St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-20
A TALK WITH SULLIVAN'S
LANDLADY.


A Times Democrat reporter paid
. visit last Monday night. to Nrs.
Mary Z. Green. at her residence,
No. 40 North Rampant strsst. where
Sullivan aud his patty stayed while
in New Orleans. and showed her
the following clipping from IN a.
legged interview with Maldoou:
"Why. they ere : lot Of skins.
leechss. bsats and tosghs down
there. taken - . whole. The
woman whore Sullivan. Clsary and
| stayed in New Orlsaus charged
as for the uss Of her parlor. two
bsdrooms aud dishes. as day. I
thought SIS would b ample"
After reading the article Nra.
Green seemed much taken aback.
bat after . few minutes said:
The language used in the clip
ping 10 insulting in the extreme.
aud is unworthy Of notics. The
Sullivan party. eousisting Of the
pugilist. Naldoon. Clssry. Aarphy
aud man named Moran. came ~
the house. and, without making
any arrangements with me in re-
gard to prices. took the rooms
which they occupied during their
stay here.
Their apartmsnta." continued
Ars. Grssu. ''e0usiassd Of the front
psrlor. which was used ~ private
drawing room. the beck parlor. ~,
aside for general use. bat seldom
occupied. and three bedrooms. In
ono Of these Sullivan aud NuldOos
rOomesi. in another Clsary was
placed. while the third was allotted
to Murphy aud Moran. During
their stay ! found that the regular
number Ut servants would b made
quate TOR the occasion and hired .
c0ok. whose sole duty it wss 70
prepare their three meals . day.
and I paid her 81 = day. A waiter
was alec hired at the came figure,
and ] found it necessary to hire .
washerwOmsn u 6fty cents . day,
making IN expense Of q SO extra.
"Thsy we're given three meals .
day. aud hardly = day passed when
from seven t. eight rersons we're
not seated q the table. When The
party lsi: for the fight I prepared
+ lunch sul6cieut for = dozen able
bodied msu, and wished them good
luck. Upon their return after the
battle Sullivan vas pat to bed, aud
wss asked - procure . ou,nbsr
OF remedies for the bruised victor.
Large quantities Of Aaxssed, mus.
tard aud li0iment wei . procured
aud charged to NE. The waiter wss
up with Sullivan until near morn
ing. and neither be nor any one OF
my servants received any extra
compensation for their attention.
"DOss or eau any ono say The A.
tentious received By the members
Of the party we're not worth SIS yer
.iayl" asked Mira Green, evil !"
.le continued. con Tue night prior
to their departure Auld0ou came
70 me aud asked chat she bill
amounted 70. and requested that
each expenditure shoald be item.
ixsd. / told him I was at . :oes
how muc0 70 charge and could give
no itsmised account - I bad Leeu
unable 70 keep Que darinx tho o..
citsmeuk He then asked about
how much . day. snd I said that
At tue -. Charles Hotel the rates
were - . day with msals in . gen.
er1l dining room and nothiug re-
j served. I'rswioded him Of tvo
parlors being reserved for them,
aud said that IS head was Q fair
suo0yh prics. He did not protest,
aud said nothing. nor did he init
mate that the price was exorbitaut.
"No. indeed. Mr.. xulloon did
not do the cooking. - Stated in
the article. and what 10 more, 10
never went near the kitchen. Ny
opinion 10 that neither Nuldoon or
any other man could % far forget
the attentions paid him - to make
any suoh statements - ore credited
70 him. The article 10 NO doubt
the effort OF some man Who had
little 70 do. AMI cherished . hatred
agairst the South and Soathsrusrs,
aud took THE opportunity to vent
biz spite. ! do not think that nul-
doom made the resnarks nor would
ever make them. in The faoe Of The
many kindss'sss b hes reesivsd
''SCRIN0IN0" A GRANGER
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