The sun., 1899-05-28
4 GREAT TOWN, THIS.
Odd and Tnteresting Things to BE Seen 4
the City Streets.


Il met man In Union Square the other day,
a trim. quick -meving. businesslike man he
was, too" said Scrosgins. who was carrying a
bright new. freshly made granite paving block
in sort Of cord sling that he had rigged to
carry it by: something like the straps around
bundle. What do YOU suppose a man was
Juggling paving stone around Broadway like
that for2''
why. that was simple enough" said Blog-.
gins it was probably a sample paving block
that he was taking to or from the office Of some
quarry or street paving company. / don't sup
pose there's a business in the world that 10
not represented la this town. don't believe
there's anything that any body would want to
buy that he couldn't buy right here, from cat
baskets to ready made houses. The minute
we get of our own beaten walk We
are pretty sure to sec something novel
and OF interest. You saw a man carrying
Now. soinr % down side Street eTn near my H pIaee
liz aG,bnE n4n this was ,b tb0oTth glass
iator was Screwed on to bracket in the Usual a
sston S1 s 81 8eoS SoS ". BEEN about RE
York considerable at one, time and ap.
% s%hlnss esrreS n Hs' tn. strees. But 'TiS: may
tsp ar| 1DasI s lis sy ,ss :s tssZZTss
| wire insulator. But 1 suppose. nevertheless,
that the explanation would have been ali very
simple u one could have known what it was pil
shsPG the ssef. to 0 The pos
%h 70 from 8. axis ESs the dsaof S.Rs
In telegraph supplies. or something OF that
| Still. sort Of interesting. hey ?" said Scrog-
tnHt 3, sS sessPs ;.,d s nscI It made
n boy ABOUT the glass insu ator. which have
pey.r t9rGot'sn--y9u know how sope things
oYinteress to se ever sihte AerordiaE to 'ti this
&. ~ the
S. do"n On Gb H. s ssfs goSf Sat Sny Ssy By ~o1
no s1d sSsy oa Il. ess Ts sn4 sss.Ss
| the n.uiator could be really secured to the
ksaa y VA + @ tS,ss j., s,s ,ss:.d q s9s pss sHd
sas f9f .fsiE' .B sss sR:ss saa
gar Fsgs.sI sa ssE interest
vent sSSs odd sa 1Ss SStfes ses s}0S Dl M
to ths hsoss nSspas FT.HR' sSs RSnt
h sHIs d hs h ssps ssd saSS: i done
IT, sssins j. Gsft of shiass shst hdys slwsts :
stance. 4 cork that we take Gut. OF or put
! into bottle Is very small thing. but
thsE:s s,9Ea[s WShe1S,e1 that some
is. stored, and ], o4ten see it going in or out.
| whole truckle leads of cork. In sheets OF various
| sizes and thick kResses. put in a general Way
pieces Of the SIZE and shape Of so many door
mats. these being donSap IN trim. square iron:
It. you'd thipE. in one load to supply the Town
| with corks for year. BUT IT'S only one load,
material for millions and millions and millions
q corks; for one use and Snothor. and never
Der bottle from the tabe and scatter H te1 par par
ticles Of ground pepper on the food VIC are eat
But Aa n rsr.Sgssss xhsrs ns'f sasS thpSs ae are
| be thousands OF socks, shiploaas of pepper,
enough OF IL, you'd think. to make all creation
s1eeze; and II you happened by when they
est,bSE Rssrsr In GT out o. the
eerdsd H up On On the seewaIE in foas You'd nd d
| the atmosphere otthe street. os you approached l.
| laden with the pqngent oaor OF pepper And
yet we keep on Bringing in moro pepper all the
time.
| own community great population with mani
fold aud varied wants to supply. but we gathef
here from all over the world ali sorts OF things,
not only for local consun ptiop but also for dis
tributiep throughout the who'll country !. and
G1 sat9sr nnSr here tr9m our own land an sorts of
l YEP" said seroGgius. its a great town.
| It's the headquaIteis OF the human race on
this continent and it's pleasure Just TO live
1T is. ald'BlogGinS: 1T is. indeed"