East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-05-13
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, MAY 13, 1862
How Henry Ward Beecher Lost
his Roots at the American.


The following is in Henry Ward
Beecher's best vein:
The difference between 7 and 8 is not
very great; only single unit. And yet
that difference has power over mans
whole temper, convenience and dignity
Thus, at Buffalo, my boots were set ou,
at night to be BACKED. In the morning
no boots were there, though all the
neighboring rooms had been served.
rang. l rang twice. "a pretty hotel =
yearly eight o'clock, going out at nine
breakia last to be eaten, and no boots yet.
The waiter came, aud he took my some
what emphatic order. and left. Every
minute was an hour. 1t always is wher
man is out of temper. a man in his
stocking feet in the third story of a hotel
finds himself restricted in locomotion.
went to the door, looked up and down
the hall, saw frowsy chambermaids; saw
afar off, the master of the coal scuttle;
saw gentlemen walking in bright boots
unconscious Of the privileges which they
enioved, but did not see any one coming
with my boots. A German servant al
length came, round and ruddy-faced
very kind aud good natured, honest and
stupid. He informed me that gentle
man had already taken boots No. 78 (,ny
number.) Ee would hunt him up; tho
he was breakfasting. Here was new vex.
alton. Who was the man who had taken
my number aud gone for my boots?--
Somebody had them on, warm aud nice
aud was enjoying his coffee, while walk
ed mp and down, with less and less pa
tience, who had none too much at first
No servant returned. rang again, and
sent energetic aud sticcato messages to
the Office. Some water had been spilled
ON the floor. / stepped in it, of course
In winter, cold water feels as if it burned
you. Unpacked my valise for new stock.
ings. Time was speeding. 1t was quar-
ter past eight; train at nine, no boots aud
no breakfast. l slipped on par of san.
dal rubbers, too large by inches for NV
naked feet, aud while sh uffied along the
hall, they played up aud down on my
naked feet. First, one shot OH; that Sc
cured, the other dropped on the stairs;
people that met looked "a if they
thought that l was not well over last
nights spree.
II was very annoying Reached the
Office and expressed my mind. FIRST, the
clerk rang the bell three times furiously,
then ran forth himself met the German
Sc want, who had boots 79 in his hand,
and long, thinking, perhaps, l
20 Nd wear them. Who knows but 10
had nv boots? Some curiosity was be.
to be- felt among the bystanders.
Il was likeiy that should have half the
hotel inquirine afte.r my boots. l abhor
a scene. Reiterated 20 my room. On
my way thought |, / would look at room
77's boots. Behold, they were mine =
There was the broken pu'l-strsps; the
patch on the right side, ana the very
shape of my toe--infalible signs ! the
fellow had marked them II aud nos Io.
And all this hours tumult arose from
just the difference between 7 and 8.
l lost my boots, lost the train, lost my
temper, aud, of course, lost my good
Everybody does that loses
But boots on, breakfast served,
a cup of coffee brought peace and good
will. The whole matter took ludicrous
aspect. l moralized upon that in6rmity
that puts mans peace at the mercy of
Dutchman's chalk. Had he written sew
enty.eight, had been a good-naturcd
man, looking at Niagara Falls in its
winter dress. He wrote seventy-seven,
and fumed, saw only my own falls, aud
spent the day in Buffalo
Are not most of the pets and rubs OF
life as undiguifed as this? Few men
could afford, tomorrow, to review the
things that vsxed them yesterday. We
boast of being free, yet every man per-
mits the most arrant trhes to rule aud
ride him. A man that is vexed and angry
turns the worst part of himself ont of
sight, and exhibits himself in buffoon's
coat and fools cap, and walks forth to be
jeered And yet ones temper does
worse by him than that. Aud men sub
init to it, not once, but often, and some
times every day l wonder whether
these sage reflections will make me pa
tient and qniet the next time my bouts
are displaced?
GoTTLiED's ToGGY BuP. = Vonce l
pyed me toggy bup, vot vas plack all
over shust, except his dali, unit dat vas
der zaim COLOR, so / call him Shpot. Den
cents him NIT toy school un: learns him
some liddle bricks. Won vas to shtand
him town in blace nit himself un. dell
him shtay dere till gone pack. Den |
Goes away shust so lidlle dimes, unit ven
/ gets pack, l never vints him more ash
drce miles from der blacc Anoder vas,
to blay ted. lays him town on dable
init pox py der site for Coffin; den |
says even ] wires dish gun you shust go
ted in der pox." Den l shoots, unit ven
der schmoke CLEARS rway, ven | looks in
der pox, vot you dinks? Wy, he'd shumped
out der vinder unit hided in der schtabls
init. Put der pest drick vas dish:
cents mine prudder den dollar pill in
der post.ofiioe init ledder, nut cents
Shpot NIT it, You pleve dat raslSal ships