The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-10-04

The United States H0ts. Ike All the rest
is built OF planed boards. unpainted very
loosely put together Adjacent is q tent
with some fry cots well filled every night.
and fragrant with proximity 10 the horse
stalls. The hotel must have cost some five
thousand dollars Il rents. | believe for
thirty thousand : year and the keeper
must net three hundred dollars dsy or
more. The front Of the house is covered
with Advertisements: three-sixt Of
such Vell-m.ning tools Tor sale. engines
AMI the otc1teras Of incipient civilization
In front OF the building is platform and
a long bench. On this through tlu DAY
and evening sit gloomy and dirty contor-
tlonists chewing the melancholy cud Of
speculation. Entering, you see other con
tortlonlsts sitting IN impossible attitudes
surely Ho5arth or Dickens must have bal
hand in tie creation OF these men
On thelett you hear the telegraph ticking
and near 20 are men washing I'm 4 long sink
Beyond, tickling glasses show that the YER
satlie whlskey Is transforming itself into
brandy -zmasbes 2in cocktails, Tom-aul-
jerry, and other spirlt-stirring p0tati0rs
i 4 person at PithO.8 il indeed placed be-
tween ire and water. To drink water Is
10 drink 4 solution Of salts To drink Nhis-
key IL 10 drink poison. Every gass OF
water | took l iJreswOre water and every
glass Of whiskey, foyesw0re whiskey aud
thuS lived life OF ZigzaG perjury. Ienter-
ed the dining room with the usual Wild rush
and seating myself by 4 rapid mauGuvre.
watched the rapidtY OF dining for which
my countryman have gained . cosmopOI-
tan reputation.
need not describe the dinner. Are not
the works OF our English friends on Ameri-
can government and society mostly taken
up with the description OF the American
dinner and the use Of the knife Why per-
sons profess 10 be 80 much shocked at the
sight Of Il knife entering the mouth cannot
see We pay large sums 10 see jugglers
swallow swords. Why not ENJOY similar
exhibitions when Tfee- For myself I could
see knife protrudlng from a geutlemans
boot without surprise or concern.
Roast beef, roast tnb,
C9.ull bssf. f...''i ...a.
clauiei somewhat s.a,i-guiv mise Ia my
ear. All from the sa-- jo...t remarked
nn intelligent gentleman nesr ne. the
animal must have Worn motley. b the
way" he continued, speaking OF motley.
diA Vois know lie circus are g1iuE 10 rive
q Donent Tor Jue Clash - morrow Arc
they ~ said | "thinga seem somewhat
mixed in this place How long have YOU
been herr. :" ION. I,c been here lOr q
couple OF months This is nothing 70 what
il was al lTst. Then YOU had nothing 10
eat-sleep six iu 4 bad. Things are quite
luxurious now" Were You mere I'll the
tire g" l asked Yes. said he Il saw il.
it was q magnificent sight. II pia1ed in
one vast sheet OF flame uD 70 the sky. II
1t had spread a little. the whole place would
have ben burnt up. l think before long
Pth0le will be burnt up l. Is al wood
and oil, and no water near. Concerted
eXpectOratiOn would put 0ut any fire here "
I remarked. Rather a curious thing hap
pened here yesterday, he continued. The
, keeper OF one of the hotels here turned OF
a servant girl She didn't Ike such treat
, ment and, taking . hOrse-whip, drove him
out Of his hotel down the street Busi-
ness scenes 70 bs done in q queer way
here ] remarked after a while. " Yes, '
be replied men spring 10 Il. Almost eV-
ry one here Is sick, and yet u sick man
here works as hard as three wei men else
r where. Pretty much everything IS lat now.
! though except lust here. The peace a1d
: tue hOOd coming together knocked every
thing over. Last winter You could make
( money hand over tsr. People would buy
: anything at any price. There was al Old
fellow, l remember, up in the mountains,
=, with g farm where he raised q few turnips
. no more chance of striking oil than striking
:. gresnbacks They offered him half mill
lou for it. But he was g shrewd man; he
, thought thy could make something out o.
/. IT, or else they wouldn't want 10 buy il; q
- il must be worth more. He kept the land
= and now it's hardly worth ninepence" He
y was q shrewd man. said L "Y You hsa
:, such stories as this all the time up here,
!, he added, ." and they are, for The most part
:, true: the current facts are 50 much stTang
:, er than the stories most men can invent
y, that men here are under a strong tempta
! tiOn to tel the truth, except when thei
- OVID interests are concerned Early IN tb
evening | went TO bed. You nave alway
- an agreeable excitement in these places =
- 10 the character Of your bed-iellOw-wheth
:, er he Is pick-pOcket or murderer, whetb
q er he be subject TO deltri,tps tcenleRs 0
. other foibes. Fortunate those who hay
= one bed-iellow Generally YOU have
/" countless number.
=, The nevt morning aTOsa eaTly and walk
ed out upon the platform A | stood "a
. Zng at the clouds Of mud | was aware OF
- rusty old gentleman smelling around a pal
! OF boots young chap near Inc had on, j
= an old terrier would eve rat l aSke
= "what was up and found that said boot
bore too close q resemblance to some boot
- the old gentleman had placed at the hea
Of his bed the night before 10 5e passe
i. lightly by. de insisted on il that the boot
~ we're his. The present occupant OF the boot:
n with that lrreverence for age character:
:, tic Of American youth, requested his eide
N tO take his Journey into far country. Pc
-. maps he thought the journey from Pithol
not so long nor ardu0us as from elsewhere
q Let us hope so for tue sake Of good MAJ
n ners.
- You'd better not talk to me in that so
: Of way. said the OLD gentleman, with sOm'
- what rulHed feelings. I'm pretty we
? known in these parts, can tell YOU.
- built the first hotel that vas built in III
b. country This appeal 10 a hotel rath'
- awed The youth aud the res of Us, but
"a still showed no G,r01. desire 10 part vii
n his boots.
:. L is q curious fact that most men ol
- here seem to look upon Eastern hotes
- the islands Of the blessed, and life here
y. the summgm J0aum. - have left Ia
- uious home. said very bright fellow
10 me. in the East have been living
- the frst-class New York hotels and la
nj come out here to rough IT,"
/. = During the morning I made 2 call
~ some Canadians, the chief engineers of Z
-. country. aud sitting In front OF their OIL
~ ~ surveyed life in Pithole from 4 comfortat
~ chair. n the foreground y5u see = hu
ho mud-puddle, varying in depth from one
three feet; beyond. hotels, stores and gro
shops; aud further on, the creek. with
% numerous deTricks. Past this Office Pi.hl
ire life streams, pausiDg a few seconds Ia :
ne mul-puddle. Here We have = Se-tem
la' ID black Of serious, ministerial appearauC
y, He was recently the owner Of 'swe:
III board q singular gambling instruDei
&c and. With others flooded tie town vi
~ counterfeit currency. Ai-eT him COZ
ID spectators and nee fanics. Do YOU
,el that pove-ty-stricSen Oh nan. SAYS @
Az Of nv friends, pointing 10 a Droken-do'
az wretched mortal: that man las Just s.
1p' h.s farm Tor quarter OF million" HS
ne comes N B. formerly = keeper Of 4 -
= ely shop. now broker and = CrRsus. ,
~ n0t calculated % witch the world y
- noble horsemanship. Can yoE sv.
~ Mr.. Z. - l exclaimed. TEis is the Pllh
- \atatOriun- no one ShOuli venture Il y