The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-24
TIE PLUMBER OF THE raop1os.
Frost That Bursts Water Pipes is Net
Necessary to His Happiness.
city of Merfco Letter in Boston Herald.

frost Ih6C BQret5 water Pipes lS Not
Necessary to His Happiness.
City of MeEfco Letter in Boston Herald
A. great many young men in the
United States who are ambitious Of
writing to friends here regarding
profitable openings for business. Some
would like to 60 into coffee and others into
trade; one enthusiastic correspondent desires
me to give him all possible particulars OF
the restaurant business here. But not ono
Of all the seekers for riches in the general
tropics has hit on what can confidently
recommend as the superlative business Of all.
/ refer 60 the plumbing trade After look
ing around for several years, and rejecting
on it In my spare time. / have come to the
conclusion that plumbing is the king of all
trades.
The plumbing business here has made
some enterprising farmers comparatively
wealthy. There are Americans, Britons,
and Italians in the trade, and none Of them
is in the renlotest danger OF starvation.
They own good houses in town and coun-
try buy estates, maintain their families
well, and wear excellent olothing. And
they are besides, very excellent men.
la the daily exercise of this lucrative
trade the plumber of the tropics is quite the
same as his confrere of the frozen north,
plus a cigarette and boutonniere. The
boss plumber is not at all the man who does
the practical work; he has his assistants
The first duty of q scientific plumber Is to
tear things all to pieces; he is the very
genius Of destruction. Napoleon in his wars
never created such havoc. And after hav-
ing produced confusion very like chaos,
the plumbers assistant goes away for va
cation. / have always thought him ad-
dicted in violent manner to the observa-
ton of feast days. In his absence the dis
lodged germs of various deadly diseases PEI
cuIiar to the climate begin to circulate about
among mankind, and they make the most
OF their vacation. 1t is always agreeable TO
an enterprising microhe TO be able to get
out into the light and air.
And when the practical plumbers come
again they have apparently no other duty
than to inspect their work OF demolition and
pronouncs 1t good. They have rested from
their iabors and are in a fit condition TO en-
iov a day OF leisure. When this season Of
dolce far niente has passed they come and
put in some pipes, which they do something
TO in the way OF soldering. and then they
go away again. By the time week has
has passed, In response to urgent entreaties,
a man comes and looks at the pipes. He is
apparently satisfied with this display of
euerRy, for he goes away contented and
promises TO De "Dack tO-norroW.
When the work is finally done, IL lie, /
must admit, very well done Then comes
the bill, which is not q short one.
Recent regulations promulgated by that
authoritative body. the council Of public
health, have made it incumbent on house,
owners, In case Of alterations to closets, to
put in ventilators, species OF ample tin
pipe, which, when it comes out through the
roof, wears pretty wings Of tin, giving the
city, when seen. from a church tower, the
appearance Of having prepared for the
millennium, when II shall take the wings Of