Show 1 I 1 I 1 from the eclectic measuring a mans purse those who ba ha ve traveled need not be t a majority or of landlords in in this democratic country adapt the practice of measuring the purse parse of each guest whom receives receive and of 0 bestowing hethey bethey stowing their ci civilities vilifies cc to the estimate of tile he ind individuals ivi duals za abs whoever register s hit his nartie name at an all colel milking tile the least pretensions to style and gentility will find nn an inventory orbi possessions takes taken in in the brain arnin of boniface in less time than it requires to arile his address I 1 I 1 I 1 let a person make his appearance whose pompous poni an and d al air and blaek exterior pronounces him solid and a whole regiment of menial from landlord to boots wait on ins his steps to do him service or a gentleman who whose s aress ores cressand sand arid dashing demeanor te meanor beope bespeak ak him fast and rocky is is r f followed by the whole household troops troop from lerl to aliani ell am barmaid ber maid all anai anxious us to propitiate his favor and do him kindness but let a man ot of coarse coarse and humble externals and unassuming deni demeanor eanor enter himself as plain ajohn smith from the ked and when lie he calls for a room lie will hardly full fail 1 to hear tile llie order show this gentleman to always up seven sevena pairs airs of stairs and a n d on the backside backs de overlooking the stable and ana pinery I in ili tile city of M in in new nev hampshire 1 one of the leading g hotels and a good hotel it is 16 took too as we wit willingly 11 ng 1 y testify f y as li I elt by f he like to see his naffie ih print and we will call him mr surface like most other men of his profession he measures the pu purse ree of each stranger wh cornee to his house and awards him in keeping with tile the imagined extent of his pile the rich muti man sits at the head of the table tile the rusty poor man in sits at the foot the man of foshion fins hion sleeps in in no 1 at afine ifie head of the first flight the th e man of business or labor in rn the attic and A nd so without ach partiality alit he yet makes a wide distinction among ili his a patrons in in the bestowing besio wing ing agthe of the poh tenes s and hospitality to which all are equally entitled not long since there slopped at this house a 8 tranger stranger whose dress and manner bespoke linn from the rural di district apparently a man of intelligence indulgence and some knowledge of city life and ane world word lint but of the rudest and most un garb to conee conceal a I 1 ab nb no martof part of the story he wore a f rack I 1 this ornament denoted to the observant eye of the host the in significance of his world worldly ly jio artion and he was accordingly treated with wilh great indifference and lack of attention so dis spiriting was the cool ness on oil all sides manifested towards him bim that a as the evening wore away he thought to enli ilia his mind with a glass of brandy and water there is is no law forbidding such sligh consolations u under rider such and waiting bias opportunity as a group of factory agents and men of capital retired from the bar where they had been lounging he stepped up and or ordered dereda a drink just as he had reached out his hand to receive use the shifter from the bar bara tender the landlord approached appio ached him hastily and wit with an air air of menace exclaimed I 1 yon ca can nt t have any liquor ih in tins this house sir sir we dont don t keep it f for or uch as yan iett theres there s a cellar across the street go over there and get your brai brandy idy ar f I 1 11 I 1 the man maiv inthe in hie frock took the rebuff meekly relinquished his in dram ayed and viet ot out but if lie he had need of a soother soo lher before he had bad now a double bobble necessity so down lie he went vent into the cellar ellar which was kept as an oyster saloon and de demand mandof of the dealer in halves bivalves bi brandy and water f I 1 1 11 the wary oysterman eyeing 9 ina his customer a moment asked gudely I 1 where do I 1 you stop I 1 olver 6 litlie the W K mouse smouse s hoose Ye replied plied ibe he un suspecting countryman J 1 I 1 I 1 then athen go over aver there and get your aquor old Surface sends his guests over here to di drift ink and then has us as prosecuted for we dont thank him for his custom ua be bereis here reir sir i 7 t rl i V r the discomfited stranger went out itt wrath that thai night the th poor man wal at to bed dreadful drye and not a little sour 41 wr or vas cashis flis anger in the least ap appeased heated by being able to look from his elevated eteva ted situation A the m in the inke roof to the peaceful beav heavens ens so near hi him m he even to the waiter who lighted him tp bed that he be thought the d vantage of W 41 ber in in such apposition a repay the toil 4 ft I 1 4 getting up apito upito ito his slumbers were by no means refreshing idling and he arose n next morning very cross ats biase 80 s had be been corely wounded all other affronts he cou coul dhave borne with patient end endurance aut ut to deny a 1 mara mar his II 11 IB barks wee was the flie sum ruin of all indignities and an extreme of inaus lice fice which irritated his temper and provoked him to un forgive ness as I 1 he dab the first flight of stairs just as the gong was soun sounding ding for breakfast lay ng asidie aside his flat haty he 6 app stepped ed into ijo tile ani dining aig roam room and adf seed ali alieh ead of tile bable I 1 scarcely had bad lie placed himself in i the afi ac W air w lien hen tile llie ing landlord touched ann on he shoulder and directed URI to lo a seated aeilt the extreme i ne fool of f the table and at some distance from rom the other r guests he quietly i removed to the place pointed wit put and sat iown down iq in sil silence fric e not until all others other had been did the bailers wailers give the lie oi glIte t i ta his want rind and be wan justly jusdy apprehensive apprehend 8 iv of wholly losing iris breakfast li it vae as fort fortunate te that lia ilia patu natu i rally elc llant been suddenly lost eue alte he have ruff fuffered ered for lack of tb tegra gra i 1 I 1 I 1 after aften lie he remained a few mome tibi in ill tile office awaiting the entrance of theann d lord orid whon when UA clife room had become well filled with the boarders and transient guests of ue ho house use he walked to the des ir und demanded his hill bill g fi fo a learn ertan the a amount mount of his he thrust thrasi liis his hand carelessly ichi RO kia ket and thereto thre down a thousand dot dol adt hate alie toadying landlord looked at i ian jw tia wd I 1 1 t if f that enough heres herbs ail dofher sid s id the m man kal in m the frock as he laid down anil another of tile the tame same denomination the time lime serving publican I 1 wai was baill speechless Pee cli kith ith wonder I 1 I 1 jf if are not good here herb are m arre rp tahe lake the str stranger strang a n pr r as he be drew ferth a roll and exhibited athe he lb big f figures 11 1 a ami ip able to pay liberally for your very courteous y your aur very extraordinary entertainment who rr are you gasped the embarrassed boni face in bewilderment in 4 name who are you and bere dia you sofrom cromp 11 1 I am john Hol landof Ver vermont moot where I 1 raise stock for a living I 1 never cal call fir br brandy andy without nit hout means to pay for it id I 1 always alway 9 ca carry rry a few thousands thu sands in my pocket for incidental ex tien fenaes ses and the nian man cvito calculates my mv worth ily by my clothes coth ef reckons on a wrong basis I 1 maholland mr holland I 1 I 1 e excuse CC us e in me e mr holland really I have haje made a mistake BAYOu but you Ate wel cometo your bill and hereafter always wel weir come tomy comy houe without charge what will ou faveto drink mr holland 1 I never drink with the like of you said tile the indignant niacin file frock land and as clr your linx house ise I 1 shall be surd sure to shun a place where here such condescension ion is shown to outside show and so little respect f for or manhood mith hood in coarse I 1 attire good bye to yon yon old I 1 john holland li olland I 1 entertains yet a violent nelipa thy to 0 o the M ff house otise and insists that thal t I 1 he ie had rather stop at a third rate hotel ind and be treated like it a gentleman than to patronize one claiming to he first class where he iii is by a senseless toady find and treated like a boor |