Demoine courier., 1854-07-13
Boarding Houses.

/ A singular place Is boarding house.
A person of an observing turn Of mind
can obtain iliereia better knowledge of
The human character than any other
habiiailon on the face of the globe. Ii
contains very often individuals of every
temperament and peculiariiy; from an
old maid of forty down to a swee: young
miss in panla!etts and flowing curls;
from The dilapidated bachelor Of sixty to
the promising youth of twelve. j! is the
scene, too, of very many curious incl
dents, which are as varied as they are
/ frequent. "Flius,ance," as Ytllowplush
would say: Mr.. Shocks, who is an Eng
iishman oil recent importation, complains
in a manner most distressing to the
landlady, tina, the articles which he has
been obliged to breakfast off, viz: friters,
are no, just The thing TO work upon, and
would wish a change, If possible Beef
steak is his preference, and suggests IL
as morning diet. Sleek, who is from
down East somewhere, can't stomach a
hearty break fact, and insists on things re-
naming as they are. He is perfectly
satisfied, and thinks those feeling other
wise had better 'leave." Finkins OBJ
iecls TO hash: no. because he don's like
the dish, but thinks it would be more
satisfactory to his palate if he knew OF
wha! il was composed. He SAYS that
il bears strong resemblance to mass
of wors,ed stockings pretty we'll cut up
IN excellent comparison by the way,
bu. no. al all suggestive to appetite.
Miss Jones can't bear tobacco smoke.
and hopes that no gentlemen, as is gen.
,leman. will smoke his cigar in The par
| lor; while Puiler. who is lover of the
weed. besides being good fellow, thinks
it devilish pretty hoy.'ye do if a man
can't smoke were he pleases, a. the same
time he, of course, feels the greatest res,
pect for MISS j.. The consequence is
that Puiler aud Miss j are at logger
heads for considerable length Of time.
1 Browni is dissatisfied with his room mate,
and suggests that TO make things agreea-
bic. Tompkins had better pack up his
''dry goods" and "pu,,'' while the latter
individual, who is something of phi
losopher, can't see any reason for such
an unwarantable proceeding. and gently
hints that if Brown wishes to be alone
he would do well to seek some other
place of habitation himself. And so i!
goes on; every one complaining aud
having some just cause of complaint. -
| Sunday is great day among lhem.-
They are all a, home; the routine Of the
house. hold is some what varied from that
of week day, and all revel in un,icipa-
lion of something extra for dinner. No
sooner does The bell utter lis first note,
thar promiscuous rush is made for The
dinner table; and indeed we have on more
than one occasion, known individuals to
loiter around The eating room door, to be
ready TO the first warning 10 occupy a
good seat at the viands offered to DE sac
riiiced Poor luck to the one that comes
late! Scandal likewise finds room for
exercise IN boarding house and scandal
mongers are often obliged to pay the
penalty Of lhoughl.ess habit. In
short. every thing that occursto make up
this worlds miseries, is to be found in a
domicile Of This description, yet they
are always full. no matter if they are
ever SO bad, and just SO long as the
world wags, jus, SO long will there be
boarding houses, where a gentleman and
his wife, or two single gentlemen can
be accommodated with full or partial
board. Terms moderate.