Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-12
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be the means of throwing on the councils Of
the country, it has not been the forerunper of
any illumination in our houses Such trials
as have endured and do endure in the wav
of lighting up! Have the members of the
Gas Company any mercy? Are thew HUMANE
Let me glance over these trials, and if NV ex.
perience never benefits the cause of science
1t may possibly move the tender mercies of the
gas gentlemen, and be blessing to house
keepers.
Mr.. Editor D.! on the faith of woman l state
to you, that seven weeks ago our gas metre
froze. 1t froze it burst The hall was DEL
| uged, the carpet was ruined, the house was
uninhabitable We ran into the streets for a
good breath, and sent imploring messages to
the gas gentlemen. They sent us back po-
lite messages. But polite messages did not
clear the atmosphere of the house, did not re.
store the gay colors of the carpet, did not
mend the metre At night we looked gloomily
at each other over mould candles. Again, in
| the morning we sent messages, implored aid
| again, we were returned polite messages.
Again we looked 6ilious-at night-by the
light of mould candles. repeat this was
seven weeks ago. Each day we were ouieted
| with sweet promises. A man was to come.
mend the metre fill it with alcohol and re-.
store all things. We hoped, we waited But
| we found that ali men are deceivers-particu
larry gas men. Still we trusted. for each
|
brought disappointment and mould candles.
And the end of the month brought a tremen-
dous gas bill. An awful gas bill We had
burned candles all the time, our lungs had
been seriously injured, our carpet spoiled, and
such gas bill But Ipaid 1T. Yes L am not
gassinS you when / say paid it. / have
the receipt.
Another month has gone by and L am an
ticlpating another gas bill And it must be
paid-gas or no gas. And let me state another
fact in connexiOn with this subject You know,
| Mr.. Editor, how cold the weather has been
Well! it has taken as many blankets to wrap
up the gas metre, to keep it warm as it has
to cover the three largest persons in the house.
And still it froze Why you ask, did we
not pour hot water into it until it thawed? |
did L drew from one corner pump fifteen
buckets Of water day, and then the pump
froze. L have tried every thing. l am in
despair. Oh. sir! is there one man in that
Gas Company with heart
Yet should do justice. The gas does light
hfffs, and has, ever since night before last,
when L took the blankets from my own bed to
wrap round it, In the fourth story, when we
light up, 1t stays Lit about five minutes once
| 1T did not go out for ten. 1t burns pretty dim
ly. You can't see to do anything by it, but
If you are careful, you need not bump your
head. In the third story it acts very strangely
when we go to light it. 1t performs the droli-
|
wheczes, and fixes up Sparks fly through
the fame-then it rocks little, bursts up
once more, and goes out In the parlors, after
a good deal Of cOaxing light is produced
resembling that of a lucifer match when
rubbed across an old boot, it looms up mo-
ment, and then goes out On the first floor it
won't light at all. And all this to the tune of
| seven dollars month
Mr.. Wallach have the gentlemen of the
Gas Company souls / know they have pock-
cts, and full ones too,-but repeat it-have
| they souls BELINDA.
P: 5. Remember that besides the gas bill,
we have to pay for mould candles
DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF TO THE Poor The
| ward committee are industriously engaged
| In their work of charity, and the citizens gem
| orally should contribute as literally as their
means will afford. The gentlemen distribu-
| ting the relief find the greatest restitution
and distress among the poor of the city, and
as far as they can they relieve them The
fact that some charitable person has seen some
five or SIX loads of wood dropped at the same
house may De accounted for by the fact that
many houses contain from six to ten poor fami-
lies If any one thinks the relif improperly
| afforded, let that person accompany the com
mittee any day on their errand of mercy
| HOWARD.
MERCHANTS Association. 1t will be seen
by an advertisement in another column that
there is to be meeting of this Association this
evening. At meeting of the Board Of Direc-
tors last evening, the report of the treasurer
| was presented, and showed that the finances
| were in a satisfactory condition. The Asso-
| citation Is evidently moving in the right drec-
ton to facilitate and increase the business in
terests and capital Of the District. Success
| TO it.
| REssURRECTIoSIsTs ABRoAD.-It is whis.
Il hot hnl1 L
| from the pOorhOuse graveyard was made night
before last by party of resurrectionists and
that they were discovered in the act and the
| attempt defeated. The body snatchers it is
said. on being detected dropped thier suB-
1ect" and "stood not on the order of the going
but went at once, and with such precipitan-
| cy as to leave behind them their horse and
wagon and their implements Of exhumation
SUPREME COURT.-Yesterday, Jackson W
Green, Esq, of Tenn Thomas II. Lewis, ESQ.
of La, and Thomas Williams, ESQ, of Pa.
were admitted attorneys and councillors of
| this court
No, 81. Drea Scott, plaintiff in error, as.
John T. A. Sanford The argument in this
cause was commenced by Hon NJ. Blair for
| the plaintiff in error. Adjourned.
| CHANGE OF TINE.-The lecture on {: Foreign
Travel for the benefit of the poor of the
| Fouth ard, Is to be delivered on Wednesday
NOT Thursday-evening. 1t will not only
enhance IecollectiOns of places, but of Louis
| Napoleon, the late Emperor Nicholas, and
| other European noteables.
HE PROFITS Of the Ball given in the Sew
| enth Yard for the benefit Of the poor amount
to s234. At meeting Of the managers, CON-
mittees were appointed to ascertain cases of
restitution in the Ward and the chairman
was authorized to call public meeting, should
| circumstances require it.
| QUERY We are asked By several CORE
| spondents, why nothing is done for the relief
| of the poor by the inhabitants of the Fifth and
Sixth Wards! The destitute in those Wards
apply IN vain to the benevolent organizations
in other Wards, and something should be
| done.
| The SYNAdOGUE,-On Saturday last, at the
| Hebrew Synagogue on Tenth street, special
prayer was offered up, according to the laws
OF the congregation, for the preservation of
| Gen. Cas- from death, and for his restoration
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