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PHASES OF LIFE.The Saturday Night Oleau Up autl the Down Town Stroll—-A Peep at the Crowd that Gather Around the Post-Office-The Numeroni Pleasure Seekers.BEER. WHISKEY AND WOMEN*«., *«., ***•There are some phases oi life observable in Fort Wayne 011 Saturday nights and Sundays which cannot be seen at any other times, ami it would well repay a person of a meditative and studious bent ot mind to walk abroad on some pleasant Saturday | night and Sunday, with some careful i guide, to see what can be seen.No time could have beenMORE FAVORABLEfor such purj)Oses than Sunday and the preceding evening. On Saturday night, which was bright, cool and pleasant, our principal streets were literally blockaded with people, going hither and thither, some on one errand and some on another, in search of pleasure or 011 business, or perhaps strolling around without any esj»ecial object in view. The different manufacturing establishments in our city all shut down on Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, thus giving the hands ample time to go home, get supper and come down town. There are hundreds of people in j Fort Wayne who never come down street from one year’s end to another, excepting on Saturday nights; and thus it is thatwhen it is pleasant the streets are full of people who seem only to spring up just before Sabbath, and then go back to their olracure retreats.THE PRINClt'AI, 1*01 NTof attraction seems to be the Postofliee which is crowded to suffocation from 5 to 8 o’clock p. ni., with people looking for their weekly mail.The letter list, which is published in the Gazette on Friday mornings and posted in a conspicuous place, is eagerly scanned by those strangers who anxiously await the receipt of letters from home, and the expression of whose countenances, after looking over the list, betokens either joy or. bitter disappointment. In front of the delivery stand long rows of people taking their place, many of whom ply Fred Drake, the delivery clerk, with useless questions ; but all receive a civil answer, and the last one of the Saturday night throng is treated as courteously by the affable and popular Fred as the first one who comes on a Monday morning. But -while there is ample food for speculation and romantic guess work in studying the appearance and expression of the Post-
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Fort Wayne Daily Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 18, 1872
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Sean B.
NA, 06 May 2019
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