New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-20
From Dass4aks, Letters 70 tie sTs~ Yorkar$'tI
How they Clean House where Doesacks
Hoards.

Boards.
They begin at the top of the house, move all the
chamber furniture into the cellar, and give the bed
rooms into the keeping Of amphibfous Grecan maid
ems, with the skirts pinned to the back Of their neeks
these modern nernaids soak the room for two days
IN hot water and lather the floor with soap, amusing
private brandy of the boarders These latter unfor
Inmates perYade the establishment In a directions,
seeking for something to eat. which they dent get,
and searching for their beds, which they never find
Iremember cleaning season as time when we
always had picked up Goldfish for breakfast, because
it Is easy to cook, and dash If black pepper hides
aa az! the extra drtw1en We drank our eoaes oat q
tin basins and poured the milk ont Of gravy boats
when pie dish did dirty as sugar basin when we
eat our broied maekerel off Of piekle-platea with
kitchen forks the silver being all locked up keep il
from the white washers when instead Of napkins,ws
had night caps and pocket handkerchiefs il about
equal proportions-when we burnt our fingers naak
ing our oSn toast, and then couldn't get thing TO
grease it With but cooking butter, which speedily re-
solved itself into it's original elements lard oil and
cheap salt. In my last place tie landladY always
drank herself full Of beer Immediately after bEeak5
faat, and then staggered about the house making
/ sahe efforts 70 sweep cob-Webs off the wall with
~ slept that ght the lounge in the back parIor,
from which rolled off four times on the last occa-
son nakiag az extra which brought my
nead oVef lne agEnace register, that when awcEe
it was half cooked. aroused, {, however. before i
was done through, and carlped out on tile carpet
until morning.
to peform my daily ALTERING penanee With the brus
and razor volunteered clean Shirt went g nv jra
er togetit. On the top Of the spoes Hnnen therein
bestowed, discovered that the moshery care Of Mrs
G. had placed four pair Of old boots fluid faap and
bottle of cologne. The top Of the lamp had come
o-so had the cork of the botte-the shirt was fra-
grant with camphene, but the collar was strongly
scented with cologne, 50 the average smell was faf
During these days Potpie and The gentle Desde-
mona did not neglect their opportunities Assso0a
as they could steal the key OF the bookcase thay
took set Of tie Waverly novels iH seventy VOL
unes made house thereof in the back yard, on the
roots of the grape vine, and built a fire in it for o
Fourth Of July celebration. The condagration was
only stayed when Rob Roy and IVanhoe were quite
| consumed. 5ssff tSs
a. The Bride of Lammermoor was ruined and nothing
left OF KeniIWorth but the covers. That same day
the young man nearly cut bis sisters nose of. trying
toshave her with my razor. They Of course search
1 ed every drawer In the house-and once they had
desperate quarrel about the ownership Of my cigar
case he claiming by capture, and she by Of dis
covery, she had found it IN the pocket Of my sun
1 day coat. The brother was furiousat last Potpie
seemingly yielded, but only to ultimately triumph by
treachery. In the course Of teafternoo he entrapped
her into whisky barre, under presence Of playing
/ g circus when he once had her safely inside; he
headed her up by mailing board across the top with
4 hatchet and made deliberate preparations to drown
her into submission by administering dirty soap suds
in four quart doseat man heard her cries for mercy,
and arrived at the spot the exultant victor po
I ing panfu of the delectabe fluid above her head,
! and she was humbly sueing for peace through the
bunghoe-fat man delivered short lecture he lib
Grated the beseged heorine, while the baf1ed PGpie
stoned him from distance.
Ion the last day of this memorable time, Iswas
turned over to the tender mereie of strange cook,
Mr.. O. and all the regular help. being engaged in a
4 sanguinary war Of exteFminatien up stairs with
multitude of nterlopers who had colonized the bed
steads, and who were Strong enough in numbers
and otherwise to have offered an effective resistance
. had they been united, hut not being unanimous in
their opposition they were overcome and sacrificed
7 in detail IA =5s We
,Biddy the strange gir1 is probably good girl at
Il heart but she has her little eccentreities She fried
my potatoes with theskins on, and the eggs without
taking of the shells She boiled my steak in the tea
Kettle and in trying to fish it out with the broonstick
she dropped it into the ashes Iasked for glass of
water. she brought me some in soup ladle and pre-
sented it at me like musket. From this latter ma
neurer suspected she had been drinking-tfis i'm
preston strengthened when, on my replying in
the affirmative to her inquiry whether Iwould have
some "apple dumping, = she brought me piece Of
i rice pie on grdiron-but did not consider her alb
solutely drunk until she attemptedto pour my second
cup Of tea out of the rolling pin. Upon this imne-
diately withdrew from her presence, leaving Biddy
propped up against the dresser, singing Rockabye-
baby and trying to nurse hatiron, evidently ut-
der the impression that it was her own infant
spring. She did mot discover her illusion even
when her maternal Instinct led her to turn hotte
side up and spank it for making such noise but she
4 sank into calm repose with her head in candle
box hugging her cast iron baby to her oeaginous bo-
II som with true parental soicitude.