The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-08-14
TIE BULLS AND BEARS.

Observations from the Gallery OF the New
York stock EEchange-YounE Lady vi 80
itors quirinG for Vanderbilt and Gould
II Busy Time.
The futter of pink ribbons and n
balmy olOr Of roses caused the waitinO
messenger-boys in the Wall street en-
trance to the Stock Exchange TO hush
their noisy chatter for q moment A
dozen pairs Of eyes cast admirinQ
glances upon bustling party of young
people WHO were about to climb tie
long iron stairway. The party included
three vivacious young ladies and two
sedate young men. The ladies wore
bright spring costumes of blue, and
pink, and olive, the charming effects of
which were heightened by prOuse floral
adUrnmehts.
''Oh, my, what a queer place -
''lsn't it splendid"
Goodness, just hear the racketr'
Such were the CALCULATIONS that
escaped from feminine lips in quick
succession. One of the gentlemen led
tho way to the visitors galleries with
the air Of a person who had a proprie-
tory interest in the building. He was n
jaunty little man, with brisk. know
ing air. bunch OF pansies nestled in
the top buitOn-hole of his cutawav coat.
The wig liant dOOrkeeper recognized in
him member of the EXCHANGE TO
whom fortune had been kind. The
squeeze in Lackawanna stock n week
ago is said TO have put cool S5O,O3O
into the pocket of this jaunty little
man.
A nose like the moaning Of a oale
saluted the ears of the visitors when
they reached the top of the stairway.
1t grew louder as they advanced
through glass-llCored vestibule
toward long, narrow corridor. A
partly-open door at the left of the vesti-
bule revealed to the curious gaze of the
ladies large, square room, with a high
pulpit desk on one side, with two hun
dred or three hundred seats arranged
in amphithoater fashion Ten or
twelve men were grouped around the
high desk. This is the bond room"
the young broker explained. "AU
transact ons in bonds are carried on
there, and the meetings of the govern
ing committee are also held in that
room.
The young ladies were impatient to
find out from when came the no Sc.
Their launty chaperon led them the
entire length of the narrow corridor.
and, pushing open 4 swinging leather
door, ushercd the party INTO "A small
gallery at the south end of the building.
1t was two o'clock p. m, and the Mace
was comfortably filed. The broker ell
bowed the strangers right aud left, and
placed his friends close up against the
front OF the gallery, whore they could
command an unObstrucIed view of the
great bridegroom. The roar Of
voices from bslOw was incessant and
deafening The market happened TO
be fairly tive, and there were per
haps three hundred and fifty brokers on
the loor OF the Elk mango. They were
divided up into groups of ten, twenty
and thirty persons each, and to the puz-
zled spectators each group seemed to
be striving TO make more noise than its
neighbour. Most of the men on the floor
were young-SOme mere BOYS i'm appear
aGce. Here and there perhaps a gray
beard might lie seen, but nine-tenths of
the active brokers were apparently un-
der torty years OF age. A few were
bare headed, and those who wore hats
had them tilted back on their heads rs
though they were in the way. The
more eNcitable men had also pushed
their coat sleeves up above their ell
bows, and, as they waved their arms
above the heads of their fellow brokers',
the rafting of their cuG-bultons could
almost be heard in the galleries.
1t was curious and perplexing sight
AS changoable rs the shifting views OF
n Kaleidoscope. and as amusing ut times
rs mtschievous boys at play. An eager,
lostling crowd, drawn together in the
street by some trivial accident, will in
variably form picture of more or less
interest Here in the Stock Excbapo-e a
dozen such crowds are in view nj once.
Like eddics in the water. they start up
from slight disturbances, expand in I'M
dulating circles, and then gradually
break away into mild ripples here and
there AT no time during business
hours does the noisy activity cease.
Through the length and breadth OF the
great blue-dOmed hall men hurry
and scramble, rudely pushing and shout
ing IN their eagernesss 70 bargain, or
lostling one another in playful sport.
Here at one end Of the room dozen
brokers swarm like bees around a tall
man with flushed face aud up-lifted
arms. He seems to be bristlinr with
indignation, and his voice is heard ia |
terse, piercing ordinations The men
about him press closer and return his !
shouts with cries equally shrin. He /
shakes a clenched hand ut them. and |
Immediately a dozen arms are stretched /
toward him with vicious energy. He |
increases the violence of his gcsticula- |
tions and seemingly hurls defiance at
the tNtlttu tEOWu linen there rs an \
impetuous rush, many voices mingle in /
a prolonged yell. and in a twinklinr /
the crowd has dissolved, and two or /
three brokers ere quietly jotting down /
memoranda in their little books A /
few feet away two men meet and ex-
change mild salutations. A third man |
comes up and drops n remark that falls /
like burning lucifer in a powder mag
azinc. Instantly there is an explosion. /
The three men jump up and down, beat /
the air with their arms. and yell like /
delegates IN a convention. In two sec
onds they form the center Of an eager
mob, which circles about them like a
whirlwind In tho m .ddlo Of the floor
another demonstration is in progress.
A score Of animated brokers appear to
be having May dance around a tall
staff. On top of the stat is a framed
placard bearing the words Denver &
Rio Grande." A little further along
another staf holds alo.t the legend
wabash" a couple of rods distant
from this is third post labeled Lou
jsYille & Nashville" and in other places