The backwoodsmen regarded him as their man, belonging to their class and representing their interests.
Dr.Butler was a man of some culture, and a little proud and overbearing in his manners.

He had acquired what those poor men deemed considerable property.

He lived in a framed house, and in his best room he had a rug or carpet spread over the middle of the floor.

This carpet was a luxury which many of the pioneers had never seen or conceived of.
The Doctor, standing one day at his window, saw several persons, whose votes he desired, passing along, and he called them in to take a drink.
There was a table in the centre of the room, with choice liquors upon it.

The carpet beneath the table covered only a small portion of the floor, leaving on each side a vacant space around the room.