Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-16
Gront County Herald correspondents.
NEW YORK BOARDING HOUSES
MOVING

To board is to- At first, 20,
! move That II, you 90 somewher,
else. When you get there you sa,
to yourself, certainly was r,
/ foolish 10 move, far the ether place
was not quite ~ bid But having
taken the first step in wrong course
you are obliged 10 keep It up, so yor
give notice at the end Of the week
and you move again. This lime you
try to pc patient, you do really try
to reform your ways, and to be cerg
patient, but in week or two YOU
discover that there's something un.
Looked for the Understanding
you could never have dreamed Of
and SO oLce again you must move.
And you do move. What is the con.
sequence? You move again. For
the first few years, you keep on NOV
ing. s
SETTLING DOWN.
AT last you settle down The
stoop is chronica'ly dirty. What OF
that? The servant girI is slipshod.
What OF that? The carpets are Civ.
ing out What of that? The furni-
sture is rubbed. What of that? The
beef steak is tough. What of that?
You are halt fed. What ofthat?
Those people opposite at the table:
you are brought in contact with them
three times day-they are abso-
lately unbearable. What of that?
You say you don't even see them:
,yon didn't know till now that they
were even there, although you do
pass them the salt and the butter
every day. No matter what may
be the matter, you smile TRANQUILITY
and say, eve moved forty nine
times in two years and halt. I've
ccme back to the first place | was in
and I've made up my mind to stay.
! was in place once where you
could actually eat off the door step:
where the carpets were bright, and
the furniture new, but | starved
absolutely starved. Then got into
a place where the beef steak was
good the coffee had the odor of
coffee about il /; where | was in the
very land of Goshen. Something
was the matter there, and | moved.
In fact-but what's the use talking
Now I've quit moving Now my
friend: now you are thoroughly &C.
climated. You are genuine New
Yorker. And furthermore, genuine,
thoroughly acclimated New Workers
understand how it is about these
things If they were TO see things
in apple pie order-everything Just
as it should be when they came to
see you, likely enough they would
say. "The poor creature doesn't get
enough to eat" You see they are not
tue country ungut ue.
THOSE WHO DON'T.
But here as elsewhere, there are
persons-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 glance, there is a constant
influx of fresh and verdant spirits
who not yet broken in, declare that
they will have things to suit them,
and the two together make so con
siderable an array that its question
when you meet any body, whether
the question wont be, ,ohere are y0u /?
instead of hoU are you We get
used 20 either form OF salutation -
Then too, eases have been known
where even the most resigned per-
sons have packed their trunks and
engaged the express man. / knew a
most estimable lady-a christian
and she spent portion OF every day,
rain or shine, (unlsss it stormed
dreadfully) in Stocking for board. -
| was in the same house; floor be-
low, and she used to stop in and tell
me her experience For the most
part, she took it out in blocking" for
she did not move oftener than once
IN six months, and the week after she
got to one place, she began to look
for another. Then finally went to
Heaven, without ever finding a com
Portable boarding place
Some too inquisitive an individual
may inquire, "What is the compen-
sation for all this p
The only answer to be given is,
"The fact that you are resident of
New York. Lucy CARTER.