Josh Billings shine sunan alkalami na karni na 19 ɗan Amurka mai raha mai ban dariya Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885). Ya kasance sanannen marubuci mai ba da dariya da lacca a Amurka a ƙarshen rabin karni na 19. Ana yawan kwatanta shi da Mark Twain.
Shaw an haife shi ne a Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Mahaifinsa, Henry Shaw, ya yi aiki a Majalisar Wakilan Amurka daga 1817 kuma kakansa, Samuel Shaw, shi ma ya yi aiki a Majalisar daga 1808-1813.
Shaw ya halarci kwalejin Hamilton amma an kore shi a shekararsa ta biyu saboda cire ƙararrawar kararrawar makarantar. Shaw ya yi aiki a matsayin mai haƙƙin kwal, manomi da kuma gwanjo kafin ya zama ɗan jarida a 1858. A ƙarƙashin sunan “Josh Billings”, ya rubuta ginshiƙai masu ban dariya a cikin maganganun yau da kullun tare da rubutun kalmomin ban dariya wanda ke ba da hikima da dariya:
Josh Billings akan Otal-otal
Sabon Albany na mako-mako, Sabon Albany, Indiana
Maris 22, 1871:
Ban san wata sana'a da ta fi kasuwancin tavern dadi ba. Babu alama babu abin da za a yi sai dai tsayawa a gaban rajistar tare da alkalami a bayan kunne, kuma ga baƙi sun shiga gidan, sannan ka gaya wa John ya nuna mutumin a 976, sannan ya ɗauki dala huɗu da centi hamsin gobe da safe daga shaidan matafiyi, kuma ya bar shi ya tafi.
Wannan yana da alama duk abin ne (kuma shine komai) a mafi yawan lokuta.
Za ku gano bayanin mai zuwa mai sauƙi ɗaya daga cikin kusan otal otal daga cikin goma tsakanin Tekun Atlantika da na Tekun Fasifik, a duk faɗin Amurka a madaidaiciya.
Dakin ku yakai inci 13 kafa 5, da kafa 9 inci 7, yayi daidaito. Kasancewar mako ne na kotu (kamar yadda aka saba), duk kyawawan dakunan lauyoyi da alƙalai suna aiki da su.
Roomakin ku yana kan iyakar bene.
Katifan yana cikin ciki - an cusa shi da ƙura, man kananzir, da wuraren tawada na tsararraki huɗu.
Akwai turaku guda biyu a cikin dakin don sanya riguna a kan; dayansu ya balle, dayan kuma ya ciro ya bata.
Ofishin yana da ƙafa uku da bulo ɗaya.
Gilashin da ke kan ofis ɗin yana lilo a kan ginshiƙai biyu, waɗanda suka rasa rikonsu.
Akwai tawul daya a kan sandar, na bakin ciki amma na rigar.
Ruwan ruwan sama a cikin kasko ya fito daga rijiyar.
Sabulun yana da wahalar sawa kamar dutsen ƙwallon ƙafa. Sabulu yana da kamshi tare da man kirfa kuma an banbance shi da tabo.
Akwai kujeru guda uku, masu saro kara; ɗayan mai roka ne, kuma duka ukun sun bugu.
Akwai wasa mai aminci - fanko.
Babu labule a taga, kuma a can baya son kasancewa; ba za ku iya gani ba, kuma wa zai iya gani?
Igiya mai kararrawa ta fito kimanin inci shida a wannan gefen rufin.
Gadon gado ne na zamani, mai dauke da katifu biyu - auduga daya da kwarya daya, kuma dukkansu sun fi karfi da kuma kauri kamar biskit din teku.
Kuna shiga gadajen a kaikaice, kuma kuna iya jin kowane slat a lokaci ɗaya kamar yadda kuke iya haƙarƙarin wani mashin.
Gadon yana zaune.
Kuna barci wasu, amma jujjuya kan kyakkyawar ma'amala.
Don karin kumallo kuna da gong, kuma Rio kofi ya yi sanyi don narke man shanu; soyayyen dankali, wanda yayi kama da kwakwalwan da ingin inci mai inci biyu yayi a cikin tafiyarsa ta itacen itacen oak.
Gurasa, m; beefsteak, mai kauri kamar filastar bororo, kuma mai tauri kamar kunnen hound. Tebur da aka rufe da faranti, wasu 'yan tsoron mutuwa a kan ɗayansu, da kuma ɓarnatattun ɓoye shida a ɗayan.
Filayen pewterinkum mai kwalba uku a ciki, daya ba barkono a ciki, daya ba shi da mustard, daya kuma da inci biyu na kudaje da ruwa a ciki.
Yarinya mai hidima, tare da tsalle-tsalle, ta rataye ku sosai, kuma tana son sanin hakan kuna son wani kofi.
Ka ce, “A’a, uwargida, na gode,” kuma ka tura kujerar ka. Ba ku ci abincin da zai ishe ku ba saboda ɗaga haƙoranku. ”
Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin tuntuba wanda ya kware a harkar sarrafa kadara, binciken kudi da kuma tasirin yarjejjeniyar mallakar otal da ayyukan bada tallafi. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka hannun jari, da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.
"Greatwararrun Hotelwararrun Otal ɗin Amurka"
Littafin tarihin otal na takwas ya ƙunshi masu gine-gine goma sha biyu waɗanda suka tsara otal-otal 94 daga 1878 zuwa 1948: Warren & Wetmore, Schultze & Weaver, Julia Morgan, Emery Roth, McKim, Mead & White, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Carrere & Hastings, Mulliken & Moeller, Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Trowbridge & Livingston, George B. Post da 'Ya'yan.
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• Gina Zuwa Lastarshe: Hotels na Tsohuwar shekara 100+ a New York (2011)
• Gina Zuwa Lastarshe: Hotels na Tsohuwar shekara 100+ Gabas na Mississippi (2013)
• Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt da Oscar na Waldorf (2014)
• Manyan Otal-otal na Amurka Volume 2: Majagaba na Masana'antar Otal (2016)
• Gina Zuwa Lastarshe: Hotunan Tsohuwar Shekaru 100+ Yammacin Mississippi (2017) - Hotel Mavens Volume 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Shuka, Carl Graham Fisher (2018)
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ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- There don't seem to be anything to do but to stand in front of the register with a pen behind the ear, and see that the guests enter the house, then tell John to show the gentleman to 976, and then take four dollars and fifty cents next morning from the devil of traveller, and let him went.
- Za ku gano bayanin mai zuwa mai sauƙi ɗaya daga cikin kusan otal otal daga cikin goma tsakanin Tekun Atlantika da na Tekun Fasifik, a duk faɗin Amurka a madaidaiciya.
- Gadon gado ne na zamani, mai dauke da katifu biyu - auduga daya da kwarya daya, kuma dukkansu sun fi karfi da kuma kauri kamar biskit din teku.
