Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-05
HORSE HOTELS.
How LiYsrymsn Deal With Their
Patrons.
Dudes who get Fancy Teams and Don't
Pay-Reducing to Cash Basis
A Chambermaid Talks,

Yesterday morning one Of our quill
drivers called at the office Of leading tiy-
cry stable TO settle a long standing account
Of last winters sleigh n !e. The gantle.
manly proprietor being in laxative
mood, and business At that early hour
being slack, the following facts c)u2'rnjug
the Management! Of Horse HUIel were
cleaned with but litIle trouble:
A person who has never engaged in our
line of business" said the proprietor, al.
ways has an idea that everything is cDn-
Quoted in free and easy manner, and that
it would be- impossible 70 conduct business
on a strict cash basis. Well, sir, this
was indeed the custom several years ago,
but proved such an Improbable waste OF
time and money that We were obliged %
protect ourselves by running on a cash
business. %. course there are exceptions
made in the cases Of influential and wealthy
citizens, whose word is as good as their
bond. But the class We have TO hold down
10 liue are the lily dry goods and shoe
store clerks and the like. The reason We
were COMPEL to do 50 was that after GER
tain of the above mentioned Individuals
ran Upa bill OF magnitude they would, On
the first mention OF payment, get on their
ear ard carry their profitable custom
elsewhere. New the collecting OF livery
bills is very annoying when yOu have
great deaf of money out. Those OF oar
Customers who rightfully claim TO be gen.
tlemsn consider the bill a debt OF honor
and will furnish Us with the necessary
cash IN pTeterenJs TO any trateSmen TO
whom they are perhaps indebted. Oilers
who ornament the various rataii stores aud
whose pitlfUi salaries are blown IN, in order
to stand OIL their creditors for their
snowy jewrlry and costly attire, and whose
vulgar manners readily bet-ay % the pub
lie ut large who and wha' they are, are the
class that we Oblge - she'll out ere they
they take possession Of a dude rig.
That is one OF them coming now.
Just look how sweet and pretty he
looks. DID you notice tie expression on
his face when he passed me? Nov did
Well, | will give you the necessary *
plantation. Early in the spring oar Dud-
Trend, IN company wiki another ape Ji the
same CalIbre, hired a double rig in his
name and took 2 couple of girls ont the
road. They engaged the rig early in the
afternoon and only returned At a late hour
in the evening, both being considerably
under the influence OF something | dOa'L
know what, for its my belief tsaG a strong
cup Of coffee would lay EN- up for week
Well, rs was saying when they cane in
had just stepped out for q moment, AMI -
they stood our negro hOstler OFT for tie
amount. rhe next morning | sent Tn"
bill up to the store and Mr.. DGds promised
To settle it AT the end of the week
TIE end Of the week came and no Mr..
Dude. Now. that was about the IFS, y,
May. presented thu bill, suppose. three
CT four times that, till at last | got tired of
the picnic and told him sc Veil, thu lit.
tie monkey got wrathy, SO | was Obliged 10
garuishse bis wages Now the hill wa
only So and yet, DO you know. u tprN
three weeks for us to get the bill. Yet,
from the airs he puts on, and the wIv he
conducts himself, you would lang ue h
was decidedly a person of cOnss-
customers and generally pay
cash. We also have the care. - suppose
you know, OF large number Of private
rigs and horses Ny intention is neXI
wear is 20 procure q number ut combined
saddle and driving nags. During this sea
son The call for the former has baen un
precedented, and | have had Numerous
complaints from different prominent
persons on account of the scarcity OF sld-
die horses. There is more truth than pl
etry in what they say, too, tO- I honestly
don't believe there are are over
8 half d"zen good Saddlers among
all the livery stables in the city.
There has been half dozen attempts made
by ladies and gentlemen to organize riding
parties, but they have always fallen through
on this account. Does the motor Interfere
with our trade much, did you say? Well,
not very much. Early 10 the season, be
fore much driving was done. and before the
horses got used to them, there was gener
ally q kind of commotiOn raised. For q
while it was a little rough, snd We
had an accident every week OF So
but now the plugs that used
to cause so much trouble, can be easily
driven right up to the motor. TIE prin'
cipal reason for the number OF accidents
was the clumsy carelessness Of the drivers
There's lots o. men come here aud hire
rigs that are only tit to drive saw horse
And yet these same boobies will flourish
the whip around, talk horse and Try 10
force one TO believe they are regular Jock.
eys. II you refuse fellow of this stamp
some fsyOrite nag on account of his inlbil-
ity to drive it, their indignation knows no
bounds as the thew whisper gently
they will - ifthey can't drive any horse
in the world il the tackle will only hold
when this peculiar style is better adapted
to driving cows than Kentucky thorough.
breds."