The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-23
arated by these lines:

arated by these lines:
The Sea-Worn sailor here will find
The porter good. the treatment kind"
mo doubt" says Mrs. Earle, Thirsty
tars found this sign more attractive:
more so, am sure, than the pretentious
sign Of Lebanon tavern corner of Tenth
and South streets This sign was paint
ed by the artist Pratt. On one side was
Neptune in his chariot, surrounded by
Ir1tons; underneath the lines:
Neptune with his triumphant host
commands the ocean to be silent
Smooth the surface of the waters;
And universal calm succeeds
On the other side was a marine view
OF ships, ETC., with the lines:
Now calm at sea and peace on land
Have blest our Continental stores;
Our fleets are ready, at command,
10 sway and curb contendfng powers"
AS the sign purveyor dropped easily
INTO verse, albeit Of the blankest type,
these lines surmounted the door:
OF the waters CT Lebanon
'icod cheer, good chocolate and tea.
With kind entertainment
J3y John Kennedy"
Both in Boston and PHILADELPHIA there
were taVernS on which were painted a
Tree, bird, ship and can of beer and
DeIoW these mysterious symbols were
these lines:
This is the tree that never grew,
Lhis is the bird that never flew,
Inns Is the ship that never sailed,
This is the mug that never failed.
One Of the most curious tavern signs of
Earle:
In small Philadelphia alley running
from Spruce street to Lock street, was a
s1gnboard lettered, "A Man Full of
trouble. 1t bore also picture of a man
on whose arm woman was leaning, and
q monkey was perched on his shoulder
and a bird, apparently a parrot stood
On his hand. The woman carried a band
box, on the top of which sat a cat. This
sign has long history. 1t was copied
from the famous Signboard of an old ale
house still in Oxford street, London It
IS said to have been painted by Hogarth;
specified in the lease of the premises as
one of the fixtures. The name by which
1t IS known in London is The Man Load
ed With Mischief The bird is a nnaepie
and the woman holds a glass of gin In
her hand. In the background, at one
side, is pot house, at the other pawn
sign is signed, Drawn by Experience.
Engraved by Sorrow, and the rhyme:
"a monkey, maybe and a wife
Is the true emblem of strife
"a similar emblem is in Norwich, an
is called The Mischief Inn the other
The Load of Mischief Still another at
Cambridge England, showed the man
and woman fastened together with a
chain and padlocks A Kindred French
signboard is called lie Trio de Malice
(the, trio being cat, a woman and
monkey.
"An old Philadelphia tavern on Sixth
street below Catherine street had the
curious name. The -Four Ais The mean
ing was explained by the painting on the
sign, which was a very large one 1t
represented a palace, on the steps Of
which stood a king, en- officer in uniform,
a clergyman in gown and bands, and a
laborer in plain dress. The satiricaI in
scription read:
81. King-I govern ALL
2. General-I fight for All
3. Minister-I pray for AL
4. Laborer-And l pay for ALL
About the only remnants of the old
fashioned symbolical signs before public
houses. of entertainment now to be found
are before some of the French restaurants
Several of these have signboards with
paintings of enc kind or another. gener-
ally of birds or animals, as for instance
one in Third avenue which reioices in
the name and style "AuA Deux Canar.es"
Still another has cat carved n wood
over it's door. But the bulls heads and
boars' heads and others of that kind are
here now only by name, the glories of
their signboards having long since van
isbed-in some cases with their former
responsibility