The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-25
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Iwps Walking vita q friend 90 tJying tha
soti Eunlhine pni afternoon ttcsh,iy Wa
wge Up IN de 1hIrtioth Streets scme.
ghers andneaf Broadway. On turning q
corner We found our path obsnuctsd By
alcal 800 men and womea standing on thu
Sidewalk There was no disturbance, nc
ecmucticn, but sometaing had bappensd,
ofsomethtng was happening rathsr.
Il val tho scene OF a fofcibie removal,
which means that soma mans lite S.aad
for small merchandise has been picket up,
root ini brhuej, add carrlcl on before biz
eyes By thoSj IN authority Thss thlngI
occur when The small merchant gets II Ii.
big onSs way. A complaint & male, a
warning served, which, IL not Needed, d
followed by q wagon AMI two or throe
stout lhan who LIT the Obstruction, y
o.haFWlse esmall MERCHANTS hatnbie out.
a., sittor whole or ia seelionL and whi,k
itaety
In ihls instance The offending establish.
Tnent VA anewspapr and cigar stand, a
itel, Or small bouIs, with arooi and bis
double dotrA Bus Il offended the eye, Of
thsrichar dealers whohal complained, and
thad 10 go and l saw 1t going.
II wasn't q jolly spectacle Neither did
the crowd ding there think 10 was Hu.
man nature OF a miscellaneous order lsift
perfection, but 1t Is quick to recognize an
injustice when II has no interest at Staka
The men AMI women looked With compas.
sion a. the unhappy little man who vaa
thus ruthles,ly robbed Of his daily budnasL
he leaned against tho wall in silent despair,
phile his eatlre stoet Of goods and the fool
that coyered them were tumblod into the
yawnlng wagon Bis platter Of paris copy
q Sweet Oranges bad lis head, basket
aud alii knocked Oh and lay prone upon Ito
earth, dohO TO death BY sudden misfortune.
Where bis small store hal boon was only
asquare Of dusty and Uttered pavement.
on which tho body and fragments Of tho
orange RtrilOoEel abIoluseiy pathetic In
the morning DO had been a prosperous mer.
chant In his humble sphere; tho morrow
would hnd him without employment,
and with all the dark birds Of
di,courasemOut roosting in bis mind.
And tho humiliation Of III How could II 10
less than painful to SEQ himself stared at by
tho curious crowd and have them 800 his
little possessions trcatsl as 50 much dirtl
The man spoken Of as "ths superintou.
dent who did the ordering, was due con.
trust to the dsspolled little merchants He
wore tho most modlh OF clotlss Topped
Oh With an oysrcoat that vGs loustllng
splspld. Lined with silk, thrown open at
he neck, II made him look worry opulent,
indead. aud male tho shabby little MGR.
chant look stu shsbbicE
But lOmshow 1t didn't win tho crowd.
Every eye looked at the tten silent figure
leaning Against tbs wall with sympathy,
and sccHied at tie stout man in tho silk
lined ovrCoat They spoke to each other
IN low tOneL and their opinions were de.
eidSdly IN favor Of tho houselels dealer.
"Tough,p said one; "a shamen said
aaOtberS They take from the poor man
that which he has said tatrd, TO give
TO him who bath. Scripture Is certainly
fulalled.r
Women fingered on the outskirt Of tho
shrong, and Choy, too felt sorry for tho
little merchant 'Hs got in some rich
mans way Iiupposc,' said a woman with
abaaket on hor arm. The winters Just
coming on, too, poor fellowr' shs continued,
in q half soliloquy.
Thu men who carried OUT Tho orders Of
The slk lined oyGcoa t mounted the wagon,
slapped the lines down on the horses shud.
dering backs and the wagon ratified awav,
earrying tho poor newsman's goods into
limbo. Tho psoplc looked rftOr It, AMI thOn
at tho Respondent loser, sighed, and wont
their soyesal WayS
GEO oLNEY MARVIN.
NV YoRK, Nov. 81.