Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-12
A Hungarian Count i'm Omaha takes
Dish Washing Contract aud thus
Earns an Honest Livelihood.
From the Omaha Bee

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Earns an Honest Livelihood.
From the Omaha Bee.
About five months ago a native of
Hungary, a recent arrival in Omaha,
entered the clothing store OF Fl. He'll
man & Co., and introduced himself to
Mr.. Kahn, a member of the house, as
gardener IN search Of employment, and
as evidence of his occupation he pro-
duced several small gardening nipple
ments. Mr.. Kahn endeavored to obtain
work for him, taking him to Mr..
Kountze, the banker, and others, but
without success.
A few days afterward he again enter
ed the store, and fell into conversation
with Mr.. Wexler, one of the clerks, who
informed him that he might obtain
work at the Omaha House as dish
washer at $16 a month and his boord.
The man eagerly accepted the situa.
ton, and at once went to work at the
mental employment, saying that he did
not care what he did as long as he could
make an honest living. While he was
engaged, couple of boxes of house
hold goods and clothing arrived here by
express, from the old country. He
saved up in time an amount sufficient to
pay the express charges on the goods,
which were very valuable, being
worth at least between $4OO
and $500. Among the goods were COM
plete suits of the finest clothes. silks of
every descri ption, costly napkins, table
clothes, etc. Everything that he had
thus received indicated that he had seen
better days, and that there was some
mysterious history connected with the
man. Most of the goods he disposed
of at great sacrifice. To Mr.. Worth,
OF the Omaha House, he sold bedding
of the finest kind to the amount of $40;
a field-class, worth $40, he sold for S.;
and everything else in proportion was
| thus sold, the amount realized from his
sales being only 800.
He came to Mr.. Wexler finally and
offered to sell him some his articles
among which was a large, square,
goose-feathered pillow, the case being
of silk of the finest texture, and over
this was slip of linen, almost as fine
as silk, and having worked upon it a
monogram and coat of arms Wexler
purchased this, and at the time had his
curiosity aroused. Certainly this man,
dener, and who had been content to
earn an honest livelihood as a dish
washer, and who was now disposing of
pillow and bed fit for king to re-
pose upon, must have a history which
was worth learning. So thought Wex-
Ter, and he accordingly began question
ing him, and finally succeeded in
drawing from him his story. His
name is George Szirmay, and
he is Hungarian Count. He ad been
Chamberlain to the Empe: or of Austria,
but having been deeply insulted at
court by an officer, and his wife dying,
he withdrew secretly from the country,
and come to America to escape from the
indignity that had been cast upon him,
to drown his grief, and to make for
tune and name in the New World.
| To substantiate his statements he show
| ed letters of the highest recommends
| ton from the Consul at New York, and
also dispatch received from the EN-
peror of Austria, stating that he was at
liberty to return to his country. His
goods received here were all marked
with his monogram and his coat of
arms.
Count Szirmay is about 80 years of
age; is highly educated, speaks French
and Italian, and little English; is a
thorough medical scholar, having been
educated for the medical profession.
He was present at the reception of
King Kalakua, very elegantly and styl-
ishly dressed. He was cordially re.
ceived by the King, who had an extend
ed conversation with him during a
lengthy promenade.
Count Szirmay, although having re-
Gently thrown up his dish-washing con-
tract, does not propose to return to Eu-
rope, where he has brother receiving
an income of $11O, 900 from landed pro-
perty, but to remain in America. Hav-
ing once withdrawn from his country,
and renowned the patronage of a royal
hand and nobility generally, he has
made up his mind never to betray q
weakness by returning and again bend
ing the knee to royalty. He will re-
main at Omaha till about the 25th, when
he is going to St. Louis, and from there
to New Orleans, with view of practic-
ing medicine in the Crescent City.
Hair Whitened in Night.
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