Daily Republican., 1888-11-10
PAYING THEIR BETS.
ONE PARTY DUMPED IN THE
MUD.
-Four WheelbArrOw Bets Paid on MAR.
ket stroet-OOunCilmAn QnInn
wheels Howard Fsaster SLEes
~ Down market strees.

Yesterday afternoon, dlsasrseAble,
drizGly and muddy As It was, seemed to
be given up to paying of whselbarrow
bets on The election, and Market street
FOR several hours was lined with people
gathered to see the fuU. In nearly every
instance the plain, one.wheeled, two
handled wheelbATTow, without side
boards, WAS used, the person wheeled
sitting and riding backward, with his
leRa extended between the hRudles. >
terferinR in some measure .,.E ~.
Wheeler. II Was the r.s,, w sae
oHsr @ W" ~sy the barrow bounced
W. .as, ocbbls sGepes the party wheeled
hsa the hardest part Of the bargain and
got . good shaking up.
The most notable wheeling cAss, and
the one that attracted the most Atten
tlon, WAS the one In which Oou NO Imam
William a. Quinn and Howard FeAster
were the principals, the genial Coun.
Gilman being the wheeler and FeAs,er
the wheeled.
In this case the old plain barrow was
discarded and . three. wheeled push
cart was substituted. A regular plat
form was made and fastened to the
bottom Of the cart. and on each side
vera stuck three Harrison and Morton
haEs, while At the front was q pole
SENS ten or twelve feet high from
which waved . hAg of larger dimen
sions. This gAily bedeoked vehicle
was taken up King street shortly be-
fore three O'Clock 10 avoid the crowd on
Market street. Arriving at Tenth and
Market the fun commenced. Mr.
Quinn, dressed in q brown working
suit, derby hat and long. legged fishing
boots that reached 10 his knees, took
his place between the handles. Mr.
FeRster, dresSed also in his working
clothes took his stand upon the bar
Tow standing mp straight and holding
to the hsg staff. He had in his hand 5
collection basket, as Une OF the oondi-
tions OF the bet WAS that the odd cara.
van WAS to stop ct the corner of every
street crossing and take mp collection
for the benefit Of the Hon 90 JpAthio
Hospital.
As Mr.. Q1lnn spAt upon his hands,
picked up the handles Of his odd tricy-
ole and started, q tremendous crowd
followed and cheered. His task was
not difficult one, as 1t was much
easier to push a 3-wheslCd concern
down the street than to pick
row. Starting down the wsst side
of Market street over the cob
BILE stonesi Mr.. Q1inn soon found that
his vehicle ran much easier With one
wheel on the railroad track, and having
gained this experience he used It 20
advantage ell the way down Market
street, except when be had to leave IL to
let car go by. Mr.. FeAster seemed to
have much the more difficult part TO
perform, Being tall he was considerA
bly, elevated, and having nothing 10
hold by but wRbblinR hSg stat, Il was
difficult for him at times to keep his
plAoa on the platform. There were
SONS In the crowd unohArltAble enough
to believe that Mr.. @ linn dtdn't con.
tribute to make MIR. Fsaster's part Of
the performance any more pleasant than
ne could possibly help, but nobody be-
!ieved for a moment that he had any
other motive than to make fan for the
crowd.
Reaching Ninth street the odd cara
van stopped aud Mr., Fenstar COMMENCED
handing around his O. lection basket,
ezpAtiAtinR upon the great blessings Of
the Hon 90 )nsshlo holpitAl and calling
on all to give hberAlly. He was s1r
prised to ses the way the dimes, quar-
ters and half dollars came jinRlinR into
hls bagket, the people being willing 10
pay for their fun, especially 81 the
money WAS 10 60 to good cRuHe. The
next stop WAS at Eighth street where
another collection was taken mp and the
hospital fund was considerably aug
mented.
At Seventh street almost an accident
occurred by coming 10 collision with 4
wagon crossing Msrket street. Ths
pilot wheel Of the push cart struck the
hind wheel OF the wagon and Was
wbiFled of the track. MT. Fsastsr with
considerable Sgillty jumped to the street
and escaped injury, and there was no
Injury TO the wagon and push cart. No
blame Whatsver was Attaohsd to Mr..
Quinn, as 1t WAS impoTsibls for him to
see ahead on account Of the dense
crowd that surrounded him Rnd the
husterlng Of the hBgs ahead OF him A
large collection was taken mp here and
MT. Feaster becoming more expert as
collector called upon those who crowded
tho upper story windows to'ishell out"
Many Of them did 90 and tossed down
quite number OF silver bits to swell
the hospital fund. No doubt II the
bstteFs bad thought Of It they would
have had trained monkey alo1g TO wat
upon tbs people In the windows.
Before reaoning Seventh street, City
Soltottor Turner here loomed up, smil.
log benignAntly upon the wheeler and
The wheeled, Oh course, the caravan
hsre had to stop and give the ex. Judge
an ovation. he had been selected Al
the start to hand around the basket, but
he did not turn up in time. He was
asked TO accept the position, but he
smilinily passed on with q "Go1 bless
you, children" expie esslon.
From here down nothing out of the
Csual line took place. From Fourth
street down the task WAS eAsy, Mr..
Qulnu having to pull back. When he
passed his own residence and store quite
an ovation Was tendertd AT the end
OF the journey the collection Was count
cd, and was found to amount to $50.
After the Quinn FeAster carAvanuary
started and had gone . couple OF
squares on Its journey, smother barrow
started from Tenth and Market streeta
The wheeled was HAlleok Bay aud the
wheeler Waa Charles Jordan. The
plain barrow was used and the ride
down Market street Was q rough one,
Ray bounced up and down and Quiv. |
cred like bowl full Of jelly, and Jor- |
dans Enough he had the easier part, was |
fatlsued by the time be |
iesehed Market street bridge, They |
passed the Quinn FsAstsr train OF the |
Opera House.
Early in the evening another wheel |
barrow team came laundering down |
Market Htrest from Eighth. George |
Bear wheeled Charles Stewart from |
there down to the Khk vood House,
Third and shiploy slrssts. The barrow |
was bedt tcked with obiness lanterns,