The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-17
FoPS.

Har1s's Masas,ae has an anccdote, intcn-
ded 60 be very witty and pungcnt, about .
certain Western merchant and q Cop" with
IN eye glass. The Cop, we are told, seated
himsslf 1t the table II his hsstel opposite the
merchant end two ladies' with the latter,
and leveled bis glass first at one and then
q the other lady. WhcreuDon the mrr
chant, ffum Tennessee Il was, ssised tnm-
bier, and WAS, according to the arbiter ele-
gnntairium who tells the story, apparently
On the point of thriving the gloss st the
scamp !" but no-the merchant with exqui-
ute humor placed il tn his eye and stared q
ehe fellow, !" Deither hrsaking ~ skull mug
kicking him from the table, hut % putting
him out n onantemance that 10 retired amid
general laughter. We allude 70 this little
history ~ In the columns OF our newspapers
generally there h no class of anecdotes more
eagerly paraded than those holding " tops"
up 20 contempt, and there are magazines Il
seems that follow in the Wake 60 procurs
applause f1r sssch tit hits Of literature. But
vt ~ look q The Sop In particular and tops
in general, aad re with what Justice they
are held up to ign0miny.
To persoas with week eyes, an eys-eiass
ID IN agrreahle and wholesome Substitute
cor spectacles. Suspended, Il leaves IL eve
ftee 20 look q ohjects requiring no examin-
atioa, while b roy - PIT On ed a. Instant
b, y occssion requis0. AnOageooelome
IN rurops, glance through the eyc-sla~ Is
not co0sidered insulting, any more than .
eass thruseh pair Il spscsaclsa; "a, d.
rectsd q LADY, II h hs1d 90 b compli-
nsut. I.dssd, with pevsoas Who ere sear
sighted, the use Of Il II habitual, and Il n
much better = . matter Of taste, and Tor
the eye, too, than the ~ a spsctaclss. Il
u probable that "the Sop" In question W
weli-drssssd gentleuan, whose clothes
were mt cut o. colored IKE N undersaksr's,
end that h ~ down modsstly, and, being
assr-sighted, gassd pasingly Through his
giaas q The ladies oppusite. 1t IVES no III
beseding, thsn, nor would il have bsen %
coaaiAsssd Y - had 9scsaclss On o. looked
WITH NJ naksd eye. Dst not being wes-
tegn, b ~ recsivsd - IN insult
What ws nsed in this country IL more
and not FEVER Of those gentlemen called
fops-nsa who drss With tasee, are scru-
pulonaly clsan, wear eye-slsnss u near-
dghted, and ~ them - they choose, DO not
chsw tobacco and spit In oeher psopls's e.
c. q hotels, thsatfss, rail-cars and steam
boats. "A fopn N the United Seasss IL
universally well-bred. We have never
known m cxosDeien- Manners arc with
him . study until they become polished,
and dres pursuit Unit! is becomes IN *:
csllence. Most aasoredly the South and
West nssd lops. Roes ass often nodsls IL
industry. 1fnsa II basinsn, they asc &C.
curate, and can Le relied on II artists or
literary mea, sninsae - Mir taste.
No man that ever lived ~ greater Cop
than Washingtos. He ordsssA II eloGAes
Il ~ tailor NTH curious PasetsulaEiky. He
dressed NH sxtsssne eass. H ~ s1nct
and elegnne With his horssn, easyie1ss, ord
"a esenate details. He was thes5nre TO
portionally accurate In other thiaQ. Had
sys-G1nsss beea in fashion, = NJ age In
creassd, posibly h would hass spnstsd ons,
ard l0oaISd acsuss the table q the womsa
Opposite. PITT, Oanning, The Duke d WELL
ingtsa, Chnrlss Dicksna, would I'll b Con-
sidsrsd 1ops BY vulgas nsn.
AnOag The msn - who0 England and
the civilissd VOID oWes nu0h y brummell,
the king a 1bqs. he fbunA society outsS-
esoasly dssa.ed, - - lea Il, 20 hr = it
oDG1d fnieats Nm, wsll dssusd. he laid
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