The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-07-20
SELECT TALE.
From the Dollar Times.
.H0SS HEAD AND THE FOPS.
Or
A Story Practically Illustrated,
BY INVISIBLE GREEN, ESQ.

HOTELS have now become so numerous
in cities and the fare so reasonable, that
they are the resort, at times, of nearly al
classes of society. The man who can af-
ford to travel from home, can afford to
stop alta hotel and as landlords are smart
enough to regard the wants of the million
as well as those of the millionaire, we find
the rich and the poor, the high and the
humble, side by side at the tables of our
hotels. 'llomcspun' sports silver fork
with as much gusto there as Mr.. Broad
cloth; : and the humble Sally is as much
entitled, and enjoys as fully, the good
things of life at the richly loaded table of
the hotel, as the accomplished Miss Jo-
sephne Martha Washington Victoria Ma,
ria. Consequently the hotel is a good
place TO study human nature, for there we
sec men, and women too, from all the
walks of life, and of all classes of char.
acter. Often extremes meet and when
such is the case, amusing circumstances
are sure to transpire. | witnessed one a
few evenings since, which will relate for
the amusement and perhaps edifcation Of
the reader.
Sitting one evening in the Office of the
O. House of this city, my attention
was attracted towards two genuine, and
unadulterated fops, who occupied seats
near me. A description of them would
be uninteresting, for there is no commu-
nifty in this broad land of ours without its
fops, and fop is fop and nothing else,
the world over. They admit of but one
distinction city fop and country top and
they differ only in the extent of their dress,
Or exterior display, it being conceded |
believe, that all fops possess merely suf-
ticient brains to make an animal human.
The two individuals referred to were city
fopS, dimnutive specimens of humanity,
physically and intellectually.
One of them had received a letter from
a lady, which he read to his companion,
to whom he declared that she was 'chawr-
mingly beautiful, but as she was without
prospect { for fortune, he could not
consent to return her love. lie vowed
that the billet dour annoyed him exceed,
ingly, as he dis'iked to bweak the dear
creatures heart.
While they were thus engaged in con-
verSation. tall strappng lIooscr enter
ed the hotel. He had 'Bucna Vista
on his head, a red flannel 'warmuS on
his shoulders, while his lower extremities
were incased in brown linsey pants, and
the stoutest kind of hog-skin boots. Ills
hair was long and scraggy, his face un
shaved, at least for week, while his
whole form was covered with dust, which
indicated that he had just arrived by
railroad In one hand he carried a bun
die, which was evidently clothing, tied up
in span new yellow and red cotton
handkerchief, and in the other he held a
stout but rude walking stick, not long
since from its mother hichory. He had
that awkwardness Of gait, peculiar to
countrymen whose days are spent almost
entirely upon their farms, and whose
minds are devoted TO the one thing most
sought after, but not the most desirable,
the accumulation of wealth.
He paused moment at the door, and
glancing at the crowd within, Immediate
ly attracted the attention Of the fops. who
Immediately gave a sort of consumptivc
laugh or snickering sneer, at the homely
appearance Of the stranger.