The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-08

uTYDY FFULTON STR EET'
!, SOME OF IT'S TRADERS.

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~nyE OF IT'S TRADERS.
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uan-Cisars sold by Artistic
Place to Find Odd Things.
c,,rt,pondenc- Of The Chronicle.
vooy March 5.-Therc is a man
~. IN the same tracks from till
cg and from IS till 10 O'Clock every
or5inr a lady's shoe in his hand.
..n minutes he threads the eye Of
c;th little metallic rod. He sell
,y, anything, He simply stands
r.ads that one button six hours
II Won stop and look at him, how
he will answer your inquiring look
and sharply, Never come Off.
+, dozen" ."
,ber mana handsome fellows
dressed, wears knee-breeches and
natent Sock-supportor buckled about
III He stands in the same tracks
IN the SeIf-same hours, 7 till 10, and
70 oo'clock-silently stands there on
| tor his calves to be examined by
&ovd 4 bundle Of these supporters
h. from his hand; and, if you stop
ok af him, he Will make a vigorous
10 swap a pair for a quarter.
| one corner Of the street where it
W such a way as to leave a few feet
b. out Of the way Of pedestrians, a
Hhecktd fellow squats on his launches
Rms wooden mouse for five feet
! the sidewalk, pulls it back by a rub
a bring and runs it forth again. For 6
dav, he runs the wooden mouse
and pulls the wooden mouse back,
falIy in silence unless you stop or
! ~ him Then he VIII tell You it is
hest toy ever invented. IS cents, or
for 70 cents"
L. are three sights and you may see
bdred similar ones along Fulton street
6pn Broadway and the Brooklyn ferry.
Ire is not another street like it in
fica. 1t is the retail world in brief.
|half million of people who go and
from Brooklyn every day, the most
lem at least, pass along it; and every
to catch the loose cents Of the crowds
Ere; and more ingenuity to sell things
d. seen than can be seen anywhere
b the wOrld-especially small things.
one place half a hundred signs, beau
horribly ugly and queer-signs OF
/ kind represent rats and mice in al
glory and nuisance and finally in
tiful death This is "the original
Psen-all others came later, and he
bat poison and nothing else. A few
further on another wilderness OF
meets you and another million rata
and die. Here you are Informed
I the real Isaacsen" sells the genuine
,n. and that all other Isaacsens and
ther poisons are counterfeit. Nowhere
le world, in no trade could there be
en- competition shown in signs. CT
Sc the householder is divided in his
ION touching the genuineness of the
esenS and their poison, and he will
ably try both. Both 2 Why, both
IS belon. to the same man, and the
pn is the same. The show of KILN.
betitiOn, of course, attracts attention
IL fellow has a corner store wherein
rofesses to keep only odds and ends
fthing that you want and don't know
k to find" He hardly has two things
and hardly anything that sells fol
b than a quarter. Il used to be an
II, he says, "by persons who though
u sorts of things they didn't want tt
whether | had them. | have beer
d for one blade of a pair Of scissors
little round brush that goes on top Of
BE- brush, a leg of pair of tongs ant
! thousai4d things that no man coul(
X of in advance. | never had a de
X tor anything but | sent at once an(
Nd whatever is called for once vii
for again, sure. A man one
FOR green door-knOb. The mex
7 had one painted green, and | sup
| have since sold a dozen. I don
v Why they wish them green. | neve
any green ones except the ones
ted. But no man yet ever had nee'
/ thing by reason of any whim or an
dent but some other man wanted tn
c thing. | sell a great many thing
puzzle me. / don't know what pee
do with them. Here is a piece of wiz
80 as to make three legs and at tn
2 ring | sell one or two of these
I. made one to a lady's order. The
ade another and put it where it coul
cen. | have sold a dozen or two. Blu
MT know what they are for
Don't you sometimes hit upon a use
trick 2
Yes. Very often. That's the hope, 70
A fellow who once did business her
ented a sort of paper clasp and no
J about $25, 900 a year royalty. He b.
just as | haze begun this wire thing.
'owr near the ferry German has
.rsatore, and he is the biggest advert
on the street. Three immense shee
Daper are stuck upon sign board evel
ming and they have striking illustr;
Is of the sensation of the dav O
m One Monday after Beecher ha
ached about the final place of all tt
|, this cigar dealer had a picture
cher in torment sucking an iced cocl
through a straw The other day
Tom Ochiltree reaching across tt
antic pulling the beard of the Emper
Germany. The scene is changed eve
and a good artist draws them all.