The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-08-06

Col. Stone, Editor of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, has recently been travelling
in the interior of New York, and is now publish
ing sketches of his travels. From the second
number we make the following extracts.
THE DUTCHMAN oUTwITTED. Passing
through the little village of Jefferson, we
arrived at the still larger and more busting
one, called Madison, four miles from Cats
kill.
The principal house at this place, is an
ancient stone edifice, now, and FOR a gener-
alton past, occupied as store and tavern.
Its builder and late proprietor was the late
NJ q. 81, Esq, an ancientand some
what eccentric Dutch denizen, who stood
six feet in his shoes, weighed fifteen stone,
and was in his way somewhat of a wag
withal. The valley of the Kaatskill was
chiefly settled by the Dutch and the house
of Mynheer was the principal place of re-
sort for the Van Bokkelins and Van Ordens
and Van Der SPECIFICS Of the neigborhood
to smoke their pipes and crack their jokes
of long winter evenings, before their peace
full country was overrun by the Yankees,
who have swarmed over this once happy re-
gion like the locusts of Egypt, equally hun
CRY and destructive. 1t was the worthy host
of huge dimensions, whom we have describ-
ed, who was so previously taken in once on
time in an encounter of wits with one of
those keen eyed cunning Yankees, who
prowl over the country seated on tin carts,
with bags of feathers or some other " no.
ton" for their cushions. After some sport
ing and bantering between Myhneer and
| Jonathan, who had shown off some common
slight of hand tricks with cards, to the
great astonshment of the spoons who
were looking on, he, that is, the said Jona-
than, declared that he could swallow his
robustuous host! Notwithstanding that
Jonathan had already played off several of
his Yankee tricks which puzzled the good
people exceedingly, yet this assertion was
too great mouthful for them to swallow, il
the pedlar could. A bet sufficient to moist
en- the threats of the whole company, was
the consequence between the principal par
ties, though the landlord, in proposing it,
had no idea that his customer would accept
when, as he supposed, he must be certain Of
losing. Jonathan then directed that Myn
heer should be Invested of his coat and
boots, and be stretched longitudinally upon
the old oaken table which had stood in the
bar-room for half century. These arrange
ments having been made, Jonathan vora-
ciously seized upon the honest landlords
equity great toe, which he pressed rather
violently between his teeth, giving the gooc
man a tWlnge WHICH C"usod whining
movement and groan. "Dunder and blk
umw exclaimed Mynheer: "Vat de tetfi
do We pite me sho vor ?" Why you darnet
great fool" said Jonathan, "You did'n
, think was going to swallow you whole die
YOU 90 A burst of laughter proclaimed
, Jonathan the victor, and Mynheer had to pa.
$ the toast and toddy.
D THE OLD MAN. Crossing the Kaatskil
and it's rich meadows, we passed on to Cal
g TO. About two miles before reaching thu
4 town, however, an ancient and spacious
: stone house was pointed out to us, bearln!
f the date of l705, in large iron figures
This venerable mansion stands in the mldS
: of an extensive farm of about THOUSAND
o acres, well cultivated, and presenting
! scene which, for single farm, is hardly an
! where to be equaled for the rich, pctur
= esoue. and beautiful. During part of til
r. seventeenth, and nearly the whole of tn
4 eighteenth century, it belonged to singl
! owner De Montfort, when young, was
e man of violent passions. A servant gil
J. having once run away, he pursued and over
n took her, and in his evaporation tied he
e to his horses tail, to lead her home. By
s. fright, or some other cause, the horse ra
!. off, and the unfortunate girl was dashed
ID pieces against rocks and stones. The vi
w happy master was arrested and tried, an
,e convicted of murder! He was rich, Of
Ell powerful family for the times, and throug
.. The combined means of wealth and famil