| Show chickweed sellers in paris it itis is strangely angely suggestive of thomps the apa and downs downa of life to read that among the members of tho the society of chickweed gellers e rs i in n paris there we are a large larg a number of persons whore re former formerly ay in a much higher condition it may net be generally known that the humble itinerant duckweed chickweed seller of paris boasts of a syndi syndicate cata which in default of a hall wherein to transact business meets in the open air near the fortifications at a recent meeting the question quest ioa had to be decided whether what are known sa men that is to say eay itinerant fenders venders af pf if a species of light cake for song birds should be admitted into tle the society and the votes were taken in this way those who were for I 1 their adrid admission sion put a ork cork in a bal ket ke t those against it put in an onion the corks on being counted proving superior in number to the onions the men were proclaimed members of the society of duckweed chickweed sellers in connection with the subject it is mentioned that among the members member of this very humble co corporation rp oration are to be found two doctors one lawyer four chemists two manufacturers twenty nine wine merd merchants hants one process server four i jewelers ew elers nineteen brokers echt eight grocers two coppersmiths four clock makers and a dozen tradesmen in other lines it would be curious to know by what vicissitudes or reverses of fortuno fortune such sucha a change in the tho social position of these was brought about A professional man or even a tradesman must ly be indeed driven to the last extremity to take to selling chick chickweed w e ed at one sou a bunch to eathia bread london standard |
