Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . lyn Bridge. If now we retrace our steps to the heartof the city, we shall see where the menlive and transact their business who givelife and movement to this busy hive of in- 576 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. dustry. Superior Street, the principalbusiness thoroughfare, was laid out wlienland here was a drug in the market at onedollar an acre, and hence it is not sur-prising that the original surveyors madeit a hundred and tliirty-two feet wide. Itis lined with stores, banks, and ware-houses, some of which are business pal- I d
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . lyn Bridge. If now we retrace our steps to the heartof the city, we shall see where the menlive and transact their business who givelife and movement to this busy hive of in- 576 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. dustry. Superior Street, the principalbusiness thoroughfare, was laid out wlienland here was a drug in the market at onedollar an acre, and hence it is not sur-prising that the original surveyors madeit a hundred and tliirty-two feet wide. Itis lined with stores, banks, and ware-houses, some of which are business pal- I dont read anybody else, he answered,with a smile on his care-worn face; he isinimitable. In the plain building beforewhich we are standing the inimitableshowman first set up his wax figgers;and if we enter here we may encounterthe assistant editor of the Plaindealer,who was the associate and intimate friendof A. Ward when thelatter was the city editorof this journal. He hasmany anecdotes to tellof the genial describes his appear-ance, when he first came. aceswillone but midway up the street wepause for a moment beforeof the least pretentious ofthese buildings. Calling upon Mr, Lincoln on oneof the darkest days in the late war, I wassurprised to see upon his mantel-piece acouple of volumes—one a small Bible, theother, Artemus Ward, his Book. Doyou read Artemus Ward? I asked hiin. EUCLID AVENUE. to the office, as decidedly rustic. He was,he says, long and lank, with flowing haii,and loosely fitting coat, and trousers tooshort in the legs and bagging at the humor was irrepressible, and always THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. 577 bubbling over, and he kept all about himin a constant state of merriment. He wasa wag—nothing but a wag—but in thatline a genius. He could see only theludicrous side of a subject. Going awayonce on a short vacation, he engaged this San Francisco to deliver a course in Cali-fornia. The season being close at hand,the manager asked him by tele
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