Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-01-27

be had there in any quantity and OF the
best quality at prices ranging as low as
a, the best founderies 10 New York. Mr.
johnson, sou Of the celebrated type
maker Of Philadelphia, il genial gentle
man, possessing many excellent qualities
Of head and heart. He took particular
pains to show me all the principal places
Of interest in the city, and l had the
pleasure of spending with him few
agreeable aud pleasant hours.
But although Cincinnati can boast of
q good type foundery, she is sadly de-
fcisnt of that great desideratum to q
traveller good hotel. There is not
within the limits of Porkopolis place
where gentleman with q fair appetite
can be accommodated with viands fit for
his stomach; he either has to scald his
tongue with red-hot hash, break his teeth
gnswing mouldy bones. run q chance OF
producing cramp-colic by swallowing a
small quantity Of coadled cabbage, or
starve outright. One place in particular
1.-The Spencer House-is little better
than suffers shsd" and instead Of
receiving board, one is bored BY the
temperance of hams and joints and
rounds that had been picked half-a-dozen
times before. The proprietors of this
fve-story house of entertainment ESQ
called are Ysnks of the purest water
from the banks of the Connecticut, and
actually put Eastwood rolls on their
tables for bread. / have seen hard
tack" that set at defiance the sharpest
kind of teeth, but the double hard tack
manufactured in the kitchen, bakery or
carpenters shop of the Spencer House
exceeds in hardness and bad taste the
soap-stone found in large quantities along
the banks of the Tennessee river If
none but Alasksns or Cinnamon ever
called at this house it would be all right,
but Americaus-and Southern men es-
pecially--liks something better than
slops and sours and suds, and the
mouldy meats only e. for niggers.
Twas glad, you may Be sure, to put my
self under the guidance of Sam. Gill, the
affable Superintendent Of the Short Line
railroad from Cincinnati to Louisville,
and in quick time arrive at the National
Hotel. where / found comfort aud con.
veniepce of the first order, and some
thing that man could eat with gusto
and feel well after.
Every Memphisn will be glad to learn
that that superb establishment, the
National Hotel, in Louisville, is kept by |
Captain Shirley, the builder of the famous
"ram" Arkansas. The Captain is as
courteous and as kind-bearted gentle |
man as ever, and is great favorite with
the fue old-stock Kentuckians. Mrs. |
Shirley makes ell her lady guests at
home" aud recommend every traveller
from the South who visits Louisville to |
stop at the National. 1t is not only the |
best hotel in the city, but the most CEN
trail, besides having the advantage of
being conducted by such a good and
gallant man as Captain Shirley.
Imay also mention that Gait House
is a splendid mansion and we'll kept |
establishment. l had the pleasure of
dining there and inspecting its newly |
improved comforts, and must say it 10 in
every respect frst-class. Col. johnson,
the proprietor, is good man, and Col.
Murphy, the cashier and clerk, is
whole-souled fellow whom everybody |
likes and loves.
Business is somewhat dull in Cincin-
natl, but merchants expect busy time
as soon as spring sets in. At present
everythingis water-bound and cherries.
The honewsrd.bound run from Louis
vile to Memphis was quick, smooth and
pleasant, and was made exceedingly |
agreeable and light by the good-humored |
conversation and accommodating hind.
ness of Captain Hutchinson, who acts
as conductor on the Memphis and Louis
vile road. II every road bad such
jolly conductor there would be no trou-
bic in travelling. E. W.