Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-01-13
moss HEAD AND THE FoFs.
4 HUMoRoUs SKETCH.

y tAtN4CAACtS SAi-ASiA'
Hotels have now become so numerous In
cities ami fare so reasonable, that they are the
resort at times fnearly all classes of society.
The man who can afford to travel from home,
can afford to stop at hotel; and as land lords
arc smart enough in general to regard the
wants OF the million as well as those OF the
Inillionaires. we find the rich and the poor,
the high and the humble, side by side at the
hotel tables. Homespun there sports silver
fork with much gusto as Mr. Broadcloth,
and the humble ssSaIly'' is as much entitled 10
and enjoys as fully the good things of iiic ~
the richly loaded table OF the hotel as the ac-
coInpiisled Miss Josephine Martha VI WaShlng-
ton Victoria Maria. Consequently the hotel
is Il good place to study human nature, for
ihere we see men, and women, too, from ali
tie walks Of lie, and OF all classes of charac-
ter. Soften extremes meet" and when such
is The case, amusing Incidents are sure to
occur.
Sitting one evening in the Office of the q.
House, in Cincinnati, my attention was at
tractcd toward two genuine and unadulterated
tops who occupied seats near NE. y deScrIp-
iiou Of them would be unlntcresting, for there
is no community in this broad land of ours
without it's fops and iop is top, and moth
ing else. the world all over. They admit o.
one distiuction-city fop aud country Top:
and they differ only in the extent Of their dress,
or exterior display, it being conceded, be-
Iieve that fops possess merely sufficient brains
20 make an animal human. The individuals
referred to were city tops, diminutive speci-
mems OF humanity, 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 ''chawmlng
beautiful; but as she was without prospect.
tfor fortune, he could not return her love-
lie vowed that the billet dOuX annoyed him
exceedingly, as he disiiked to break the dear
creatures heart. While they were thus en-
g.l1 - inn af4gaE
entered the hotel. lie had E'Bueua VISTA
on his head and red flannel ''wamus' on his
shoulders while his lower cXtremltles were III
brown linsev pants and the stoutest hog skin
boots. His hair was long and scraggy, his
face unshaved, at least for week, whiie ms
whole form was covered with dust, which IN
ticatcd that he had lust arrived by railroad.
In one hand he carried a bundle, which was
evidently his clothing tied UP i'll ''Span new''
yellow and red cotton handkerchief, and in the
other hand stout but rude walking stick, not
long since from its mother hickory. lie had
that awkwaTdncss of gait peculiar TO country
men whose DAYS are spent almost entirely on
farms and whose minds are deTotcd TO the
one thing most sought after, but not the most
desirable. the accumulation of wealth. lie
paused moment al the door, glanced at the
crowd within, and at once attracted the atten-
tion Of the fopS who Immediately gave sort
of consumpfivc laugh or sneer, at the honey
appearance of the stranger
'sIs this yer tavern y lie inquired OF inc
fOps.
"a twavern horrible!'' exclaimed one o
the fops. holding up both hands
ga twavcrn, indeed ~ said the other, ''he
must be from the woods, Cha"les,' and botL
renewed their laughter.
The Hoosier gave them an Indignant look
and was about to reply, when the clerk, wht
had observed him, approached and lhiormeo
him that he was at hotel, and inquired II hS
wished to stop.
.sStoD? sartin ! 6o,'' was his response
ssYou don't reckon fcller wants to pass slcl
4 smart tavern as this yer, without Stoppin,
do you Kurnella 2
Hardly sir-will you allow me TO takI
yonr baggage and furnish you with room T.
s.Just as you've a mind-1'm not at all par
ticular, so | git six feet O bed, ana hui
place at the table. GOlly but amt TINS a scrou
gin town 20
ssQuite place, sir. Walk this way II 20!
please, and viii attend to you immedla'eiy,
said the clerk, as ne took the Hoosier's bundle
'sWall, now, You re uncommon perlite, stran
ger, but reckon you make q feller pay Tor l
all in the course of circumstances but a
you're sort or human-set right up to felie
what's in strange countTy-Im the chap L
square your bill for fodder to figure, when yo
fotch it up. That's my way O. doin' business
Kurneu."
81 have no doubt of it, SIR" said the clerk
smiling and handing him the book for tina
purpose, asking him to register his name.
.sDo what ~ inquired the stranger, some
what astonished