Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-28
GINGER BEER
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The effect OF this poem upon some people |
> marvellous and the placid smile with /
Shich they absorb the beer is pleasant sight |
or temperance man to see. We are re-
minded of the device of a man on the circus |
grounds, who left the second Z cut Of ginger
n the same stanZa
A VETERAN IN rHE BUSINESS.
Mr.. Kreider, who presides over the estab-
ishment at the corner OF Centre square and
East King street is the veteran in the busi-
ness. He has kspta stand for fifteen years,
but admits that lie has not amassed a large
fortune by it. aud says that the present con-
dtion OF business is not very encouraging.
The people who most patronizs these stands
are those who suffer the most from the hard
times and to this MIR. Krelder Justly attri-
butes the depression of the trade in fruit,
pretzels and peanuts. \ man who is only
earning enough to- support himself and fam
lily has no appetite for the luxuries so tempt
ingly displayed along his route "a he passes
to and from his daily toll and children have
not so many pennies now as they used to
have when times were flush and wages high.
Mr.. Gormley, ON Xihm' scorner is another
man who has haunted Centre square for
long time. Ten years has he kept a street
stand and prospered, and yet he is not en-
thusiastic over the business.
Mrs STAINS, who occupied the front of the
old postotfice for SO long time, has moved
around the corner, and sells her famous can
dies and cakes as calmly as she did before.
Her son and grandson keep an extensive
fruit stand Just besider her, and though they
have been at 1t for eight years cannot endorse
the business rs bonanza
On the corner of Orange and North Queen
streets Andrew kasper has found prosperity,
after having chased her with an oyster saloon
and iruit stand and abandoned the latter,
Riding two horses he found did not pay, and
so he took the fastest tn go il alone. MIR. kas-
per has gone TO the seashore tor his health
and pleasure, and the business IS In charge
of his brother, who recently made ten dollars
clear profit in one night, by thoughtfnlly re-
moving it from the money drawer before the
night watchman came that way to protect IT,
WHERE REASON Is FEAsTED.
There are two news stands in town besides
the one at the Pennsylvania station. w. d.
Mad igan, on West King, sells newspa pers
and books from a snug little booth, and Cal
win X. Swander, at Prince and King streets,
supplies papers and magazines by subscrip-
ton.
Both report trade dull, though this is the
dull time OF the year Tor them, aud they eX-
pect nothing else. The impassable condition
OF the first square OF West KING street is hay
ing disastrous effect upon trade IN that vi
cinity, and all along the street, from the pea
nut dealer to the dry goods merchant, the
faces OF the people seem 10 say, " Here's a
pretty mess "
THE FAsCINATING PEANUT.
On North Queen street there are four stands
in operation and their one great staple, even
in these times OF fruit in plenty, is the festive
peanut There is something fascinating
about the luscious peanut that has made it a
favorite with all, but more especially with
our country cousins.
In an ice cream parlor the other night the
writer surveyed blissiul spectacle. A
brawny young mountaineer and his best
girl sat facing one another alta table, and be-
fore each stood a big saucer OF ice cream,
while between them lay pile of peanuts.
The two were splendid specimens He was
powerful man with a long aquillne nose
and steady eye she was as pretty country
girl, with glowing cheeks and laughing eyes,
as one may see in days drive through the
manors and the county is full of them.
They sat in perfect silence, and there was
nothing peculiar about them, save that from
the mouth Of each there protruded the han
die ofa spoon. At regular intervals the
spoon was Withdrawn, covered with ice
cream, turned upside down, and skillfully
introduced to the interior economy as before.
The operation was performed without wink
ing, but every now and then was preceded
by the consumption OF peanut, which ap-
peared TO have stimulating effect
1t is noticeable that these open air stores can
only exist in summer time, aud this reminds
US that in tropical countries they are far more
numerous than here, and that there arc
many references in histories to the stands of
the street merchants
STREETS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.
In an article entitled "a June Day in
Jerusalem ten years before Christ" COM
piled by DIR. Delilzecb OF Leipzig, from the
Talmud, Josephus, and other ancient writ
ings, we find the following
"On both sides of a long wide street were
4hn ha nd ata nf 3
hne flour OF Ephraim which huckster were
cheapening and which they intend to sell in
the more remote parts of the city cakes of
ngs and raisins, which a poor girl wistfully
eyes, wearing in default of earrings little
wooden pegs in her ears; hsh OF all kinds
from the Lake OF Tiberias, attracting the at
tention Of students on their way 10 the high
school, Jewelry and ornaments OF all kinds,
even false teeth, to be fastened by means OF
gold or silver wire, are to be had. Here il
one crying his syTup OF grapes; there another
recommends his Egyptian ientlls of the rsl
quality; third sells caraway and turns a
pepper-mill. Where an open space is left be-
fore the houses, the artisans whose work al
lows II, have removed their workshops into
the street, and there they work so diligently
that they would not even rise II scribe passed
by. Here a shoemaker fastens tho upper
leather TO the sole of a sandal there tailor
trims costly prayer mantle with elegant
Minges, while in another place an armorer is
bsmmering away at the handle of a sword of
Syrian iron. In less frequented aud shadier
lanes, As that OF the butchers and wool
combers, the trades pursued in the open air
are more numerous, even fax being beaten
here in the street In the upper market
everything moves more quietly and decent
ly, Tor here are the callings most favored by
the king. The productions OF sculpture and
Horticulture are mainly here exhibited.
Here goldsmith has for sale golden arti-
iicial vine of embossed work, while close by
a potter exhibits his wares formed OF white
and black tarthenware The most delicious
figs of Jerusalem coming from the rose gar
den manured by tho blood OF tho sacrifices
are for sale here"
THEIR HISTORY.
So We see that the street stalls of today
are survival of tho ancient days, and the
picture the antiquarian draws OF Jerusalem's
streets of a summer market morning nine
teen hundred years ago does not differ much
from the stories that travellers toll of the
streets OF Eastern capitals to day.
In early times booths were erected in the
streets once week OF market mornings ior
the sale not only OF country produce but OF
merchandise OF all kinds, and the travelling