The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-07
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Century Age.
There were certain dangers and In
conveniences walking along the
streeta The finest dress might DO
uined BY tho carlessness q dust
man or chimncy-sweep; the custom
Of exposing meat on open bulkhesds
led to many an irreparabie stain OF
grease.
Bullies pushed the peaceful passsn.
ger into the gutter-it was . great
time for street swagger: barber blew
the flour into wigs at open doorwaya
causing violent wrath among those
outside; mad bulls careered up and
down the streets: men quarreled, made
a ring and fought it out before the
traffic could 60 on; pickpockets were
both numerous and dextrous; footpads
abounded In the open squares Of Lin
coins Inn. Bloomsbury and Portman;
highwaymen swarmed on all the
roads; men servants were insolent and
rascally; the noise In the leading
streets was deafenlng; in . shower the
way became impossible from the
rain-spouts in the roofA which dis
charged their contents upon the
streets below.
We who now object to the noise Of
a barrel-organ in the street or a cry
OF milk or a distant German band
ould be driven mad by a single day
Of George lis London streets. Ho.
ga rth has touched the subject but
ON ly touched it
No ono could do moro in q picture
than indicate the nero fringe Of this
vast subject Even on the printed
page We can do little more than the
painter For instance. the following
were some Of the moro common and
everyday and all-day-long noises:
Many Of the shopkeepers still kept
up the custom Of having . APPRENTICE
outside bawling an invitation to buy!
To this day butchers in Glare market
cry out at their stalls all day long:
Rally up. ladies! Rally up. Buyi
Buy! Buy"' In the streets OF pri-
vate houses there passed q reverend
ing procession of those who bawled
things for sale
Here are few Of the things they
bawled-I am conscious that 1t 10
very imperfect list There were those
who offered to do things-mend
chairs grind knives solder pots and
pans buy rags or kitchen stuff. rab-
bit skins hair. or mend rusty sworda
exchange old clothes and wigs mend
old china. cut wires-this excruciat-
ing rasping operation was apparently
done in the opener cooper casks
There was next the multitude OF
those who carried wares to sell-as
things to cat and drink-saloon. bar.
lev broth. rice and milk. furmety
Shrewsbury cakes, eggA butter lily
white vinegar. hot peascodS rabbitA
birdA pu.lets. gingerbread, oysters.
honey. cherry ripe, CLANCY oranges
hot collins pippins, fruits OF all kinds.
fish, taffety. tarts fresh waber tripe.
tansy. greens. mustard. salt gray
pease. water crosses. shrimps. rose
mary. lavender milk. elder buds or
thidgs Of domestic use-lace. ribbona
almanacS
Also ink small coal sealing wax,
wood to cleave earthenware spigots.
combs buckles lantern. pewter potA
things Of horns. Holland socks wooden
socks and wrappers birthstone
matches. flint and steel shoe faces,
scissors and tOOlA straps and the
thousand and one other things which
are now sold in shops
:, The bear ward came along with his
animal and his dogs and his drum.
the sweep shouted from tho house top.
the ballad singer bawled in the road.
the tumbler and the dancing girl set
up their pitch with fife and drum
Nobody minded how much noise was
made
In the smaller streets the good
wives sat with open doors running in
and out gossiping over their work;
they liked the noise; they liked this
perambulating market it made the
street lively. it brought the Deighbors
out 10 talk and 1t pleased the baby.
Then the wagons went ponderously
grinding over the round stones
of the road says Harpers
Magazine the carts rumbled the
brewers sledges growled the chariot
ratified. the drivers quarreled. cursed
and fought The late Mr.. Dowell
spoke of the continual murmur Of Lon
don as Of Niagara afAr OF A hundred
years ago he would have spoken Of
the continual roar
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