Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
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CHABUSSAL'S CONNECTION,

NhAbUSSAD'O OONEEGIlUNs
MANY years ago, there lived in Lyons
Ffaneesa wealthy silk weaver, who one
bright day met with a great misfortune;
which was no, less than the loss of two
valuable servants. They suddenly disap.
peared together and all inquiries and
search for them proved utterly fruitIess
and, indeed, SO well had their tracks been
covered that 1t was impossible to trace them
-eeyenda neighbering cornernot fiftyyards
from the house.. They distracted many
articles of value and convenience, such as
linen, various utensils, bottles of liquor,
etc, and among the rest a boy of ten years
Of age, the neglected and dieliked young
est son Of the family, He was puny, pale,
nd.spiridess, and fell out with his rels.
@dons the moment he appeared among
them, by giving his callow heart in all its
entirety to his soft-handed, kind faced
nurse, who for her part reciprocated as well
as a woman could who had received hun
dfcds of such affections in her long expe-
rience, but only to see them fade and die
when the givers Of them were able to
stand alone. There was great hue and
cry raised all over the Empire, and all
sorts of proceedings put into operation
Tor the capture of the departed trio; but
weeks, then months, and finally years
elapsed, and the occurrence faded into
something dim with few, and with the
majority was lost altogether.
The silk-weaver, therefore, who was
enormously wealthy, continued to give
his famous Sunday dinners to his select
party, Of fellOw-epicures, who declared
that they rather liked the change in the
cooks upon the whole, though they fire.
7quently confessed, to his great discomfort,
that the flavor of l..
. suggested the ssddening memory of what
! 1t might have been. Barring this draw
back, matters continued much as they
were before the. vacancy made by the
ABSENCE of the SOD, however was not
nlled, as his mother died in giving him
birth. atr2
Some four years after the disappear.
ance, baker and pastry-cook named
Chabussal, who resided and kept his shop
In sunny street in London, which we
will call Jermyn street, suddenly sprang
INTO notoriety and fame. By saying sud.
denly, it not is intended to convey a
Frenchman's idea of the time in which it
Is possible to achieve a city-wide reputa-
lion, namely, twenty four hours or week,
but the more stable or merited celebrity
which msy be obtained among English
men or us Americans in eight months or
year. That Chabussal had obtained his
deseryingly and securely, there can be no
manner OF doubt; for his custom, begin.
ming and continuing for long time in
The purchases of two or three scores of
people, suddenly blazed into those of
score of hundreds, aud from ten in the
morning until four in the afternoon his
little shop was thFonged The great body
of theserowd came on foot, but there was
q multitude also who came in liveried
carriages, which were required by the DO.
lice to take their consecutive turns, thus
making line which often extended for
blocks. The people on the sidewalks,
Zoo, were obliged to make Gordon which
generally was good natured, if customers
Ill advance made their purchases quickly;
and the advent of every one bearing in
his hand the Well-kpown pure, white
p2pered parcel, with its neat pink ribbon,
GWas q signal torsa smothered cheer or a
Nclapping Of hands. Sometimes there were
Wrangless and Quarrels, but the people
were mostly too busy with their calcula-
lions OF their chances, and of the proba-
u bile holding out of the desired article, to
= have much to say.
This article was pastry for dessert,
and which Chabussal had received from
an old idea, and considerably embellished
and placed before the public The fiaky
> crust thad in its different parts no less than
three distinct and delicate aavors, while
the creamy interior, with its Drowned
merSngne, WAS probably the most divine
offering man's palate ever appreciated.
Fhe composition of this was Chabussal's
special work, and was carried on in lit
tie cabinet with locked door which led
off from his kitchen. He was obliged at
first to double the number of his Journey
men in order to prepare the required
amount of pastry, and finally such was
the increase of his business, and the i'm
perattve" and constantly increasing de-
mands OF the public, that he was obliged
again to double his force.
u With a Frenchman's true tact and fore.
sight, he fatty declined to remove to
larger and more elegant place, though
often pressed to do so by those busybodies
who love to coddle an humble mans sue.
cess, particularly if it costs them nothing
He was.aoutelyJ aware that the value of
his dessert was much enhanced by the
hpnbleness of the. counter over which it
WAS sold, and that his trade would suffer
. no dimiuution were his customers forced
to tell their friends that such delights
were only to be had in an inferior street
and Rtthe expense of some trouble.
He therefore remained stead astly in
his ffteen'by thirty shop, with no assis
tant but that of his CHEEKY, nimble wife,
watching the increasing crowds with
swelling heart and watering eye, and
meanwhile growing rapidly rich,
On the evening on which he at first be-
Comes Of interest 10 us, ne is standing in
his accustomed place behind his counter,
with his hands in his waistband, for it is
long past the hour when his last specialize
was surrendered to devouring hands, and
he has nothing now to do but ito supply
an occasional droppet-in with his tea
biscuit or HANDFUL OF cakes.
Chabussal wins large man, dressed
cOmpletelysih white, with his head sur
mounted with a huge cook.cap, the top of
which he affectedly wore inclined to the
right, which gave him something the ap-
He had a smooth, full, round face, with
small. brown eyes and red lips. His dress
3 aud, akin had a tio0ry' appearance, as well
q as his eyelashes and hands, but. as this
q wasin concordance with his business, no
one objected. His wife stood by him,
putting various packages into a large
basket, which being arranged to her
satisfaction she pushed over to thin,
siekly lOokipgJ hollow.ayed boy who
seized i hravely, as if in hurry to be gone.
s9,'SW Welt young spider-legsl" cried Cha
blssal, grufllY, what have you got"
,esfs sEVerything, sir" replied the boy,
hesitatingly, moving slowly away.
s7HiHsVe you got Perrn's rolls, Jarbold's
, oTeamcakes and Purdy's macaronies, eh %
q The lad received q surreptitious nod
from ClAbussal's wife, and he replied in
stantly that he had, and followed it up by
asking timidly If he might be gone ten
minutes over his time He had never
asked such aqUestiOn before, and was led
toJdo Bo now by o fancied humor and
good nature Ia his masters rare indul.