The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-23
RURAL HOTELS.
Noeping Rural Hotel Thirty Five Years
Ago-Types of Transient Guests and
Permanent Bores - Clesnli-
moss and Cookin,
for. San Francisco chronicIe.I

Cuuatry housekeeping thirty-tive years
ago had more of the family character than
now Many of our transient guests, who
had stopped with US for years, on visiting
the pls,ce, we regarded in sense as mem
bers OF our family, and this feeling was
reciproc A. The hotel was for the village a
sort CT center OF communication with the
cuisine world The stage drivers, the
steamboat captain, the express agent
stopped with US These people were by
A-ids. rhey belonged half abroad. half at
home. ii guest zane VIII was related or
acquaintai with ny village habitaut, he
rev - cur hou for the tine being that
part OF til. village.
Balls aud dancing parties took place at
the house. So, often. did the shows aud en-
tertainmsnts travelling about the eoustry.
Special trials, referee eourts, militia
courts martial also occurred thers. Toe
hotel was the center for everyt thing "goin,
on 1t could never sink into the staid rou
tine of the private family. Fresh livel}
people were always coming aid these i'm
parted t. the atmosphere about some Of
their life and ne wHesS The eity landlord
with hosts of servants at hand and servant,
for everything, can walk about all day
without disturbing the purity OF his wrist
| bands. But it is difficult for the country
landlord, oscilatins as he may be Obliged
| to oscillate from pig pan to stable and from
| bar to table, to Keep up much dignity, un
| less it be Inherent in his compo ition ans
| very plentiful at that-ona OF thoss few mel
| who can rinse a bar tumbler as if they wert
polishing $40, 900 diamond
| CIASSFS OF GTTFSTS
We had two prominent classes of guests
sYorkers' and Yankees" The Yankee
came from across Long Island sound Gu
hotel was in a Long Island village Tn
| Workers were of course from New YORK
| We preferred Workers to Yankees YORK
ers never found fault with price an | seemet
to think everything cheap. Yankees wer
more inclined to beat down ald find fault
have had them labor hari with me t,
have the rate reduced from 81 81 to 81. q
for single days accommodation. Tia
extra quarter seemed an agony to them.
| was even painful t. ma to feel their men
tai writings and coutortions while the
were so begging of The clio sest -iiste
Yankees came from The bank; of the Cor
necticut and from the numerous Hadlam
on that stream. We came at last to drea
them. They wanted mora of everythin
for nearer nothing than any guest we hs1
Ministers also oppressed US in this regard
especially New England ministe The
wanted board always at "cut rates. an
they generally hal large families and ira,
eled with them. 1t sesms to ma a gres
pity that the cloth" can not be paid enoug
'or their services to enable them in iinal
cial matter, to keep their end up, as appea
ances go, with merchants, spectators, stoc
brokers-well, yes-and gamblers Ever
man in the world know, that it never adj
but rather detraetS from any mans stan.
ing and reputation with the masses to
always wanting things at a few cents lie
than anybody else 1t begets a species
contempt
CIRCUS FOR THR HOUSE,
There were two Wholesale peddlers WI
u sed to stop with us, who vera each circl
for the houSa. The drove spanking teams
ana came rS.ad about once IN three month
One soli cigars and the other motions"
the dry goods linz. ',exelusi vely to I'll
trade" They Travelled much to-ethe
While they vera with Us, the bar-room w
: full every night These two men peddle
+ stories a. we'll as other wares, AMI could t.
J them. Their range of travel extended fro
the east end of Long Iland almost
Albany, AMI on each of these long dry lar
cruises they returned with q lot OF FIRE.
warns In addition, they wers alwa
rsldy for hOrss trade.
: Now horse trade in a relatively SINS
village is big thing. AMI no sooner W
nna mooted than everybody got wind Of
. IL was i'll fact, bit of everybo1y's bu
! ne S, AMI between the principals it was
those times a sort OF IN ,difiel prizs-fig
L to sea which should get the best of t
otale.. When a horse trade was in fu
blast at our HOUSE the stable yard would
( full of men, boy, and negroes, and an a
r journment to the lar every fifteen miuut
k for drinks wa in order People often il
agine in passing through that these sm,
F, towns are dull ami stupid. The trouble Ii
y that they don't know where and when
look for the life in them Let them drop
= At fire a winter revival of religion,
y drunken darby just found frozsn to deaf
:: or a borss ira la
J CLEANLINESS AND COOKING.
d Eternal vigilance is ths price oil clean
d uess in any hotel Beds, above all thing
u ueef tfie M tSb Careful tr09s
!, sometimes bring obnoxious insects in the
!. bagg &c AMI thsn lay the responsibility
the house An Oil sea captain import
- cockroaebes to our houss In his chest q
we fought them for months ere they we
; all destroyed Tie cook Is most imp
tant part Of the hi,tel The good cook
IL generally a bad temper, is touchy, irritab
We and apt to fly eff his or her handle at |
= least touch.
Idon't wonder at this for cooking is c
CT the most exhaustin, Of all eccupatio
i, end the pesuu who prepares toothso
!. fishes for others is often without appel
= for them himS+s Cooking is an appel
y robber. Some people are bound to grumt
rs no matter how we'll they are served or b
Is much il done for them They can't help
er it is born in them. The bent Of their nj
a. Is to find something to grumble at Wi
L. out finding it they are unhappy. They
ne unhappy any way but more unhappy wi