The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-28


work Of darkness, playing cards, drinking
liquor, and meanwhile, now and then, ue.
teting curses upon the dead body Of the cap.
tain.
LONDON HOTELS.
A foreign correspondent Of the ST. Louis
Republican, thus writes from London res.
pccting the public houses Of that metropo.
lis:-
at is very awkward Tor On American a
first TO adapt himself to the mode Of doius
things here nj public houses. Al home, 10
tinds in every largo town and city, tho
largo mud spacious hotel, with fine and
wcll-tnrnishcd rooms and pn,lors, with
rcading.rooms we'll supplied with newsps.
pers, md u table loaded with every luxury.
and oil nj IN astonishing low prico. He
takes his seat at public table aud reads Z
bill Of fare as large rs newspapers were in
oldcn times, from which no selects his
meal, and ifh c don't like turkey, he chan.
ges his plate and take fish--if that don't
suit him, he takes roast beef, mutton chop.
hmm, corn beef, &C., &C., until he goes
through the whole chapter, aud closes IN
with several kinds Of pie, puddings, iollies,
fruits. md nuts. But sucl, living ne IS furo.
lshcd by our friends Of the City Hotel, in
81 Louis, Tor instance, would cost hero about
ten doilars per day. We take our meals
ms we would an oyster supper nj q rcseau.
rant in New Orleans, getting precisely
what we call for and smoothing clse."-
Isoarding is charged generally at tho rate
Of fifty to scvcnty-tivc cents per day.
Each nrticlo Of food has fixed price, and
i VIC call Tor ono steak, we pay for one
sfrak--if for two breads, we paw i6r tscO
breads, md soon. Until one gets the hang
OF il, il will cost him about one dollar per
meal. In adiition to all this, there ID .
charge for the dining room waiter, tho
chnmbcrmaid and porter, generally about
fifty cents per day. Each hotel has about
two or three newspapers, mud if you can
get n peep nj one, il is clear gain, il being
the only thing that IL without charge in :
English hotel. Every glass Of brandy and
water costs twenty-five cents. Tho lar.
gest hotel in Liverpool is about the sizs
of,hc City Hotel in 81 Louis"
We commend tho following mode Of ad.
vcr'ising 10 the consideration of dealers in
iancy dry goods. We only wish the En-
glish piper from which We cut the story
had given some hint ms 10 the namc Of our
countryman:-N. r. Tribune.
| PLAcARD ExrRAoRDINARY.--An Amer.
lean official who has been residing among
us of late, Ind tho misfortune to pass. il
company with his wife, the ar,iu.tionn
shop Of Escrin,on. on Ludga,e hill. AZ I
matter Of course, there was 'smcttlc attrac.
tive" exhibited in the wir.low, aud tho lady
persuaded her husband to enter '.iust 10 look
nj something" We wonder moneycd mon
DO not conspirc 20 put down Everintonis
temptation. As matter Of course, the 10.
dy fell desperately in love with one psrtic.
ular shawl. In the language Of her coua.
irsmen, "it licked all creation there wornst
no,hin' on uirth could stand afors that
shawl, il was SO cvcrlastin' neat and o
eternal lovely" Tho husband paid ior il.
aud the lady insisted upon wearing il 10
her hotel, leaving whit she had previously
worn to follow. The couple proceed down
Lndgate-hill in silence, the lady inwardly
rejoiclng, tho gentleman inwurdly mourn.
ing. Both, however, could not fail 10 no.
,ice that tho shawl was an object OF notice.
especially to all who overlook and posed
them. "Such garments arc seen 10 adyap.
tagc behind" thought they, but the sieuilt
cant smiles and inquiring looks Of the pub
lie were something more than appsoprists
admiration-thcy were quite pesplexinR.-
At length the broad grin ADD koowioe
wink Of a young city gent" induced tho
American to request his wife 10 advance
few paces in front Of him, that 10 mieht
SEQ ifihere was anything 20 cery sxtsscrd.
innry in tho new purchase. Upon . lhree
card, in the centre Of his wife's back.
were written in very legible letters ehess
words and figures: "A tresk isportasioa,
rery chaste, and only t,eo 9siaeas."
JUVENILE PRECocIrY.-A little ioy {.
bout six years Of age having been told By
his mother that il was impolite ior ch;ldrss
when visiting other peoples houses, 70 "a
tor cakes OF other things which they mighe
happen to 500 preparing, improved a IL
lesson as follows. Calling ut = house n
the neighborhood whcrc tho good woman
was making cnke, and which 10 eyed very
wistfulIv, 1t last hc said, "Mcehsr saye 4
is not polite 10 ask for cake" aNo.H go
the reply, sit does not look veil n li,als
boys TODD o." "But," aid tho urchie,
'sshe didn't say must not eat . pisce 4.
case you give Il 70 me-" Il i necd)ess -
'add that 10 got piece.