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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1874 J
T. L. GANTT, T<litor and Prop.
JOSH BILLINGS ON HOTELS.
Hotels are houses of refuge, homes for
the vagrants, the married men’s retreat,
and the batchelor’s fireside.
1 hey are kept in all sorts ov ways;
no on the European plan, and many
ov them on no plan at all.
A good landlord is like a good step
mother—he knows hiz business, and
means to do hiz duty.
He knows how to rub hiz hands when
the traveller draws nigh ; he knows how
to smile; he knew yure wife’s father when
he was living, and yure wife’s first hus
band, but he don’t speak about him.
He kan tell whether it will rain to
morrow or not; he hears yure komplaints
with a tear in his eye; he blows up the
servants at yure suggestion, and stands
around rcddy, with a shirt collar az stiff
az broken china.
A man may be a good supream court
judge, and at the same time he is a
miserable landlord.
Most evryboddy thinks they can keep
a hotel—and they kan ; but this akounts
for the grate number ov hotels that are
kept on the same principle that a justiss
ov the peace offis iz kept in the country
during a six days’ jury trial for killing
someboddy’s yello dog.
A hotel won’t keep itself and keep the
landlord, too, and never kure a travel
ler from the habit of profane swareing.
1 hav had this experiment tried on me
several times, and it alwus makes me
sware wuss.
It is too often the kase that landlords
go into the bizziness ov hash az minis
ters go into the professhun—with the
very best of motives, but the poorest
kind ov prospecks.
I don’t know ov enuy bizziness more
flattersum than the tavern bizziness.
There don’t seem tew be ennything tew
do but tew stand in I'iont ov the register
with a pen behind the ear, and see that
the guests ente* themselves az soon az
they enter the house ; then yank a bell
rope six or seven times; and then tell
John tew sho the gentleman tew 976;
and then take four dollars and fifty
cents next morning from the poor devil
of a traveller, and let him went.
This seems tew be the whole thing—
and it iz the whole thing in most cases.
Yu will diskover the following dis
kripshuu a mild one ov about 9 hotels
out ov 10 between the Atlantick and
Paeifick oshuns, akroefc the United States
in a straight line:
It being court week (as usual) all the
good rooms are employed by the law yers
and judges.
Yure room iz on the uiiermost floor.
Yure loom iz 13 foot 6 inches by 9
foot 7 iucV ■ parallelogram.
The carpet iz ingrain—ingrained with
the dust, kero Ine ile, and ink spots ov
fou r generashuns.
Thar iz two pegs in the room tew hitch
coat.' onto, one ov them broke oph, and
the other pulkd out and missing.
The buro has three legs and one brick.
The gk ; tew the buro swings on two
pivots which hav los., .heir grip.
Thar izone towel on the rack, thin,
hut wet.
The i a’n-water in the pitcher cum out
ov the well.
The soap iz az tuff tew wear az a whet
stone.
The soap is scented with einnamen ile,
and vaiiagatcd with spo s.
Tlnueiz three chairs, kane-sceters, one
iz a rocker, and all three arc busted.
Tli are iz a match-box, empty.
Thare iz no cuvtin tew the windo, and
thare don’t wan’t tew be enny ; you kant
see out, and who kan see in ?
The bell-rope iz cum oph about G
inches this side ov the ceiling.
The bed iza modern slae-bottom, with
two mat-trasses, one cotton and one husk,
and both harder and about az thick az a
sea-biskit t.
Yu enter, the bed sideways, and kan
feel every slat at once az easy az you
could the l ibs of a grid-iron.
The bed iz inhabited.
You sleep sum, but vole over a good
deal.
For breakfast yu hav a gong and rhy
fcotic tew kold to melt butter, fride pom
toze which resemble the chips a two inch
augur makes in its journey thru an oak
log.
Bread solid ; beefsteak about az thik
az a blister-plaster, and az tuft’ az a
hound’s ear.
Table covered with plates, a few scar
ed-to-death pickles on one ov them and
six fly-indorsed crackers on the other.
A pewterinkt m castor with three bot
tles in it , one without enny mustard and
one with two inches ov drowned flies and
vinegar in it.
Servant girl with hoops on hangs
round you earnestly, and wants tew know
if you will take another cup ov koffec.
Yu say, “No mam, I thank you,” and
push hack yure chair.
You haven’t eat enuff to pay for pick
ing yure teeth.
I am about as self-konsaited as it will
do for a man tew be and not crack open ;
but I never konsaited that I could keep
a hotel. I had rather be a highwayman
than tew be sum landlords i have visited
with.
