The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-05-05
Pocket fnu orRocks.

Pocket full Of Rocks.
A man is supposed TO be at home
when he is in town with pocket full OF
Rocks, vet it is not so to he considered
at the St. Charles with trunk full-at
least, so says and SO thinks Mr. Smith,
who so well and ably controls that
truly large establishment. He had had,
for day or two, his eyes upon two rath-
er flash customers, whose movements,
whether he liked or disliked, we are not
positively justified in saying, but as they
had come in and gone out without regis
tering their names, he wished to know
something about them, and directed a
waiter to feel their trunk. The weight
was fair, but Smith is hard to deceive,
and long accustomed TO all kinds OF GUS
toners, and not being altogether satisfied
with the two in No. 26, he determined
TO trv that universal test-that touchstone
that tells iE all climes and countries, that
he who does not finch at the infllctiOn, is
in the universal language of Hotels,
.sgentleman." Yesterday Mr.. Smith pre-
sented his bill. "Ah! what is your
name!'' "Sihith, sir All, Mr.. Smith
sit down, sir. We have not cent of
money. We are waiting here daily ex-
pecting remittance from New York. You
need not be alarmed by any stories of the
tightness OF the money market there our
remittances are sure" "Cant say about
that, sir, but must be made sure of this
bill Instantly" "We cannot pay it, sir;
we have not the whcrewith." +" "Have
you no matchmaking to raise money
on-this trunk, what have You in it!'
Nothing but couple of Shirts "Open
it, The two shirts in soiled state
where there. "Any thing else" A
silver pencil, vest and pair of pants were
added to the contents Of the trunk. They
had friend from whom they could get
SIS, if Mr.. Smith would allow them to
seek him. The one was allowed to do
SO accompanied with waiter, whilst the
other was kept as hostage for his return.
He saw no friend whilst absent, but had
$5 on his return-found another, made,
Sc. This was the but end of the bill, but
the police had been called in and directed
to keep an eye on them. Nidoque tells
of class Of people that have an instinc-
tive knowledge of a police oficer-can
smell him as crow smells powder. So
with our present customers--they no
sooner 90 on the street than they saw
they were dogged, and it seems agreed
to separate, and throw the police off the
scent-the other the officer thought prop
er to arrest but there wasno chage to justi-
fly his detentiyn, but in the mean time the
room was more carefully examined, and
an instrument was found under or III their
bed for wrepching trunks open-a great
convenience to travellers IN case they
should lose their key. The trunk was
re-opened and more carefully examined
and was found to contain four large flat
stones, wrapped up in the shirts. They
have not since been seen on the steps of
of the St. Charles, nor have they sent for
their baggage, among which was found a
very fine and costly lined cambrick hdkf.,
fringed with Brussels lace, which could
not have cost less, says our informant,
than or SO. One gave in his name as
John Jacobs-was brush maker, he
said, by profession, is about 10 or 90
years of age, feet 8 or 9 inches, light
hair, naturally curled, blue eyes and
light complexion, wore a good frock coat
and hat-minus vest. The other gave
fer name John Williams, Of about the
same age and size Of the other-was a
Tobacconist--,light hair worn straight,
and dressed much like Jacobs, except
that he wore a kind of military cap. These
young men appear TO have set gout in the
world as regular hotel burglers, and we
have been thus particular that they may
be known where they next light. In the
mean time, the trunk, rocks and liggerfor
opening trunks, &C., can be had upon ap-
plication at the Mayors Office.
The last place in which they played
the dodgers, before coming here, as we
learn since writing the above, was at the
Gait House at Cincinnati, where they
stayed six days, and left trunk, wheth-
er of Rocks or not is uncertain. They
had taken their seats in the stage for
Philadelphia, but under different names
from those given 10 MIR. Smith.--Pit.s.
American.