Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-04
RINGERS AT THE DOOR BELL.

Excitements Incident to Life In IA New
York Ilat-A Lady's Experiences.
They ''come as the winds come when
forests are rended, come as the waves
come when nayies are stranded, - and
each individual in the multitude seems to
have some Distinguishing popularity in
his purpose or his method Of attaining it.
Broadly, however, they may justly be
classified in five grand divisions-ped-
oilers, beggars, thieves, swindlcrs and so
Gcitors Of favOrs. The margins of these
divisions are necessarily III defined, for
the reason that individual representatives
of either are so apt temporarily, under
the temptation of opportunity, to merge
themselves into the other classes. The
ostensihle pcddlers are. Of course, by far
the most numerous. There were regis
tered at the marshal's Office during the
past year 1.jl2 new licenses issued to,
this class of hawkers and 4Gs renewals.
the former at 81 each and the latter
twenty-five cents. But the marshals cav
that there is a great deal Of neglect TO
u the licenses If merchandise ped
oilers, either because they drift away
from the city or choose to run tire risk Of
being fined $40 for peddling without n
license rather than pay twenty-five cents
for its renewal. Ii is estimated that
there are not less than 2,000 Of tvse
baskets carrying hawkers. besides whom
there are many who conceal their wares
in their pockets. A bright little lady
who recently moved into an up town fat
on the west side wa requested 10 keep
tab on her invaders for FIVE days, and
at the end Of that time reported:
''lf there are, as you say, only about
1000 peddlers infesting New York, then
they must he badly distributed. and / feel
that have had more than my share. for
M less than thirty-seven have run nv
bell this week. And such a variety OF
things they had! 1t would astouish you.
i had no idea Of half the things being
peddled that | know now are sold in this
way in New York. Why, they included
%cravats, suspenders, shoe laces, cheap
jewelry, SOAP, rugs, matches, backing,
cheap candies, brushes, needles, tape,
thread, buttons, carriers, furniture polish,
gas burners, plaster Of paris thingmum-
mics, a sure cure for corns and bunions,
stationery, n catarrh remedy, felt slip
pers, bamboo wristlets. a LOT more things
that ] neglected to put down. and, would
you believe it, liquors and lottery ticketsl
Nearly Az the peddlers looked as If they
were Jews, but those vending the last
two things ! name were not. The liquors
were sold by a stout, elderly, good hui
mored Irish woman, who carried quite a
Iot Of little TASKS Of gin, whisky, and, I
suppose. other liquors, though she said
those two were most in demand among
the ladies who bought from her. She
bad them in a basks&, and said she had
built up quite a good family trade, upon
which she supported her husband, who
was disabled by rheumatism, and her
two younger children. The lottery tick
etc were sold by a lame man, who
seemed 10 be English, He assured me
that he sold a great many lucky tickets.
and ! would have a good chance 10 draw
$500, 900 II | bought q ticket for tine next
drawing, but he couldn't persuade me.
Then he said that II | would like 10 try a
little policy, "a a great many ladies' did,
ca the dead quiet he would come
around whenever ] wished, get my num-
bers, make my plays and fetch my
money 10 me. OF course / didn't. l
am not such a fool
''The next numerous class were the
bcggars. In some way, heaven and they
only knew bow-tbe %janitor says he
doesn't nineteen OF them, men and wo-
men, old any young, got up 10 my door
In those Eve days. ! began by giving a
few pcppies 20 pcarly every one that