The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-17

Nue. Purchasing One Pair Of Socks, No. 10.
explicit than that without being often
siye. just tell a man what want right
ct the start, and then if there should be any
delay it is his fault.
He looks at me sorrwfully and begins to
feel in his pocket for something, say:
Put up your gold. Get out with your dross.
am not poor or crazed by suffering. am
only waiting to present a letter of introduce
ton to the sock lady if can obtain an
audience with her. I would be satisfied
with even a very small audience with herr
He tells me where the Office is, and go
there. She waits q long time before seem
TO catch her eye. She looks through me,
and so on across the store to given point.
She then says:
"Wellf
'Socksm
"YesPp
''Yesv
What kind. pleasep
English hose, double sole, unbleached,
No. 10, two of a kind"
Fer yourselfp'
Yes, exclusively for myself"
"Well, the mems hose is on second floor
facing the other street"
then go TO hotel, register. get room,
ring for messenger, and send him for the
hose.
1t may be the same old crazy spirit which
keeps New York stirred up all the time,
and makes the average New Yorker miser-
able all day If he misses a car, even If the
next will be along in half minute; but,
whatever 1t is, it is an evil spirit, and
makes money for few people to the dis
comfort OF great many.
New York shopping. especially at certain
seasons and on certain days, is like trying
to buy things in Washington during the in
auguration. You can pay for them, but you
are not permitted to take them away. They
may be needed four years from now.
The Inauguration is no longer news, but
IL may be looked back upon with great
pleasure, especially by those who remained
at home. i attended because had to do so.
People expected it and so went, but future
Presidents will have to get along without
me. and they might as well understand it
before they go, TO the expense and annoy
ance of getting elected.
Probably $4,000 worth of silk hats bit
At this to pseps sak Think tns thai Of
Half million dollars worth of sorrowing
silk hats with side-whiskers on them. arose
on the 9Th of March and, looking around
wildly, exclaimed in distraught manner,
Where am li' The day was. extremely
wet under foot and the bottom just seemed
to fall out of the sky. General Greeley has
hurt himself more by this, / think. than by
any other act since he sock the isothermal
lines into his hands.
Everything was done to make people en-
joy themselves. and / think that the fact
was pretty we'll established that neither of
the Two great parties has "A mortgage on
temperance. Temperance meets with a
more cordial reception on q presidential
platform, think. than anywhere else. /
have never seen so much drunkenness in
my life, though years ago l nad full entree
70 some of our leading alcoholic circles, as
Doc Hayes would say.
Large. commodious, wet seats were erected
all over the city. regardless of expense. but
they were so far away from the bar-room
that very few people occupied them. One
advantage of the big blowout to Washing
ton will be that, for some time, the quality
Of the liquor will be better. as all the poor
whisky, it is said, was sold out in the early
part OF the day. and no more could be sent