Twenty years among the bulls and bears of Wall street . ligion in the Street. — Producing aSensation. There is more humor, more frolic and fun in thestreet, probably, than in any other part of New sharpest men that can be found frequent the represent every profession, and every business is ordinarily monotonous and dull. Menare full of animal spirits, and often of spirits that arenot animal. These give vent to their feelings, andsharp sayings, practical jokes, snatches of the opera,-shoo fly, and flash songs. Cat calls, imitation of birds,with hideous noises, e
Twenty years among the bulls and bears of Wall street . ligion in the Street. — Producing aSensation. There is more humor, more frolic and fun in thestreet, probably, than in any other part of New sharpest men that can be found frequent the represent every profession, and every business is ordinarily monotonous and dull. Menare full of animal spirits, and often of spirits that arenot animal. These give vent to their feelings, andsharp sayings, practical jokes, snatches of the opera,-shoo fly, and flash songs. Cat calls, imitation of birds,with hideous noises, enliven the scene. Jostling,knocking off hats, knocking new beavers down overthe eyes of the owners, and other rude sports, are oftenindulged. If a man is at all unpopular, or makeshimself obnoxious, he is quite likely to lose the collarof his coat. If he resists, or shows bad temper underthe rough treatment, he will probably lose his entiresuit. Mock trials are held, fines imposed, and fromthe court there is no appeal. If a child is born to one(322). CATCHING A FLAT. SMALL OF ITS AGE.—SHARP TRA1 of the Board, it is common to take up a penny collec-tion as a present. SMALL OF ITS The characteristics of each one come out on thestreet. Bold operators show their pluck. The timidare laughed at. The penurious are scourged, and themean show their nature. One broker was asked if heknew a party that was named. Know him? saidthe broker, I was in college with him. Was heas mean then as he is now? Yes, he used to gobehind the college buildings to eat his nuts and raisins,that he might not give the fellows any. One of thisclass invited a few friends to celebrate the eighteenthbirthday of his daughter. It was an unusual event,and his associates were afraid that this stretch of lib-erality would affect his health. In the course of theevening he presented some liquor, which he pro-nounced very choice. The servant passed the liquorround, pouring it into very small glasses, and in
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