Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-30

" lille tins distinguished sta. esman
and pairlo, was Vice President Of the
! | nted States, it was customary for
the individual holding that Office 10 At
tend 10 business more III person than
! the refinement of modern times viii
allow. II happened Oh one occasion
/ that Some important matter required
1 his attention ia Philadelphia, and some
other placc, distant from the capital
In those iai IS a lpuruel Was not 10 be
performed ia icw hours il Mas two
OF three day travel, not Que Of the
most pleasant soit either. On his re
tam he topped Al Baltimore. 1t Was
about lold 81 iyc III the afternoon
@hcn The \ ico Pies dent rode up, -uit'
less, aud unattended to the tau en- a
oeatehn.an ~ the name ol i;oYdeI
/ k.ri In hotcl, ~ Late se mu-h nnpro1
ed aud NOW - handsomely eu~tamre!
/ by our WORTHY townsinan EcltzhooNcf.
HI bucks u! the town were Assem-.
hlri IN The hdi noline. strnt,ing.
crac king Jokes, aad uihciwI-c induis'
ing III tic ctcct'ia, y! the day. BOY
den Was at the lar examining The
books, aud Doubtless making calcula-
ton respecting his future Prospect. -
Jefferson, hay ing dclh cred his horse To
the hands 81 the hostler, walked into
the tavern q make arrangements III
regard 10 his tac. some ono touched
Boy,iei upon thu elbow and directed
'ls attention to the stranger, whip in
hand, striking occasionally upon his
muddy lcegins. Hovdcn turned and
around and surveyed Inn from head t.
foot and concluding Inn to he some
Old farmer whosc company would add
10 credit to his house, hc sad abrupt.
y, We haze no room for you, sir.
,l,ilcrson did hot hear the remark,
and asked if he could lie accomrnoda
ted with = room. lis voice, which
va omnanIling and attractive. occas
ioucd another survey OF his person by
thu honest proprietor Of the house
whose only care was for his reputation.
He could not find, howe, e., in hi,
PLAN drr>s, pretty we'll covered with
mud, ANYTHING indicating either wealth
o. distinction aud III his usual rough
stylc, sud
"A rogn
Jefferson replied, y Is, sir, | should
like 10 have a room 10 myscit, If ! can
gct IT.
~ room all 10 vomscl' No, no
We have no room. There not u spare
room IN the horsc- they are all full
all occupied cant accommodate Won
The Wee l'Ic,,dcut TUNED upon his
he'd, called for his horse, which was
~ tins time sGug IN the stable, mount,
II an rode cil. In 4 few minutes
one II the most wealthy and dls,ing-
uishcd men at the town came in and
asked ior gentleman who rode up 10
the door but few minutes before.
"6eutlcman =. and Boyden, there
has been u" gentleman here On horse
back this afternoon. and no stranger
II all. hu. ono common looking count.
tiy fellow, who came IN and asked II
he could have whole room, hut put
hun ont OF the notion mighty quick,
tell You; told hm had no room iol
such chaps As h'u.
NJ room l"l stsh haps rs hun.
Ne. hv The r'pcrs, ~ room for any
body that don't look icspcrtahlc.'
Nv y, what arc ,ou talking about
nov aan lie Is tho We President
oI ia, nltcd States.
\ lcc Pres idcnt OF tn, nitci States
EXCLAIMED Boy den. almost lrca,hcss
with a>tonlshmcut.
Why, yes sir lhoma- .lcilrfeon, the
Wee President, and the greatest man
! alive.
Murder. what lave | dom Here,
j Tom, Jim, Jerry, Jake where arc YOU
all Here tlv YOU villains iiy. and
tell that gentleman we've forty rooms
At his service Tell Inn to come
back aud he shall have my wlt,'s par
( lor-m, own loom ,Inbcter, What
have | done Here, Harriet, Mary.
.inle, clear out the family he Shall
have the best room and all the rooms
il hc wants them
Foi fifteen minutes Boyden raved
like a man'man, and went fifty times
to the door to see if his wished for guest
was returning. The Vice President
rode up Market street, where he was
recognized hy many of LIS acquaint
anccs. and by them directed to the
Globe tavern, which stood somewhere
near on the corner Of Market aud John
street. Here Boyden's servants came