New-York tribune., 1891-12-25
ST. NICHOLAS HAD TIE GRlf'
.,a.vorrv ENOUGH THIS ENABLED HIN To
", s,,r THE MARKETS AND THE BIG STONES

,,yo,,cu THIS ENABLED HIN ~
,,s,r THE MARKETS AND THE BIG slohh@'
ru,,,.. ,o,orter wos awakened from nap yes.er
.,d ain was coming down nj ts haruees
s ,ora vo,ces in the street. sound OF s'a'"pi' - ~
"a o,r,ous grazing and scriping rs II so,o -
o,,ect were being dragged over the stone'' nv u.nt
nt =, bis window and rubbed his eyes Ill " A. O.
for thor TODD a sled drawn by reNo1'' "a, ortIers
sot a funny old man. Tho of deer shooh MS Ia
tnrned his head toward the old echtieha,, w,o, 7,
n.,tisb,v. Now YOU Just look a-here os,n'
p ,,'r ue,re web footed ducks you're misusHeh ''V
~ 80 ,ctod when YOU insisted on going i'''o -"
s,uds ~ had neighborhoods and up nhpOns'o" =, 49,,
vben tho weather was halfway decent D'e d.. 40
oxnect ne TO turn into fish at tbs ifte u'S ~
G =, ro, toll ma 10 gee again, VIC don't pun 'os'"''
any more and you can walk .,.u .,a nlain-
The driver listened in silence, ana tIeai s." ooh
,,.,. a,yh,t aro you Kicking about. "hthen' Hoo
Nor W. ~. a. soaked through, the water IS ID oy
., =, holly wreath Is all stuck to by heau' au W "
dose Is stopped by the grip bl' ~"
further, ri carry by pack oysei' ~, or.v ar the
Poor Saint Nicholas! The deer ssiieu 80 4, a
,vord and left the old gentleman stahdns ,,,.osb ST.
droarv middle So the reporter lent MN " ,.s nv roho
and umbrella and hung the green fur tor.,ber
and the wreath by the stove 10 ory, 80 markets
and shops. 49,, orc, All deeked
ont IN their best the windows OF the s'o,e" s tno
Osin everything that might attract tfe eye .@o
h ght and clean for holiday business, anu .ho
ohou-coses decked out with artful care. an. Az. as
norl,etsi PSch with all the abundance Oh meaa' 80
rome and fish. and poultry, and nuts, ana iru0' 90
Souv Rut where were the buyers? "here "An '10
Ill. q, holiday tlmea Where were the oiu"ao ~.
ohosrv and coodnatured, laden with bundies' anu ~"
hrrvpg clerks comforting their over"orNeu ''''''
With The Thought that this was Christmas
Eulton Market was almost deserted al ,ho oi.
,oor From stand to stand did the old Satot "aaner
IN be met everywhere by the melancholy i'io'
tbat brsness was "no good" washington - 49,
uas almost as bad and the vistas OIL hansihS u.eA
canse were not interrupted by any great cr'"u'.
1as, saint Nicholas looked so blue that the reporc1
,on, nitv on him and led him away 10 the Dls .''uy
,oos There at least the weather had no enec'' a'u
n customers stood in deep rows along the cou''e,o
waiting for the nimble fingers OF the pretty ei' " W.
up parcels. .., ,hs,o tho heavy
rain lasted but as soon 1t lesSened ousii'''9
to increase and in tho evening Boau""s a"u 80
avenues Fourteenthst., Twenty y'thrdso' anu "
large thoroughfares lively and ero"aeu' eaS"
,rltb it's particular class of trade. Along
81 tI,ere moved the usual mixed but Laughing a"o
coodnatured throng Before the big jewelers. shNo
mitbs, and art dealers broadway COUP rnst a
carra pes stopped and the extreme e.st a,u Ann,
saes fhe tin horn and the cheap; put JoSaI, ~ " nt ,
5ada merry Christmas music. Stlll, DusilcSs W. IT,
onehalf Of what it should have DceI, au nb boliJnv
will probably pray hard for no more Oh sch "'h'"'