The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-07


There is q decided touch of winter IN
the weather, with q sharp reminder OF
thick coats, coal bills aud colds IN the
head. Itis really the fret suggestion OF
winter we have had, for q more perfecI
autumn has never been known since the |
dawn OF creation,
WINTER CAME IN WITH A PAGEANT.
Banks Of clouds allowed the sun to de,
clare himself only az brief intervals ana
limited At snow and frosts.
Then there was one OF those tickle high
winda peculiAr to the city. IL blew IN
0u,ts from all directions, executed rapid
n ank movements, and when pedehtrians
had braced Themselves TO meet it IN one
direction suddenly assailed them from an
unexpected quarter and forced them TO
do few involuntary steps OF the neWt"o
These are days for walking and many
persons who usually take the air in car
riases have been trying the oideWalk tor
a change.
Fifth Avenue has its usual crowd Of
we'll dressed prom .updpr', y h"Se roo", >"
d general Iniug, 49, u. 'ak, buI "a 10 10 hos
the customary endless double line OF
vehicles in the street TO entertain peoss'
trains. NJ
ING short Of blizzard would stop that
pAsIime in this city but man has had "
almost exclusively 70 himself,
The lord OF CFEailOus bpllS AllA1Sb NAShNf
sometimes with friend, turns up tue
collar of his coat, pulls down bis hat, bows
70 the breeze and goes skimming up the
street.
With these wintry days come o noticeable
decrease in the number OF crippled ped
dIers and grinders OF cracked organs;
hut an increase of corner beRgars, EhiyeI-
ing in their distress in the cold.
There is no pen powerful enough to
even hint at the terrible povefty ana
suffering that winter will bring in TINS
city. II is about as hopeless as II would
be TO attempt to hnd sdJechves enough 70
describe the marvellous Vastness OF the
Worlds Fair.
CRUEL POVERTY.
Poyerty, hard and pincbipg poverty.
bitter, cruel suff sring and degreds tiup
meets you at every turn. You marvel at
yourself, marvel that you can be cheer
ful aud contented in the presence OF this
awful condition, and you are unhappy be-
cause you have not millions and millions
of dollars to buy bread for every suffer,
ing man, woman and child In this wicked
city.
Even In this conservative and we'll to
do neighborhood, poverty stsres you in
the face, and every morning from my
window can witness a strange sight.
The garbage barrels which are placed on
the curb stones for the convenience OF
garbage wagons, are visited regularly by
Six or eigh. different persons early every
morning.
There is one little old woman, typical
hag, who generally arrives first, and the
sys.ematic way in which she reaches TO
the bottom OF the barrels and sorts out
thecontents, shows experience and practi-
cal training.
Pieces of bread, meat, cake and even
potato and apple parings are picked out
and put-not in bssket-but in the skirt
of her dress; q dress so old and so dirty
that oil semblance of its original texture
and color is gone.
An old man is generally the next on the
scene. He is
so OLD AND so BENT,
with one side partially paralzad, and he
walks 30 slowly and with such apparent
effort, that you wonder IL he has
not walked all BiRht to get here.
He is evidently not as particular SO the
woman for he finds many things to carry
away that she rejects; however he only
takes what he can carry In his pockets,
just enough to keep his miserable body
aud his soul, as precious as the soul Of a
saint, together little longer.
There still seems to be something left
in the barrels for others come and seldom
leave empty handed.
At frat I could not bear TO look; II
made me heATtsick, IL was so uncAnny.
But suppose we can get accustomed TO
anything and more or leas hardened,
for now l watch for them and hope the
little old woman will leave something for
the man and that our neighbors' cooks
will be just as wasteful and extrayagant
as possible.
GOD PITY HIM.
The other day / actually saw q man
pick up crust of brown bread In the
gutter and eat IL. II made my blood fairly
freeZs In my veins. He was nice look.
Inu m tnn and mt illV nFaaaA1.
God pity him. Il was more than human
nature could stand aud / followed him
and gave him coin, which he did not ask
for and which he WAS loath to accept.
PROFESSIONAL BEGGARs.
The class of pAupsra for which .ne
learns TO have the least sympathy,
Crippled cI ' peddiers and grinders
Of ante. IiluviSn hand organs. There is a
regular organized firm here who hire
cripples by the day TO stand at corners
and sell the small articles that are sup
piled them. They make IL business to
gather up the worst cripples, and the
most pathetic blind. Men, women and
children are engaged In that way for q
mere pittance and all their sales are re-
ported and the money turned over. The
poor organ grinder who haa -four small
children and her husband killed on the
rAilroad,n belong so this class, and often
times the man with the cup and "Pity the
blind.n There is one Of them at our cor,
ner. He has no legs and ats on his
stumps. Ia one hand he holds cup and
in ths other a bunch of lead penUilHi be il
blind and bis head 10 bare, and Ia front OF
him site a little sky terrier, keeping watch
over bis master.
THEosoPHIC PHILOSOPHY.
II is from such sights as these that tbs
Theosophist illustrates his doctrines
Take any example, the blind man with
out any legs for instance. They claim
that this man In the lAs
incarnation had committed some gravt
arime or wrong, for which he 10 suffering
in this incarnation, by physical hinicnonI
whether they are right or wrong Ia no
for me to say. but / can see how logically
this belief would adjust the question o
caste. and the unequal distribution OF thi
worlds goods.
THE WOMAN AROUND THE CORNER.
One of the most unique characters hAv
met In many a day 10 the paper womai
around the corner. l stopped one even
ing TO buy jonrnal and as had n
change aud she could not make IL for me
wAs starting OFF without the magazine
30 that is all right" she said, "You ca
pay me any time"
Hooked at her perfectly AghaBi to thin
that any body would trust me In NeN
York, but i took the magazine, thanke
her and walked of.
The next evening stopped TO pay he
and fingered to inquire into her methods