The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-25
A CURIOUS OCCUPATION.
Picking Up a Comfortable Living in
the Crowded Street.

From the Ee,o York Star
"There are some peculiar professions and
vacations in New York, but among all OF
them. the one which l am following, and
which, no doubt, | invented, is tho most
peculiar" | had been introduced to the
gentleman who sp Ike these Ords, and after
passing a very pleasant evening in his COM
any, I naturally inquired aS''to his calling.
He was about % years Of age, well-dressed
and apparently well TO do.
elf you think it wortA your WHILE" be
| continued, Il viii tell you nov it all came
about Some months ago | was out Of en-
ployment, and after seeking here, the and
everywhere, and flowing the newspaper
advertisements without success, was nat
uraliy depressed and dowuhearted. Ola
afternoon about 4 O'clock was walki on
Sixth avenue, somewhere between Four
tenth and Twenty streets, my eyes
cast upon the pavement, thinking of how
| should get my next meal and bed to
sleep in, a. | had not cent TO my name,
when | saw adaTR-lOOklng object, about four
inches long, lying on the sidewa X some five
or sly feet ahead of me. | hurried toward
it, sU3oped and picked It up, discovered it
TO be a ordinary pJcketbOOk sucA as ladies
usually carry
81 hastily showed it into my pocket for
fear the owner might return and claim it.
II walked to the c0tner and down toward
| Fifth avenue. ! could hardly wait until an
opportunity prese ted itself to inspect its
ntenrs. At last, COZ sidering myself out
of danger Of discovery by the owner. drew
forth the prlza and opened it.
"Imagine my surprise and qualification
( at discovering large roll Of bills and some
/ silver | first did not know what to do. |
| knew that it was now impossible for me to
| find the owner, and, to Tell tAe truth, l did
not very much care to find that person.
r. "W ell, to make a long story sho {,
rented a room at the Grand Unioa botol,
and Immediately proceeded to ascertain tho
amount Of my new-found wealth / found
| that the roll contained two twenty-dolar
! bills, three tens, one five and two single
Fdollars, besides little over 81 in change,
/ making a total IF nearly $50.
You can readily imagine that / ate a
| excellent supper that evening better than
! mad eaten for months before.
! the next morning 1 took up the paper
I to see whether any one had advertised thu
| loss of the pocketboJk. The papers con-
/ tanned a great many ads uG1sr the head
/ ing Of Lost Found and Rewards but none
which described the b.os. / had found.
Il now considered myself the,irig htfrl
owner, and dete mined TO use no money
as If il had been tho result OF hard toll on
my part. ! advertised and eadeavorod in
every way to procure work, but without
success.
"AcIast. some two o. three weeks after
the dadipg Of he uJcseooook, I vas again
Wandering along the street with my eyes
directed toward the sidewalk, " q
they espiel a bright shining CON. ! picked
IL up aud fou d it 70 be u s. god piece.
"'Im IN lack said ! 10 myself II |
keep Ina up / won't have to work. And
ia this way tie idea came into my mind
not fur Ia qUnh Nav Klrg
wnero so many busy people continually
travel the stree g, an enormous amount Of
money and valu3bes must be dropped, and
il one would only make it his business 81
q through the crowded streets and keep
bis eyes open, he might make at least
c0mi1r1a le living.
Il resolved a. any rate TO try IT, / did
from lat uay on 70 throUgI tho prlnci pa
tnOr0uglfares Of this city, ard have since
made comfortable living do 10 one ar
injury, Tor hen / get the opportunity j
relurn whatever is Oh value 20 the owner,
but keep aIy money IS sort NJ reward.
"Well, where do you q princi pally, and
how DO You do the business"
II 20. FOR instance, ol nice, pleasant
afternoon, on Fourteenth safeet. Twenty
third street and Broad way a q Sixth ave
nue.. bet cen tlosl streets. These Gr8 the
routes taken by ladies out shopping
They usually carry their pOcketbJok
in taeir hands, and are not always
ve-y particular auout what else they carry
in the same ha.d. SJmeu Hes they
carry three or four articles besides the DO 4
Ia ono hand and how ca5J 20 Ia for hem to
drop one. espec ally tie book, without in
tue slightest missing itt Now, I - merely
tnr1uLl the street. milgliug with the
ladies. rst touching thom unnecessarily
NV eyes aro sve-y where about tle pave
me 2, and am able % SEQ anything on 10.
from aiacl of p1pr- tO diamond brshr
p,g- HgrdraIs " p'op.o may save passod
die a,m- obIec. tel4re me AMI not have
noticed o.. b.chIo they were noe on =
lookout Tor 10, whereas am always watch