Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-01-21

play ktetk 11hAftHeSS. anu % cfp4lc AmsDS-
ment at the expense Of another, the tops
seized the porter brushes, and giving the
crowd 8 knowing wink, as much A. to say,
we II make finn for you, approached Hoss
Head
..Shall We bwrush you. sirrah r. asked one,
endeayoring 10 play the servant
wall, now. by thunder, exclaimed Hoss
Head, rs he dropped the soap from his hands,
and ceased his abiution. 2 Railways wor good
at guessing, but this beats all Creation.
Look here Kurnell -addressing the Clerk
| no sooner seed these fellers tonight, than
lguessed they war servants.
The boisterous laugh which followed, was
to the great chagrin Of the tops.
They just look, he contiLued-everY hit
being heartily enjoved by all but the fops
as il they warnt made for nothin else but
TO scrape the mud from a fellers legs, and do
little chores refund tavern. thunk that
when first seed en- an by thunder, warn't
/ right, though Brush me OFF Sartainly |
and with dignifed airy mind you make .
clean sweep. or III report you to the Kurnell
thar
The tops, finding that Hoss Head had
thrown the joke upon them, endeavored to
recover; so they informed him that he could
not be brushed unless he paid in advance.
.Pay in ADVANCE was Hoss Head indig-
nant reply. Thunder and salvation don't
the tavern pay you for your lazy, tri6in'
| work ? | reckon you think I'm kinder green
an want to skin me, don't you
.Pon onah, we dwont, replied one.
aWe-ah spweak the TRUTH answered the
other.
BY this time Hoss Head was victorious,
| SO far as the spectators were concerned
While they could sport with the Hoosier
| ignorance of "city manners" they could but
| despise the senseless handles, who would
make him an objectofridicule. Every "hit, /"
therefore. that Hoss Head gave them, drew
forth loud acclamations from the gentlemen
present. This nerved "the gentlemen from
the country" and giving his head toss
which threw his hat to one side, he asked
"Arnt they tryin' to skin me, boysY
ayes" came from dozen.
81 thunk SO, from the first an it sort O.
| rifles me to cum across such critters I've
hearn tell of the cattle afore, and was on
the look out for EN- Squire Jones told me
afore left hum, to look out for the tavern
thieves when | got to the city, an by thunder
I've run agin two on EN- right at the start I
"Dwo you mean to insult us?' asked one
of the tops, forgetting the part he had yolun
teered to play, and feeling that he ought to
profess indignation on being called thief
"If the shoe fits, wear it, was Hoss Head 8
pointed answer.
did you apply the twavern thief to usY
asked the other fop.
"Sartin' Ibid.
''Ehen, sirrah, we will let you know-ah
that we only assumed the character Of
swervants We are gentlemen, sirrah, and
we inswist on youra-takin bwack the obnox-
ious appellation, or we II seek redress.
es, sirrah, we II seek redress with our
canes-ah,' said his highly indignant compan-
ion, as he fourshed very slim specimen of
cane over his head.
"What," exclaimed Hoss Head, drawing
himself out to his full length and giving the
diminutives before him rather scornful look.
What! you want to fight, do you? just
clar ring, boys, and stan back, you want
to see me eat them two critters in half a
mint can do itby any watch in this crowd.
just clar the ring
stop, stop!' interrupted the clerk, who
saw that matters were going too far. ave
cant have any fighting here.
"Then larn your servants to be purlite,
replied Hoss Head
''They are not servants, sir" and do not
belong to the house. They are not even
boarders, and assure you, sir, | never saw
them before this evening"
Don't belong to the tavern, and tryin' to
Skin me?'
Il presume, sir, they only intended to
play harmless joke.
That's ALL pown onah, replied one of the
tops. who saw that matters were assuming
rather aserious aspectfor himself and friend.
THAT was all we intwended, wasn't it
Chwarless?'
"Pon onah, it was"
Kinder pokin' fun ut me, eh q Wall,
now can stand joke as well as the next
man on airth. and, Kurnell, III give twenty
five cents ull in silver, just to carry them ar
men out the house,
III have nothing to do with them, sir, and
you can act your pleasure replied the clerk.
The tops surmising the intention OF the
Hoosier. started for the door, but he seized
them both and said:
Hold on its better to ride when it costs
nothin I've got to tell you story and larn
you lesson afore you leave the tavern, and
grasping both tightly by the collar, he held
them both in vice. the tops demonstrated,
but Hoss Head, to the delight Of the crowd,
told them very mildly that there was mo use
talkin'," for they could not go until they heard
his story They consented to remain if he
would let 90 of them, to which he did not
object
Surrounded by such persons as are al
ways found in . hotel Office, Hoss head,
with his eyes on the tops, told the following
story:
"My old man, down in Yellar county, owns
as sumptious farm as lays in all them dig
gins On that ere farm he's got an old horse,
he calls Dick. as good natured critter as
ever rubbed his nose in feed, and all any,
body could say fhim, was, that he was right
smartly common in his looks One time, a
rich TELLER, who lives sum whar in this town,
was travellin' in his carriage, and broke down
right agin our farm He concluded he'd 90
in the cars, and he left his horses with the
old man to take care on EN-, an | must al
low, that purifier pair of critters never rub
bed britchin'. The old man put EN- in
the barn-yard along with old Dick, and told
EN- to make emselves to hum. Old Dick
was monsus glad to have company, an he
com runnin' up to EN- in neishborly sort
of way, an throwed his head over fust one
of their necks an then the other, an was as
luvin as any gal could want her beau to be
The city bosses didn't appear to like this
much, an they kind o drawed back, took a
good look at Dick, and seein' he was uncom-
monty ugly, they just turned up their noses,
hirted their tails and walked off
"This sort o riled old Dick, for he knowed
he was just as good q boss as ever lifted a
hoof, and after thinkin' to hisself while, he
| determined to have satisfaction on the two
upstairs, who thought they war better than
him. So he goes up to them an, turns his
| back to en- just this way and here Hoss
Head got down on all tours, with his 'hind
parts to the two tops. after he had stood
this way about mint, he rared and kicked
| this way and the same moment one of his
feet was in the stomach Of each of the tops,
and they found themselves sprawlipg on the
floor
''Old Dick continued Hoss Head, iunmoy-
ed at what he had done, 'keeled them over,
and by the time they war up, he was thar
again, and he rared again in this way and
the tops who had just risen and were making
for the door, found themselves on their stom-
achs. sOurold boss keptfollowin of em up, -
| continued Hoss Head, as he moved slowly
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