Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-15

I'm IifG F.GrtrS - rIE sAisI NICHOLAS IIo-
ltL--T The proprietor If the SAINT Niehoin- IL.
IL lave publ .bsd description 4 tbeif imhrH-r
establishment, irnm which quote few sia
tisiJe-;
The Saint Nicholas hn- front If two hundred
and seventy fiyr feet on Broadway. aud depth
Il tso hundred feet. thus covering an area # ono
mere aud three quarters IN the mast valuable
pat offhe city The. building cn-t Fl 200,000
md lhrr entire cost Of bailding, furniture. &c.
was II 910.on The of the front wall
which i marble. is eighteen hundred feet. The
building viii accommodate nine hundred glesis.
aud has frequently contained over thousand
II was completely .inl-hed on lst Mdrch, l-5l.
Tie number If rooms in the house is tx hundred.
all WILL lighted. and provided with hot and cold
wHtrr These include one hundred complete
sniis sul- If rooms. with baths. wa:er-olosets,
&e attached. The three largest dining rooms
IN the house, aggregat" nine thousand superficial
feet aud can accommodate xix hundred guests
The cost Of the mirrors distributed about the
house wn- Sia0U0. and Of the silver ware aud
plate i5DooD.
/ he proprietor- are Messr.. j. i. Treadwell.
j. Acker L. AckerPeter aud Virgil Nhiteomb.
The number If servants averages during the year
about three hundred aud twenty. The hours
for men- range through nearly the whole tween
N. There i. regularly organized fire depart.
ment in the building, with steam power for fore.
ing water 10 any portion Of II. Eighteen plugs,
with two hundred feel of hose to each enable the
engineers to flood the building in six minutes from
the time The alarm is sounded The house con
suines eighteen Thousand 10 thirty thousand feet
of gas nightly. from Two thousand five hundred
burners. The gas is made on the premises. The
laundry employs seventy five Iaundresses, and
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Steam i the great agent in this process, and is
extensively used in the St Nicholas for boiling.
washing. rnnngling. drying, turning spts, heat,
ing water, DE.
We ARE happy to learn. says the New York
Mirror, that the talent and enterprise, as well as
capita invested in this magniiccntsdlo,el. are
literally rewarded. The proprietors are making
both money and reputation.
ATEMPERANCE JokE.-Joe Harris was whole
sooled, merry fellow, aud very fond of gla4s-
After living in New Orleans for many yenrs, he
came To the conclusion of visiting an old uncle
AWAY upln Massachusetts. whom he had not seen
for many ypnrs. Now there Is n difference be-
tween New Orleans and sslchusetts in regard
10 the use of ardent spirits, and when Joe arrived
here he found all the people run mad about ten
peranee; he felt bad thinking with the old song.
That keeping the spirit up by pouring the spirit
and began TO feel indeed in pickle. Button the
morning after his arrival the old man and sous
being gono out 10 work his aunt came to hm and
said: Joe, you have been living in the South.
and no doubt are IN th" habt of taking something
10 drink about eleven o'clock. Now | keep some
for medical Purposes, but let no one know it as
my husband wants To be good sexample." Joe
promised, and thinking that he would get more
that day took rs he expressed it, u '.bustcr."--
After he had walked out to the stable. who should
meet him but hi uncle. "Wcll, joe snid he
II expect thai youare accustomed to drinking
something in New Orleans, but yon find US all
temperate here, md for the sake of nv sons
don't let them know that have any brandy about
INIT just keep little for my rheumatism. VIII
You take some!" Joe sgnfcd his readiness, and
md took another big horl. Then continuing his
walk he came where the boys were hauling rails
After conversing awhile, one of his cousins said:
Joe. expect YOU would like TO have dram
and as Tho old folks are down IN liquor. we have
some ont hcre to help ~ on with our work -
Dat came the bottle, and down they sat and. as
he rHys, by the time he went to dinner he was
as tight ms he could be.