The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-15

confueiou % great ct one time that ne 1Ueaker
Sos privilsssd. .Ths principal spbjscs Of discSs.
slon was the Caldwell telesrsm, which M
Blaine and HE fienas urged should DO received
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properly be considered - evidence. I
Country Cousins at the Centen-
NAL.
PHILADELrHrA, June 8.-The coun.
try cousin abounds here Just now, and
has been doing so W. since the LIST of
May. A gentleman said to me last
night, 81 am going to shut my house
tomorrow and send my wife and chill
dren into the country till October. We
usually 60 to the seaside about the 4th
Of July; but this year I am compelled
to leave earlier than usual, and stay
longer" / suggested that It would be
rather cool for the seaside at present,
which he admitted, and then went on
to explain the reason of his action.
"The fact is" said he, 1--WE don't want
to go now, but II l wait until July my
wife will be SO worn out with anxiety
and over-exertion that she may not be
able to go at all. Since the 1st of
April we have not been alone with II
children and servants more than half-a-
dozen nights. Frequently l
have given up my bed and silent on
the floor or on a sofa, and my tvs 4ooys
have done the same. Sometimes we
have had six or eight visitors on hand
at once, and on one occasion we had
ten, including three children, who made
noise enough to drive a man wild. Rela.
tives and acquaintance turn up from
all quarters, and hardly any of them
are people whom we care one dime
about. We don't like to refuse to ad-
NIT them, and SO we are going to put q
stop to the free clearinghouse business
by shutting up shop and going to the
seaside. I shall sleep at the house, and
have a neighbor's servant come to make
my bed. We won't keep a servant
here, as we would find plenty Of our
country visitors who would be willing
to quarter themselves in the house for
the sake of old acquaintance, and so
keep us about as busy as ever. 1t is
hard to be thus driven out of ones own
home, but 1t is the only thing l can do"
Now, this mans trouble is just that
of one-half of the householders in Phil
adelphia. Country relations of whom
they " heard have hunted up the
relationship existing between them, and,
in some instances, they have brought
transcripts from the family record to
show they have made no mistake.
Sometimes they write to their
coming, and sometimes they drop
down suddenly; whether announced or
not, they are sure to come. No man
likes to close his doors to a relative, and
so the strangers settle themselves into
quarters, and are enabled
to see the Exhibition with very little e1-
pense. They ask the niatron of the
house to prepare them a portable lunch
con, and with this they proceed to the
Centennial Grounds, and, when noon
comes, are able to satisfy their hunger
without patronizing the restaurants. l
know of some cases whore they have
borrowed the so cents needed for pass
ing the gates, and forgotten to return
it; SO that the city man who has a coun-
try couple on his hands is mulcted for a
dollar a day cash, in addition to his dis
bursement for food necessary to spoil
two healthy appetites. The inroad of
''visitors' upon residents here mas be-
come very great already, and premises
to become worse as the weeks roll on.
Many residents will do as my friend has
done, and close their houses in sheer
self-defense. They will have no other
alternative, as the rural sponge has no
about him, and will come and
stay, eve If he knows he is not wanted,
and IL he sees that the wife of his host
is half dead with the trouble of keeping
a free hotel.
Let me say, gently but firmly, and in
the voice Of a l3-inch cannon, that any
body who comes to Philadelphia this
year, and quarters himself, herself, or
itself in the house of relative or friend,
be it only for a single night, is a selfish
and mean idiot, who ought to be kick
ed into the Delaware River. If you
have any regard for your friends, you
will 60 to a clearinghouse or hotel,
settle yourself comfortably, 60 and see
the Exhibition, and when you have done
it and are ready to leave town, make
your call, If you choose, at your friends
house or Office. Don't put yourself in
the way of an invitation, bat do your
sightseeing without letting him know
you are in town. He may invite you
ever so earnestly, but don't believe he
wants you, for he is already run to
death with visitors. II you can't afford
to come and pay your bills honestly,
stay at home, or else come with straw
and stoye-wood in an old trunk that
will cost 81, register at the hotel or
clearinghouse under a false name, and
then, when you are done with the Cen
tennial, scoot and let them find you il
they can. Mind you, / don't suggest
this as honest or honorable conduct, but
it has this merit over sponging; you
show yourself in your true character,
instead of sneaking under a cloak of
responsibility. II you have near and
real friends in Philadelphia, don't drop