The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-12
A New Phase In Boarding House Keeping


$3.50 SONG, no SUPPER"
Tfara was g..acring upon Clark street yesterday
evening af ANGRY Individuals, says the Calcag2 Times
IN .Ha -.. aIa rh the lowering Of the weather
.Bg-g aa. lowering Of brows, and thrcateniEgs aad
uattH.s 5aar and strong from crowd Of hungry
AHA d.ss sstntad en-. IT. when you t0uch'h maas
r0.kat son .guga lis souln who fancy the reslt
when his pocket aad stomach both affected at }he
same slime j
Such was nreeH y the case with the crowd 20 which
reference 81 f h in this article. And the cause was
rHlsa Mis- q Latch was the propretress OF
B9argag Haasa IN dining hail. in the basemelF Of J @
t8 Ca.Es.esas She established the institution nearly
Elk months ESQ., and has since that time done Hour
bling business
Custom has laHn in upon her the table las bqen
arf=h.r 5aaa and applicants for seats at heI bouh-
a3lv zar6ri.d board have increased until thesaumFer
Tar-rfa 5.aE upAl her for daily bread, counted
t.a rya4 1zaa amly Of 40. On Friday East Mrs.
Hatch pretended 10 have received from sister, in
Ohio a graphic dispatch, bearing tidiugs Of That
loved sisters severe illness and nigh approach unto
death and begging her to come at once Chat she might
s0aaHs her 5eng pillow and make pleasant by Der
presence ben pathway to the grave. Fif5t, nordeG to
r9un1g with the Message Mrs Hatch collected frpm
al b5arlag tile sum of Sl8 each, being the amount
iar Tile board al a5h month in advance, and max
ing au aggregate Nc 1886. In addition to .thls,tb
reason NJ ae a.a sity which she represented sur
rouad.az aaa la slccceded in borrowing sunSry sums
from other individuals, and with the money departed.
Now 81 seems saat when Mrs. Hatch was thus SID
DENLY called awar she was indebted to various parties
In sums Of greater or less Importance including $500
~ hg baker 1856 the landlord $50 to the gas cflh-
rany. aHa l0 har servants The dining halls was as
wgH 0atr8n.aa as ever but failing to ieceyt2 re:nu-
nera.au sha creditors cut off the supplies Iheft IL
began 10 be whispered about that Mrs. Hatch had dc-
namned and lt5 not intend to First Aer IaAd-
lord had entertained suspicious to that effect; then
The boardara wondered what she could want with SO
much nonaa @ visit a sick sister in Ohio; ana lastly,
tha servant gI remembered that they bad beard the
aag a4gmss 4 strong desire to visit California, qnd
dDuJaasl He dying sister was myth, and the tfle-
gram q Guu5uE
Suspicion ssro r. and stronger grew, until at last
l1yahue became releabe to suspense, and 5he d5or
Of sae adr's rl-tnent was broken open, al3d foFnd
90 8e devoid g furniture and emptied of every Grti-
possessed av her Now came consictiot in THE
minds 6 Gasa WHO before entertained only suspicion.
Tba laa#Iard Yesterday afternoon closed the establish
raaaH aaa te creditors seized on such funds as were
III Tic aa4Gs y. tie clerk. 1t unsparingJ charged
that the proprietrcss had left Chicago not IL retlrn
again.
Last scene of all came the hungry boarders to Iea
The doors were barred-the windows cl0s4d. No
juicy steaks ucous rolls and fragrant tea or aromatic
coffee greeted them. None there says the dis
consulate maid servants, who stood upon the door
steps amenting the loss Of mistress and their wages.
There was excitement and crashing of teeth in Win.
There were curses and imprecations, but i'll to no
purpose.
There was much profanity but no supper 4Hd there
were not a few who had not the means to srocure a
meal elsewhere Having paid their proprietress their
board in advance they had bindy intru:ed ID heF in
tegrity and her dinners, and were moneyless. For
like many other fast young men, the remainder Of
their salaries melted like snow off dykes ana the
rest of the week until next Saturday they rus trust
to fortune or manage to get trusted themselves.
The scene at the entrance of the dimes hail last
evening was amusing indeed. The crowd ol hungry
boarders continued gather until ocock' ButEcer-
tain it is that the hall is cleared, Mrs, Hatch absent
and also $500 in cash and the responsibility fol- an
equal amount Of Indebtedness.