Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-11
NEW YORK BOARDING HOUSES.
MOVING.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:- To live in
New York Is to board. To board is to
at first, to move. That is, you 60
somewhere else. When you get there
you say to yourself. Il certainly was
very foolish to move. for the other place
was not quite so bad" But, having
taken the first step in a wrong course,
you are obliged to keep it up,so you give
notice, and at the end of the week you
move again. This time you try to be
patient; you do really try to reform your
ways. and to be very patient. but in
week or two you discover that some
thing unlocked for is the matter-some-
thing you never could have dreamed of.
and SO once again you must move. And
you do move. What is the consequence?
You move again. For the first few
years you keep on moving.
SETTLING DOWN.
At last you settle down. The stoop is
chronlcally dirty. What OF that? The
servant girl is slipshod. What OF that?
The carpets are giving out. What of
that? The furniture is rubbed. What
OF that? The beefsteak is tough. What
of that? You are halt fed. What of
that ? Those people opposite at the Ia
BILE. You are brought into contact with
them three times a day. They are abso-
lutely unbearable. What of that? You
say you don't even see them you didn't
know till now that they were there, al
though you do pass them the salt, and
the butter, and bread every day. No
matter what may be matter. you smile
TRANQUILITY and say, '.I've moved forty
nine times in two years and half. I've
come back to the first place l was in,
and I've made up my mind to stay. l
was in place once where the carpets
were bright, the furniture new, but l
starved - absolutely starved. Then l
got into place where the beef steak
was good, the coffee had an odor OF
coffee about it, where l was in the land
of Goshen. Something was the matter
there, and moved. In fact-but what 8
the use talking. Now I've quit moving" !"
Now. my friend, you are thoroughly ac-
climated. You are genuine New
Yorker. And. furthermore, genuine,
thoroughly -acclimated New Workers un-
derstand how it is about these things.
If they were to see things IN apple pic
order. everything just as it ought to be,
when they came to see you, likely
enough they would say, 1.-The poor
creature doesn't get enough to eat"
You see they are not imposed upon as
your cousin from the country might be
THOSE WHO DON'T.
But here, as elsewhere, there are per
sons -, regular Bourbons - who never
can learn. and they keep on moving
till they die, some OF them In the effort
Then, too. as you will see at a glance
there is constant influx of fresh ant
verdant spirits, who are not yet brok Ell
in. declare that they will have things tt
suit them, and the two together max,
so considerable an army that it's ques
ton. when you meet anybody. whethe
the question won't be, where are you?
instead Of 'How are you?' We get uset
to either form of salutation. Then. too
cases have been known where even tn
most resigned persons have packed thei
trunks and engaged the expressman.
knew most estimable lady-a chris
tian-and she spent portion of ever
day. rain or shine, (unless it storme
dreadfully) in ''looklng for board"
was in the same house, floor below
and she used to stop in and tell me he
experience. For the most part she too
it out in "looking." for she did nc
move oltener than once in six months
and the week after she got to one place
she began to look for another. The
finally she went to heaven, without eve
finding comfortable boarding place.
Some too nquisitive an individus
may inquire. "What is the compenss
tlan for all this ?" The only answer i!
"The fact that you are a resident {
) New York" LUCY CARTER.