The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-09-20
JENKINS EXPERIENCES OF HOUSE
PAINTING.

There are q number Of things concerning
which am possessed Of profound Ignorance.
Among these may be numbered the fine
arts. With regard to the coarse arts, such ~
house painting, have recently learned Z
few lessons from experience. l consider
experience thorough teacher; but his charges
| for tuition are perhaps trifie high.
Maria Ann ssid we must have the house
reraired, and as what Maria Ann says must
be-, generally is, ] at once went and made
bargain with a house painter. He said he
would send his painters around the next
morning. At the usual hour the .,ext morn
ing got my breakfast. and started out to
earn my bread BY the per>piration Of my
classic brow. opened the donr and put my
foot into pail iull Of paint. Then took it
out and Sc. it on the hall door mat. Maria
Ann assisted me from there, and l took \
flying leap over the painter TO the sidewalk
The painter panied the fence and the front
steps that forenoon. Every one who came
to see Us painted their hands ON the gate aud
left prints Thereof ON the chairs. cr else pain
ted their soles on the steps, and left tracks
all over the pArior carpet. The cat laid down
an the steps to sleep in the sun. and the
paint dried so fast that when she got up one
side of her was bald headed.
The next morning the men came before
any one was up aud began taking out all
the windows. During the entire day they
~ere working around the window casinos.
One of them would stand BY the open kitchen
window, and another D, the open psrlor win
dow, and then they would talk; about the
Painters Union; about the picnic; about the
price Of -four; about the gi'l.; about all the
while. That retirement which Is among the
charms of domestic lite did not Character
IL. nur house much that day.
The next morning abunt o'clock l heard
some one walking int" oar bedroom. >pfang
boldly from the bed, gra ped bo0t in one
hand and pitcher in the nher. and determine q
to sell nv life AS dear as pussible, unless
got /. chance to run down stairs. Said l.
"Who is there" "Oh" replied the intruder,
"i,'s a-. the painter am taking down the
window bhpds" l felt much relieved; but
Maria rather seemed To he out OF patience.
She told the man what she Thought Of him,
and mAde puiu'ed c.,m neIis ui,'n his man-
ners, his appearance, and the probabilities
he ever enj y ed a Comm n school education.
The painter was welded IL his art and paid no
attenti N to Maria Ann With the Windows
and blind, b 9TH out thu interior was somewhat
exposed, and the task nf getting dressed MAS
attended with some embarrassment, espec-
tally as the printers seemed TO be at Work
at all the windows. White We we're eating
an armfail of towels, and remarked that he
found them hanging On the clothes line. and
he supposed Maria woald have no Objection
to his using them to ~ipe oil the d""rs be-
f,ue granting them. Maria stated her oojec-
tiou. in DETAIL and the man withdrew.
The n. Vt morning l was up early. When
the painters came I,"l In,e-re'i I" help them.
Come right along" I shouted, LETS US take
off the clapboards aud paint them. Let's
take up the cellar and p"iat that inside and
out. Let's paint the ci>tern. Let's take
down the chimney and paint the bricks. Let's
paint the front yard. Let paint the hole
that the cellar leaves. Let's - They
assured me that was planning out more
work than was necessary. aud as they DID
not act as though they needed my help l
went b sck To my breakfast.
The next time the house wants painting
shall move intn the back yard and send the
house down to the shop. where the painters
ran swarm around it at their pleasure.-tf'ca
TIarnH