Evening star., 1897-05-01

lar about how their furniture q handled,
and when the new abode 10 resched, they
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get everything placed to suit them. Il
seems that the two-horse wagon variety
/. subject to attacks Of the fever at nore
frequent intervals than the van class, and
CONSEQUENTLY their furniture usually shows
more wsar and tear!
with Man and a Boy.
The third section consists Of those who
move in one-horse wagon with . solitary
colored man. or, at most, one man and q
boy. to handle their property. It may take
all the way from one to four loads to
change their place Of residence, and the
colored man will grab first one piece, then
another, and throw them on his wagon
In a helter skelter fashion. aiming to make
as many loads out of the job as possible.
for he is usually paid by the load. When
he arrives at the place where he Is to un-
load, the things are dumped out on the
most convenient spot. The front room and
the hall are stacked up in any old way with
the plunder and when he gets his money for
the job. though there Is generally q squab-
BILE over payment, both parties are happy.
The persons who belong to this section are
subject to attacks of the disease oftener
than either of the other classes. About
three months is as long as an attack can
be STAYED off. and it doesn't make any
difference what the weather is, the move
must be made when the fever strikes in.
1t frequently happens to these people that
the fever will strike them again before
they set eyrything unpacked or perhaps 1t
might be tier to say that they are never
cured entirely of the disease, but are mere
ly convalescent and are subject to frequent
relapses.
The Hnndcart Variety.
Another class might have been mention
ed. but 1t is really not numerous, being
met with only occasionally. They move in
wheelbarrow or handcart. It's no trou-
BILE to them to find all their things when
they have landed in the new place. And
although their worldly possessions are
SMALL they seem to enjoy the pleasure of
moving as much as those who have the
van. TIE fever seems to strike them
harder and oftener than any of the others,
and L have even heard them say, It's
cheaper to move than it is to pay rent"
The experiences of the men who have
in charge the big vans and two-horse
wagons are oftentimes funny and some
times ridiculous. Not long since wagon
was ordered to go to certain house in
the northwest section and move the occu-
pants to another house only a short dis
tance away. When the wagon backed up
to the curb and the driver rang the bell
he thought he had been given the wrong
number. The lace curtains were still up
and when he got inside he found the car
pets on the floors, the bedding on the beds
in fact, not thing had been packed, the
woman saying: why, 1 didn't even think
1 would have to pack up; it's only just a
few squares to the other house" The
way that stuff was bundled up and thrown
into the wagon would have driven to dis
traction any one who cared for his house
hold goods. AS for the driver, he said 20
me confdentially: This is about the worst
ever saw. Sometimes we get just such
ores as this, and when we do no time is
lost pulling tacks out of the carpets or
packing things SO they won't scratch or
break. That's not our business. But
when we go to a house where everything
is ready for US, the carpets all rolled up,
the bedding tied in bundles and the china
packed, we always take great deal more
care In loading, and try to set the stuff
down at the new place in just as good con-
dition as when get it. We can afford
to do better work in such cases, because
cur time is not wasted doing things we are
not supposed to do. and are not paid for"
Furnished and Unfurnished.
And of the people who live in rooms. OF
the first class peally little as to the way
they move can be said, for all they have to
do is to pack their trunks and call an ex-
pressman. Their main trouble is in finding
suitable apartments where the front Is
right, the bath room on the same floor. the
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