Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-17
THEY LUNCH IN PUBLIC.
HORSES TAKE THEIR MIDDAY NEAL
ON THE CITY STREETS


Too Busy tn s~ma Their E,nins- tn Their
>sabi---
II i a eslrlsaion saving that Cnlessos great
ambition Is fully eqgalsd by ner energy The
Youngest mother ii a million souls IN all the
eartb ssl- aslaze~ sister eitiss by the audacits
with which ,he converts tie s<einiiigiy I'M
possible iiit,s verify
So very v,.tliss # would oe ls,ssing strange
If she had EAST sshie all the sidsiliiess OF teen
nood There yet eiIags ah-iut her reminders
II the day, when Il single lna c''uid well care
for all Der visitors. and when farmers on
court days TED their horses IN the street
There is nothing small about Chicago, and
she Is 30 -turIiiy independent that her suns
have caught t.er spirit ami DO as they please
II the fancy suits them. and while Rejoicing
in Innovations they d. not scruple To cling
tenaciotsiy To a practice that l. convenient
and time and labor saving, even though II
nave about 1t the air of antiquity
cURBsroSE SPREADS
The stranger that is within ber gates as
we'll a. thos.- native and to the manner born.
ulay and doubtless do see what obtains in
porrid. eyille, whose 40 souls i've In asely
expectancy OF ecitpsing New York III popula
ton and London IN wealth, VIII not do for
Chicago This practice which has chung per
tlnAclousiy III all the mutations II time Is
nothing more or less than the ie,siin9 OF
horses the public highway Go where one
"i4i between the hour, oil II anu J ana he
may see horses OF all ages and conditions
crunchng oats ell joy ably Some hive feed
bags muzzhng tAeir jaws, Others are content
eily eating iroEi soap boxes, ami still there
are more which nio.iestIy gather theirs III
from the stones OF the street
Nor must II for Il moment he SUPPOSED that
thls great crowd OF feeders Is owned ny un'
fashlonah!es from the rural districts, VINO
with economic forethuusht bring III tue
gram tr m their own bins tontrariwise
the animals are city owned. many OF whose
masters are "@ners OF great warehouses,
other ar. the property OF cab and hack com
panles, others yet are humble drawers OF ex
pres Wagons une may SEE tue massive Per
cherOu. the ponderous Ciydeslale and tine
handsome Morgan, rs well as the infinite va
rl.ty OF s,'ruu STOCK lhtcA skim d and inert
Scattered among the lat and sleek are the
lame, the halt ami the blind, but all possessed
Of vigorous appettes and apparently udlf
fereut 10 the tact that, ike Louis XIV OF
France On stated occasions, they are dining
IN ST. ii vi all Tie people
Nor Is any street too sacred " too crow ded
tor t.lls outdoor dining Not only are the
Tray hors, Vi Franklin and Market streets
ed Oh t.4use busy thorouGhiares but also
along s. ID la s,..le, last deseio pin. Dear
born. f.s..i.. "a. h.liu. Ss;,te. crow ,lt4i and
packei o.uta Water. busting CLARK and
hustl.n, Firth avenue-on each and every
one o. tD Sc may be seen daily as we'll as
uppn ut..ais not named, lines of horses tuIn
bling t. iuelr oats and oats only, for long
feed - ,.e..eI tue faithful animals at their
midi ,4 Incidentally IL may Ina said
TIN, IA the British army ar. ..,du
.ae r. i.e1,on of all kinds of fodder
Ii, il, u, -, exclusive diet Of grain The
r. ,i,ese animals. by that felicitous
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