New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-11
BE MISSED HIS WHEEIBARRoW RIDE.

AN KLKcTIoN BET NOT PAID-Nor so SURE OF
CLEVELAND AS HE WAS.
John Doerrschuck of No. 1O1 Lewisst., five feet
ten and half inches high and weighing 200 pounds,
though he feels twice as big since election day
leaned against counter in dram shop at stanton
and Cannon SITS, smoked n cigar and talked between
whifs TO an envious coero Of friends and admirers
-envious because they had no wheelbarrow ride IN
store for them rs he had. Outside the room crowd
of people gathered large enough TO make tho
surrounding neighbOrhOol impossible TO pedestrians
and vehicles and TO line sidewalks and stoops ana
10 ill first second, third and fourth story windows
all the way from Cannon-st. 10 the BowefY WIN
prorscuOlls assortment Of the representatives ~
the East Side mOthefs and mothets-in-law ana
grand mothers all with babies In their arms am
M their hppls The Lords oi the typical East Side
household were there N al their glory and jumpers
-sunir even having cipais and sone win pies;
The tatepated assortment 81 small boyf that hein
u6ps vas sirht tb hrhn AMI unt TINT ninhe
iurrnrns rlrhs iatlv pehu, ~ vps N iagt .
rtpai IMMINENT oi ,bis nriphhbthtra. ! was anont
ri1sN Nas ahrvt ~ iakp he NET tilt " y riita's
eHN' etaNte aNi ~ N'Nei pVi ~ sir lbN ,g'Hr.
NNjNH VI lbs WiiWe htllgW ", So thg eNhiiys'r"rs
And 81 iief Waited ani Watched, Tho re'pHpN
Aea',s E ni,m ~ Wo s'fa f ",se a 49, Tiaayeas
How could ih0Y dispense that nnh slTd!1ttN'
were tried by the scare, nat lhele were nl'l gus
TONERS among that hrong Whn Ng'lh hnl ho '"Nnn
IN 4 man was sent Tor whecharInw ana was
ordered to roll il through the crowd IN tho hope
that tho crowd would follow under tho impression
that the tart was 10 loo made there. lint tho man
put his little offspring IN the barrow and tie people
said " " hat a kind pa See, ho rides his child
hut not u man followed so much affection. Then
big sheet of pastebOard was hung from q window,
saving in bis black letters: april fool But the
people laughed when they IT, and waited and
watched. go
IL was said that Doerrschuck had bet with John
Iream of BrOoinc-st., on the election, and frcam
agreed on sunday that Cleveland was elected and
according to terms was to ride Docrrschuck ahout
the district III u wheclbarrOw at . q clock. COM
mttce of FIVE was sent after Frcam, but returned
without him. lie couldn't be found. Some smart
fellow said that Frcam had been too previous
in giving M. He read Tribune In the morning
and decided that Clcvcland's election VA, not 80
certain after all. Docrrschuck called on for a
speech, but Lee slid ont the back way and lett his
committee 10 disper the ten thousand. They hit
upon a wise plan alter half an hours discussion.
They got small piece of paper and wrote on II
" Postponed because other man dldn show mp
and pinned it mp ae inst the wall. Ii might have
been Sccn->ay twenty feet away. The thronps
crowded to see it and spell it ont. They began 10
file past II at o'clock and they were stu filing and
looking ANA spelling long after night had settled
down over the scene.
noisy crowd hung about the door of No. l47
EsscX-st. al 1880 O'Clock, ready for tie word of
march. Jacob kieicTduri, OF No. ~ EsseX-st. had
decorated modern dirt whccbawOw with iiags.
q pillow and q camp-stoOl. and himself win q lofty
two-story beaver hat 10 ride Fred Schcrl, Of No.
l49 LudlOw-st., III payment Of a bet made between
the two the result of the election. The word OF
march was given and the rider mounted his camp
stool and pillow, put brick in each coat tail and
hung them over the sides to balance the barrow.
lie held great bouquet alOit. and the wheelmau
bent 10 his work, Strengthened up, showed ahead
and EsseX-st. fell into line. One policeman was
dctaI,cd to administer touches of the law TO ali
offenders He was extremely glad when the fun
was over.