The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-08
KNEE rus ULSTER.
How Tla vcler Played New Ga,ma on tho
Hotels of Chicago.
tSan Francisco Argonuut.l

How Tiavcler Played IA Now Gnmo on tho
Hotels of Chicago.
tSan Francisco Aigonuutl
n leading Citizen--tor Of such are
notoriously all the inhabitants of Vest
ern towns found himself last month
without any means Of support. Had
he bcena literary man, he would have
immediately accepted consulship;
but in the circumstances this was i'm
possible. 1t is true that he might have
found work to do, but he had been so
long in the habit OF living on money
borrowed from the Shvlocks of the
East that his spirit revoltcd from the
idea OF working. In this emergency
he remembered his ulster, and he dc
cidcd to use it rs nn instrument for
spelling tho Chicago hotcl-kccpcrs.
He began operations by cquipping
himself with II small hand-bag, and by
putting on his ulster, unacc0mpanicd
by trOwscrs. Thus arraycd, he enter
cd Il Chicago hotel, and mentioning
that he had just arrived in tho city,
and intended to start for st. Louis car
lv in tho morning, he took Il room,
and went to bed. Tho next morning
the hotel was aroused by tho violent
ringing Of the new guests bell. Tho
servant who answered the bell found
him in q state of great excitement, in
consequence ola robbery which ho
said had been perpetratcd upon him.
lie demanded to sec the landlord, to
whom he complained that his room
had been tcloniously entered during
tho night, and that
HIS ONLY PAIR OF TROwSKRS,
which cost eighteen dollars, and in
one pocket Of which was his purse,
containing fifteen dollars, and Il
through ticket to st. Louis, had been
stolen. The landlord was greatly
grievcd, and n thorough inspection of
tho room conclusivcly showed that the
guest was wholly devoid of trowscrs.
The conclusion that he had really been
robbed was inevitable. and the land
lord torcsaw that his house would be
denounced as q den of thieves. He,
therefore, like wise man, begged the
bcrcavcd stranger not to be annoyed,
and assured him that his losses would
be made good. a supply of trowsers
from rcady-madc clothing establish
mcnt was brought in, aud tic man Sc
lcctcd n satisfactory pair. The land
lord then gave him fifteen dollars and
ticket to st. Louis. and, asa further
peace offering, handed him receipt
cd bill for supper, lodging and break
fast. Thus the reputation of the hotel
was saved, and the weGrcr of the uls-
ter returned to his lodgings, having
made fifteen dollars in cash, ticket
worth several dollars more, and q new
pair of trowsers. There arc many
hotels ofdiifcrcnt degrees ofcxccllencc
in Chicago, and to TWENTY-FIVE of these
the wearcr of the ulster paid a trows-
crlcsS visit.
TwESrY-Two TIMES DID TIE AsrUTE
complain to the landlord that hc had
been robbed. The result was the col
lection of Twenty-Five pairs of dcsira-
bic trowscrs, of sums of money vary
ing from five to fifteen dollars, and
amounting in tho aggregate to over
two hundred dollars, and q series of
tickets to all sorts OF places. Each land
lord was so.annoycd in finding that n
robbery had taken place in his house
that he kept the matter carefully Sc
Scii0us Chicago man, in tho space of
little more than month, lived sumptu-
ously at a variety ofhotcls FREQ of cost
and accumulated clothing and spend
lng-money with the greatest casc. It
was prosperity that finally ruined him.
lie fell into the habit of drinking too
much champagne, and when under the
influence thereof made the terrible
mistake Of being robbed second time
i'll the Plumber House. The landlord
immediately recognized him, and, be-
ing prompt and determined man, in
formed his guest that he was an i'm
poster, and "hadn't never brought 10
trowscrs into that there room." Furth-
ermorc, he seized the unfortunate
mans ulster, and, instead of supply
ing linn with troWscrs, coated his dc
1enselcss legs with tar and cotton-bat-
ting, and in that deplorablc plight cast
him out. Still, in spite of this failure,
the owner of the ulster deserves the
credit OF invcnting q new industry,
and had he had the wisdom to aban-
don Chicago III time, and to select as
his prey the landlords Of other towns,
he might now be rich and prosperous.
a FAIR "DIyvY. ."-The most shin
ing example Of "dcap which has
lately been heard of was furnished by
town less than hundred miles from
Albany. The inspectors of election
were canvassing tho votes. The Re-
publican Inspector reversed the ballot
box IN order to empty it, while the
Democratic inspector gathered the
ballots i'll q heap on the table. Dur
ing this process he managed to intro
ducc a hundred Democratic ballots
which had not been cast, and then set
about abstracting an equal number of
Republican ballots. During this opera
ton he was detected by somo Repub-
lican visiting statesmen. AS nobody
could tell cithor how many ballots he
had added or how many no had ab-
stractcd, US he respectfully but firmly
declined to furnish any information on
either of those points and as the dis
trict was. strongly Republican,, con-
fusion rcigncd for space. 1t was
allaycd, however, by a proposition,
equally honorable to all parties, that
the Democratic Inspector should tell
tho truth and permit the votes to be
honestly counted, and that he should
in return receive from tho victorious
Republicans Il lucrative office on which