Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
THE STREETS OF LONDON.
Cries One Hears in the British Metropo
lisa Monkey st ry.

Cries One Hears in the British Metropo
lisa Monkey st ry.
Among the most frequent cries in all
districts, but particularly III the crowded
business shopping sections, are those of
the cabmen and omnibus conductors.
For example, ''Picdilly,'' Full in
side '''1gher up" "Keb, sir? Keb,
MADAME" and at the railway stations,
"GIawster rowd,'' Ugh street" ken
zint'u n,' Kings Krauss,' 'MeDshun
'Ouse," GIVES Minister ''S'n' Jimes-iz
pawk," "Victawia," etc.
In London, as at home. many Saleable
articles are carried on the head, only
London differs from American cities in
this being a more frequent custom. But
in considering this thought we must re-
member that London is the most popu-
lous city i'll the world, and therefore
there are more statesmen in it, and they
must take their own way to dispose of
their stuffs. And odd as many of their
customs now seem, the London of the
last century was more peculiar still. For
instance, among the cries of that period
We're "Jaw-Work up and under jaw-WOrk:
a whole pot for half-penny; haZelnuts!"
"NeW-lald eggs, eight a grOat-crack 'em
and try EN-" and among the sights was
brick dust carried on the backs of asses
and sold for penny quart And lid
dy Diddy Doll, lol. lol, lol, the vender of
hot gingerbread, who was counted a king
of tradesmen. He dressed as an individ-
ual of rank, wore ruffied shirt, white
silk stockings, and laced suit of clothes
He also wore a white wig and a cooked
hat decorated with long feather He
amused the people who gathered around
him by his nonsense, some of which was
the following:
Il live two steps underground. with a
wiscOm, riscom, and why not. Walk in,
ladies and gentlemen. Ny shop is on the
+In he.1 o,r1e,
knocker 1T the door. Here's your nice
| gingerbread, your spiced gingerbread
which will melt in your mouth like a red
| hot brickbat, and rumble in your inside
like Punch in his wheelbarrow!" after
which he sang "Tiddy Diddy Doll, lol lol.
| lol,, and therefore his nickname was It'd
dy Doll.
| But we must leave the old man and
modern London cries and introduce the
monkey, who is indeed a frequent sight
! here, and, like Tiddy Doll, is arrayed
most Enthusiastically. He is prominent
character, and collects no end of money
| for his owner, the organ-grinder. The
first notice we have of his arrival is from
| his master, who grinds out the opening
| notes of a familiar dance or song; scarce
ly has he played one bar Of the same,
however, before the monkey runs up the
| hall door before which they are standing,
| far enough to reach the knocker, which
he lifts, allows to drop twice or thrice,
and then runs down again, and waits ex-
| pectantly. In a few moments the maid
! appears, smiles pleasantly at the monkey,
| closes the door and retires, only to return
| a few moments later with pennies in her
| hand. When this collection is made, the
monkey runs off satisfied, only to repeat
similar action at the house next door.
Indeed, he does not always wait for the
! money to come before leaving, for he
seems to know it will be all right when
the maid smiles and in his hurry and
greed for coin runs on to the next door,
! opened by the time the money is brought
| to the one he has just left. And thus the
organ-grinder and his monkey make their
| tour around the squares, and when night
| has come many sovereigns are often the
collection of a single day.-Harper's Ba-