The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-11

hnssast dlv in the week-and lost about
seventeen thousand dollars apiece IN com
I'll ss,ons and took up an hours TIM OF
the Greatest Police Justice on earth
which Is worth another thousand, because
one Of them got uppisi with policeman
and declared he wanted 10 make test
case
THIS vas the test. The Great Dspen-
ser folded his arms and assumed al atti-
tude like Naoo-eon at St Helena. and
wondered what hs'd struck
Then ne IT IN and tod those commission
merchants .filnes about The cn~m'ssion
business that they thought only belonged
to the secrets of the trade.
E''rst ana and then another took the
Place Of orator for the crowd. and the
rno-e rf,av tor'-e+ rhA -'o-ea cot.
Each man declared he was not one OF
The chief Offenders. AMI the man wn1 gals
potatoes sati r rae ba-aras. ar7 lie h.
80, -,a, z--'.--f' ~ was a'fo-ath-r vo,e-
r'o-ts. ava ~. wso used gang
Q,anks said Il was chickens.
POWERS OF ILLUSTRATION.
One man with herculean powers OF Il
lustratio, a ked perm ssinn IN tell a
story, and though the Great D spenser
regards this style of illustration prero-
gative OF MS own. consented. and invited
IN. produce man to .'lnt her go
The produce man said that when he was
Il boy where he lived. the en- ldren wore
only one garment, full ana free at the bot
tom. and the men went barefooted: rhat
an acquaintance OF MS walk ne he rail
on a rail- track road stuck piece OF iron
in his heel and TIA: MS wife p'sked his
heel all 10 pieces: Eook ns for the silver
% .ror. whe7 he discovered that It was
the other heel.
The Great DISPENSER. after making RI
produce man declare that no such HABITS
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declared TIA: he had the right haei a-H
IiS Polk Mi,ler's crab. proposed 70 hits
with every foot he had. and declared tina {:
all hands were guilty..
Some declared WITH a v.~ As~b'rt ktnS
OF air that they did a big bu,tness and
paid big licenses 10 the city and sd nd
havs extra privileges all OF v-f;ch IN
Grea, Law Over adrrtt ed ard then read
few Inns OF ordinances on the sr,hiers
and invited them TO rake test Nobody
wanted TO test l. after tflts but some
wanted to talk and the more thew talked
the worse II got. and :ea-doElar fine
all around. with an appeal to the high
er court, was suggested as gay 70 end
II
PANToMIME PROTEST
Then dozen hands went up IN protes'
and asked for another show and they
would do bst,er."
The Great Dispenser dismissed the
charges with the adn,oEitton that II they
could not be good. TO be as good as tnev
ou'd or at least good enough to K ep
away faou1 him.
Nearly all the commission business o.
Richmond is done on one bleek In mar
-ow str ct. Produce Is unioaded on the
Sidewalk and to a large extent sold IN
-ed!arely AL auction. and removed With
aut ever having been inside the commits
:inn house, The str ei L crowded at such
zines almost from curb 10 curb with the
crowd and the goods. and FREQUENT block
adss occur on the sidewalks and In the
street TOO.
All this Is In violation OF the city ordi-
ances. bu; 1t is 81 'nnortant business
.has comnetf-Ion and rivalry Is intense an6
F low and th.n ii gets so bad that they
re reported by the police and then more
care Is exercised for while.
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