The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-19
A couNTRYMAN IN NEW YORK

A COUNTRYMAN IN NEW YORK. N. Y. Letter, in San Francisco Chronicle
 Now, when you come to think how many affable, well-dressed gentlemen and fascinating ladies there were in town who expected these strangers, and looked out for them, and did their very utmost to get acqx ainted with them, and give them an insight into the by-ways and eccentrici- ties of life in great metropolis, you will believe me when l say that great many of these visitors went to their homes with odd recollections of their day in town. To be sure, some of them walked home and otkers of them will live long lives and drop into their graves without having told the truth about how they got away with so much money while they were away.
 Let us suppose that one of them there must have been hundreds just like him) was walking up Broadway. dazed with ,he hustle, confused by the clater and joyous over his good look in being among so many people and on the eve of such grand sights He is missing naught of what IS going on around him. Suddenly the man in front of him stoops down and picks up something. It is.a glove. The countryman looks at him to see what he picked up.
 Hello - says the man, here's ring in this finger. By love it's bang-u up gold ring. Some lady has slipped her ring of without noticing i, in taking of her glove. and then she's dropped the glove"
 The countryman looks at the ring IL looks like a beauty. IL nigh, rus, fit his sallie's finger. Confound il. why does he never pick up anything:
 Look a-here, young feller," says the city man, here's gold ring I'm poor as church mouse haven't go, a cent. The stores is all closed and 1 can't sell this. Gimm. fl dollars for it and say no more.
 Eone-and the countryman has go, a brass ring. On the mex, block another very similar incident occurs. 4 country man Is plodding along and gawking about. He hunks into man who has stopped to pick up something. It's big ! fat wallet. The city man opens it and peeps into IL The countryman can sec by the expression on the others face that 1t IS full of bills, though he doesn', hap pen to see the bills.
 By thunder :" says the lucky finder, some oountryman's in hole. Lost his pocket-book and big hunk of money. It's too bad-too bad and l've go, last ten minutes to catch the boat a, the Bat tery. The poor devil ough, to have his money. Tell you what I'll do. Give me Sio and keep the wallet till you see to- morrow's Acra!ss, and then you give it to the man that's lost it. Hell advertise i, sure and you'll get S,o, or maybe $50 re- ward.
 Done-and the coun,ryman had go, a greenback. Perhaps the nex, country man among our guests drops into Bow cry museum. Why shouldn't he? He never saw band of real Popoco.opet cannibals from Patagonia. or fat woman weighing GOO pounds, or boy who can do with his ice, whatever others do with their hands-and all of this can be seen for ten cents So in he goes and sees the Thompson street band of darkey can nibais, the diseased woman and boy with bare feet, who does not do anything
 with those members, though maybe he
 will II the eoun,ryman waits and watches long enough. In the meantime a very genial gentleman, with a voice like fog horn, invites the countryman to see what another gentleman has just drawn for : nifty cents. There is case full of silver plated ware and gold chain, a gold
 chain, gold watch. diamond pin, and don't know what all, and the other gen ! tleman has brawn ,ieke, thirty-two
 Ticket thirtytwo? Why. ticket thirty two is the diamond pin-well. the gold } watch is there yet
 "Take an envelope ou, for fun and sec ] how your luck Is running. IL won, cos, , you anything. What, ios. Why, that's ! the gold chain. Take try in earnest } only fifty cents."
 , The countryman pays fifty cents. He draws out an envelope. Perhaps it is one that sticks out little; perhaps it is one that he accidentally saw the gentleman pull out and show a bvssander in order to . prove that the number on the gold watch , was really in one of the envelopes. If he : pulls out either of these he will find a blank in his envelope lf he is stupid
 and pulls out another one, the gentleman
 who presides will seize il with an @Ah, now let's see what you ge,,s and viii change t so deftly that you won't see him do it and-the countryman gets blank. II he tries again and again he will spend s+ or 5 to carry off seventy-6ve-cent plated butter dish, perhaps. But maybe