The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-05


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The Fakirs.
The fakirs, and who saw such fakirs
beforei Lined up on the bridge were
hosts of them Que man with a cheek
of brass and voice that put to shame
the big horns the boys were blowing,
offered a dazzling array OF Jewelry for 80
cents. ''You pay your 90 cents aud get
lack a nice chain, a lovely present-and.
hold on--just to separate yer, I'll give
back your so cents and another half dol
lar. ] don't want your money. I've no
,ise for it. Why / spend money like a
prince. I've got money 10 sell. Yes sir
can ruake one more sell, just to show
tnat stinRy felier on the outside there
that can. Now gentlemen see me give
yer the extra so cents, the cnain and the
nice elegant present" Aud he did, but
after the first round and the recipients
Of the gifts and money had shown it to
bystanders the gentleman with the iron
law and the spotted shirtsleeves that be-
used to wipe the perspiralion from his
brow would sell TO others and give 'em
nice elegant presents" About cents
for 50.
Another informed his hearers that he
was going To rob them and run his
chan ces OF their not believing him AM
thenproc ,eded to sell them for "a gu ar
tcr d whole collection Of jewelry-valu-
able jswelry. Still another ran Keno
game. Toe gullibles polluted out the
card they wanted after surrending one
dollar for the privilegc, and then the
director bid for the card. Tnis man did
a rousing business, and was raking In
money last until In the afternoon Chief
Child saw the game. aud put che faklr
and faxed of the bridge. The men run
ming the cane circus. where you drop
ha
ones that did the business. Why. they
had so mauy gathered about, tuat the
proprietor completely lost his head, an
was giving cnances away.
Now and then the crowd of people
gathered abont the fakirs would thin
out and rush pell nell across the bridge,
as the sound of some tight rang out over
the noise OF celebration.
The Paradcs.
Fhe parades were excetient, and bar
ring one or two accidents when the m
manders of certain divisions and CON-
panies marched past the governor at re.
view ON Dorrance street without salut-
ing. the whole effect was martial and in-
posing. In the evening several THOUSAND
people witnessed the fireworks a. Craw-
ford Street bridge and nj the Dexter
Training grounds.
This morning the city streets looked
like tue room OF sporty collegian the
morning after cla s-day, or like "a ward
room after q tenth ward caucus. Streets
were strewn with pagers and refuse,
everybody looked as IL ne had been on
u protracted spree, aud IN many cases
looks were not dece,ving.
IL was great day, great for the
weather. for the noise, Tor the people, for
the fakirs, for the police, for the number
of fires, for the drunks. the arrests, the
accidents. the excursions. the parades--
in short, It was typica, bowling,
"Fourta OF july"
Al the Dexter Training Grounds.
It was just $50 o'clock by the clock In
the steeple Of the church near by, and the
masses OF people packed together, like
the muchIy quoted surdines In can, ON
the Dexter training ground held their
bfsath with an air OF anxious ex pectancy.
YoungAmerica, whose store of reserve
patriotism was we'll nigh exhausted in
proportion TO the depleted condition OF
his pockets and powder horn, became
impatient and footed vigorously on
horns accompanying the chorus with n
regular fnsilade of firecrackers and the
copious Discharge OF revolvers.
Suddenly as though waKened into life
b, the turmoil, several shadowy figures
that had bcen standing motionless with
in n roped In Enclosure at the end OF the
field. seemed imbued with life and an
instant later were fitting hither and
thither among the curious collection Of
sticks and things whose use could not be
determined just then, but wfIfch were
thickly strewed over the incloSnr.
A moment rsors elapsed. and then with
preliminary hiss n tiuy stream Of
dre wae throw n up int the air a a in
stantly The field was bAthed in bright