Thare are hotels that are a joy; whare
a man pays hiz bill az cheerfully az he
did the parson who married him ; w here
you can’t find the landlord unless you
hunt in the kitchen, whare servants
glide around like angels ov mercy;
whare the beds fit a man’s back like the
feathers on a goose; and whare the vit
tles taste just az tho yure wife or yure
mother had fried ’em.
Theze kind ov hotels ought tew be
built on wheels, and travel around the
kuntry, They are az phull of real cum
fort az a thanksgiving pudding; but,
alas ! yes, alas ! they are az unplenty az
double-yelked eggs.
Wages in Europe and the United States.
So far, during the present year, the
statistics show that emigration to this
country has fallen off nearly 40 per cent,
as compared with previous years, and,
indeed, a large number of emigrants
have actually returned home, being una
ble to find employment. This being the
case, and as a reduction in the price of
labor is now being discussed, the follow
ing tables, collected by the National
Bureau of Statistics, and by the jiiassa
chusetts Labor Bureau, have an impor
tant bearing on the question :
If we take an ordinary farm laborer in
Massachusetts, we find that his weekly
wages are $5, with board—which is un
doubtedly equivalent to $lO. The high
est wages in England, paid in Lincoln
shire, are $8.17, without board ; in Kent,
$6.81; in Devonshire and Cornwall,
$4.08; in Ireland, $4.91, without board ;
in France the highest weekly wages are
$2.96, with board; in Prussia, $2.85 ; in
Denmark, $1.43; in Italy, $3.89—a1l with
board.
If we now take the v ades, the differ
ence is even more remarkable. We find
that a blacksmith in Massachusetts re
ceives $18.50 per week; in Eng 1 and,
$7.90 ; in Scotland, $7.62 ; in Germany,
$6.75; in Prussia, $7.29; in France,
$6.01. In the book-binding business the
wages are equally remarkable in Massa
chusetts, as compared with England.
A first-class finisher gets $26 in Massa
chusetts, and $10.89 cents in England ; a
forwarder earns $lB here, against $9.80
in the old coilntry; a female folder is
paid $9 in Massachusetts, and $3.81 in
England. Again, in the great trade of
Massachusetts in boots and shoes, x first
class upper cutter will earn $lB, while
the European is paid $7.08 ; the female
machine hand is paid $lO, and $2.70 in
Scotland; and a mender of shoes earns
sls here, against $9.53 in England, $6.75
in Germany, $4.38 in Prussia, and $3.33
in Italy.
Our most expensive trades here are the
building trades, and in them we see the
enormous difference of wages between the
two continents. A first-class moulder of
bricks earns $20.75, with board, in Mas
sachusetts, and $5.94, with board, in
England. A mason is worth $24 here
against $10.17 in England, $9.53 in Scot
land, $4.50 in Prussia, and $3.21 in Ita
ly. A brick-layer is paid $24 here
against $10.17 in England, and $5.97 in
Germany. A plasterer commands $24 in
Ameiica, while his wages in Europe
vary from $6.08 in Italy to $17.10 iu
Prussia. A carpenter earns sl7 in Mas
sachusetts, while in England he would
earn $8.17, in Scotland $7.62, in Germany
$9.25, and in Switzerland SB.IO. Plum
bers earn the comparatively low wages
in Massachusetts of $10; in En and they
are paid $9.78; in Germany, $4.86. In
the business of slating houses the wages
here are $lB, to about $8 in Europe ; in
painting they are sl7, to about $lO in
England, and about sl2 in Germany.
Considering the unexampled good
harvest, both at home and abroad, and
the consequent decrease in the price of
food of all kinds, it would seem from
the above figures that wages in this coun
try are disproportionately high, and that
the t indency will be to lower figures.
A Lesson in Adjectives. —“ Well,
my son, you have got in to grammar, have
you ?” said a proud sire to his thickest
chip the other night. “Let me hear you
compare some adjectives.”
Chip—“ All right, dad. Little, less,
least; big, bigger, beast; mow, more,
most.”
Proud sire—“ Hold on, sir; that’s not
right; you—
Chip—“ Toe, tore, toast; snow, snore,
snout; go, gore, gout; row, roar, rout.”
Proud sire—“ Stop, I say. These adj—”
Chip—“ Drink, drank, drunk ; wink,
wank, wunk; stink, stank, stunk ; —”
Proud sire—“ You infernal little fool!
What in the thunder—”
Chip—“ Good, better, best; wood, wet
ter, west; bad, wusser, worst; bile, biler,
bilerest; sew, ~ver, sup; pew, poor,
pup ; oh, gimini! o-o O-W !”
The outraged parent had broken into
the recitation with a boot-jack.
