The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-28
AS IN A LOOKING CLASS.
The Domgs, Sayings. Happenings ana
Sights of a Day in the City.

Crawford street bridge at early morn
ing, when the first few horse cars are
lazily vending their way toward the
bridge, and the G ty In just awakening
from it's sleep, 10 alive and bustlinR with
traffic Rows of farmers teams laden
with produce line up against the tc,b-
sto. es and calculatinglv each artic.s OF
poiuce is care ully sorted and sized. A
little later aud the hucksters-and there
are MAJ of them hcre-come rattling In
and with loud voices barter with the
farmers, till the babel of voices sounds
like the inurmur of a crowded. grand
stand at an fair decision from his um-
pires BY or9 o'clock the bargains are
completed and then the wholesalers be-
gin to unload freight cars and the fruit
hucksters take their turns. BY the time
the city has eaten its breakfast the farmer
is slowly drivinS homeward aud count
ing his proceeds, while the buckster goes
about, "'Eres yer nice Strawberries. and
hall the nice fresh vegetable. ERE yer
gor"
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My tentiol was attracted yesterday
by a sign that was stuck up at the end OF
one OF the city's streets The cobble
sto mes had been pulled up and were piled
high in tue air. Dirt WAS thrown about
ard ans team that might have attempted
to pass through would have been
smashed into kindiing wood. yet here
was sign put up there mo passing"
Now how for a minute conld anybody
suppose that team would try to 90
through there. WY didn't they put no
s.gn, "rhis rect is blocked" That
would enlighien eomebody-no one
woald ever suppose that that street was
open for traffic. But thea 1t Is useful
knowledge TO know that when you can
see small mountains OF rocks and hills
stones piled up in a stree that there Is
''no passing" through.
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A few years ago cock fighting was the
FREQUENT pas line of those of spor ing
proclivites in this city. and many main
was pulled off in East Providence, Joh n
ston and Pawtucket. A, last the police
took haud aud the fighters were 80 closely
watched and 50 keenly followed that the
sport became dangerous aud was aban-
doned. Recently there have been evi-
dences that it Is co ming again into favor
Monday afternoon. it Is said, main was
fought In Angcll's woods In East Provi-
dence between birds owned by man
named Stewart OF this city and man
named App eby Of Providence. The
Providence Dr,is ara reported to have
come of victor.oi Is and won $500 for
their hackers.
A n umber Of the Consolidated road
officials were in this city yesterday among
Il EN- being General Manager c. II. Platt,
New Haven system f. G. Allen. Old
Colony system; Supt j. B. Gardiner |;
j. Lauder, Superintendent OF the motive
power of the New Haven system j. N.
Lander. Superintendent OF the motive
power of the Old Colony; Z. p. Dawley,
division engineer; s. A. Wheeler. road
master, aud other office holders Of the
Old Colony system. They had been on
rr, liminary tour Of inspection OF the
road betweea Providence and New Lon.
doa.
Arthur l.. Brown tells a curious fact
known to all harristers. but not appre-
ciat ed by the laity. judges aud lawyers
who have spent years Ia denying or
affirming, in disputing evidence or weav-
lag harmonious web OF probability
about a very improbable allegation are
very much harder o convince than the
man who is skilled In the intricaces Of
legal warfare. Very often client will tell
his lawyer a story so wildly improbable
that the conscientious attorney will tel
him point black that he has no case
and that it wonld be worse than useless
10 contend; yet su ubsequent developments
will prove that the man told the whole
truth. The lawyers familiarity with the
sunterfuges OF criminals renders him
sceptical OF many stories that would
strike offers AZ being wholly credible.
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That's right old man shake hands
hard that's the way the Duke Veragua
diG-the twister is gone by We know. The
twister was the way the Prince OF Wales
did ye know but he's not In the gameS-
pardon should say he's not such author
ity as the Dnke--the dear boy, muir
mured Augustus De Brainles to Algernon
De Chump who returned. saw yaas, /
noticed the othair day ye know, in the
papans do you read the
papahsr'-"Oh, doncbernaw, yer cawnt
avoid s.ei e the vulgar bulietin; boards.
Anyway heard it at the club and /
heard ielow say he stw the Duke shake
hands very hard SO " cawse / stopped
the twister."
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The Providence Veteran Firemen's as
sociation decided last night to take part
in the annua, field day Of the New Eng
land League Of Veteran Firem IN, at
Worcester, Mass, Thursday, Aug II.
md Comrades John II. Kinyon, George
L. Robinson. G. o. Bennett, p. l.. Eddy
aud c. Wiusor were appointed n com.
mittee 10 make arrangements There
will be n practice trial Of the Gaspee at
the engine house. Carpenter street,
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. An
amendment to the bylaws was offered,
reducing the time limit from ten years to
five years to become veteran.
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Today the graduating class from Brown
University raceive their sheepskins at
the First Baptist church. A dozen or
more will deliver orations aud then they
will pass out into life. The world will
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