Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-12-27

nature among the guests and stranger
visiting and the lessons received are val
liable. One can perceive every variet,
Of character at one eff the prominent no
tells Just as he emerres from the west int,
the cast or from the east to the wcs
along these transcontinental railroads
You see the fastiiious commercial fel
lows from Eastern cities and civilization
and the English snobs, with hair parted
in the middle, the rushing San Francisco
ian and Western coast business men. the
interior mountain mining man, the stock
man with his thousands of cattle and
horses, whom, from his appearance, you
would not suspect as owning hoof OF
live stock, the mining and grain stock
dealers, aud the political stock dealers,
1 they will often be found all huddled to-
gether under the roof Of one hotel, and
by carefully giving attention you soon
learn where their business thoughts CT n
tiers. Each little cabal will be found
discussing their favorite theme of inter
est and sometimes with much zeal, where
views happen to clasp. The brain of some
of them will appear az narrow as they are
between the eyes, while others will ex-
hibit broad expanded minds, and enlarged
and liberal views of whatever subject they
discuss, Others again seem to be silent
listeners drinking in the views, expressed
as though seeking information, and still
others silen, and yet wearing an express
sion Of silent contempt for what is being
said, MS much as to say, you don't know
what you are talking about, aud gratifed
at their own superior knowledge. We
find among them many mercantile men
whose sole topics of conversation is mer-
chandising and the chances for trade. and
outside Of that they are but children in
intellect. This class generally are more
fastidious about their dress, their epicur-
ian tastes aud their manners at the table
and frequently will discuss at the table
different viands set before them either
with praise or condemnation and almost
always with comparison with some other
hotel This is especially the case with
that class denominated travelling CONNER
cial agents or drummers. If there is
any class that must have the best Of every
thing it is that class and they are bold
and brazcn in calling for what they want,
while oftentimes the man owning his
millions will quietly eat his meal and
make no comment or complaint about
single article of diet that is set before
him. 1t does not require sharp hotel
men or their servants in the dining hall
to learn to distinguish these different
classes, and although the one class is just
as much entitled as the other to all the
delicacies Of the table 80 long as he pays
for them and neither can be sighted
without endangerlng his patronage, yet
the keen observer will notice the hotel
man and his servants often wear smile
of contempt for the fastdious and COM
planning epicurian in his tastes, while he
may know that be came from where corn
and hominy was his principal living when
at home. But speaking Of the residents
and citizens generally of Omaha, they
appear to be an active, stirring and enter
?rising people, and should judge that
they find active business and labor their
passtime, and the growth and prosperity
of their city their reward, with the indi-
vidual benefits that will surely follow to
each The energy shown by the people
in improving and building up the place
to its present condition of Importance is
evidence that they are not an idle people
The temporary sojourner here does little
more to shape the character of the place
than to leave his money here to pay for
a few meals and a few nights lodging.
The railroads crossing the continent in
different directions making it terminal
point has given to it prominence that
will never make it less than now, during
the present age. 1t has far outstripped
Its rivals as starting point West, and
probably will remain in advance.
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