING A HAND-ORGAN DOWN TOWN
A LARGE CROWD GREETs MIR. sHAFFE,-Music AZ
TER MrCH WAITING.

TER Much WAITING.
A small boy yelled out "Ilere he comes,
yesterday ut o'clock and the crowd which throngcu
the sidewalks and oveffowed the curbs,ones In Maiden
lane where II joins broadway checred es they heard the
words aud pressed forward first In direction and then
I'm another Thcy were disappointed In what they sought
half nn hour before they had NJ intervals been dcded
by the saino wicked device. IA II turned out they
suffered further ngoncs OF hope deferred for another
hour nnd half Tho crowd numbered many hundrcus
nnd waited patiently for two hours In not particularly
balny brcesc to 500 man grind hsnd-orgnn. Under
ordinary circumstances pcrhae four-HithH ot those wh"
rol ON their ncghbor toos and had their own toddcn
upon IN return would have gone two blocks ont oi the
way to avoid hocing man engineer thht inHtrmeht w
torture. They turned ou.. however, ~ hundreds on thH
occasion apparently bocnnao the man who wa" I" turn
the cran could not turn II IN we'll tho guicloaa iaian
who docA IL fur iuerc. one Nicholas hhancr. who II III
the employ OF Kidder, Peabody 4 Co., was tho man
anxioisly waited tor by tho crowd. Some Time DC
fore the election he entered into compact win Jaoop
Et1ci, who dspenscs lager and other hutrihoht
AT the hoselry known as "Washngtons iiehiih'rter'
IN BROAD st. by the of this agreement tho party
thereto whose candidate for President should bc beae
was TO grind hand organ from broadway TO Wall street
Ferry and thence to Broad and Pearl SITS shaers choice
for President was Mr.. Blaine, while Etze favored CcNo
land The day OF atonemcnt for the one who should
be beaten was set down for Thanksgiving E'e
and he to whom victory fell was TO collect
contributions from p'iSSefs- ny loT tho
statue Pedestal Fund. Tho terms of thlS
WAGER leaked out and Mr. shacr, who had to grind the
organ. found himself rapidly becoming fanous-so IL"
nous indeed that he showed symptoms OF nervousness
and desire back out Bolstering mp his courage nc
announced Tuesday that he was going to carry MS
programme ont the letter and il was desire to see
man make q fool OF himself In a novel manner WHICH
drew the crowd together yesterday.
one o'clock passed aud hafpast ono struck and sun
10 shafcr aud no organ cheercd the eyes
Of the waiting multitude. The assembly increased
rather than diminished. for as passer@by saw lhe u i
| about "a chap goin to play organ for bet wou1
he the response, aud then with snt oil superior nj iur
lgeucc tc uasscr-by would become one Of the croWu.
About o'clock mad wag enivened me lcec'ihsh h 10 ~
pointing out various inohenive w. nnovance TO
those so pointed and intense qualification 10 me WIZ
for the victims mobbcd Jecrcd AT anu o'nci"i0'
matrcatcd in palniii manner
PATIENT WAITING REWARDED.
At last the hopes of those present were nduy exated
by the arrival OF dozen individuals who wore prisht
blue badges and evidently formed part of the show For
half an hour however they did no more than tell anxious
,ncsoncrs that in five minutes they would see the man.
About 3 o'clock there stir which betokcned some
thing serious. BY this time Maiden Lane from Broa
TO Nassaust wasa solid mass OF people e'erS a
cupcd by eager onookcrs, ana the haidozch pon,e,c
Who fought their way up the middle o the street u 81
only after much muscular persuasion. Whch heS
reached Broadway they formed hollow square aronh
Shagr Tile men with the badges closed up also and
If by magic genuine organ of the Italian species ap
peared in their midst When the cOrl" caught signt ol
this they unable to contain themselves ana thcy
wlo0ped both loud and long. They yelled as well whci
the little man was seen to pass the strap OF the slf
| ment OF torture over Ills left shouldcr
and hoisted it into yiew to r5 5Gisplay aoi,
the front garnhed with the stars and stripes Inc men
with badges formed in line and each pulled from hlt
pocket a canvas-bag which he held extended to receive
the contributions of the faithful. Then the weak qlaver
| ing notes of Yankee Doodle proceeded fom me
box of Whistles" and cheer OF delighted apprcca-
ton from crowd. The procession began To move or
rather fight its way GOWN Maiden Lane, and the pen
| nics began to pour into the canvas bags.
| Mr.. Shafcr, whose nervousness at hrst rem
| dered his execution Of the Introductory
| oVeraturc somewhat uncertain, braced up
after few yards he able to threaten to punch
the head of an excited citizen who barred his passage
This however the only serious difficulty during the
march. Down Nassau-st the organ ground out ' 81.
| Patrcks Day jubmtly and dense mass OF people on
the Subrcasury steps greeted the hero as he crossed
| Walst. and went Tapidly down Broad-st. Playing
Home Sweet Home" with occasional variations due to
the uncertain yankng or the handle, the musician finally
reached Washngton's Headquarters where the machine
was delivered Ia its lawful Italian and ts
temporary operator got outside huge schooner of lager
The gifts for the Fund locked up in the safe To bc
counted at leisure and handed To the Pedestal Committee