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who had recently arrived, at ten minutes past nine in the 

 evening, that he must go to bed he could not wait longer 

 to show him his room. Candlesticks seemed never to have 

 been cleaned snuffers were wanting and as for shoes, there 

 was no one to clean them while I was in the house. 



&quot; At an early hour on the following morning, the 3d May, 

 I left Jacksonville, not without thanking Tom Bentley for his 

 civility, and telling him how utterly unfit he was for his situa 

 tion. 



&quot; Springfield is a straggling village, somewhat longer than 

 Jacksonville, but the situation is not at all equal to it in point 

 of beauty or interest. The hotel was very nearly as bad as 

 that at Jacksonville. Hornden was the name of the land 

 lord. It was difficult to say whether he, his wife, or his 

 daughter was the sauciest. They certainly were as rude un 

 tutored Americans as I have seen. The lady undertook to 

 wash some linen for me, and there was no difficulty about it 

 as I got to her house early in the afternoon but she delayed 

 and delayed so, that I was obliged to carry them away only 

 half dried next morning after seven o clock.&quot; 



It was my fortune to visit Springfield and Jacksonville, 

 without being aware at the time of Mr Stuart s remarks, and 

 my treatment seems to have been very different from what he 

 describes. At Springfield I put up at the hotel in which 

 Mr Stuart lodged, and refer to page 241 for the parti 

 culars of my reception. In the interval between his excursion 

 and mine, the hotel had changed proprietors and I found no 

 difficulty in getting linens washed and shoes cleaned. Every 

 individual connected with the house was attentive and civil. 



My intercourse with Jacksonville was of short duration, 

 and I have no means of ascertaining if I entered Bentley s 

 hotel. The house in which I took coffee was situated on the 

 north side of the square, and in all respects greatly superior 

 to the hotel at Springfield. A smart waiter attended the stage 

 passengers during coffee, and the hotel keeper himself was 

 looking after his business at 2 o clock in the morning, when 

 the mail started with us. 



Mr Stuart mentions two female waiters having seated 

 themselves at table with him at Jacksonville, &quot; on a footing 



