The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-20
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~ AiIiestesH Consul, Tells How H. IN.
tSftsA That Peculiar ContrlvancS,

&c. Marston, our consul at Malaga.
spain, makes somewhat interesting
report to the state department on the
Introduction Of an American cook.
et1tS into that city, and the reasons
-why our hardware trade with Spain II
not . success. The kitchen arrange-
ments In Spain for cooking are, hs
says. Of the most primitive character,
and he has no doubt that Adam must
hsts used the ''hurnillo" now used in
Andalusfa. This Is q sort of kiln with
. series Of holes nine or twelve inches
In diameter, with an opening below
each. and by persistent tanning char
goal 10 consumed for fuel. When Mr..
Marst0n mentioned to his friends that
be was thinking Of ordering an Ameri-
can cODk-stOve, he was told he would
Ge unable TO hire q cook; as hard coal
cetsed headaches and other ailments
that no Spanish servant would put up
with.
However" said Mr.. Marston, III
ordered n with a full set of stove
tnrniture, and had it shipped via Glib
raltar for Malaga. Unfortunately, ON
It's arrival here, having been badly
packed. it was broken in many places.
found an Englishman. who, being .
ggooa Workman. by making some thin
IRON bands, succeeded in riveting thV
broken pieces together, and it vas
made serviceable for q time, the cost
Tor repairing being almost az much 40
tho original cost Of the stove. I then
wrote to New York, claiming that the
brcakagc had occurred through bad
packing, and asking the firm to replace
the broken plates. This they refused
to 90. but under compromise furnished
the necessary pieces ut cost price for
cast iron, and in due season the box
arrived in Malaga, but the freight and
charges on the same equaled those
originally charged upon tho stove IT,
self.
81 will now relate my experience in
the use of this stove. At first NV cook
looked with perfect disdain upon the
newcomer and made every objection
TO its use, but it was not more than a
month before it was the wonder and
envy of all the cooks in Malaga: When
1t became necessary to clean the chim-
ney, stove and pipe, we ordered u
cook not to light the stove the follow.
ing morning but to use the .hornillos.'
10 this the woman protested, saying
she could not now use anything but
the 'estua Americano.' Even in the
heat of the past summer nothing could
induce our cook to give up. even for .
day. the tsc of this American stove.
'In the course of time the fame of
the stove Was tho subject of convei.sa.
ton with all the friends and a%cquaint-
enccs Of u 'cocinera,' and in October
last two other families had ordered one
Of these stoves, each from le same
FIRM that shipped mine. I sent the or
der myself, reminding them of the dis
astrous plight in which mine arrived,
i%nstructing them to spare no pains or
expense in packing. Yet when they
were received in Malaga they were in
. much worse condition than mine
was, being all broken to pieces. They
he'd been paid for and there was no
fedress. The stoves are almost worth.
less, and the parties who made the
purchase feel that it is a sforlorn hope'
to attempt to have them delivered in
good condition ut Malaga. Two or
three other families expressed a desire
to uyand use one Of these stoves, and
$500 Uc0u WA'tIHS W ecc CNo COuulClOu
In which the last two ordered should
arrive. With the result us stated above
they now decline to order.
"Instead of packing them as these
were. put together complete for trans
portation, they ought to be packed
each part separately, viz: One box
containing six top plates, one box CON-
tanning six bottom plates, two boxes
containing six side plates each, two
boxes containing six end plates each.
one box containing lids and other
parts, all we'll packed with plenty Of
straw OF hay to keep them from break
ing. and the stoves ought to be put to-
gether here. No single box with con-
tents ought to be so heavy but three or
tour men could readily handle it, foe
whom boxes are of an unusual weight,
when carrying them. instead of letting
them down easily, men simply let go
aud drop them, and when they contain
light castings, such as stoves, they are
sure to break Cincinnati Commercial
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