, 1864-01-09
VALUE OF DRY CIUMBs AND MOULDX
.... SCRAPS.

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Once upon time there was an old soldier, and
he is alive yet, named Chapellier. Discharged
and poor, he made il bis business TO live by what
he could fluid IN The cutters oil the streets Of Paris
horseshoe nails. on lucky days perhaps even
hOrseshoc-iiOn tOughened by mulch tramping,
dear TO the maker-pOOr scraps that, with
help from odd street jobs in opening curriage
doors, and so forth, enabled him to support life.
But he sought advancement and scared IRON this
calling into the services OF wholesale cliiionier
whose baskets he sorted, and inwhose warehouses
he arranged the stores til he iell sick overpowered
by the smell Of tine articles in which his master
traded, aud went to the hospital. When he came
out he hired himself to u poultry merchant, and
earned forty sous day by filling his own mouth
with peas, and then putting them out Of his own
mouth down the thrOats OF young pigeons, to
iatten them suddenly. But whiehere he thought
on the fact that poultry merchant did not get
the iull price Tor his birds unless they were sold
FIR sh killed on the day Of their arrival. However
sweet u bird might be, every cook saw at a glance
whether it was fresh killed. How was that? he
inquired Oh, that is because the feet that are
brilliant and black the first day become grayer
and duller every day aiterward. The wise Cha
peilier, having reflected Oh this matter, made
experiments, aud invented varnish that should
keep the birds legs brilliant and black for many
days. There was stir in the poultry trade.
Glorious was the invention, and Chapelllcr, who
kept his secret, went about painting the feet Of
poultry for the fee of twelveand-a-half per cent.
upon oil sales Of second days stock. SOhe made
money, but it was as an tincrant profession. Ills
desire was to be at the head Of an establishment.
lie therefore retired from the claw-p painting bust.
ness; having sold his secret and connection in
the trade for forty pounds, TO friend who has
since made fortune by it.
What shoul,i he do? Would his old master
the chilionier take him into partnership? He
would go and ask. lie went and asked. Not
without q premium Of two thousand pounds.
was in the warehouse, he was struck BY the great
number Of unsaleable pieces Of waste bread
brought in the baskets Of the rubbish hunters.
Here was an ilea--and this is the lesson for your
cook and for your children. This great man
went out and bought donkey and a cart, AMI
having hired large room went with his donkey
cart to all the cooks OF schools and colleges aud
large establishments, TO propose purchase from
them Of all the stale scraps ol bread that they
had been used to throw into the street. They
cordially hailed the idea Of new perquisite.
Chapellier then bargaincd with the scullions Of
the eating houses, and with all the chief cooks
Of the city, that he might have the dry crus,s
and scraps destined TO be thrown into the street.
lie also contracted with the scayengers for all
the bread they found in dust holes and cutters.
Having secured his monopoly. this hudabie per-
son took his stand in the middle of the chief
market Of Paris, with a pIacard on his hat IN.
scribed Bread crusts for sale" The Partisan
keeps rabbits, and rabbits require bread as well
us cabbage; the chickens fed for market also
require bread crumbs. Many domestic pets Of
the wealthy are, in Paris, denied meat; aud 80
from one source and another came large demand
lor bread crusts. sold at three cents basketful.
In four months he had three horses aud three
wagons at work. In few years, he sold bis
business and retired with o competence. But il
was only TO come back in month or two. 4
Refinement on his old idea had occurpd to him,
aud he could not.rest until he worked itout. He
had seen enough OF cooks and sausage makers 10
observe the value Of bread-crumbs for strewing
over outlets and for other purposes. Bread
crumbs made Of stale bread pounded and grated,
fetched fourpencc per hcapcd quart. He would
turn his stale breadcrumbs aud sell them at three
pence per the hcapcd quart. twas rather hard
on his successor, TO be sure. who was ruined in
the trade he had bought. But what was to be
said! Bread-crumbs are not erusts. and Cha
pellier was great creature. As manufacturer
Of bread-crumbs, then, o mighty trade was driven.
But the bread oi which the crumbs were made
was some good and some bad. II would not pay
10 separate the good from the bad, but 1t would
pay to establish ovens, and sell the crusts, baked
10 Jumps or grated for the use Of cooks, as croufes
an pot. Except ut the bSst houses. these pre-
served scraps lind their way into almost every
Par;sians dish. The burnt bits and scrapings
are pounded and siIteJ to be sold to the pertum.
ers, who will make them into tooth powder
And thus Pierre Chapeilier made his fortune.