Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-02
HOSS HEAD AND THE F0PS.

cities, and the fare so reasonable, that they
are the resort, at times, of nearly all classes
of society. The man who can afford to travel
from home can afford to stop at 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 ho-
tel tables. Homespun there sports silver
fork with as much gusto as Mr.. Broadclotb,
and the humble "Sally" is as much entitled
to, and enjoys as fully, the good things of
life at the richly loaded table of the hotel,
as the accomplished Miss Josephene Martha
Washington Victoria Maria. Consequently
the hotel is good place to study human
nature, for there we see men, and women
too, from all the walks of life, and Of all
classes of character. Often "extremes meet," "
and when such is the case, amusing circum-
stances are such to transpire.
Sitting one evening in the Office of o.
House, of Cincinnati, my attention was at
tracted towards two genuine and unadulter-
ated fops, who occupied seats near me. \
description of them would be uninteresling,
for there is no community in this broad land
of ours without its fops, and a fop is fop,
and nothing else, the world over. They ad-
NIT of but one distinction-city fop and
country fop; and they differ only in the ex-
tent of their dress, or exterior display, it
being conceded, l believe, that all fops pos
sess only sufficient brains to make an animal
a human. The individuals referred to were
city fops, diminutive specimens of every hu-
manity, in every regard.
One of them had received letter from a
lady, which he read to his companion, to
whom he declared the writer was "chawn.
:ngly beauchiful," but, as she was without a
prospect (for fortuue) he could not con-
sent to return her love. He vowed that the
billet dour annoyed him exceedingly, as he
disliked to bweak the dwear cweatures
heart.
While they were thus engaged in conver-
sation, tall strapping Hoozier entered the
hotel lie had Buena Vista on his head =,
and red tiannel wamus on his shoulders,
while his lower extremities were encased 10
brown linsy pants, and the stoutest kind of
hog skin boots. His hair was long and
scaggy, his face unshaved, at least for a
week, while his whole form was covered with
dust, which indicated that he had just ar
rived by railroad In one hand he carried
a bundle, which was evidently clothing, tied
up in span new yellow and red cotton
handkerchief, and in the other held a stout
but rude walking stick, not long since from
its mother hickory. He had that awkward
ness 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 glancing
at the crowd within, and at once attracted
the attention of the fops, who Immediately
gave sort Of consumptive laugh or snick-
ering sneer at the homcly appearance of the
stranger.
"Is this yere place tavern ?'' he inquired
of the fops.
"A tavern howwiblc !" exclaimed one of
the fops holding up both hands.
ga twavern, indeed" said the other, "he
must be from the woods, Chawlee," and
both renewed their laughter.
The Hoozicr gave them an indignant look
and was about to reply, when the clerk who
had observed him, approached, and infor-
med him he was at hotel, and inquired if
he wished to stop.
"Stop. sartan do" was his respone, you
don't reckon feller to come to such smart
tavern as this yere without stoppin, do you,
kurnell !
"Hardly, sir-allow me to take your bag
gage and furnish you with ROOM
"Just as you're mind-Pm not partic-
lar, so get six feet o'bed, and hull plate
at the table Golly but amt this scrou-
ging town.
"Quite place, sir. Walk this way if
you please, and will attend to you instant
ly," said the clerk, as he took the Hoozier's S
bundle.
"Wall, now you're uncommon polite,
stranger, but reckon you make feller pay
for it all in the course of circumstances
But as you're sort ohuman-set right up to
feller what's in strange country, I'm the
chap to squar your bill for fodder to figure,
when you fotch it up. That's my way do
ing business, Kurnell."
81 have no doubt of it, sir" said the
clerk, smiling, and handing him the book
for that purpose, asked him to register his
name.
"Do what?' inquired the stranger some
what astonished
"Eegister your name and residence in
this book, sir"
"Write it down thar ?'
yes, sir
Gum, now, Kurnell, none o you're tricks,
said the Hoozier with sly smile on his
countenance, and after moments pause.
90, sir, it's no trick, 1 assure you. We
require this of all visitors, as much for their
own as our benefit
you don't tell ?"
sYes, sir, that is a fact
sWaut to know whether they kin write, |
reckon. Well, that's on the squar. When
feller goes away from home, he ought to
show his edication. l not only larued to
rrr;t. whom 7 was n shaver hnt GOT nm nurty