The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-01-08
no. 81
..D0ING A LANDLORD.,,


Tn the course of our journey from the
Eastward, We CHANGED TO be witness 20 the
following specimen of noacaalance, which
we set down as one OF the coolest pieces Of
genfeel swindling we have ever seen.
A biped of the genius asuckefr had been
tarrying for several days in one Of the crack
Hotels in York Stale, and bis only reply was
to the third weekly bill presented By his obse-
'quous and obliging host, was that he lacked
the needful. He bad been lavish in bis style
ofliving, and bis bill for wines, cigars, and
accompaniment was by no means IN incon-
siderable feature in the account. The young
gentleman was in his room-with trio Of
boon companions, and ringing 1he bell, he
.ordered the champagne and @fxins'' for
four.
The servent returned from below with he
information that The landlord declined te en-
large his indebiedness-acc wilma
hint that The old account should be first I'D
Ijusted. He Immediately waited upon fle
landlord--remonstrate with him touching
The NOTIFICATION attendant upon being thus
shown up before his frends--fhe wine was
np--the party frolicked and finely separated
and next morning after breakfast The follow
ing scene occurred.
MT said the polite landloFd--I must
now insist upon the immediate adjusimentof
your accouns
Cant meet ii SIR, today, reallgp
FAnd why not, sir
Haven't got The tin, by me sir
sAnd you probably toont have
Probably nor, sir, at present.
When doyou propose 70 settle i
r.
Have yeu The slghtes idea Of pagingiiat
all?'
4 confess sir, The prospect Isl exceeding
" dubioust
your luggage
Isl my room, sir
i shall ,delain your trunks then
'Do--if you please, sir
sl'he lafgests-
rs filed witA acood, SIR
with lDood?'
.'The best kind of eastern wood.
sAnd the other'-
Contains the same article, sured and
split"
4And your wardrobe'-
SIS on my back, sir
Upon my word, you take il coolly'-
81 always DO, landlord The world fowes
me living, and must have ~
sYou are a scamp, sir
q know it. You, sir, are gentleman and
| am aware'-
Our host stopped hm-bit his lips-but
moment afierward, turned TO the bar, and
placed bottle of wine upon the side-,able
nearly by. Having fiiled brace of glasses,
he handed one Of them TO the sucker, and
she liquor Disappeared. He then presented
him vase filed with 'regalias.'
''Take another said the landlord, in the
poltest possible manner, take half dozen,
lsir, there--that will do. The world may
"owe you-a living" perhaps itdoes. think
you will agree with me, however, that | have
paid my share of the account. have, in my
day seen a good deal of impotence, and my
calling has brought me in contact with
great variety Of rascaliiy-but | must say,
without intending, however, TO be, too per-
sonal in this matter, that without exception,
you are the coolest specimen Of a genuine
scamp that ii has ever been my i'll luck 10
meet with-John!"
A burly servant answered the summons.
"John-remove this fellow 10 the street
and if you value your situation, see that he
doesn't return!"
The hint was enough-our customer didn't
wait for farther demonstrations; but immedi-
ately decamped, to sdo" some other host
while his gentIemanly landlord proceeded TO
examine those trunks, the contents of which,
as ii turned out, had been faithfully descri-
bed.