The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-25
u about it If you don't print my

You about it if you don't print my
name.
Not that object to having my
name in the papers, but its my children
nave to think OF these DAYS. One is
me president Of a big bank out west,
1nother owns barrel factory in Jersey,
Whlie my three daughters are all mar
rleo ana live III fine houses up town.
80 you see don't want to make them
ging.
AS said it was a long time ago, for
m getting on to so years of age.
10 begin at the bottom my husband
ana sailed from Ireland the day after
We We're married. Wed heard fine tales
OF america and we came over to make
our fortunes. We had but a few pen
mes when we landed and besides our
bundle OF clothes and the few cooking
tnlnSS we'd used on the voyage. I'd
PICKED up two empty bottles that some
OF the other passengers had thrown
away. We didn't have bottles to throw
away in the old country so it came kind
OF natural 10 me not to want to see
them wasted.
The Empty bottle Idea.
Ny husband got job as a mason
ana got place as second cook in a
restaurant It made me open nv ewes
the way they threw things away in that
Kitchen. Empty bottles were hauled
away IN cart loads along with the rest
OF the refuse, until by and by 1 got to
picking them out and taking them
nome nights. L was only at that place
SIX months but during that time I saved
up something like 500 beautiful BOTTLES
Then as my husbands work was
STEADY and the pay good 1 came home
10 Keep house for him and had time TO
mink or my bottles. 1t seemed such a.
shame TO throw them away, yet l didn't
see what was to be done in a country
where everybody got rid of them as
soon as they were empty. After awhile
L decided to try to sell them to the
/ places from which they were originally
bought Many were wine bottles so I
went 20 WINE merchant and told him
OF my Iot He looked at me for awhile
then he examined my bottle and said
II they were all as clean as that he
would buy the lot, but he'd rather 1
brought him corks to sell as corks were
! harder to get than bottles.
delivered to him all the wine bot
/ Ties had saved, then went around to
the restaurant to see my old friend.
/ the cook. He agreed to save as many
corks and bottles as possible. provided
l would take them of every day. So
L used to go every morning and bring
away baskets full. washed the bottles
and boiled the corks and once a week
aehVered them to the wine merchant.
Ihen L made my trip to the savings
/ bank where stored away nv. earnings
Enlarging the Business.
AS time passed I became more am
/ oluouS and went about to other res
/ taurants and to other merchants. in
| that way increasing my business. I
hired a boy TO fetch and carry for me,
I and between times when attending to
my children or busy about the house I
| cleaned the bottles and corlxs. This
went on until I had saved I'D several
i hundred dollars. The day that nv
/ youngest girl was three weeks old they
/ brought my husband home dead. A
scaffolding had given way.
/ Those were dark times for me but I
had my children to look after All little
/ fellows just big enough to hold on to
! my skirts. They might have taken the
spirit out of some women but they gave
me heart to work, and I made up nv
mind TO buy and sell all the empty
/ bottles in this town. And I'll tell you.
my dear, I very nearly did it. bought
a horse and wagon and with my eldest
1 son l visited every restaurant in the
city and took away their bottles and
cOrks. Some of them charged us but
! the majority were only too glad to have
/ them taken off.
Then 1 not only sold to wine mer-
chants but to every dealer where bot
ties were used. Druggists were good
customers when we could suit them in
sizes and many were willing to send for
the bottles instead Of having me cart
them.