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Show Avoiding a Ulevkade. j One wagon was loaded with about six tons of plate or sheet iron. The other Was held down by several thousand bricks. One traction car was going up the avenue aud another was crossing it. Behind that was a horse car. Just then a baker's wagon cut in on one side, on.4 a yeaest nondescript dime from the other corner, wben the big "off" mule in the. Iron wagon wagged his left ea- and stopped. The brick cart stopped. So. do did the up car aud tho cross car, with the horse car bumping up behind it. It was as pretty a bit of confusion as yon havo seen on Broadway, with the differ-en differ-en that in cases of emergency there seems to be about sixteen policemen to the square inch, in Broodway, while here there is about nn inch of policeman to twenty perchea. Somebody that knew character a big rod bearded man that had doubtless sworn army mules into a paroxysm of energy tickled the intuVB ear with the poiut of his umbrella; tho mule pranced, the rod bearded man walloped it with his umbrella twice and tho procession ; began to move. Tho blockade wa ! lifted in ten seconds almost before it j was made. Pittsburg Bulletin. |