The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-25

I y about it If you don't print my
me.
\ Not that object to having nv
me IN the papers, but its NV children
nave to think of these DAYS one *
E president Of a big bank out west.
u tother owns barrel factory in Jersev.
ME my three daughters are all mar
gu ana I'VE IN fine houses up town.
you see don't want to make them
: ing. -'iO'iiei Oias-
AS l said it was long time ago. for
: ~ getting on to so years of age.
10 Deg1n at the bottom my husband
al anu Salled from Ireland the day after
~ were married Wed heard fine tales
u america and we came over to make
- lortuhes. We had but a few pen
mes when we landed and besides orr
bundle Of clothes and the FEW coo,xinrr
Things we'd used on the VOYAGE ia
PICKED up two empty bottles that some
u the other passengers had thrown
amdy. We didn't have bottles to throw
Z" ay IN the old country so it came kind
them wasted. ~ sec
Inc Empty bottle Idea.
Ny husband got job as a mason
anu got place as second cook in a
- Grant bCl ant II made me open NV ewes
1 tiie way lhey threw things away in that
hIlchen. Empty bottles We're ba,,Ie,I
~ ~ IN cart loads along with the rest
~ me reLuse, until by and by / cot to
tpIoAlhe them out and taking tbem
lioLle nights. l was only at that Mace
SIX months but during that time saNred
Up IS, something like 500 beautiful bottIes
9en aS my husbands work was
0Sluy ana the pay good L came home
TO keep house for him and had ti,, ,,o'. +9
thlnk OF my bottles. 1t seemed snrb q
shame to throw them away. VET 5idr,'+
sc what was to be done in q cornfl-zr
~LIere everybody got rid of them as
SUI as Ihey were empty. After awhile
uecioeo 70 try TO sell them TO tha
places from which they were originate
bought. Many were wine hotties co 7
went 10 a wine merchant ana toId him
OF my lot He looked at me for awhile
taen ne examined my bottle and said
II tney were all as clean as that he
MouIo Duy the lot, but he'd rather
O1sIlL MN corks to sell as cOrks were
harder to get than bottles.
L delivered to him all the wine hot
Ties had saved, then went aroI1,,5 ~
the restaurant to see my old friend
the COOK. He agreed to save as MANY
corks and bottles as possible. provided
l WOuid take them off every dav So
l used 10 go every morning and bring
away baskets full. I washed the hottIae
ana boiled the corks and once a vOaeI-
aeHvered them to the wine merchant
Inen L made my trip to the savings
ONnK where L stored away my earnings.
Enlarging the Business.
AS time passed I became more am
bilious and went about to otbeT. res
ID urallts and to other merchants in
mat way increasing my business. I
nlreo boy TO fetch and carry for me
anu between times when attending 10
my chlldren or busy about the house 7
cleaned the bottles and corks. This
went on until 1 had saved up several /
hundred dollars. The day that nv
Youngest girl was three weeks old thev |
DIOusnt my husband home dead. A |
'canOlding had given way.
Those were dark times for me- bu+ /
.aIG my children to look after All little |
elbows just big enough to hold on To |
ny skirts. They might have taken the /
spirit out of some women but they gave |
ne heart to work, and 1 made m my
1lnd TO buy and sell all the emptv
lottieS IN this town. And I'll tell Won /
ny Gear, 1 very nearly did ii. I bought
morse and wagon and with my eldest
'on visited every restaurant in tbe
;ity and took away their bottles and
'orks. Some Of them charged US but
he majority were only too glad TO have
hem taken off.
Then L not only sold to wine ner-
,hants but to every dealer where hot
les were used. Druggists were good
customers when we could suit them in
ICES and many were willing to send for
he bottles instead Of having me cart
hem.