Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-06-20
TERMS: $3.50 per Year, in Advance
NUMBER Al.
Hotel Living at Vienna

Hotel Living at Vienna
A FEW days since 1 applied for apart
ments and board for the season at the
Grand Hotel, and was informed that l
could be accommodated, but that my bill
would be rendered every hour during the
day time, and three times during the
night, and that this was necessary in order
to enable the landlord to take advantage
of all ''ruShes," and raise his prices hour
ly if he thought best. Though it was
somewhat annoying to accept these terms,
/ was forced to do So and after placing
| $4,000 in letters Of credit in the hands OF
the landlord, signed contract not to
climb out of my chamber window at night,
nor steal the soap or towels. This last
clause came near giving me otfense, as L
have heretofore confined my depredations
on landlords to destroying live stock in
hotels, but when the landlord showed me
where Bayard Taylor, Bull Run Russell,
and other newspaper correspondents So
journing here had given similar bonds
not to pilfer, l was satisfied, and was i'm
mediately shown in to dinner.
The table d'hote was first-class, and as
l ran my eye down the bill OF fare, that III
expressible feeling of comfort came over
me that only hungry man knows when
the facilities for filling the aching void
beneath his vest are near at hand.
AS is my usual custom, / commenced
| in the middle of the bill of fare and began
advancing simultaneously in each direc-
ton toward the extreme tlanks, which
were guarded, as in America, by soups
and fruits. Hardly had l commenced eat
ing my dinner, however, when waiter
approached, and, slipping card in my.
hand, placed his hand upon the back or
my chair as if to draw it from beneath
me. | glanced at the card, which read as
| follows:
| DEAR SIR-Owing to a fresh influx Of foreign
guests and an advance in the price Of potatoes in Ire
land, the proprietor of the Grand Hotel is Obliged
to announce that 80 per cent has been added to the
| prices upon the bill of fare since you commenced
to eat Should you desire to complete your dinner
at the schedule of prices, retain your seat and
wink at the waiter, who will notify the cashier: N
B.-American guests are informed that there ls no
increase in the price of custard pie, winch wlll DC
furnished at the old rate of thaer apiece, ten
lreutzers additional if the pie we" baked IN
square tin and the guest has the corner section;
Of course | finished my dinner, after
which I retired to my room to enjoy a
cigar, but hardly had the smoke OF the
! burning Havana curled above my head
when a rap sounded upon the door, fol
lowed by the horizontally elongated coun-
tenance of the landlord, with the bill OF
my dinner, which was as follows: give
the amount in dollars and cents
Admission to dining room. m.............'... 81 w
Hse nsee}fgd of nate sea' knife and fork 60
Brushing hy-speck from plate. ...;.,;.,;:;. %
Keeping flies off from bald spot on head while -
RSInsess dinins in bill Of fare ::::::::::: 90 90
MOI oTderin0 wine ..................... so
sitting with feet crossed w
Napkin and ring (use of. ...;.....'...'.'' 30
Of n
Tooth-picks (second-hand). .................. 50
Walters perquisites ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
To making out bill ................'......'''' w
Presenting in person. ......'''.'.''.''''''''' oo
Total. ..,.......,.............%7 %7 10
Assuring myself that nothing had been
overcharged or omitted from the bill, L
cheerfully paid it and then asked the
amount due for my room. My ,9enlal
host replied that the first hour had been
charged up at the rate OF six dollars an
hour, but that now the room was worth
eight dollars per hour, and he thought
there would be no further advance in
prices until sundown. Settling for my ac-
commodations to date | left the house,
and am now sojOurning at the Grand
Hotel de + Europe-St. Joseph Strasse-a
smaller house than the Arch Duke Charles
Grand Hotel and where the prices are yet
moderate.
+ Very many Americans are here, with
their families-men of wealth at home,
and who never travel without ample funds;
yet who, by the sudden and unexpected
rise in prices, have become, in vulgar
parlance, strapped" and are now fairly
suffering for the necessaries Of life, await
ing the arrival of letters Of credit from
home One family, by the name of De
Slimmens, from New York, closely con-
nected with the oldest KnickerbOcker
families, and possessing millions, have ex-
cited much sympathy from their country
men by reason Of their temporary power
ty. The family, in fact, are entirely broken
up, and are living in suite OF dry-goods
boxes and discarded beer-tubs in the out
skirts of the city, and do their own cook
ing in a cast-iron kettle over an outdoor
fire. De Slimmens ekes out a miserable
existence by vanishing pretzels at the
ROYAL Pretzel factory, while his accom-
plished wife is superintendent Of the fla
v)ring department in Limburgercheese
mill. The two daughters through the in
fuence of noble friends, have been ap-
pointed to positions in the kaiser's house
hold, where their duties consist in keep
ing the imperial cats from sleeping on the
bread when the latter is 'rising" in the
imperial kitchen. A month"; however,
will materially change the social condi-
ton of the De Slimmens, and | merely
mention this that my countrymen may
provide themselves against similar trou-
bles.
In conclusion I would state that there
are places in the city and its environs
where moderately wealthy visitors can
live and not subject themselves to bank
ruptcy. For instance, good rooms just
vacated by death of cholera patients can
be had for dollar a day, and many En-
glish visitors are taking their chances in
these quarters The cholera may prevent
many from coming here during the sum-
mer months, but to those already on the
ground it is a welcome guest, as affording
the only means of liquidating their hotel
bills and getting out of the city.-Vtenna
Cor. st. Louis Democrat.
1T will save young men and women de-
sirous of serving the Government, good
deal of needless expense to remember that
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