"NEW ZEALAND CHERRIES."

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3395, 8 November 1879, Page 1

"NEW ZEALAND CHERRIES."

Yesterday a fruit-dealer on Market street, incensed at the liberties taken by tho loafers with his wares displayed at tho door, placed a half a gallon of Cayenne peppers iv a basket, labelled it •• jN'ew Zealand Cherries," and hunji it in a conspicuous place im front of hit

stand. Iv a few minutes the next-door merchant sauntered up, inquired how trade was, picked up a JNew Zealand cherry, placed it iv his mouth and suddenly left to attend to a customer. The Her. Dr. Bolly next rounded to observed that the yellow-fever news from the Memphis was not very encouraging this morning, and—ah ! it hud been years since ho hud eaten a New Zealand cherry; whereupon ho ato one, remarked that it was superb, wiped hi 3 weeping eyes on his eoat-sleevo, supposed that .New Zealand was getting warmer every year, wished the dealer good-morning, and departed, iiMvenling the growing weakness of Ms rvr-s iv . the sunlight;. A chronic tit-ad beat ,* then came up, look a mouthful of V.tOkerries, spluttered them out with an .imprecation, all over t\w fruit, stuffed _.a pear, a banana, and a bunch of grapes . into his mouth to take out the taste, informed the dealer that he would have him prosecuted for keeping green fruit, and went down the street lo the pump. A Lady with two children ni-xt ap peared, stopped to admire the cherries, asked if she mightn't taste of them— she had never seen any before—supplied the children and walked away—walked sway with a face fiery with acorn and anger, while the children set up a howl thai brought all the people to the doors, aud windows, and drove all the policemen off the street. Thus the fun went on all the morning. The fruitdealer never laughed so much in his lite. The occupants of the adjacent arid opposite stores nud a shoal of gmall "boys soon learned what was up, and watched and joined in a ringing roar as each new victim tried cherries. Finally a solemn looking countryman lounged up, inquired the price of them 'ere New Zealand cherries, invested in a pint, put one in his mouth, took it voufc again, gave the fruit dealer a lingering look of mild reproach, pulled, off his coat, and " waded into" him. When he left the fruit man with tendencies to practical jokes, he had a bine eye, a red nose, a purple face, a spy..' ed wrist and bushels of fruit were scatter* o << round among the small boys, while the ringing roar of laughter was going up from the lookers-on.—San Francisco Post.