The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-03

Of the Boston Tea Party. Which
Took Place 1 40 Years
Ago

Belleyiew. April Last October
/ wrote some o. our experiences in
getting tangled in Boston, and !
promised 10 tell YOU some things
about Fanueil Hall as soon as l could
get around 10 il. but having so much
TO do and 50 little time ID do il in.
ny good intentions went 10 seed.
l have received numerous letters
asking me when I expected 10 finish
that Faneuil Hall letter. Person
after person has asked me when |
intended to continue my remarks, and
my Dad has importuned me 10 fin
ish the letter and turn it loose on an
unsuspecting world, so he will not
have TO make so many excuses, and
finally one OF Ocala's most popular
and lovable women, passing thru
Belleview in her automobile, told me
about reading my pieces on Boston
and Yankeeland, and. fiattered my
bump of egotism to such an extent
that / am going to finish it or bust,
and besides that, l have some inside
facts on American history that have
never been seen in print. before, so
here goes:
The hack driver earned his two
dollars by setting us down in front
OF big three-story building. not far
from the water front, facing part Of
the end Of a big wide street. This
ghborhood is filled with a con-
glomerate assortment of all kinds of
markets; in that neighborhood one
can buy almost anything in the line
of eat and drink-from any part OF
the world, including Florida.
There is where the mighty COM
mission man holds forth in all his
glory There he is in all his glory,
look at him, big, strong, red-faced,
big HANGS, and husky, wrapped up
from neck to feet in a big mother
hubbard pure white apron, his voice
like the silvery blasts OF fog horn.
with all the arrogance Of a petty
monarch, he holds sway over his par
ticular stall or store, inviting pass
ers-by or prospective buyers to- in
spect his wares.
Peaches from New Jersey, big as
your fist; apples from the Carolinas,
good to look at, better to eat; grapes
from New York state; cantaloupes
and watermelons from Florida and
Georgia; oranges from California
and to go on down the list Of goodies
would take a column, for the whole
world would be there mentioned, and
as we walked among the scenes OF
riotous plenty, my thoughts reverted
to the endless streams of teams,
back home in Belleview, vending
their way to the depot loaded with
choice vegetables and consigned to
who-"The Commission Man" That
short sentence conveys world of
meaning. The Commission Man, who
is he? and what is he? that he wakes
fat and sassy on the sweat and labor
OF our honest, hard working growers
who year in and year out, carries his
truck to the depot, and throws his
bread on the water. How? BY TAX
| ing little tin stencil that some kind.
| hearted commission man sends him
or causes some one to hand to him
rubbing his name and address or
the package, and off it goes hunting
for a commission man, and it find:
him, and in the gracious munificence
OF his feelings he sits down anC
writes back that the market is glut
ted or received in bad order, and en-
closes him sixteen cents in stamps
and when our grower receives his re
| turns he can see pictures of bis
three-story cake coming out of tina
envelope and upon opening same
finds a hunk of dough. Verify, il
the scripture fulfiilled-and it make
me SO tired that l turn away in dis
gust and tell our guide to lead on
Thus my first impression of Fan
euil Hall ends by giving me a bat
taste in the mouth and a case o
heart ache How long, oh Lord, how
lon?
/ FaneuiI Hall, known to ever
school child in the land as the cradl
Of American liberty, is one of tn
oldest buildings in Boston, built il