Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-04

a dirty little foul-mOuthed landlord refused to
let Cartwright aud the minister who joumeyed
with him hold prayers, and threatened all sorts
Of things, Cartwright inst threw him down, and
quietly sitting on his stomach, told his colleague
to go on with the prayer and he would take care
of the landlord.
His account of his first visit to a great city is
peculiarly rich. 1t was when he went to New
York to attend the meeting of the missionary
board.
After great deal of trouble and vexaton of
spirit he at last drew up in front Of the old Irving
house on Broadway. We give what followed in
his own words:
We made our way to the Irving house, and
asked the clerk if two of US could get lodging
and board with him for day OF two.
He replied: eyes, but we are very much
crowded"
"Can you give us a lower room, with two
beds in it?" l asked, and informed him that
| was sick, and could not climb many flights of
stairs.
He said all the lower rooms were occupied,
but he had a nice room in the fifth story, room
555.
said could not go up and down so many
flights of stairs.
"Oh," said he, 81 have the best of porters,
and if need be they can carry you up and down
at all times"
But" said I, off they carry me up and retire,
if | want to come down. how am ! to get the
porters to bring me down."
ooh" said the clerk, "when you want any
thing you have nothing to do but ring the bell,
and the porter will be there instantly"
1t was now getting dark, and said: eve are
in poor fix, in strange city, to hunt after
lodgings, and suppose we must stay"
DO" said the clerk, "and in the morning |
will give you a lower ROOM
said to the porter: "Take us to our ROOM"
Up we started, and winding to every point of
the compass, we got at last TO the 555th room,
loo. I e.
bedroom in the frontier backwoods of the far
west. | said to the porter "You rascal, are
you going to put us into this dirty pig sty?"
ooh, sir" said the porter, "take your seats,
and III soon put your room in trim"
And he did trim it very nicely, for it had evil
IDENTIFY been the lounging place for the pOrterS.
When he had nicely finished the room, down he
went sat few minutes, and then rang the
bell Up came the porter.
"Whats wanting, sirP
| said: "Send up some fresh water to drink
and to wash"
1t was quickly brought, and down went the
porter. He had hardly reached the lower floor
before again rang the bell Up came the por-
ter.
"What's wanting, sir?"
"Haye you been out of doors"
'No, sir"
as this house on fire, Or is any fire near it?"
"No, sir"
By this time the porter was in free perspir-
alton. My room mate made an excuse for the
porter, and said: "Sir, would you kill the poor
negroH
81 replied, "He is free, and gets good wages
and am determined to trot him through"
Down went the porter. He had hardly time
to reach the lower floor when l rang the bell
again.
Up came the porter.
/ whats wanting, STRIP
Said l, "Have you any hatchet about this
house?"
"NO, sir; what do you want with a hatchet?"
81 want to blaze my way down with notches,
so that if the house should get on fire | could
find my way out"
80, sir, the landlord won't allow that; if the
house takes fire you can ring the bell"
"Why," l replied, off the house fakes fire
might ring the bell till the day of judgment.
Have you no sealing wax or chalk that | can
mark my way down with~
81 tell you the landlord won't allow that,
either"
replied, 81 don't care what the landlord al
lows. If the house takes fire do you suppose Pll
stay here and be burned up like fOol?"
Next morning we paid two dollars each and
left for better quarters,