Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHABUssAL,s COLLECTION.

MANYcyeArs ago, there lived in Lyons,
France, d wealthy silk weaver, who one
a bright day met with q great misfortune;
which was no less than the loss of two
S VALUABLE servants. They suddenly disap-
peared together, and all inquiries and
search for them proved utterly fruitless ;
and indeed, 50 well had their tracks been
covered that 1t was impossible to trace them
beyonds neighboring corner not fifty yards
q from the house. They abstracted many
articles of value and convenience, such as
I, linen, various utensils, bottles of liquor,
etc, and among the rest 9 boy of ten years
Of age, the neglected and disliked young
est son of the family, He was puny, pale,
and SpiFitless, and fell out with his rela.
tions the moment he appeared among
AZ them, by giving his callow heart in all its
y. entirety to his eoft-handed, kind-fAced
. nurse, whofor her part reciprocated as well
q IS a woman could who had received hun.
- dreds of such affections in her long expe-
!, rfence, but only to see them fade and die
=, when the giTers 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
for 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. ~
Z. ~, The silk:Weaver. therefore, who was
: enormously wealthy, continued to give
his famous Sunday dinners TO his select
party Of fellowrepicures, who declared
that they rather liked the change In the
: cooks upon the whole, though they FIRE.
quently confessed, to his great discomfort
8 that the favor Of some little dish only
, It might have been. Barring this draw
back matters continued much as they
IWere before ;s the sYacancy made by the
absence of the son, however, was not
filled, as his mother died i'm giving him
birth.
someufodr. ysars eaftsr the disappear.
1, ance, ., baker and pastry cook named
( Chabuesal, who resided and kept his shop
8 in sunny street IN London, which we
win call JermYn street, suddenly sprang
into not0riety and fame BY saying sud-
denly it not is intended tol convey q
Frenchman's idea Of the time IN winch it
Is possible to achieve city-Wide reputa-
ton, namely, twenty -four hours or week,
but the more stable or merited celebrity
which may be obtained sm0ng English
menOr MS Americans in eight months or
Z year. That ChabussaI had obtained his
'rdeservingly and securely, therecanb be no
manner OF doubt; for his custom, begin
ming and continuing for q long time in
the purchases of two or three scores of
people, suddenly blazed into those of
aaeore of hundreds, and from, ten in the
morning until four in the afternoon his
little Hhop was thronged. The great body
OF the crowd came on foot but there was
multitude also who came in nyeried
carriages which were required by the po-
, lice TO lake their consecutive turns, thus
making,a line which often extended for
2 blocks. The people on the sidewalks,
too, were obliged to make q Gordon which
generally was good natured, II customers
In advance made theif purchases quickly;
and the advent of every one bearing in
his hand the WelEknoWnz pure, white
papered parcel with its neat pink ribbon,
was signal for 3 smothered cheer or q
clapping of hands. Sometimes there we're
wrangles and quArrels, but the people
dons Of their chances; and of the proba-
BILE holding out Of the desired article, to
= have much to say $500 ~,.S E
r This article Wasa pastry for dessert,
and which Chabussal had received from
an old idea, and considerably embellished
and placed before the public. The haky
crust had in its different parts no less than
three distinct and delicate havors, while
the creamy interior, with its Drowned
aIeTi1QlEer was probably the most divine
offering mans palate ever appreciated.
The composition of this was Chabussaps
special work, and was carried on in q lit
tie cabinet with locked door which led
of 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
peratiVe and constantly increasing de,
mands of the public, that he was obliged
again to double his force.
With Frenchman's true tact and FORE
{ sight, he fatty declined to remove to q
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 acutely aware that the value OF
his dessert was much enhanced by the
shumbleness of the counter over which 1t
was sold, and that his trade would suffer
no diminution were his customers forced
to tell their friends that such delights
were only to be had in an inferior street
and at the expense of some trouble.
He therefore remained steadtsstly in
his nfteen-by thirty shop, with no assls
tant but that of his CHEEKY, nimble wife
Watching the increasing crowds with
swelling heart and watering eye, anC
meanwhile growing rapidly rich.
b, On the evening on which he At trst be