The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-04
THE LORD OF MISRULE
ReIGN3 FOR THREE HOURS IN THE
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
3.seiy Old Bulls and Bears Who Can
Give Points to Peck's Bad Boy-A
Riot of Fun in UanOr
of 1886.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The big stained glass
windows OF the board of trade building
ratified for three hours Thursday from the
conclusion OF exploding firecrackeIs, the
blast of score of deep-mouthed horns, and
from the yells of TIE hilarious Spectators as
they rushed from pit to pit in their eager
ness to crush each others tiles Strange S
swlrmed in the galleries and crowded about
the white-gloved policemen stationed at the
entrance to the main tloor, while the ''hoys''
.onped and danced like Indians in thei
mad celebration of the last day of the
cd ye1r. Just es the clock in the tower
was tolhng the dinner hour a man
wearing tall, chestnutty, white nat had
the temerity to walk into the hail He
pulled the bonnet over his ears, as he
,mbled over to the provision pit, and, hav-
ing reached that famous battles ground, sat
down on one Of the steps to rest. He
laughed when he saw LaSalle street broker
yanked across the room by three robust
bulls" screamed with joy when young
fellow lost his celluloid shirt-front in a
ssrimmage in the wheat pitt and kicked bis
heels against the blackboard of his seat
when one of Schwarz 4 Dupee's CLERKS
caught bundle of clover seed with his
teeth Then the man with the tail
white hat rested his rakish face II
the palms of his hands and appeaYeG
oblivious to the fast that fcui
Young fellows with stuffed clubs conceal I
behind their backs, were stealing upon him
The white hat was now at hi her ALI, Ii ie
and seemed as ignorant of the approac hihe
storm as its wearer. 4 few secon is late.
the quartet of sand bag.sers' stool witt
appraised clubs and then thars was mar ed
| Gang that jammad the TIL into an cor,.icn
nj sent the fellow sitting Beneath i
q awling upon the floor There We +, ar.
>. laughter from the corn AID wheat pits
= %l, Of delight from the galleries, and a
| il3r groan Of surprise and rage frcm the
Ian doubied up near the provision arena.
About l O'Clock phlegmatic broker, wit.
sad look in his sorral eyes st. de across tie
.ali with meek and lowly mi III. A frs
,acker as large as a rolling pin, and witt
sparks flying from its six-second fuse dan.
hot from one of the two buttons Oh tile
Is,ck of the sad mans coat. The sparks
lew thicker and faster until the broker
| reached the corn pit, when tn all
sGldenly became laden with wadiing,
smoke, yellow fire and sulphuric tx.
,ilniations from the sorrcl-eyoi man,
Who was excitedly trying to con cal a REM
IN the basement of his pantaloonj TIN Oh Il
which bit of striped Undertaking wa.
lJeeping. The noise Oh the floor at this tim,
vas terrific. Cannon fro-cracke1s Lu ST il
unexpected places and tie smoky air wa
lille with reels of ticker tape, VIII, h
lPon being partly u.wound, would IL
..urled to and fro, with their long, &. az
ul atreamers blazing spitefu;ly alon
The plug hats and polo caps. A Lea
ann. with whiskers so dense the wind woIl,
IL stand a ghost of a show if it tie
70 whistle among them, stood neai
The relegTapbers' desks He wore a silk tt
If recent make. Two delivery boys clalx
.esed upon the desks back OF the man witt
lie WHISPERS, and twined a long strip of tap,
.:sout his hat. Then the young men ligh,el
aaeads of the decoration and slipped away
- noiselessly as they had come Two tiny
1ngues Of flame crept up over the stylish
in Of the headgaar. and began to encircI,
e ie glossy tile. The man with the whiSke4s
..as not aware of the destruction leiag
wrought above him, He saw something
.dGHy over in the wheat pit and laug ned
hea, thy. The flames crept Ii her until h
g. own was reached when a spark tumblel
Town upon the victims overcoat and
:tGa TEA his attention. 1t was too late
Eowe;,r for the flames had burned to the
tnds of the tape, leaving half dozen brown
,erpPutiae trails beLind them
At G clock AUs.in's band of fifty pieces
led by drum major Respondent in gold
ace AMI bearing upoa his head a whit
81 ,iio that excited the envy Of thu sable
Jan tors, marched upon the floor with q
hurst Of mei d. that made the windows rat.
tie. - LIND the musicians were a score oi
>pscuiators, dressed in all sorts OF fan.
Ta~t,c costumes An elephant, rigged
up out OF an umbrella. two brokers and
torn muslin, was one Of the features OF
lh gTGtasque procession The band lad
-IlEchcd about half way round the hail
VII crowd fell upon TIE elephant. -
Ih t TAX WAS wrenched from its fastenin Is
All Hanged over the head of an cd man
VIA wa wearing derby. Other masquer.
aicfs Shared badly il the march, and were
Il ld to LIake rhtif escape when the circuit
hal been competed
HayJriy m.nStrels now appeared in the
Vls!tots gallery, and, in response to the APP
plauic o. the spsCtators, sang a plantation
song with * lWsite effect There was some
more Music ty the laai and then
SWeatnam, the favorI,e end man at the
Madison street Eoms of minstrelsy,
squared himself to sing "lA3' He had
rhirpcd couple OF Inns Of the doggeral
when cries OF ''chestnuts' drowned his
voice, and forced him to retire. More
eannonading followed in the wheat and
corn pits, and then the band undertook
to make another lap Of the hall to
the step of Marching Through
Georgia Sherman, famous march to
the sea was not attended By any more an
noyance than Prof ,ssor Au5tin's men ex-
perienetd III making the circuit of the
floor. While the man VITA the tuba horn
was in the throes of sepulchrai solo two
fre-cra Il S weighing a p1Unl each,
expo led beaeath his little, study legs
and caused hin to drop his instru-
ment with IA howl A sack of timothy
seed burst over the high collar of the from
bone player, ami rubber football VIII h
had been licho netting over the lloor nearly
all the afternoon struck one of the druumers
under tbs chin. The musicians then Lroae
RANKS, and, after gathering up their g,ip3,
buriie! from the hall
by o:'D the sEe uiators hal become tired
OF their horse play, and at 4 o'clo X nothing
remained on the toor # the Lall but tt,l.
lGh is o. a thrae-hour's lot
In. EXPENSES of all this fun did not mee,
th' $ i6) collected by Mr.. Bangs, Of Lester
= IL
triblted as follows: Foundlings home, $50:
half orphan asylum, $50; Little Sisters Of
the Poor $50; home for inc urables. 81.