Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-20
THE RAMBLER.

somewhat the rush and dash Of the previous
few days. There was not much news STIR
ing but discovered some things that may
be worth mentioning and 1 think there are
many other things in highly undiscovered
state.
, While at breakfast at the Manhattan ho-
tel 1 got to studying the guests. Many
odd and some even people are seen at ko-
tells. One man comes into the dining room
in busting business sort of o way, tucks
his napkin in his button hole and gives his
order in an of handed way without looking
at the girl. while others pick up the bill of
fare, smiles on the waiter, names something
on the bill and then consults the girl and
keeps up playful racket as ifhe had moth
ing to do but TO be funny and take up the
girls time. He is As chock full Of humor as
o beer bottle and proceeds to uncorck him.
self and infiict the whole dose on the unof-
Tending and long suffering waiter. have
observed that this class of sinners are mostly
the men of mature years, although
occasionally some fresh youth of the
commercial traveller species works OF
bis surplus stock of e1uberance in that way.
Some men order few plain items of food
while others 90 over the whole bill of fare
and growl because there is not more of it.
Some men eat as if it was job they were
anxious to get through with, while others
nibble along with bite now and then; they
eat raisin, crack nut and act as if they
were going to stick to it all day.
l saw two men at the Santa Fe depot
whose peculiar appearance sttrated me to-
wards them. One was tall angular look
ing man of about As, with downtrodden
nose and knowing squint in his of eye.
he wore decollette coat and g highwater
pants cut low in the neck, and ornamented
with an occasional patch sewed on la rail
road, SO as not to render the ground work
monotonous His boots were not over nicely
shined, and perhaps because he felt ashamed
to own them as his. he was walking along
side them. The other was stubby fellow
with radient +, ce and remarkably we'll
developed blonde nose. His dress was not as
peculiar as that of the first, but there was
nothing about it that indicated the million
aire.
! drew near them and from their CONVEX
sstion gathered they were railroad labor
ers from ST. Louis and that they were hold
ing q joint debate. They had heard of the
many railroad schemes on tap in this town
and came out to work, but although it was
q sheol-ired town, they could find no bosses
hunting for men to WELD the shovel. Their
names, as CLEANED from their conversation,
we're not Pat and Mike, as is common
among men of that nationality and profess
sion, but Dominick and Peter. The joint
debate they were engaged in differed some-
what from congressional debates of the
same name. In short, they were debating
about joints, and Dominick said, '.If we
can't get job, begorra, guess We can find
something to drink, anyhow" mot q
smile," said Pete. ''This is Kansas and
they have no saloons" ayes, but heard q
man on the train say they had some sort of
thing they call joints" "Ye-, but thin
l think is for the binift of the
timperince people av the town and rot for
buns" After they bad permitted me to ad-
mire them a few minutes they drew towards
me and referred the question TO me, and my
decision seemed to brace them up. 1 met
them later in the day and they we're feeling
| dangerously well.
discover that as the weather is warming
| up the restaurant men bre brushing up,
shifting ice-cream and strawberry festivals in
| the near future. Soda fountains, too. are
crawling from their holes ard getting ready
| for battle, and lemonade, TOO, is crawling
out from winter quarters.
Gandolfo, the fancy fruit dealer aud res
taurant keeper, told me he was going to have
the dasiest fountain in town and is to have
an immense live turtle here in few days,
which he will place in large tank in his
corner window for people to admire.
While am talking of brushing up and
cleaning, respectfully suggest that this is a
very good time TO apply some oftbat sort of
medicine abou. peoples back yards, drains.
etc. Yes, my friends, / invite you TO haves
general spring cleaning up. l have heard
nothing SO far this year of the cholera, and
don't want To, but there are germs of some
sort of disease in the debris that has held
high carniva! in your back yards during the
winter.
l observed that our Wholesale grocers
were receiving large quantities of goods
yesterday, and little investigation in that
line gave me some idea of the extent of that
trade in this city. J. NJ. Allen & Co. re-
ceived large quantity of goods and the
Wichita Wholesale Grocer Co. were receiv-
ing large quantities of heavy groceries; and
learned that the Steinhauser Supply Co.
had bought twenty-five car loads of goods
to be received in the next ten days, and six
of these were coming in yesterday, one car
of which is loaded entirely with soap. Be-
sides these they have ordered 10000 cigars
of one factory and 10000 of another.
l still hear men discussing the question of
joint stock company to build new opera
house, but as yet the thing does not assume
any definite shape.
The spring election appears to be afraid
to show its nose, but I'm not kicking about
that.
The Turner'S society are TO give theatri-
cal performance in the opera house on the
Goth, with home talent. After the perform
ance there will be social dance, so that
they will have quite a night of it.
l heard that Amos Aspey's brick building
on Main street was sold yesterday to two
different parties, bu. didn't hear which of
them is to have If. The elements portended
. storm last night, but promise j. won't
be bad blizzard.
FIFTH WARD NOTES
John Mcfarland is receiving congratula-
tions on the advent of bouncing baby boy, |
and Who 81 all thosa v,ho hsxo soap him