The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-15
NEW YORK SIGHTS.
OTHER PECULIAR AND NJ E.
OCCUPATIONS
omnibus- LOader--The TOll-Cath-
arcr--The Rambling Advertisement T.
...y correspondence of the Chronicle.

|eIed Other Human Bric-a-Brac.
,....,,l Correspondence Of the Chronicle.
Wv YORK. March 12-Thc life that an
L,-,.r leads is full of spice and variety |
-l with the business of hundreds |
! ,ian ON this same Fulton street. A
III looking fellow stands all day at the
II the Broadway omnibuses where
-, start in front of the ferry house. He
E,,rlv holds the door open and aids ladies
fLln they step up. Every ten seconds,
III n, rigid regularly as if he guided his
ar.i, hy the watch, he says, "Brud way
Midway. Up. Brud way 7, and moth
more. Rain or shine, that ''Brud-
!, !" always grectS your ears when you
,,r out of the ferry-house. He never
,.,l- to ANYBODY. He never says any
;r, else. He does nothing but stand
.ro holding the door and assisting ladies
Ill crying ..Brud way" When one bus
fuod he waves to the driver, says
fRrgd vav" and another drives in place.
Rpn. +, no change, no variety, no rest,
H. = life of "Brud Way, up, Brud way"
times a minute hour after hour, year
ktrr wear He knows nobody, nobody
huW~ him. many hundreds of thousands
pcoplc as see him every day. He
ithpr chcws. nor smokes, nor spits, nor
-4n varies the tone of his voice. Thous-
hi, Of people brush by his elbow talking
thousands of things, but they never
k>turb his monotonOus continuous invita-
on
/ And he has near neighbors who lead an
bIallv monotonous and entirely silent life
fthe men who collect the tolls of foot pas
&nc,rs at the ferry. He sits behind a
kiug with cents in piles OF three and
ur and eight and nine on it and rakes in
l. two-cent fares during the middle Of
\ day and the one-cent fares during the
brcent hours,-early in the morning and
H. in the afternoon. If you give him
+, cents or ten cents, he pushes your
Aanse towards you, If you put down two
knts or one Gas most people do) he sim
h rakcs it in Henever says a word and
6bodv ever says a word to him. AS fast
people can push in, he rakes, rakes
kLrs, the cents millions and millions of
Hem into box During the hours of
<o,t of the travel. from six to nine and
ktm sixteen to nineteen o'clock, two Of
csc toll gathercrs rake in each about
Srnty cents minute-sOmetimes thirty
! forty or fifty. Their right hands ac-
hry the motion mechanically. They are
u most solemn looking men in the world.
#The most solemn-looking except one
Xler class-the poor fellows who carry
pu boards-along Fulton street in par
acular. On a wide card board supported
by a staff YOU read the name and low
Drices of a dealer in music OF in books or
III cigars and the meekest men you ever
law solemnly walks the street carrying
his banner. One fellow has a glass case in
lzDnt of him and another is on his back, the
r. being fastened to straps which pass
tr his shoulders In each is a silk-hat
+ name of the dealer and the price
6rked on it, This fellows walks as if be
lv whole funeral procession. He says
thins. He sells nothing. He goes no
hcrc. Tramp, tramp, tramp all day.
Ihtre is another interesting human
bchine near the ferry. He is the pro
ietor cat least the salesmam OF one of
81 street newstands in the world. He
Is all the papers, all the magazines, the
f&guIar novels everything that passers-by
rchase He stands there yelling long
2talGgue Of publications in the most ami
bted way imaginable-'' -''Telegram-Post-
ews -Mail-Express-E Eagle-Union4t edi-
b. He is the picture of energy. There
FL life in his tone and quickness in his
4 byements He will give you a paper and
ur change in the twinkling Of an eye;
T ID his tongue never stops. more en-
eetic fellow you never saw. And he
IS made so, 900 right there. But speak
him about any other subject than his
bnotonous business and in an instant
s. energy and tact and quickness disap-
Ian. He becomes melancholy in express
On and YOU find out that you are talking
~ every stupid Ounce. He has learned
IS trade and his quickness is all artificial
III reality he is a sad and dull fellow.
Strange ways of making living anC
Fange habits they cause