New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-25
cHRfsrMAs-EyE TPOy THE STREETS.
STREET VENDORS AND BUYERs-CROwDED SIDE
Walks AND ENTITY POCKETS.


WALKS AND ENTITY POCKETS.
As the sun went down yesterday the temper
AZURE fell the wind blew briskly aud keenly the stars
wied through the clear atmos phrrc and the voice Of
the vcnlcr Of Chrtmagift In the land. It w0"d
be great relief Il the strcctveuder in general could DO
made to pass a CIVIL Service examination 10 determine
his knowledge OF English before gctnshs license THO
number of linguistic crpples stand the curbst0ne
and manipulate tired jumpngj jacks while they chant
Ony five cent. ouy We cent" or, Tenny cent here.
tcnny cent here sufficiently great ordinary days.
but as Christmas approaches their Ranks filed ont
with amateurs and prof ssiOnals Of still more rec nc
Importation and more 1Isful ignorance Ot orr languae
Vesey.st. WIS lined from end 10 the other with
street merchants OF this KIND lat evening ana the slice
walks were IN chronic state ~ an Popcorn IN
asstr Ell co!or' ana bananas ID an S'a-r' Oh e
ness we're offered the public AZ cutateS. Behind tho
four lines OF stands ana booths between which tHc crowd
who muucucd sandwiches aud exp situated VITA
hc>tating buyers between mOuihful>; then, su3IGed
difference Of the world To their wares dealer, VINO tol
their customers ~ sttiHe.i c@nl,gce mat dAt ya'h
f.rty ucrshent p-low cost -; health nj young MARKET
men trar,pcd Up and down IN their drWali tails
l'N t N t,. JI.,nise Of second trou,loucs
and penny tr0mboues ~ that There were cords o real
wax dol offered ut 30 per cent OF from price
fac urc. and IN cpstIues wlose breyy Ut' positively
cruel. con,i!eriu- the condition Of the thermometer
Real Dresden china cups and saucers at twenty
pair and lace curtains OF an equally assured
reality al lolar PAIR were almost forced upon the
from consump tivc lookIn h-istmas trrcs moro
consumptiyo looking chickens ana turkeys going AZ
eight and ten cents pOanL Christmas green's ana the
smoke of Kerosene torches were everywhere ami 80
WIS the crowd. A. the hOUrs passed and
/ the expected purchasers dill likewise, the pro
/ prietors OF the larger stands would issue or
| Der, 10 their sub1rtaa'es to rattle things up
/ and sell 'em of any price," and the evening" trade
galysuIHed into last spasmodic exhibition OF
] nfc and then died Out alto ether.
In rlnI,t The electric lights ~pluttcd the heads
~ twOhiid$ OF William .burg's population ant larger
proportion the people living %, the B1wcry The
Suoyrci their -wretetts and
mary prpmls appetite Tor the Christmas Cnuer was
ruined amt there. The biz stores and thr htte
re- alike crowded with buyers who at the last
moment had broken their resolution MOTTO make any
CHRISTMAS presents TINS year, ana the Sidewalk Nrnlrrs
were Vocisrrpu~y busy and busy vrccfop~ their
hrp hrcn ~ Ne,ry-,t ~,Nfhavr, between Fourteenth
aud IWrntytlri presented scene ot mo- anu tho
cars were crowded with mOtaerly looking women who
bore fa parcels an ~ mystery and d. >6e from
which the legs of ahea thy turkey psotruded. Broad
| way wa, quiet. The member, of the Broadway public
/ were cyhertly AT home scattering the miscellaneous
fruit 81 the Christina, tree among tn rising generation.
bnt the few upon the sidewalks ali carried tho
J usual number OF bundles.