Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-27

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You seek the explanation Of a Ger.
tain word, the meaning Of which
is unknown TO you, and for this
purpose you open q "Webster,"
and on the other hand, If you
want information about certain
matters of any interest whatever
to the public, all you have to do is
to write" Mr.. Editor, please inform
me through your valuable columns
(but sometimes not worth a cop
PERI why such a nuisance or an
other is allowed to exist, and so
forth, and the editor generally
answers as quick as the dictionary.
Now, Mr.. Editor, be my die.
tionary for a while, Let US open
the great folios Of this valuable
book.
We open, and the first word
which meets our searching eyes
is the word Landlord" by strange
accident, the very word We have
been looking for.
Now, Mr.. Editor, before seek
ing any further information, l
want to ask you question:
Do you, like your humble wri-
ter, belong to a certain unfortu-
nate class of individuals, who do
not own even a square inch Of the
ground or premises you occupy,
but for the consideration of q GER
tain big pile Of uncle "Sam's" due
bills are permitted to seek shelter
under somebody's roof, that cer-
tain somebody being called a
"landlord," who is so terrible
punctual 70 inquire about your
health on'the morning of the first
day Of each month, and then acci-
IDENTIFY reminds you that your rent
is due, but who always has some
important business on hand,
which prevents him from staying
any longer as soon as you men
ton the word "repairs."
Taking it for granted that your
answer is in the affirmative, will
proceed to my object.
am almost an entire stranger
in your city, having arrived here
a few days ago with a view of set
tling in Nicksburg and embarking
in some congenial business.
Reading an advertisement in
the HERALD, that eight stores in
the best business portion Of your
town were for rent, walked lei
surely to the locality indicated to
take a look at the premises with
out telling my object.
Seeing all these stores occupied,
] wondered why all these people
had to leave these houses, and en-
tering into conversation with some
of the tenants about this subject,
| received the astonishing, but
nevertheless as l convinced my
self true information, that none Of
the present occupants were direct
ly compelled to leave these local
tiles, but that the mentioned ad-
vertisemeut was only q nice little
dodge oftheir liberal { p landlord
to raise the rent of these places to
the highest possible point, in put
ting their stores up to the highest
bidder, and in this way forcing the
tenants either to pay exhorbitant
rent or "git."
"Not wishing to criticise the
action of this certain individual,
as his answer probably would be
that he has the right to manage
his property as he thinks best, /
only wish to ask you Mr.. Editor,
if it is the general custom of the
landlords in.Vicksburg to pursue
the same policy as the above
mentioned one, namely: to
rent a house to A for
q certain price, and If, by chance,
B offers flour weeks afterwards)
five dollars more for the same
premises, A is gently informed
that his presence is no longer
needed. Such q course as this
would certainly be sufficient to
keep many a stranger from perma.
nently settling in your city, and
would be more injurious to the
great development Of the future
capital of this State than a casual
observer would probably think.
In a growing city like Vicks-
burg, where houses are scarce and
tenants plentiful, it is not to be
wondered that landlords have a
certain air of independence about
them, but they should not turn
"shylocks."
Please, Mr.. Editor, grant these
lines a small space in your much
read paper, and oblige me by an.
swering the propounded question,
Very truly, W.
Irish papers please copy.
Gov. ALcORE We find occasion
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