An extraordinarily large turnip was
dug in a garden at Salt Lake the other
day, which, on being cut open, disclosed
a large-sized frog, well and hearty, which
tumbled out and hopped off, just as if he
was not the creature of a wonderful
phenomenon.
A steerage passage to Europe may
be obtained as low as $lO, while the aver
age prices are from sl2 to $125 dollars.
VALUABLE RECIPES.
Small-Pox Remedy.
The following is said to be a certain
cure for small pox. One man speaking
of it says :
“Itis as 'unfailing as fate, and con
quers in every instance. It is harmless
when taken by a well person. It will
also cure scarlet fever. Here is the re
cipe as I have used it, and cured my
children of the scarlet fever ; here it is
as I have used it to cure small-pox;
when learned physicians said the pa
tient must die, it cured: Sulphate of
zinc, one grain ; fox-glove (digitalis) one
grain ; half a teaspoonful of sugar; mix
with two tablespoonsful of water. When
thoroughly mixed, add four ounces of
water. Take a spoonful every hour.
Either disease will disappear in twelve
hours. For a child, smaller doses, ac
cording to age. If counties would com
pel their physicians to use this there
would be no need of pest houses. If you
value advice and experience, use this for
that terrible disease.
Yellow Pickles.
Get the hardest heads of cabbage you
can find and cut them into quarters.
Put them in a kettle and sprinkle over
them a little salt; set them on the fire
and let them simmer till tender. Then
take them out of the water and let them
stand until the next day. Take as much
vinegar as will cover them, one table
spoonful of turmeric, and scald them.
Let them stand in it a day ; then take
them out and let them drain. Now put
them in a stone jar, and pour boiling
vinegar over them, with spices to your
taste, mustard and celery seed, with a
few chopped onions. You should be
careful not to cook the cabbages too
much, or they will come to pieces. The
advantage of making cabbage pickles by
this recipe is that the old-fashioned te
dious process is avoided, and yet the re
sult is found equally satisfactory. Let
it not he omitted to add three pounds of
sugar, brown or white, to one peck of
pickles.
Brief Facts.
The fumes of a brimstone match will
remove berry stains from a hook, pa
paper, or engraving.
If a door does not shut without a
“ slam,” put a drop of sweet oil on the
catch, or on the hinge if it creaks. Soap
will do, but not sq well.
If there is rust on your flat iron, or
other roughness, put some fine salt on a
board, rub it rapidly while warm until it
moves smoothly.
If you wish to make a nail drive easily,
and last long without rusting, dip it in
melted grease first. This is excellent
for fencing and other exposed work.
Hanging a broom in the cellar-way
keeps it from becoming stiff and hard.
Replacing furniture as we sweep saves
much disorder and confusion.
To Hull Corn.
Put into an iron, kettle three quarts
clean wood ashes; fill the kettle with
boiling water and boil half an hour;
then take it from the fire and let it stand
until cold; then pour off the lye and
bcil the corn in it until the hulls begin
to come off: then rub and wash thor
oughly hree or four timeo and boil until
very tender (it can be made in large
quantities), and then take a small por
tion and put it in the frying-pan and add
one pint of milk ; when it boils mash it
fine and add a little butter, salt and
cream —or, if preferred, warm it in milk
and add salt without washing it.
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Cockroaches.
Mr. Lowry, the chief proprietor of the
Floriste de Paris, has given to the Revue
Horticole his method of destroying cock
roaches, which are found very destruc
tive and annoying, both in green-houses
and dwellings. This plan is to take a
package of matches, and dissolve the
phosphorus on them in a quart of water,
and make a paste with this water by
mixing it with a pound of flour and six
or seven ounces of sugar. Place this
mixture where the cockroaches will most
readily find it, and it will destroy them
effectually.
To Remove Freckles.
Small round freckles can he removed
by the application of chlorine water ev
ery night and morning, allowing it to
dry in. For the more dense ones, chlo
ride of lime, 1 to 10, 15 or 20 parts of
water, according to the sensitiveness of
the skin. When using the stronger so
lutions, merely touch the spot with a
moistened camel’s hair brush.
Fried Potatoes.
Pare and slice very thin ; put them in
to cold water five minutes. Have
ready a frying pan of boiling lard.
Dry the potatoes with a cloth; fry
them a pale brown ; drain in a colan
der; sprinkle on a little fine salt, and
serve at once. Keep the lard boiling
and fry but a few at a time.
Remedy for Cholera Infantum.
Mr. G. C. Player sends an account of a
severe case of the above disease, attended
with alarming prostration, which he
treated by saturating the diaper of the
child with laudanum ; thus giving what
amounted to “ a hip bath of laudanum,”
as he expresses it.
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Blacksmithing and Repairing, am.
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