Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14

Special Correspondence of The Herald.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1O.-Crops were
'tolerable'' good this year, and as a
consequence country buyers-the kind
with the Missouri habit-have hit
town. Back in Perkins Corners, in
which village the merchant is the bell
COW, every one thinks he has gone to
New York to lay In his fall stock of
arctics, rubber collars and possibly
to pick up a pointer or two for liven-
ing the Epworth League meetings or
facts concerning municipal ownership.
But the cabbies on Broadway, who
never hitch up until after the sun goes
down. know full we'll that Breer Reu-
ben has, for the time being, discarded
the yoke of the simple life. The florid-
faced philanthropist with the plug hat
and green dress suit sizes up the
country buyer with a glance. No, he
does not have fishy eye turned upon
him in return. The deVilish CLEAN OF
the buyer indicates that it wants to
take in everything in town with one
exposure If some one holds out on
him any real warm stereopticon view
of life in the great city he will say
they are passing him the lemon or
mething else that means the same
g down at the Corners. The jol-
who do the -to-our-city
ing their contusions these sad
days. When the patriot gets
office at a. m. the cub brings
Ih.-..f card saying that the gentleman
has been waiting for three hours, hav-
ing arrived with the janitor. The card
is a lovely affair, heliotrope colored,
with gold beveled edges and a design
in purple writing fluid, showing a de-
lightful bird OF paradise with the name
nf NNaUhQ0k N q mn o.
the tail feathers. The jollier or goat
then says things. He goes to the ice
cooler, bites his lips, then puts clean
collar in his pocket, telephones his
wife that he won't be home for a
week, makes draw on the cashier,
spits on his hands and goes forth to
his fate. The country buyer is wise
At his store he sold New York period
icals and he knows a thing or two
about the G. w. w. and other streets
in the city Before the train has passed
the second toll gate at Perkins Cor
ners he has unlatched his white bow
tie and thrown 1t out of the car VIM
dow. slowed away the badge the Bible
class gave him and Snuggled into a
Waistcoat that would be regarded as
a breach of ordinance in Fort Smith
Mr.. Wayback then asks the duslSy
porter who owns the train to bring
him the wine list. He orders a pussy
caffy," then touches off with his thick
wrist cigar that is almost Havana
like He will not puff at any of the
kind that smells like a rag shop fire
until he gets back to the Corners,
either. Before he crosses the ferry
from Jersey City he has acquired the
mixed drink habit He begins to lap
"cremy de menthe" and absence" and
before reaching CortIandt street his
breath smells like the flavoring de-
partment of factory where they make
peppermint lozenges. Down at the
Corners his conception OF fine time
Is to "have an evening with Edison
and watch the moving picture show at
the village church or listen to the raw
ings of John Mccullough on phono-
graph. But here nothing suits the
country buyer but the real tobasco-
the spectacular chorus-the Haymarket
Chinatown and good grub and lots
OF drinking. For a fortnight Mr. Way
backs only regular address is under his
hat. He picks out his goods shortly af-
ter sunrise IN order that the inhabitants
In the soubrette reservation win not
have 10 wait for luncheon, In the