Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-30

4 YANlk ZEE AT A HOTEL.

| uoWh Easter, attlreu IN one OF tnOse cos
tunes which are now nowh re 10 be met
with, except upon the stase-a tall bell.
6 owned hat, long WASTED coat, with en-
ormous buttons, a vest "yaier' as bar.
berry blossom, and pair Of corduroys,
! whose ambition seemed TO be to maintain
their asceudancy ever Il pair Of enormous
cowhid-s tha, had .rodden many hundred
m O. Of logging paths, "n,iytt have been
seem" jack knife and sli gle in hand
vending his way up Lous Wharf, in the
realization of his lifelong antcipa'ons of
"seein' Boston," At the corner OF Mer-
chants Row, his progress was arrested by
the lun berirg ,ransi, of a TWO story house
on wheels, drawn by half d, I'm yoke OF
oxen, with the people inside pursuing their
usual voca,ious.
"What on air,h is that ore?' he asked
OF bys;ander.
"Oh, noshing.' replied the towney, the
folks are all moving all When we
move here we 90 j, house and all
':Je.rusalem Well that beats all ma
tur. Wall, capn, what's that b,s stun
| house over thar?'
"Iha,'s the new Custom House lis
m ghty bad location; bu. they are gong
TO move it next week.
"Ihund.r and moiosses! 1t will take
| tIns l,.,c
"Oh, they use elephants for m".ing
sa'h building And how many elephants
| viii it take p "Upwa,ds Of Lundred'
The Iankee cat deep cash in his shin
g'e and walked on. II. next inquired for
the Adam Houre for be hai "Leeri tell
of that, and he was determined to progress
during his jnven''i'y, aware o. the 'mro~>'
b'l''y OF doing SD a, a more adv~uced a1r
lie soon iouu1 the -":av,rn' and the
''teacon,' aud ordered m:nodaions.
literally "darnin. the expenses" H.vinz
"slirked up ltte, he witnessed with
some amaze.ne"t the Operation Of il Sc
want u" the gong. simply renafkiug that
"he knoved what sheet Ii4hnin. WIS, bu,
this was the first lime he'd ever beard ul
sheet tEu,.der.
He :rtIo.ed tn crowd Into tha dining
hat, AID vas u~h"rej 10 II at. lhr,e H.
euzconcei hm ell, >1chjue b. tuwvl uudcr
his chm with |. aur. ii d,sp~tutjon, as il
lie vas Z 1lny 10 b. shaved or sc..Iped
|. The sight If the covered .he. aided 10
his amazemeut. "Dod dern IT, he OK
claimed, eel ever here Of coohiu' ou IA
table. bat here they've gone aud g"t Tin
Kitchens all over the lot. Where's ,h- fire
to come irom-tha,'s wha, Id like 10
hnow!'
lie got along With the soup very well,
and was pausing tor want Of breath before
he finished it, when wafer sna,ched hi,
plate away aid was runnln. away with IT,
ale 10 you sir!' soci,rated he Yam
kee. II see yon--te,ch that ere back
qaicker'n link lightning, or else you'll
have your head punched
His plate was returned and he finished
his soup with dignity. After waiting IL
moment he raised his voice again, aud
| summoned he offending waiter s,er;n'y
"Calkela,e to s,arye meY'
''No sir''
"Wal, why don. you fetch on some
foddern-darn ,e?'
"Ihe'e's the cari!"
der am do with The car, when We %
it? Look out you pesky sarpert Or you II
! catch it,"
The waiter humb'y exp'aint d the mean
ing. What's all these crack Nv names
mean? Give me something plain ard
hearty, billed corn beef, aid look, fetch it
about the quickest while look over the
paper and see what I'll have else
The meat was. brough. it. 'Ilo'd On +
WIS the next order. WHAT'S this here p
NJ a-c.n-Read it won't you, sir p
'Maccnroni, sir The dish Was brough', ,
"You Internal cnss! roared the down
Easter, "ei hahn. as great mind as ever
| had to kerwalIop ye, and make an ex>
ample of ye on the spot. What do you
mean by running your rigs on me jus, he
cause I'm stranger in these parts p
Take away your billed piped stems, and
fetch on some cabbage. That's all RICH,
aud now squire some VINEGAR"
"Vinegars in the castor, SIR replied
; the waiter, and m ,de good his retreat.
I'm the castor, is it, hey !? aud where in
'hvnder j. the cas,or?' solilrquized The
Yankee ss.. "...~3
The young man Opposite pushed it to
! wards him He louked at it--took III.
stopper out Of tho vinegar, aud taking u