American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-08-28
From The L'ttle Fails ON + J Peoples Friend.
TALES OF THE MOHAWK.

The rich low lands Of the Mohawk early period of
history, caught the eye of European and the
German The frs, gn his pipe under the willow OF
stream, and first 10 fell the oak in the adjoining forest
industrious in his habits simple in his manners honest in
lis heare existed Ell wed competence ard was hap
Nv Ills homey dwelling ever open to the wanderer
and his simple kindness would melt and cheer the heart
His wife too ounce honest woman could never pile tn
nate of her guest too high and never to he convinced
that strangers appetite cloyed, or his stomach
satisfied with her peculiar cookery-and It the Yankee put
smel her fvorte dish and turned convinced away-the
astonished dame would look with mute wonder on me
E.ow-then on her husband and the sourcrout-and
then would fill her and husbands plate, and eat ex'
uhingly
re the Stream and the most ancient and taramed OF all,
was Johan Dederck Van Der lleynr, simple yeonan,
possessed If wealth and habits of industry Even to TINS
ay is Johan renowned for many famous cures OF burns
hollis and cancers, which he effected by laying his right
hand ON the afflicted spot and addressing the evil spirit
with uninteiIg sounds and mystic notions bun ms
chief renown as tradition has it, occasioned by the
eternal fog which enveloped his trconered hat and his
untrng aean the Of tobacco lnsomuch that report
saws his pipe cold, and hands hun down 10 pos
tcri,y by the name Of Johan the smoker.
The old man. after having spent life OF industry and
quiet and af his lamp Of life and tobacco pipe were ex
t;nruished and he exhaed the fogg, Whit no more-was
buried on the south side Of the Mohawk between Little
Falls and He kmer the spot where the old Fort now
sandsand his good wife, hiking his example, sooi io'o"
ed and v as laid at his side. -
Naw the reason of nv mentioning this worthy couple
will he shown at once by declaring them the parents OF
Johan Jost Dedcrick Van Der Heynr, who INHERITED me
the traditions Of The neghborhood The addition OF Jost
~ the name Of his father whim Of his moherwh
ars conteuded that looked very like her brother OF
, n whom she had left in the old country TO follow
ncr husbands fortunes the newand the old gentemen'
after consulting his maiden at length reluctantly con-
sened the addition OF Jost ms 'onan 'os. W. M
e on the death Of his parents and at the time OF 'e
revolution had almos, grown 70 manhood; and was not
ile aunoyed in the OF his sabbath evening saa-
49,. ~ Ear If ,be sayages, whose yell not untreqHeny
caused AZ rpynden leap into the me TO the destruction
gloss boots he to WIDOW ,s
~ow,s daughter was the flower of his neghborhood,and
not the " S.s.as s was
Ih, and when they were both young they were often
o"a ,or "ah @s dame brisk play win little
Marie BIT after the death Of Johans father anu n,s
seouent beirsp and after Vary, conscious OF manhoo
lack cd also with toerable prospects upon the wofa'
they the danes one was sure to ar% On w. an
y ~. woner at the change would plead at the doo
i with smiles and Bushes the offended youths re
e turn.